Litigation Case Manager

SELECTION PROCESS CANCELLED

We regret to inform you that this job opportunity has been cancelled.

Dear Candidate.

We regret to inform you that this selection process is cancelled. As a result, no appointments will be made from the pool that could have been established. Thank you for your interest in working with the departments and for the effort you devoted to the process. We assure you that our decision was taken after considerable consultation and discussion with all departmental representatives.

We hope that you will consider applying to our future selection processes and apologize for any inconvenience you have experienced.

Important messages

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request special accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Information on accommodation for persons with disabilities

You will be required to show how you meet the education and experience requirements for both the essential qualifications and the asset qualifications, if applicable, for the initial screening through your résumé and in answering online screening questions. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience.

If you do not fully complete the screening questions as instructed, you will be screened out.

Candidates with foreign education credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at: http://www.cicic.ca/indexe.stm.

***POSTER EXTENDED UNTIL NOVEMBER 20, 2018****

*****NEW CONTACT INFORMATION: Chloe Lamothe Beauvais, HR Advisor @ *****

Duties

The litigation case manager's primary responsibility is to manage Aboriginal litigation on behalf of the federal government and where appropriate, seek ways to resolve or settle litigation. The litigation case manager analyzes legal, policy and program implications of cases in order to make recommendations to the organization. The litigation case manager also briefs senior management on important case developments and seeks their approvals as required.

To succeed in this position, the litigation case manager has to work in partnership with many stakeholders in the department and other federal government departments to determine policy and program implications, and to seek consensus on the government's responses. Litigation case managers work on multiple cases often with competing deadlines and priorities. They also manage teams of researchers to collect and analyze relevant documents, and to meet the federal government's document production obligations.

Work environment

In August 2017, the Prime Minister announced the dissolution of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) and the creation of two new federal departments: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, and Indigenous Services Canada. Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada's (CIRNAC) mandate is to renew the nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, government-to-government relationship between Canada and First Nations, Inuit and Métis; modernize Government of Canada structures to enable Indigenous peoples to build capacity and support their vision of self-determination; and lead the Government of Canada's work in the North. Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) works collaboratively with partners to improve access to high quality services for First Nations, Inuit and Métis. ISC's vision is to support and empower Indigenous peoples to independently deliver services and address the socio-economic conditions in their communities.

CIRNAC and ISC are always looking for talented and skilled individuals to join our teams. Our success lies in a dynamic workforce that strives for excellence and innovation. If you wish to contribute significantly by sharing your expertise, knowledge and initiative in the achievement of government priorities, we may have the job opportunity for you.

Intent of the process

The intent of this selection process is to staff two positions on an indeterminate basis, (1) in Gatineau and (1) in Calgary. A pool of qualified candidates may be established to staff similar or identical positions at Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs (CIRNA), with various linguistic profiles, tenures and/or the security requirements which may vary according to the position being staffed.

Positions to be filled: 2

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 3 references.

A list of the courses you have taken as well as any courses that you are taking now, or that you will be taking this academic year

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

Successful completion of two years of a post-secondary program with acceptable specialization in social science, statistics, library/archival work or a law-related field.

1.An indeterminate incumbent of a former SI position who became an EC on June 22, 2009, who does not possess the minimum level of education as indicated in Part B above, is deemed to meet this minimum educational standard based on his/her education, training and/or experience. He/she must be accepted as having met the minimum educational standard for appointment or deployment to Part B EC positions. This note also applies to a person appointed or deployed for an indeterminate period to a Part B EC position after that date as the result of a staffing transaction started before June 22, 2009.
2. At the manager's discretion, an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience that is comparable to the minimum education stated above, may serve as an alternative. Whenever the minimum educational standard is met through an alternative, it is met only for the position being staffed, and a candidate must be re-assessed for future appointments and deployments if the manager has asked for this alternative.
3."Social science" includes economics, political science, sociology, anthropology, history, psychology, geography, criminology, and other disciplines associated with social science. "Library/archival work" includes gallery and museum functions.
4. It is the recognized educational institution (e.g. community college, CÉGEP or university) that determines whether the courses taken by a candidate correspond to two years of a post-secondary program at that institution.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:

EX1: Experience analyzing legislation, policies or agreements.
EX2: Experience planning and managing complex* research.
EX3: Experience preparing and presenting oral and written summaries of complex* information to management.
EX4: Experience analyzing and writing reports on complex* issues.

*Complex” is defined as activities involving multiple sub-issues or related issues, multiple stakeholders, and having a major impact on an organization or the public.

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

Various language requirements
English Essential (Gatineau and Calgary).
Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC (Gatineau only).

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

COMPETENCIES:

C1: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
C2: ORAL COMMUNICATION
C3: ANALYTICAL THINKING
C4: PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS
C5: ADAPTABILITY
C6: COLLABORATION
C7: VALUES AND ETHICS

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

EDUCATION:

AEDU: Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in social science, statistics, library/archival work, or law-related field.

Degree equivalency

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:

EXPERIENCE:

AEX1: Experience working in an indigenous context.
AEX2: Experience in managing financial resources.
AEX3: Experience managing litigation involving the Crown.
AEX4: Experience in managing or leading teams.
AEX5: Experience representing an organization at meetings.

KNOWLEDGE:

AK1: Knowledge of priorities of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada and Indigenous Services Canada.
AK2: Knowledge of Indigenous litigation issues in Canada.
AK3: Knowledge of Alternative Dispute Resolutions (ADR) processes.

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:

Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada and Indigenous Services Canada are committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population we serve. In support of our strategy to achieve our employment equity goals, selection may be limited to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups: Women, Aboriginal Persons, Visible Minorities and Persons with Disability.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Willing and able to travel, and to work overtime occasionally.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - Various requirements (reliability and secret).

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

PLEASE APPLY ONLINE: All applications must be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS). We request that you DO NOT fax or mail in hard copy documents.

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).

Various methods of assessment may be used (i.e.: written examination, interview, reference check, presentation, role play, recent and past performance evaluation, etc.)

Please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form, where applicable. Employees at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered first for deployment purposes.

Depending on the number of candidates, volume management strategies such as, but not limited to, invoking one or more of the asset qualifications for right fit decisions, top-down selection process, cut-off scores, random selection and/or assessment may be used for the purpose of managing applications/candidates.

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

Please ensure that your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) is included in your application, if applicable.

Appointment decisions may be based on organizational needs. We therefore encourage candidates to self-declare their membership to any of the four employment equity designated groups in order to be considered should the organizational need be invoked during the appointment process.

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.

Persons without Internet access may also review jobs open to the public through InfoTel at 1-800-645-5605. The InfoTel number for persons using a TTY/TDD is 1-800-532-9397.

Candidates may have to travel to a specific location for the assessment/interview at their own cost.

We thank all those who apply.

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.