Senior Program Advisor / Manager, Integrated Program Planning and Analysis

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

STREAM 1 - Senior Program Advisor
STREAM 2 - Manager, Integrated Program Planning and Analysis

Candidates must answer screening questions by clearly demonstrating how they meet essential qualifications relative to education and experience, and asset qualifications, if applicable. Please note that it is not sufficient to only state that the requirement is met or to provide a listing of current responsibilities, rather the candidate must provide concrete examples that illustrate how they meet the requirement. Résumés may be used as a secondary source to validate the qualifications described, however comments such as "refer to my attached résumé" will not be accepted and may result in your application being rejected. Failure to provide this information in the requested format may result in your application being rejected.

Work environment

Small Craft Harbours is a nationwide program run by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). More than 5,000 volunteers assist the program annually. It keeps the harbours that are critical to the fishing industry open and in good repair. The program operates and maintains a national system of harbours to provide commercial fish harvesters and other harbour users with safe and accessible facilities.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to immediately staff the Manager, Integrated Program Planning and Analysis (IPPA) position on a permanent basis (Bilingual imperative CBC/CBC). A pool of qualified candidates will be established and may be used to staff the Senior Program Advisor position at a later date. The pool may also be used to staff similar positions with various tenures, various language requirements and various security requirements.

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)

EDUCATION (Both Streams)
- Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in a field relevant to the position, or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE (Stream 1 - Senior Program Advisor)
- Experience providing strategic and operational analysis, advice and recommendations to senior management*
- Experience in analyzing and reporting on matters that deal with complex issues, making recommendations, preparing reports and/or official correspondence for senior management*
- Experience in the development and coordination of project initiatives or strategic plans
- Experience representing senior management* in meetings and negotiations with stakeholders

*Senior management is defined as Director or above.

EXPERIENCE - (Stream 2 - Manager, IPPA)
- Significant* experience in financial resource management, such as budget planning and monitoring, financial analysis and reporting
- Significant* experience in providing strategic advice and recommendations to management
- Significant* experience supervising employees

*Significant is defined as experience associated with having performed a broad range of related activities, which could normally be acquired during a period of at least three (3) years

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

Various language requirements

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE (Both Streams)
- Knowledge of the Small Craft Harbours mandate and its objective, its legislative and regulatory framework, relevant policies and programs including: Harbour Authority, rationalization and divestiture, and the broad spectrum of its clients and stakeholders
- Knowledge of the socio-economic and environmental factors related to coastal communities and their influence on the development of marine infrastructure

COMPETENCIES (Both Streams)
- Creating vision and strategy
- Mobilizing people
- Upholding integrity and respect
- Collaborating with partners and stakeholders
- Promoting innovation and guiding change
- Achieving results

ABILITIES (Both Streams)
- Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

Stream 1 - Experience working in Small Craft Harbours

Stream 2 - Post-secondary degree from a recognized university in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Commerce or Economics
Stream 2 - Member of a recognized professional accounting association

Both Streams - Experience in dealing with senior management and addressing issues through these senior management structures

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

- The client organization will accept applications on-line only.

- 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.

- Throughout this selection process, you are encouraged to demonstrate how any relevant volunteer work (e.g., working on committees, union activities, employee networks, community work, etc.) has contributed to the development of your experience, skills, personal suitability, etc., as they relate to this position.

- Please note that the ability to communicate effectively in writing will be assessed throughout the selection process.

- Depending on the number of applicants, volume management strategies such as random selection, top-down approach, and/or cut-off scores may be used.
Selon le nombre de candidats, des stratégies de gestion du volume telles que la sélection au hasard, la sélection descendante et/ou les notes de passage pourraient être appliquées.

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.