Senior Policy Advisor / Manager, Policy Development

Important messages

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Information on accommodation for persons with disabilities

***VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: It is the responsibility of the candidate to clearly outline that they meet each of the screening criteria (i.e. Education and Experience Qualifications, both Essential and Assets) by RESPONDING TO THE SCREENING QUESTIONS IN THE ONLINE APPLICATION. Please note that it is not sufficient to only state that the requirement is met or to provide a listing of current responsibilities, rather the candidate must provide concrete examples that illustrate how they meet the requirement. Lack of EXAMPLES and DETAILS may result in your application being rejected as the Assessment Board will have insufficient information to determine whether or not you meet the qualifications.

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR RESPONSES TO THE PRE-SCREENING QUESTIONS AND YOUR RESUME MAY BE USED EVALUATE YOUR ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY IN WRITING

Intent of the process

Although the immediate intent of this Job Opportunity Advertisement is to staff indeterminately, applicants should be aware that a pool of qualified candidates (fully assessed or partially assessed) may be established and may be used to staff similar positions at this group and level with various language requirements. In addition, this process may be used for various tenures (acting appointments, assignment, deployment, indeterminate, specified period, secondment), security requirements and conditions of employment within Health Canada. As a result of the potential and possible use of the selection process and subsequent pool by hiring managers, we encourage all employees seeking this type of opportunity to apply.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

EDUCATION

Graduation with a degree from a recognized university with acceptable specialization in Economics, Sociology or Statistics.

Candidates must always have a university degree. The courses for the specialization do not necessarily have to be part of a degree program in the required specialization. The specialization may also be obtained through an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

Experience in developing and providing advice on horizontal policy and strategic planning processes and issues related to the health/health-care sector.

Experience in monitoring, anticipating, identifying and/or analysing an array of national and international economics, political, legal, cultural and/or social factors affecting health policies and strategic plans.

Experience in briefing senior level management* on nation and international health related issues.

*In this instance, Senior Management is defined as Director level and above

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

ASSET EDUCATION

Post-graduate degree with an emphasis in ethics.

Degree equivalency

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

Experience with senior level volunteer committees.

Experience working with researchers and the research endeavour.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE

Knowledge of health related programs and other departments;
Knowledge of the Canadian Health Care system.
Knowledge of the theories, principles and techniques of policy research, analysis and development.
Knowledge of the theories, principles methods and techniques of political and legislative frameworks such as federal-provincial-international relations.

ABILITIES AND PERSONAL SUITABILITY

Ability to communicate effectively orally.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
Ability to lead the process and identify the need for creation of new health policies.
Ability to provide recommendations to senior official concerning the development of strategic plans.
Ability to represent and defend Health Canada interests (i.e. interdepartmental working groups, non-governmental committees, etc).
Ability to initiate, direct and revise/approve strategic plan and position papers.
Ability to lead a working group.

Respectful of diversity
Judgement
Leadership
Effective Interpersonal Relations

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

Knowledge of Canadian research ethics policies.

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

Only jobs.gc.ca online applications will be considered.

In order to manage the number of applications in this selection process, management may use top-down or random selection at various steps in the process to determine the number of candidates who will continue in the process.

Your résumé must clearly demonstrate how you meet the requirements

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

A written examination may be administered.

An interview may be administered.

Reference checks may be sought.

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

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed. Meeting one or many of the asset qualifications may be a deciding factor in appointing a particular candidate amongst the qualified candidates. Please note that some or all of the asset qualifications could be used at the screening phase.

Please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form.

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

Please note that in addition to all assessment methods such as the application, exam, interview, correspondence and communication in relation to this selection process may also be used to assess certain qualifications

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

Successful candidate(s) must meet and maintain the Conditions of Employment throughout their employment.

Candidates must provide their proof of education credentials, in the form of a diploma or official transcripts (original documents only) at a later time in the 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.

Candidates will not be solicited for incomplete or possibly missing information.

All candidates that apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid email address and ensure that this address is functional at all times and that it accepts messages from unknown users. Failure to do so may result in important messages not being received. Communication for this process will be conducted via the e-mail address provided in your application. It is your responsibility to ensure that you check for messages regularly.

Please note that candidates are responsible for submitting their application by the closing date in order to be considered. No applications will be accepted once the deadline has passed.

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: The PSRS system will time out after 60 minutes of inactivity which may result in your inability to save your work or loss of data. It is recommended that you draft ALL RESPONSES in another document on your PC which may be saved (e.g. in MS Word or WordPerfect) and copy/paste into the PSRS system when completed. HEALTH CANADA IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SYSTEM PROBLEMS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF DATA AND/OR INCOMPLETE OR NON SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS.

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.