Policy Analyst or Planner / Senior Policy Analyst

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Assessment accommodation

If employees or person employed of the public service are selected, the acting appointment, deployment, assignment, secondment or Interchange Canada mechanisms could be used depending on the situation and their eligibility.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to staff with indeterminate tenures three (3) EC-06 positions and two (2) EC-05 positions of various linguistic profiles (English Essential, Bilingual imperative (BBB/BBB)) and security status (Reliability or Secret). A pool may be created to staff other similar positions with various tenures (indeterminate, specified period, deployment, acting, acting extensions, assignment, secondment) within Environment and Climate Change Canada in the National Capital Region.

Positions to be filled: 5

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

EDUCATION
EC-05 and EC-06:

(ED1) Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in economics, sociology or statistics.

NOTE: Candidates must always have a degree. The courses for the specialization must be acceptable and may have been taken at a recognized post-secondary institution, but not necessarily within 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
EC-05 and EC-06:

(E1) Significant* experience in working collaboratively on complex** policy-related OR environmental initiatives with external stakeholders.

* Significant is defined as the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with having performed these activities over a combined period of at least one (1) year.
** Complex is defined as initiatives that are national in scope, deal with multiple issues, or are focused on a priority departmental file.

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB or English Essential

Information on language requirements

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

EXPERIENCE
EC-05 only:

(E2) Significant* experience in researching and analyzing policy issues related to the environment or sustainable development and providing options/advice and recommendations to management
(E3) Significant* experience in preparing and writing a variety of documents (e.g. briefing notes, memoranda, correspondence, analysis papers, summary reports or presentations) for management.

* Significant is defined as the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with having performed these activities over a combined period of at least one (1) year.

EXPERIENCE
EC-06 only:

(E4) Significant* experience in researching and analyzing policy issues related to the environment or sustainable development and providing strategic options/advice and recommendations to senior management***
(E5) Experience establishing partnerships and collaborative working arrangements between federal departments or with partners such as provincial government, international organizations, or non-governmental organizations.
(E6) Significant* experience in preparing and writing a variety of documents (e.g. briefing notes, memoranda, correspondence, analysis papers, summary reports or presentations) for senior management***.

* Significant is defined as the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with having performed these activities over a combined period of at least one (1) year.
***Senior management is defined as Director level or higher within the Federal Government or equivalent executive level in other organizations.

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

KNOWLEDGE
EC-05 and EC-06:

(K1) Knowledge of the federal government policy development process including the roles and responsibilities of Parliament, Cabinet and central agencies.
(K2) Knowledge of major national and international environmental issues, key interests and objectives of the federal government with respect to these issues.
(K3) Knowledge of the mandate of Environment Canada, its key legislation, policies and program objectives

ABILITIES
EC-05 and EC-06:

(A1) Ability to communicate orally
(A2) Ability to communicate in writing
(A3) Ability to analyze and synthesize complex information, identify strategic links and make relevant recommendations
(A4) Ability to manage and deliver results under pressure, and to adapt to conflicting priorities under tight timeframes
(A5) Ability to lead a working group

PERSONAL SUITABILITY
EC-05 and EC-06:

(PS1) Effective interpersonal relationships
(PS2) Initiative
(PS3) Judgement
(PS4) Adaptability

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

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (Asset Qualifications):

EDUCATION
EC-05 and EC-06:

(AED1) Graduation with a Master's degree or graduate studies from a recognized post-secondary institution in environmental studies or sciences, or another degree relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
EC-05 and EC-06:

(AE1) Experience in managing contracts or grants and contributions.
(AE2) Experience in supervising at least one full-time employee.
(AE3) Experience in developing and managing work plans or budgets.
(AE4) Experience in planning, leading and conducting policy research and analysis on socio-economic issues
(AE5) Experience in working collaboratively with interdepartmental colleagues to gain consensus.
(AE6) Experience in planning policy projects including document or program approvals processes
(AE7) Experience working in public service

KNOWLEDGE
EC-05 and EC-06:

(AK1) Knowledge of the mandate of the government of Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada with respect to enhancing the relationship with Indigenous peoples and advancing Reconciliation.
(AK2) Knowledge of Indigenous organizations, their priorities and how they interface with Environment and Climate Change Canada

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Willingness and ability to work overtime on short notice.
• Willingness and ability to travel on occasion.

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance - Some positions may require reliability or secret security status.

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 designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

Only applications received directly through this site using the “Apply online” link will be accepted. Any applications submitted outside of the Public Service Resourcing System will not be considered for the purpose of this process.

You must provide proof of your education credentials.

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

Your responses to the screening questions will be used as a primary source of information and your resume will only be used to validate this information. Lack of examples and details, or indicating "please refer to resume", will result in your application being rejected as the Assessment Board will have insufficient information to determine if the requirement is met.

The Assessment Board cannot make assumptions about your experience. It is insufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current or past duties. Rather, using the application tool, candidates must demonstrate how they meet the listed education and experience criteria by providing clear and concrete examples.
Clear and concrete examples are defined as illustrations in which you fully explain the actions, considerations and steps you completed in order to gain the experience you are describing. This detailed contextual information will be used by the board members to assess whether you have sufficient experience in a relevant field to complete your assigned tasks should you be considered for a position. You may wish to start your submissions with a sentence similar to: “A clear and concrete example of a situation where I did X is a situation which occurred on Y date and my role in this activity was to...”.

Also, when reading the experience criteria, please pay close attention to action words contained within and ensure the examples you chose to include speak to all of them. Similar attention should be given to punctuation and connector words such as “commas”, “and” and “or” as these have a different function when used to describe an experience criteria. Action words or activities separated with a “,” and connected with an “and” must all be demonstrated with concrete examples, as they are all deemed essential by the hiring manager. Conversely, when action words or activities are separated with a “,” and connected with an “or”, candidates may provide concrete examples for only one of the activities listed in the criterion as in this case, the hiring manager is looking for someone who has experience in at least one of the activities but not necessarily all of them.

For example, when responding to a criterion which reads: “Experience reading, writing and publishing instructions for a competitive process”, you must provide concrete examples of situations where you read instructions, where you wrote instructions as well as where you published instructions for a competitive process. These may be part of the same example; however, you must provide sufficient detail to cover all three actions because all are essential.

When responding to an experience criterion which reads: “Experience reading, writing or publishing instructions for a competitive process” you must provide concrete examples for a minimum of one situation where you either read, wrote or published instructions for a competitive process. However, you may still provide concrete examples for all action words or activities, if applicable, as this will provide board members with additional information to assess the breadth of your experience.

Finally, if the examples you provide speak of experience that was acquired in a team setting, please be specific as to your exact role within this team as it is your experience the board will be looking to assess and not that of your team.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

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