Policy Analyst / Senior Policy Analyst

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Assessment accommodation

All communication and information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to the close of process, may be used for evaluation purposes.

When completing the screening questions, remember that 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, candidates must demonstrate how they meet the education and experience criteria listed in the job opportunity advertisement by providing CLEAR AND CONCRETE EXAMPLES.

Your resume may be used as a secondary source of information and used strictly to validate the concrete examples you will have described.

Additionally, pay close attention to ACTION WORDS to ensure the examples you chose speak to ALL OF THEM. Similar attention should be given to PUNCTUATION AND CONNECTOR WORDS SUCH AS "COMMAS", "AND" AND "OR" as these have different functions when used to describe experience criteria. For example, if an essential qualification states: Experience in providing strategic analysis and recommendations on policy issues to senior management” you must describe with an example(s) your experience in providing both strategic analysis and recommendations.

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.

Intent of the process

A pool of qualified candidates will be established and used to fill similar positions with various language requirements, tenures and security requirements within Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

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/EC-06:
- 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 must 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/EC-06:
- Significant* experience developing and maintaining collaborative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders

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EC-05 only:
- Significant* experience writing decision-making documents for senior management** (such as briefing notes, reports, position papers, presentations, etc.)
- Significant* experience in conducting policy research or analysis to support the development of policies, plans or legislative/regulatory frameworks including identification of economic and socioeconomic impacts of proposed policy, plan or framework
- Experience in providing strategic analysis and recommendations on policy issues to senior management **

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EC-06 only:
- Recent and significant*** experience conducting policy research and analysis to support the development of strategic policies, plans or legislative/regulatory frameworks including identification of economic and socioeconomic impacts or proposed policy, plan or framework
- Recent and significant*** experience analyzing complex issues, developing recommendations and providing policy advice to senior management**
- Recent and significant*** experience writing and coordinating the preparation of strategic policy documents, for senior management**
- Experience in planning and managing complex policy initiatives
- Experience in leading or coordinating a project involving others

*Significant is understood to mean the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with having performed a broad range of complex related activities for a period of approximately three (3) years
**Senior Management is defined as Director Level and above
*** Recent and significant experience is defined as experience associated with the performance of a large number of complex activities, taking into consideration the scope of duties and responsibility level normally possessed by an individual who has worked in this area for approximately two years (24 months) within the last five (5) years

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS
EC-05/EC-06:
- Postgraduate degree from a recognized university
- Experience preparing position papers
- Experience in conducting economic and/or policy research and analysis in areas related to fisheries, oceans, natural resources or sustainable development
- Experience in leading departmental, interdepartmental, inter-governmental, government-industry or other multi-stakeholder project teams or working groups
- Experience in assessing the risks of natural resource management projects, policies, initiatives or decisions

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

Various language requirements

Information on language requirements

ABILITY
EC-05/EC-06:
- Ability to develop and provide strategic analysis and recommendations to line managers and senior management
- Ability to negotiate and build consensus
- Ability to work effectively under pressure in the face of shifting priorities and tight deadlines
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing
- Ability to communicate effectively orally

KNOWLEDGE
EC-05/EC-06:
- Knowledge of Department of Fisheries and Oceans mandate, policies and programs.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY
EC-05/EC-06:
- Strategic Thinking
- Judgement
- Effective Interpersonal Skills
- Initiative

EC-06 only:
- Leadership
- Excellence through results

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

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Willingness and ability to work overtime on short notice
- Willingness and ability to travel on occasion

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance - This factor is not used at the preselection stage. The department is responsible for the security clearance process.

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

An exam may be administered.

An interview may be administered.

Reference checks may be sought.

You must provide proof of your education credentials. Candidates invited to an interview will be required to bring proof of their education credentials, in the form of a diploma or official transcript (original documents only).

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

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.

A top down selection method may be used at any point in the assessment process.

Random selection may be used to identify which applicants will be assessed in this appointment process.

It is your responsibility to ensure that your email and contact information are maintained with the hiring board AND in your Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS) account. As all of the communication for this process will be conducted via the email address provided in your application AND via your PSRS account, it is your responsibility to ensure that you check for messages regularly and to ensure that your email address accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email or filter them to a junk mail folder). Failure to respond to key messages may result in your being eliminated from this process.

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

Asset qualifications may be used in order to select a candidate, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

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.