Fitness and Lifestyle Advisor

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Assessment accommodation

***VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: You will be required to provide information on how you meet the essential education and experience qualifications during the application process by means of responding to a number of screening questions. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE CLEAR AND CONCRETE EXAMPLES IN YOUR RESPONSES TO EACH QUESTION, INCLUDING WHEN (SPECIFY THE PERIOD OF TIME), WHERE (OCCUPATIONAL TITLE, ORGANIZATION) AND HOW YOU OBTAINED YOUR EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE. It is recommended that you describe the experience examples in specific terms, providing sufficient details so that the Assessment Board can clearly understand. Describe the situation/task, the action you took, what you accomplished and/or what you learned. Content of your response must be supported by your CV/resume as your responses to these questions will be used as a primary source of information and your CV/resume will only be used to validate this information. SHOULD YOU INDICATE IN YOUR RESPONSE "PLEASE REFER TO CV/RESUME" YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE REJECTED. Lack of EXAMPLES and DETAILS WILL result in your application being rejected as the Assessment Board will have insufficient information to determine if the requirement is met.

Written Communication Skills will be assessed throughout application process.

Work environment

~~ GOAL ~~
The goal of the National Fitness and Health Promotion Program is to promote and foster police officer fitness for duty; and regular physical activity for optimal health and well-being of all employees.

~~ FITNESS AND HEALTH PROMOTION ADVISOR ~~
The role of the fitness and health promotion advisor is to develop, lead, and deliver the program at the divisional level.

This includes the development of strategies to: raise awareness; increase knowledge, develop positive attitudes, and skills; provide a network for mutual support; foster community development and challenges; and build a supportive environment.

It also includes raising employee awareness and use of supportive programs, policies, healthcare benefits, and specialised resources.

~~ KEY ACTIVITIES ~~
• Leading divisional program.
• Managing the administration of physical abilities tests.
• Promoting fitness for duty, regular physical activity and wellbeing.
• Developing learning / educational activities.
• Mobilizing employees via the development of a network of fitness volunteers and coordinators.
• Evaluating the program’s implementation, results, effectiveness and impact.
• Facilitate the fitness equipment purchase, maintenance and inventory at the divisional level.

~~ SKILLS ~~
• Program planning, promotion, implementation and evaluation
• Fitness assessment and exercise prescription

Intent of the process

Please note this process will only be used to staff positions in the National Capital Region. Applicants are encouraged to apply only if they are willing and able to work in or relocate to Ottawa.

A qualified pool of candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions or for future term, acting, assignment, secondment, deployment, or indeterminate opportunities.

Should a Civilian Member (CM) be found qualified and selected for appointment, the appointment will not result in a change of status to the Public Service (PS) category for the CM. Notification regarding the CM appointment will be sent to all applicable candidates who are within the area of selection and participated in the advertised process.

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 post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in Physical Studies, Kinesiology, or related Health Field

Degree equivalency

Experience:
E1. Recent* and significant** experience in leading and managing a corporate fitness and well-being program (including the coordination of special events for all employees).

E2. Recent* and significant** experience in managing and administrating fitness and physical abilities tests (including individual counselling and development of personalized exercise programs).

E3. Recent* and significant** experience in developing and using several health promotion strategies to promote fitness, physical activity and well-being at the corporate level.

E4. Recent* and significant** experience in developing and maintaining a network of resources (volunteers, coordinators and/or employees) in support of a corporate fitness and well-being program.

E5. Recent* and significant** experience in evaluating and reporting on a corporate program’s implementation, results, effectiveness and impact.

*Recent is having the experience acquired within last five (5) years.

**Significant is defined as a depth and breadth of experience normally acquired with having performed a broad range of related activities for a period two (2) years (accumulative).

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

Bilingual - Imperative (BBC/BBC)

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
• Knowledge of exercise physiology; fitness assessment; training principles; exercise prescription and counselling.
• Knowledge of fitness testing and safety standards (pre-test screening, test administration and post-test screening).
• Knowledge of health promotion principles (definitions, strategies, program planning and evaluation).

Competencies:
• Dependability
• Discretion
• Flexibility
• Effective Interpersonal Skills
• Initiative

Abilities:
• Ability to communicate effectively orally.
• Ability to assess client(s) and create personal exercise programs.
• Ability to develop and deliver training and presentations.

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

Education:
• Graduation with a master’s degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in kinesiology, exercise physiology, health promotion or a related field with a strong component in physical fitness and health promotion.

OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION:
» Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology - Certified Exercise Physiologist (CEP).
» National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) - Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)
» NSCA -Tactical Strength and Conditioning Facilitators (TSAC-F)

Degree equivalency

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENT
• Possession of a valid driver's license or mobility normally associated with possession of a valid driver’s license.
• Must be willing and able to work overtime as required.
• Willingness and ability to travel for work and/or training purposes using various modes of transportation (including owned or leased government transport, commercial and light aircraft and up to and including remote locations).
• At times, this is a physically demanding position requiring frequent and repeated lifting of fitness equipment. Individuals must be able to move and arrange fitness equipment when conducting Physical Abilities Requirement Evaluation (PARE) and other fitness programs. There is constant bending, reaching, pulling and lifting of fitness equipment.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - NOTE: Successful candidates will require a valid RCMP security clearance prior to appointment and throughout the tenure of their employment. The process to obtain RCMP security clearance involves a security/reliability interview and a field investigation regarding matters of criminal activity which includes reference checks, verification of credit/financial status, education, employment, etc. As such, the process may take several weeks or months to complete.

• First aid certification, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)*.
* At the time of appointment, candidates must have a valid first aid certification (including CPR).

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

Communication for this process will be sent via email. It is the responsibility of the candidate 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). Candidates are strongly encouraged to check their email on a regular basis.

FAILURE TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT AND APPROPRIATE INFORMATION MAY RESULT IN ELIMINATION FROM THE PROCESS.

You may be assessed using one (1) or more of the following tools: written exam, interview and/or reference checks.

Assessment for this process will take place in Ottawa, Ontario. The cost to attend the assessment will be the candidate's responsibility. If you are currently employed with the Federal Public Service, please let us know your current group and level as well as your tenure and the Department you are working for.

A random and/or top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment 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.

Only online applications are accepted. To submit an application on-line, please select the button "Apply Online" below (www.jobs.gc.ca).

Candidates invited to an interview will be required to bring proof of their education credentials, in the form of a diploma or official transcript. Candidates who are unable to provide proof that they meet this essential qualification as requested may be eliminated from the process.

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/

Candidates from outside the federal public service will be required to pay for their own travel (including travel for assessment purposes), and may be required to pay for their own relocation expenses.

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.