IT Manager

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Assessment accommodation

Disciplines:
• Manager, Infrastructure/Operations
• Manager, Application Development, Database and Data Administration
• Manager, Planning
• Manager, Business Line Support Services

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff 5 positions on an indeterminate (permanent) basis, with a linguistic profile of Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC.

A pool of partially qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions within Elections Canada with various tenures (permanent or term).

Indeterminate employees at the same group and level, or equivalent may be considered for deployment.

Positions to be filled: 5

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 3 references.

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

EDUCATION
Successful completion of two years of an acceptable post-secondary educational program in computer science, information technology, information management, project management or another specialty relevant to the position to be staffed.
OR
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 via this alternative, it is met for the specific position only and must be reassessed for other positions for which this alternative has been specified by the manager.

Note: 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.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCES:
Recent* and significant** experience managing IM/IT teams, in one or more of the following discipline: application development (including commercial products, open source and the development of cloud-based solutions), infrastructure and operational system support, IT security, enterprise architecture, enterprise data management or quality assurance in achieving organizational objectives.

Experience managing the activities of teams, including delegating work, monitoring progress and managing employee performance over a complete performance cycle from goal setting to performance management assessment.

Recent* and significant** experience preparing cost estimates or resource requirements for projects.

NOTE: *Recent experience is defined as experience that was acquired within the last five years.
**Significant experience is defined as experience that was a core part of the applicant’s employment and that would normally be acquired over a period of two years or more by performing the full range of activities noted.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge of IM/IT trends, best practices, policies and standards across government or industry.

KEY COMPETENCIES
Promote Innovation and Guide Change
Collaborate with partners and stakeholders
Mobilize people
Create vision and strategy
Uphold integrity and respect
Achieve Results

ABILITIES
Ability to communicate effectively verbally.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

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

ASSET/EDUCATION
Post-secondary diploma in the field of IM/IT
Post-graduate degree in the field of IM/IT

Degree equivalency

ASSET/PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
Certification applicable to the position, such as the Microsoft suite, ITIL, PMP, TOGAF or CISSP
(ITIL: Information Technology Infrastructure Library
PMP: Project Management Professional
TOGAF: The Open Group Architecture Framework
CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional)

ASSETS / EXPERIENCES
Recent* experience in procurement and management of contracts for the provision of IM/IT-related goods or services.
Recent* experience in managing financial activities such as budget management, forecasting, costing, providing estimates and expenditure tracking.

NOTE: *Recent experience is defined as experience that was acquired within the last five years.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
1) Willingness and ability to work overtime when needed and on short notice.
2) Willingness and ability to travel across Canada and/or abroad on an as-needed basis.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - Reliability

Other Conditions of Employment :
1) Consent to observe strict political impartiality and neutrality for the duration 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.

Information on employment equity

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.