Project / Investment Officer

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Intent of the process

A pool of partially qualified candidates may be created to staff similar positions within Canadian Intellectual Property Office with various tenures (indeterminate, deployment, acting, assignment, secondment), linguistic and security requirements.

Positions to be filled: 3

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

EDUCATION:
Successful completion of post-secondary education with specialization in a related field or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:
E1: Significant* and recent** experience in managing teams for the realization of projects.
E2: Significant* and recent** experience in developing project plans and short, medium and long-term strategies to meet business unit objectives.
E3: Experience in the analysis of issues in order to make recommendations to senior management***.
E4: Experience in managing budget and/or supporting an investment planning process.
E5: Experience in using project management and Microsoft-PowerPoint software.

*Significant experience is defined as experience acquired over a period of two years.
**Recent experience is defined as experience acquired in the last five years.
***Senior management is defined as Director General and above.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

KNOWLEDGE:
K1: Knowledge of the theories, methods, techniques and practices of project management.
K2: Knowledge of project management or investment planning cycle.
K3: Knowledge of project management and Microsoft-PowerPoint software.

COMPETENCIES:
CO1: Analytical Thinking
CO2: Financial Management
CO3: People Management
CO4: Managing Conflict
CO5: Partnership or Relationship building
CO6: Change Leadership

ABILITIES:
A1: Ability to plan, organize and prioritize work.
A2: Ability to communicate orally.
A3: Ability to communicate in writing.
A4: Ability to influence, negotiate and build consensus in an effective manner.
A5: Ability to prepare presentations and present to targeted audience.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:
PS1: Judgement
PS2: Initiative
PS3: Leadership

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
Reliability and Security: Secret

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

EDUCATION:
AED1: Project Management Professional Certification: PMP or PRINCE2 Practitioner.
AED2: University Degree.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:
AE1: Experience in the management of an investment planning process.
AE2: Experience in the management of governance secretariat offices.

Must be willing and able to work overtime on short notice.

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the targeted groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

A test will be administered.

An interview will be administered.

Reference checks will be sought.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

A top down selection method may be used at any point in the assessment process.

Random selection may be used to identify which applicants will be assessed in this appointment process.

Please ensure you indicate your Personal Record Identifier (PRI), your substantive group and level and your employment status in your application.

Only indeterminate employees at the same group and level or equivalent will be considered for deployment.

An assignment/secondment or an acting appointment is a temporary resourcing option. The approval of your substantive supervisor may/will be required before an offer can be made.

Communication for this process will be sent via email. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required; Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

Depending on the number of applicants, volume management strategies such as random selection, top-down approach, and/or cut-off scores MAY be used for the purpose of managing applications/candidates.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.