Do you have what it takes to be a Social Media Juggernaut?

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We’re looking for a highly motivated, innovative and passionate individual with recognized expertise in social media and digital communications to fill a Senior Communications Advisor position.

As Canada’s Financial Regulator, OSFI plays a key role in maintaining public confidence in the Canadian financial system. While the financial industry and financial specialists are familiar with OSFI, few people beyond this audience segment know who we are and what we do. The Communications and Consultations Division is now seeking to increase OSFI’s visibility through social media.

As Social Media Juggernaut, you will be part of an energetic and multi-talented team in which you will use your expertise to anticipate issues, identify trends and seek opportunities. You are:
• An ambassador for ingenuity with no limit on new ideas.
• A curator of dynamic engagement.
• A visionary for cross-promotion in the social media ecosystem.
• A channel-surfer, seizing opportunities to ride the biggest waves
• A brain shifter, seamlessly jumping from the creative side to the analytical side, demonstrating why your ideas are analytically sound

Specifically, you will:
• Oversee the social media activities for the whole organization.
• Lead the development of a robust social media content strategy to help promote OSFI’s role and mandate to the public.
• Develop and implement an evaluation framework aligned with the social media content strategy.
• Prepare analytical reports for senior management.
• Help promote OSFI’s communications activities, strategies, announcements, and events through multiple social media platforms.
• Provide social media and digital communications advice to senior management.
• Review and provide timely and quality feedback on social media and web activities.
• Seek new and creative opportunities to promote OSFI in an evolving digital landscape.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff one position with a language requirement of bilingual imperative CBC/CBC on an indeterminate basis.

A pool of qualified or partially qualified candidates may be created to staff similar positions with various tenures (indeterminate, term, acting, etc.) and/or security requirements (reliability, secret, etc.) within the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions.

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)

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION:
- Graduation with a * degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in communications, marketing, business or some other specialty relevant to the position

OR

An acceptable combination of education, training and experience.

* 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.

Degree equivalency

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCES:
- Recent* and significant** experience in working directly with clients
- Recent* and significant** experience in providing strategic advice to clients, including senior management***, related to communications projects
- Recent* and significant** experience in developing communications strategies, media lines, news releases, or other communications products
- Recent* experience leading projects

*Recent experience refers to experience gained within the last 3 years.
**Significant is defined as depth and breadth of experience normally accumulated with performance of the duties over a period of at least 2 years.
*** Senior management includes Director and above.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE:
- Knowledge of federal government policies, guidelines or directives in the field of communications (e.g. Government of Canada Policy on Communications and Federal Identity, Standard on Web Accessibility, Social media and web requirements).
- Knowledge of best practices in communications products, services and tools.
- Knowledge of project management practices and principles

ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES:
- Results Orientation
- Service Orientation
- Working as a Team
- Critical Thinking

ESSENTIAL ABILITIES:
- Ability to manage conflicting priorities
- Ability to innovate
- Ability to communicate in writing
- Ability to communicate orally

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)

Information on language requirements

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

ASSET EXPERIENCE:
- Recent* and significant** experience in leading social media activities, including developing and implementing social media strategies to engage key target audiences
- Recent* and significant** experience in providing social media or digital communications advice to senior management***
- Recent* and significant** experience in using social media creatively in a professional capacity
- Recent* experience in evaluating social media activities
- Recent* experience in graphic design, photography or videography

*Recent experience refers to experience gained within the last 3 years.
**Significant is defined as depth and breadth of experience normally accumulated with performance of the duties over a period of at least 2 years.
*** Senior management includes Director and above

ASSET KNOWLEDGE:
- Knowledge of the latest trends in social media
- Knowledge of social media analytics reporting tools
- Knowledge of OSFI's mandate and activities

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:
- In order to meet the organization’s employment equity objectives in support of a diversified workforce, ‘right fit’ selection for this position may be made from among qualified candidates who self-declare as being Persons with a disability or Aboriginal peoples.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Willingness and ability to travel within Canada occasionally
- Willingness to work overtime occasionally

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

In order for your application to be considered, you must submit a completed questionnaire. You will be required to demonstrate how you meet the education and experience criteria (essential and asset) for the initial screening, in answering online screening questions. 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. Information on your described education and experience provided in the screening questions should be supported by your résumé. Failure to provide the above information in the format required may result in your application being rejected from the process.

A written examination will be administered.

An interview will be administered.

Please note that OSFI has offices located in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. If you are screened in, you may be required to travel to one of these locations to complete assessment (exam, interview, etc.).

Reference checks will be sought.

The ability to communicate effectively in writing will be assessed using the candidate's application, as well as through the evaluation process.

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/.

Candidates must meet all of the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position. A candidate may be appointed to a position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

Depending on the requirements of the position(s) being staffed from this process, for current or future vacancies, any or all of the asset qualifications may be applied at any time during the staffing process, including screening. Candidates may be contacted and assessed against these criteria at any time during this process.

Achieving a representative workforce has been identified as an organizational need and may be applied in this appointment process. If this criterion is used, only those who have indicated that they are members of the specified designated group(s) will be considered.

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

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.
For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail (including sending invitations for written tests and interviews). Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.

All job applications must be submitted through the Government of Canada public service jobs website. Do not email, fax, or mail hard copy documents as these will not be accepted. To submit an application online, please click on the "apply now" button.

If you do not have Internet access in your home or through friends, relatives or neighbours, here are some suggested locations: campus career centers, libraries, community centers, Internet cafés and Services Canada. You may also call 1-800-O-Canada (1-800-622-6232), or TTY 1-800-926-9105, for information on the nearest public Internet access locations.

Persons with a disability preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.
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OSFI's Ottawa location is downtown with easy access to shopping, restaurants, gyms, financial institutions and more. The building is less than a five minute walk from the Transitway and from the nearest STO stop.

As a Separate Agency, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) appoints employees in accordance with the Public Service Employment Act (PSEA). OSFI is named in Schedule V of the Financial Administration Act (FAA) and it offers the same pension and benefits plans as the core Federal Public Service. In addition to this, OSFI employees obtain a minimum of 4 weeks of vacation leave per year, earn a competitive salary, and are eligible for an annual performance bonus.

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.