Economic Development Officer

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Would you enjoy a career that gives you a direct role in strengthening the economy in Atlantic Canada? Does working with entrepreneurs, innovative businesses, post-secondary institutions, not-for-profit organizations and vibrant communities sound interesting? Would you like to see firsthand that your work has a positive impact in your community? If so, we are looking for you!

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) is a federal government agency working to create opportunities for economic growth in Atlantic Canada. Experienced and knowledgeable economic development officers are helping clients become more competitive, innovative and productive. If your qualifications meet our requirements, you could become part of a team delivering programs and services to our diverse communities and small and medium enterprises to strengthen local economies.

To give you a better idea of who we are, watch this short video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM8ICy6ZrvE

Intent of the process

This is an anticipatory staffing process to establish a pool of candidates that will be used to staff identical or similar positions of various tenures (indeterminate, term, acting, deployment, assignment and secondment).

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

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 university with an acceptable specialization in a relevant area of study (such as Business, Economics, Public Administration) OR an acceptable combination of a university degree and significant relevant experience.

Degree equivalency

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE:
- Recent and significant experience* in monitoring and managing contract performance
- Recent and significant experience* in planning, evaluating and monitoring projects, strategies or products
- Recent and significant experience* in working in a partnership role with officials from other federal departments, provincial/municipal governments, private sector or non-government organizations
- Recent and significant experience* assessing one of the following: business plans, marketing plans, strategic plans or financial statements/documents.

* Recent and significant is defined as the depth and breadth associated with the performance of duties normally acquired over a period of approximately two years, within the last five years.

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

Various language requirements
English essential or Bilingual imperative: BBB/BBB; CCC/CCC or CBC/CBC

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

COMPETENCIES:
- Strategic thinking
- Engagement
- Information gathering and decision-making
- Negotiation
- Communication (oral and in writing)

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

ASSET EDUCATION:
Designated specialization in a relevant field of study such as accounting, engineering, human resources management, etc.

Degree equivalency

ASSET EXPERIENCE:
- Experience working with community and/or industry associations and/or sectors such as tourism, ITC, bioscience, agri-food etc.
- Experience in digital marketing, including social media i.e. developing, implementing and/or measuring digital market campaigns.
- Experience in preparing spreadsheets, presentations and briefing materials for management.
- Experience in the delivery of financial assistance programs.

ORGANIZATIONAL NEED:
In support of achieving a representative workforce, current and/or future organizational needs may require that consideration be given to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following employment equity groups: women, members of visible minorities, persons with disabilities and Aboriginal Peoples.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Willingness and ability to travel, as required.
- Willingness and ability to work outside working hours, including evenings and weekends, with minimal notice.
- Must have a valid driver's license for personal mobility to the extent normally associated with the possession of a driver's license.

Conditions of employment

Reliability or Secret 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

GUIDELINES ON HOW TO COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION
Your application must be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS). To submit your application, please select the link “Apply Online” shown above.

HOW TO STRUCTURE
You must answer the screening questions by clearly demonstrating how you meet each of the screening criteria (i.e. education and essential experiences). You must meet all the essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position.

WHAT CONTENT ARE WE LOOKING FOR
You must provide concrete and detailed examples. We encourage you to describe in detail when, where and how you gained the experiences. As an example, this could include a description of context, priority of the requirement, degree of complexity of the problem/task, undertaken actions and outcomes. The screening board will not make any assumptions about your experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties.

Your resume may be a secondary source to confirm the experience described in the screening questions. Applications that do not clearly demonstrate that the candidate meets the screening criteria will not be given further consideration. You will not be solicited for incomplete or possible missing information.

PROOF OF EDUCATION
You will be asked to provide proof of education credentials at the time of assessment. Candidates with foreign credentials will be asked to provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/.

ACCOMMODATION
We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/services/assessment-accommodation-page.html

ASSESSMENT
Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. You are asked to indicate your preferred official language in your application.

* Various assessment tools may be used in this selection process
* All written and verbal communication obtained throughout the selection process may be used to evaluate the candidate.

COMMUNICATIONS
Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates who apply on this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and to make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is the candidate's responsibility to provide any changes to their personal information to the contact indicated on this job advertisement.

IDENTIFICATION
Should you be an employee of the public service, we request that you clearly identify your substantive group and level as well as your employment status on your resume and/or application form. In addition, please ensure that your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) or Service Number is included in your resume and/or application form.

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.