Portfolio Analyst

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Work environment

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) helps the Government of Canada serve Canadians. With a strong focus on quality customer service, we provide innovative common services such as real estate and building management, purchasing, banking, pay and pensions, auditing and translation to other government departments, agencies and boards. By providing these centralized services to departments and agencies, we enable them to focus on what they do best: providing their programs and services to Canadians.

As an organization, PSPC strives to give all its employees opportunities to achieve organizational, professional and personal goals in a respectful and inclusive workplace, mobilized and supported by leadership at all levels. For more information on PSPC's People Management Philosophy and Our Commitments please see the following link: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/apropos-about/pe-pc-eng.html

Intent of the process

A pool of qualified candidates will be established and may be used to staff similar term, and/or permanent positions.

Preference location is Edmonton, AB.

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)

Experience:
Recent* and significant** experience in the following:
• Gathering and analyzing real property information and making recommendations based on the analysis
• Providing advice related to real property to internal or external clients and/or management
• Conducting financial investment analysis or cost-benefit analysis
• Preparing and presenting reports to management and/or clients

*Recent experience is considered to be within the last 5 years.
**Significant experience is considered to be a variety of complex activities within real property.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Education:
• 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 in economics, sociology or statistics do not necessarily have to have been obtained within the degree program in the required specialization. The specialization may also be obtained through an acceptable combination of education of a minimum of 3 courses in economics, sociology or statistics and one year of directly related experience and/or training.

Degree equivalency

Knowledge:
•Knowledge of real estate investment terms and principles

Competencies:
• Values and ethics: Serving through integrity and respect
• Thinking things through: Innovating through analysis and ideas
• Engagement: Working effectively with people, organizations and partners
• Excellence through results: Delivery through own work, relationships and responsibilities
• Client Service – Level 1

Abilities:
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally, verbally and in writing
• Ability to work effectively with financial analysis spreadsheet software.
• Ability to analyze information, develop strategies and/or recommendations to management or clients.

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

Education:
• Certification(s)/Designation(s) related to real property.
• Master's degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with specialization in economics, public administration, business administration, sociology or statistic

Degree equivalency

Experience:
• Experience in interpreting policies and frameworks.
• Experience working with discounted cash flow models.
• Experience preparing business cases, feasibility studies, options analysis or asset management plans.
• Leading the development and monitoring of investment strategies and/or portfolio plans or project proposals related to real property.
• Experience in managing real property projects and project resources.
• Experience in the training of staff or related resources.

Knowledge:
• Knowledge of the PSPC’s Real Property National Project Management System

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Conditions of Employment:
• Reliability Status security clearance.
• Willingness and ability to work overtime on short notice if required.
• Willingness and ability to travel occasionally, including overnight, when required.
• Willingness and ability to inspect buildings/properties as required.

The conditions of employment must be maintained throughout the period of employment.

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.

Applicants who apply to this selection process must include their application, a valid
e-mail address and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.

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/

PLEASE NOTE: For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with
applicants by e-mail for screening/assessment purposes (including issuing screening
results, and sending invitations for written tests and interviews). It is the candidate’s responsibility to provide any changes to their personal information to the contact indicated on this job advertisement.

Failure to respond to communications may be construed as a withdrawal from this process.

Please note that in addition to all assessment methods, correspondence and communication in relation to this selection process may also be used to assess certain qualifications.

A written exam will be administered.

Applicants with disabilities: Should you require a technical aid or an alternative method of assessment to ensure an equitable assessment of your qualifications, please indicate so in your application.

Candidates must obtain the required pass mark for each qualification in order to be given further consideration in the selection process.

Interviews will be conducted.

Reference checks will be conducted.

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).

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

Candidates from outside the Federal Public Service will be required to pay for their own travel expenses for various phases of testing/assessment.

Public service employees found qualified in this process may be considered for acting, assignment, deployment or secondment.

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.