French Editor

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The Government of Canada is committed to building a skilled workforce that is representative of Canada's diversity, which includes the recruitment of Canadian Veterans and releasing Canadian Armed Forces personnel:

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/jobs/services/publicservice-jobs/canadian-armed-forces-members-veterans.html

We encourage applicants to identify any abilities, competencies, and/or experiences acquired through employment with the Canadian Armed Forces where applicable.

Intent of the process

A pool of fully qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions to the IS-03 group and level at Natural Resources Canada various tenures (determinate period or indeterminate), whose language requirement must be bilingual. A bilingual position (imperative) in editing-writing (French), the language profile(s) (PBB/PPC) will be essential for the job and will be evaluated at a later date. Security requirements must be at the “Secret” level as indicated in the conditions of employment, and the terms and conditions of employment and workplaces may vary.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 2,000 words (maximum) "NOTE: You must provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience requirements listed in the essential qualifications and other qualifications section. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties. One effective approach would be to use the wording of each experience criterion as a heading and then write one or two paragraphs demonstrating that you have the required experience and ensure that clear and accurate details are provided. APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CANDIDATE MEETS THE SCREENING CRITERIA MAY NOT BE GIVEN FURTHER CONSIDERATION. You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected."

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

- Graduation with a degree from a recognized university in the field related to the position, such as translation, communications, literature or journalism, or an acceptable combination of education, training and experience from the related field.

Degree equivalency

- Extensive* experience in comparing and editing of texts translated from English to French for a range of materials including Web texts, reports and other documents.
- Experience in performing all levels of editing for administrative documents, Web content and/or communication products.
- Experience in providing linguistic, terminological and stylistic advice with regards to editing or writing of written products.

*Extensive experience is defined as at least two years (full time) of experience in the last five years.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (PBB/PPC)

Information on language requirements

- Knowledge of the French language: vocabulary, grammar, spelling and writing.
- Knowledge of the methods, techniques and practices of editing and linguistic revision.

- Ability to edit clearly and accurately documents translated from English to French or written in French.
- Ability to write and adapt the content to various in-house and external audiences, depending on the target.
- Ability to translate short texts from English to French.

- Accuracy and thoroughness
- Dependability
- Client focus
- Effective interpersonal relationship

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

- Experience in supervising employees.
- Experience in performing finance-related tasks such as initiating and managing service-delivery contracts and tracking expenditures.

- Knowledge of best practices for writing Government of Canada’s Web pages.

- Willingness and able to work overtime (evenings and weekends) when required.

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance - This factor is not used at the preselection stage. Security clearance is the responsibility of the hiring department.

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

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview may be conducted.

A written examination may be administered.

All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, may/will be used to evaluate the candidates.

If you are selected for further consideration, please advise the person who will contact you of any accommodations you may require during the selection process.

Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

Candidates may/will be required to meet the other qualifications, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

Candidates from outside the public service may be required to pay for travel and relocation costs associated with this selection process.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

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.