Business Analyst

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Assessment accommodation

**Please note that, as part of this selection process, we are planning to administer an exam to the successful candidates at the prescreening stage during the last 2 weeks of August 2019 and to conduct the interviews during the last 2 weeks of September 2019.**

Intent of the process

A pool of partially qualified candidates will be established and will be used to staff similar positions with various language requirements (English Essential and Bilingual Imperative, BBB/BBB) located in Edmonton (Alberta), Vancouver (British Columbia), Moncton (New Brunswick), Burlington (Ontario), Ottawa (Ontario), Toronto (Ontario), Gatineau (Québec), Montréal Island (Québec) and Québec (Québec). These positions may be staffed on an indeterminate or temporary basis.

IMPORTANT: All federal organizations listed in Schedules I, IV and V of the Financial Administration Act may use this selection process to appoint a candidate to its organization in a similar position. By applying to this process, you consent to your personal application-related information being shared with other government departments interested in staffing similar positions.

Positions to be filled: 3

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A response to a text question addressing the following:

• Contact information for 2 references.
  **You references must have worked with you for at least 6 months in the last 5 years.

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

►EDUCATION:
ED1: Successful completion of two years of an acceptable post-secondary educational program in computer science, information technology, information management or another specialty relevant to the position to be staffed OR an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience in a specialty relevant to the position to be staffed.

Notes:
1. Indeterminate period incumbents of positions in the CS group on May 10, 1999, who do not possess the education prescribed above, are deemed to meet the minimum education standards based on their education, training and/or experience. They must be accepted as having met the minimum education standard whenever this standard is called for when staffing positions in the CS group.
2. It is the recognized educational institution (e.g. community college, CÉGEP or university) that determines if the courses taken by a candidate correspond to two years of a post-secondary program at the institution.
3. At the manager's discretion, an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience may serve as an alternative to the minimum post-secondary education stated above. Whenever the minimum education is met using this alternative, it is met for the specific position only and must be re-assessed for other positions for which this alternative has been specified by the manager.

Degree equivalency

►EXPERIENCE:
EX1: Recent* experience delivering IM/IT advice to clients or management ***.
EX2: Recent* experience facilitating communication between clients and technical teams .
EX3: Significant** experience in performing business analyst functions to support IM/IT solution implementation, including:
• Planning and estimating business analysis activities.
• Business process modeling.
• Collection, analysis, documentation and validation of needs and business requirements.

Definitions:
* Recent experience means experience gained within the last five (5) years.
** Significant experience is defined as the experience associated with completing a large number of related activities, taking into account the scope of duties and level of responsibility normally found in a person who worked in this field for at least 1 year (12 months).
***Management is defined as a team leader (CS-03 or equivalent) or higher. A team leader is an employee who is responsible for supervising and leading a small group of co-workers, whether in a factory, an office or on a site.

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

►ASSET EDUCATION:
AED1: Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in computer science, information technology, information management or another specialty relevant to the position to be staffed.

Definition:
Degree: The term “degree” refers to a baccalaureate or to a higher level degree, as established by educational authorities.

Degree equivalency

►ASSET CERTIFICATIONS:
AOC1: IIBA Certification in Agile Analysis (IIBA-AAC).
AOC2: IIBA Business Analysis Certification (IIBA-ECBA).
AOC3: IIBA Business Analysis Certification (IIBA-CCAB).
AOC4: IIBA Business Analysis Certification (IIBA-CBAP).
AOC5: PMI Business Analysis Certification (PMI-PBA).
AOC6: Certification in LEAN Six Sigma Process Improvement.

►ASSET EXPERIENCE:
AEX1: Recent * and significant ** experience with the use of Sparx Systems' Enterprise Architect platform.

Definitions:
* Recent experience means experience gained within the last five (5) years.
** Significant experience is defined as the experience associated with completing a large number of related activities, taking into account the scope of duties and level of responsibility normally found in a person who worked in this field for at least 1 year (12 months).

►OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
OR1: Willing and able to travel on occasion.
OR2: Willing and able to work overtime on occasion.
OR3: Willing and able to work flexible hours according to operational needs.

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

Various language requirements
A pool of partially qualified candidates will be established and will be used to staff similar positions with various language requirements such as English Essential and Bilingual - Imperative, BBB/BBB.

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

►KNOWLEDGE:
K1: Knowledge of current and emerging IM/IT trends in the Federal government.
K2: Knowledge of Business Analyst role as defined in BABOK (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge).

►ABILITIES:
A1: Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
A2: Ability to communicate effectively orally.

►COMPETENCIES:
C1: Analytical Thinking
C2: Creative Thinking
C3: Leadership in Change
C4: Client Focus
C5: Partnership

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

►ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:
Environment Canada is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population we serve. In support of our Engagement Strategy to achieve employment equity goals, selection may be limited to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal peoples, Persons with a Disability, Visible Minorities and Women.

Information on employment equity

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

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

The hiring Department will only accept on-line applications. All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS). Following are some of the benefits associated with applying on-line.
• Applicants can create a profile and a resume that can be used when applying for other processes without having to recreate a new application each time.
• Applicants can modify their application/resume at any time BEFORE the closing date indicated on the job advertisement.
• Applicants can verify the status of their applications, at any time.
• Applicants can be notified electronically of tests or interviews and results.
For some jobs, applicants will find important information, namely the job questionnaire and a complete statement of merit criteria that are only available when applying on-line.

It is your responsibility to ensure that your email and contact information are maintained with the Assessment 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.

Depending on the number of applicants, the needs and/or Human Resources plans, volume management strategies such as random selection, top-down approach and/or establishing cut-off scores to determine who will continue in the staffing process, MAY BE USED for the purpose of managing applications.

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/

Please note that any information provided through this selection process may be considered in the assessment of any of the essential or other qualifications, including the ability to communicate effectively in writing.

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

An assignment/secondment or an acting appointment is a temporary resourcing option. The approval of your substantive supervisor 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.