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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 specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Assessment accommodation

1. All competencies may be assessed throughout the entire process (the answers you will provide to the screening questions, exchanges and emails).

2. Please note there are four (4) streams (Categories of positions) with different educational requirements.

3. Following the closing date of the poster, only the applicants who have answered "yes" to all essential education and experience and provided the necessary information in their application will receive a document asking additional information as well as the exam to be completed by January 21st, 2019.

4. Interviews will be taking place between February 7th, 2019 and February 15th, 2019.

Work environment

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) is proud to be one of the winners of the Canada's Top 100 Employers 2019 competition. This competition recognizes Canadian employers with exceptional human resources programs and forward-thinking workplace policies.

ISED offers a wide variety of unique career opportunities and prioritizes advancement, professional development, and continuing education. Employees have the opportunity to join employee-lead networks, participate in on-the-job training and access other career development tools and programs to continuously progress on a professional and personal level.

ISED strives to build a culture that enshrines mental health, safety and well-being in all aspects of the workplace through collaboration, inclusivity and respect. To support employee wellness, employees have access to resources such as our new Canadian Innovation Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace. This centre promotes a safe, respectful and inclusive space for employees to share, support, network, and collaborate and attend seminars on mental health and well-being. Events include seminars on mental health and well-being, yoga, mindfulness, and more.

ISED has also modernized the workplace in order to attract, retain and encourage public servants to work smarter, greener and healthier to better serve Canadians.

Intent of the process

A pool of qualified or partially qualified candidates may be created to staff similar positions with various tenures (indeterminate, deployment, specified period, assignment, secondment), various security requirements and various language profiles. By default and in the interest of the greater public service, pools created as a result of collective staffing processes at ISED will be shared with other government departments.

Positions to be filled: 12

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

EXPERIENCE
Applies to all streams:
- Experience in analysing and researching legal or policy or business or financial information or data.
- Experience in dealing with clients or stakeholders.

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

Various language requirements
- Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC, English or French essential, or other possible language requirements.

Information on language requirements

EDUCATION
Stream 1:
- Graduation with a *degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in Accounting, Business Administration, Commerce, Economics, Finance, Law or Public Administration OR any other university degree combined with work experience** relevant to the position.

*Degree: A baccalaureate or higher level degree, as established by educational authorities, unless the type of credential is specified in the relevant Qualification Standard

**The work experience must have been obtained in one of the following fields: Accounting, Business Administration, Commerce, Economics, Finance, Law or Public Administration.

Stream 2:
- Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in Accounting, Business Administration, Commerce, Economics, Finance, Law or Public Administration OR any other university degree combined with work experience* relevant to the position or completion of post-secondary diploma, in a field related to the position (eg. commerce, business administration, electronics technology) or an acceptable combination of education, experience and/or training.

*The work experience must have been obtained in one of the following fields: Accounting, Business Administration, Commerce, Economics, Finance, Law, electronics technology or Public Administration.

Note 2. Acceptable experience and/or training in a field relevant to positions in the CO classification is required when the education qualification specified for the position being staffed is a secondary school diploma or employer-approved alternatives.

Stream 3:
- Graduation with a *degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in Accounting, Business Administration, Commerce, Economics, Communication, Marketing, Finance, Law or Public Administration OR any other university degree combined with work experience** relevant to the position.

Stream 4:
- Graduation with a degree from a recognized university in Law (LL.B., J.D. or LL.L)

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
Applies to stream 1 and 4:
- Experience in interpreting legislation or regulations.

EXPERIENCE
Applies to stream 3:
- Experience in synthetizing information and providing recommendations.
- Experience in providing project support, including planning, development and implementation of project .

COMPETENCIES
- Uphold Integrity and respect (Values and Ethics and Judgement) In support of the Federal Government of Canada Values and Ethics code. Employees exemplify ethical practices, professionalism and personal integrity. They create respectful and trusting work environments where sound advice is valued. They encourage the expression of diverse opinions and perspectives, while fostering collegiality.

- Effective Interactive Communication (Expressing and transmitting information orally with consistency and clarity, using active listening techniques in order to effectively understand provided feedback, summarizing information according to the audience in order to promote engagement and increase understanding).

- Written Communication (ability to produce clear, concise, logical and grammatically correct written material to effectively exchange information and ideas with others).

- Planning and Organizing (Developing, implementing, evaluating and adjusting plans to reach goals, while ensuring the optimal use of resources). Adapting/Flexibility/Initiative.

- Relationship Management and Collaboration (Establishing, sustaining and fostering professional contacts to build, enhance and connect networks to deliver a high level of service and meet client needs).

- Analytical Thinking - Interpreting, linking, and analyzing information in order to understand

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

EDUCATION
- Chartered Professional Accountant (CA, CMA, CPA).

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
Note: Depending on the stream, applicable assets will be applied
- Experience in providing guidance on policies, regulations or procedures.
- Experience with statistical software or database applications software for data analysis such as Microsoft Excel, MS Dynamics and SQL based query tools.
- Experience in the area of telecommunications or Spectrum Management.
- Experience working in a regulatory environment or law enforcement.
- Experience in creating educational tools, products and services.
- Experience in the area of Intellectual Property.
- Experience in preparing documents such as reports, backgrounders, briefing notes or presentations intended for a variety of audiences.
- Experience in providing advice to clients or management.
- Experience using computer forensic software or doing digital forensics.
- Experience in installing computer components, operating system or software.
- Experience translating policy into plain language.
- Experience in the area of corporate law, particularly with the Canada Business Corporations Act or the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act.
- Experience in negotiating with corporate council.

Depending on the position to staff, operational requirements could apply such as:
- Willingness and ability to work overtime
- Willingness and ability to travel

Conditions of employment

Depending on the position to staff, conditions of employment could apply such as:
- Reliability or Secret security clearance.

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

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

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 other qualifications may be a deciding factor in appointing a particular candidate amongst the qualified candidates. Please note that one, some or all of the Asset qualifications could be used at any stage of the staffing process.

Reference checks may be conducted upon appointment.

Please ensure you indicate your Personal Record Identifier (PRI), your substantive group and level and your employment status in your application.

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

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).

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

Only indeterminate employees at the same group and level or equivalent will be considered for deployment.

An assignment/secondment or an acting appointment is a temporary resourcing option. The approval of your substantive supervisor may/will be required before an offer can be made.

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.