Biostatistician

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

Applicants are not required to submit a cover letter. Instead, they are required to answer THE PRE-SCREENING QUESTIONS clearly demonstrating with concrete examples in how they meet the education and experience factors listed in the essential qualifications. All screening questions must be answered. It is not sufficient to only state that the qualifications are met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Rather, you must clearly demonstrate HOW, WHEN, and WHERE the qualification was met through substantiation by examples as well as the period(s) in which you performed the functions of the positions. You will not have further opportunity to provide additional information. Providing the same answer for each qualification will result in your application being rejected. A maximum of 500 words will be accepted per screening question. Comments such as “refer to my attached resume” will not be accepted and may result in your application being rejected.

Your responses to the screening questions will be used to evaluate your ability to communicate in writing

Intent of the process

The immediate intent of this poster is to fill 2 EC-04 positions on an indeterminate (permanent) basis. Applicants should be aware that this selection process may be used to staff similar positions at this group and level with various security requirements, conditions of employment as well as various tenures (temporary or permanent) within Health Canada.

Positions to be filled: 2

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 statistics AND a specialization in one or more of the following: mathematics, epidemiology, biostatistics or geography

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:
Experience in data processing, data manipulation and data compilation using SAS or R.
Experience applying statistical methods to analyse and visualize data in SAS or R.

Abilities and skills:
Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

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

Asset Education:
Degree or specialization in geography.
Degree or specialization in epidemiology or public health.
Post-graduate degree in biostatistics or statistics.

Degree equivalency

Asset Experience:
Experience in research related to human exposure to air pollution.
Experience generating questionnaires or surveys for health-based exposure research.
Experience in creating and managing data in ArcGIS using python coding.
Experience with machine learning methods.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
Knowledge of statistics, including descriptive analysis, correlation analysis and linear regression.
Knowledge of statistical programming in Statistical Analysis System (SAS) or R.

Abilities and skills:
Ability to compile, manipulate, clean, analyse and visualize data using SAS or R.
Ability to communicate effectively orally.

Personal Suitability:
Initiative
Dependability
Attention to detail
Respectful of Diversity

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

Asset Knowledge:
Knowledge of research methodologies including questionnaire and survey design.
Knowledge of GIS database creation and analysis including extraction of spatial information.

Operational Requirements:
Regular hours of work, with occasional requirement to work outside regular business hours related to special events or projects.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status 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

Depending on the number of applicants, Department needs and HR plans, volume management strategies such as assets, random selection, top-down approach, and/or cut-off scores MAY be used for the purpose of managing applications/candidates.

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview may be administered.

A written examination may be administered.

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

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.

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

Proof of education will be required at the interview stage. 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.

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.

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.