SOCIAL SUPPORT OFFICER /DATA COLLECTIONS OFFICER - ANTICIPATORY

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PLEASE ENSURE YOU READ THE POSTER THOROUGHLY AS THE INSTRUCTIONS CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT WILL BE REQUIRED IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS. FAILURE TO READ THE NOTES AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS COULD RESULT IN YOUR APPLICATION MISSING CRITICAL INFORMATION THUS PROVIDING FOR INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION FOR THE ASSESSMENT BOARD TO COMPLETE YOUR ASSESSMENT AND RESULTING IN YOUR ELIMINATION FROM THE PROCESS.

Candidates must submit at the time of application:

Complete the screening questions on the Public Service Resourcing System application website. Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position. Candidates must fully respond to the screening questions in the space provided for each question. Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed. Please note that only stating the Essential Experience qualifications have been met, and/or listing job titles and responsibilities does not represent adequate substantiation. DETAILED RESPONSES TO THE SCREENING QUESTIONS IN THE APPLICATION MUST BE COMPLETED IN ADDITION TO YOUR RESUME.

Your resume.

A cover letter is NOT required.

Duties

Canada, through the creation of Indigenous Services Canada and Crown Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, has demonstrated a commitment to ensure that we are working with Indigenous Peoples to measure progress and improve service delivery on an ongoing basis. This is founded on a principle of a renewed, nation-to-nation relationship with Indigenous Peoples, based on recognition of rights, respect, co-operation, and partnership.
Indigenous Services Canada is committed to the identification of the best models for delivering improved services to Indigenous Peoples and improve accountability to Indigenous Peoples for the quality of services delivered, including:
- work to leverage the ingenuity and understanding of Indigenous Peoples as well as experts from the private sector, provincial, territorial, and municipal governments and international experts on service delivery. It will be expected for you to assess how Indigenous Peoples experience the delivery of government services on a day-to-day basis and identify ways to improve delivery that are holistic, community-based, and put the needs of the person first.

DATA COLLECTIONS OFFICER
With the creation of Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) and the transformation of education, this position will be part of a team that will support First Nations to build a strong, community-based, linguistically and culturally-appropriate education system for their students. Our vision is to support First Nation control of First Nation education by establishing a nation-to-nation relationship that strengthens First Nation education, focusing on sufficient, predictable and sustained funding. Key activities of the position will include supporting the First Nations with reporting using the education data system, conducting data research and analysis, and providing data analytics to our team members, partners and management. This position will require an individual with leadership skills, strong organizational skills, excellent interpersonal skills and a demonstrated capacity to work as part of a team.

SOCIAL SUPPORT OFFICER
Working with the Social Programs and First Nations Relations Treaty 8 Directorate, this position will be part of a team that provides funds to First Nations to deliver key social programs on reserves. It is an exciting opportunity to balance between managing the collection of data submitted by First Nations, conducting data research and analysis, and providing financial reports to internal and external stakeholders. This position will require an individual with leadership skills, attention to detail, excellent client service, and the ability to effectively summarize complicated data.

Intent of the process

A pool of qualified candidates may be established and used to staff similar permanent and/or temporary vacancies in Edmonton, Alberta.

*Pool could be used for acting appointments under exceptional circumstances to protect employee’s indeterminate status.

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 diploma from a recognized post-secondary institution with an acceptable specialization in business administration, accounting, finance or another specialty relevant to the position being staffed or a combination of education, training, and experience defined as successful completion of 2 or more years of experience in a relevant field supplemented by relevant training or successful course work.

For the acceptable combination of education, training and experience, candidates must provide a list of completed courses as well as a description of relevant experience.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:
- Experience in conducting financial and/or statistical analysis, including researching and analyzing program data

- Experience in using intermediate Excel functions and/or preparing Excel reports

- Experience in developing guidelines and/or procedures to suit the organization’s needs

- Experience in briefing and providing advice to supervisors, management, or executives

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:
- Knowledge of Indigenous Services Canada Education and/or Social programs or services offered to Indigenous people

ABILITIES:
- Ability to use intermediate functionality in Microsoft Excel, including, but not limited to: editing, formulas, formatting, tables, etc.
- Ability to effectively prioritize and multi-task in an environment of competing priorities
- Ability to review and analyze financial data and provide recommendations
- Ability to communicate orally
- Ability to communicate in writing

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:
- Adaptability
- Attention to detail
- Demonstrate integrity and respect
- Dependability
- Initiative
- Client Service Orientation
- Problem Solving
- Working effectively with others
- Judgement

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

EXPERIENCE:
- Significant * experience working with First Nations and/or Indigenous organizations

- Significant * experience supervising a team

- Significant * experience analyzing or reviewing financial resources and/or data information

- Experience in delivering training

- Experience in intermediate or advanced level of accounting

- Experience using advanced functions in Excel (e.g. converting data into charts or tables, linking worksheets, reports, etc.)

* Significant experience is defined as the depth and breadth of experience associated with having performed a broad range of various, complex related activities normally acquired over a period of twenty-four (24) months

CURRENT AND/OR FUTURE ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:
Indigenous Service Canada is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population its serve. In support of our strategy to achieve our employment equity goals, preference may be given to candidates who, at the time of application, indicate that they are belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups (self-declaration): Aboriginal peoples, Women, Visible Minorities and Persons with Disabilities.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Willing and able to work overtime as required

- Willing and able to travel

- Willing and able to travel by various modes of transportation (small and large aircraft, vehicles and/or boats), in various weather conditions, often to remote communities with few amenities

- Maintain a valid driver’s license

Conditions of employment

- Reliability Status security clearance
- Willing and able to travel, depending on position being staffed

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

1. Reference checks may be sought.

2. A interview may be administered.

3. A written exam may be administered.

4. Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

5. Achieving a representative workforce has been identified as an organizational need in the merit criteria, and may be applied in this appointment process.

6. Candidates must meet each essential qualification to be appointed to a position, however, a person may be appointed to a position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements or organizational needs. Meeting these criteria is nonetheless desirable and may be a deciding factor for the staffing of some positions.

7. FAILURE TO CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE HOW YOU MEET THE ESSENTIAL CRITERIA (Education and Experience) WILL RESULT IN THE REJECTION OF YOUR APPLICATION. APPLICANTS WILL NOT BE SOLICITED FOR INCOMPLETE OR POSSIBLE MISSING INFORMATION.

8. Candidates will be asked to provide proof of their education credentials and proof of citizenship at the assessment stage of this process. Failure to do so may result in your application not being considered further in the selection process.

9. Proof of education will be required. 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.

10. Please note that resumes may be used as a secondary source to validate the experience described in the screening question. Failure to provide this information in the requested format may result in your application being rejected. Candidates will not be solicited for incomplete or missing information.

11. ONLINE APPLICATIONS ONLY:
ONLY ON LINE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. All job applications must therefore be submitted through www.jobs.gc.ca site. To submit an application on-line, please select the button "Apply Online" below.

12. Depending on the number of applicants, needs and/or plans, volume management strategies such as, but not limited to, top-down approach, cut-off scores, asset selection, random selection and/or assessment may be used for the purpose of managing applications/candidates and/or determining which candidates will continue in the staffing process. Should a volume management strategy be used, communication regarding the application of the strategy will be provided to those candidates who are impacted.

13. All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence and telephone conversations, may be used in the assessment of qualifications. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required.

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.