Policy Analyst

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

ONLY APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED ON-LINE USING THE 'APPLY ON-LINE' BUTTON ABOVE WILL BE CONSIDERED since you are required to answer essential qualifications screening questions.

TIPS FOR APPLICANTS: When answering the pre-screening questions, you must provide specific examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the qualifications. We can’t make any assumptions about your experience. Simply saying you have the required qualifications or listing your current duties is not enough. Instead, provide concrete and detailed examples that clearly explain where, when, and how you gained the experience. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualifications. We’ll only use your résumé as a secondary source of information. Failure to provide sufficient information may result in your application being screened out of the competition.

Work environment

Environment and Climate Change Canada is offering you the opportunity to join an inspiring and dynamic organization. A number of challenges and development opportunities await you—not to mention numerous opportunities to support emerging policies and regulations that affect each and every Canadian. We provide opportunities to inspire and guide the work of the next generation of economists and policy analysts.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to staff three (3) indeterminate positions. A pool of qualified candidates may be established and used to staff similar positions across Canada within Environment and Climate Change Canada with various tenures (Term, Assignment, Secondment, Acting, Indeterminate, Deployment) and various language requirements which may vary according to the position being staffed.

A pass mark will be established for each qualification. However, achieving the pass mark is not guarantee of an appointment or that candidates will be put through the next stages of the assessment process. A cutoff score and a top-down approach may be used at any step if there is a sufficient number of candidates to meet immediate and anticipated staffing needs.

Positions to be filled: 3

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 post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in economics, sociology or statistics.

N.B Candidates must always have a degree. The courses for the specialization must be acceptable and may have been taken at a recognized post-secondary institution, but not necessarily within a degree program in the required specialization. The specialization may also be obtained through an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:
(E1) Experience in the development of government policy or strategies involving broad, complex, multi-dimensional public policy challenges and issues, ideally in the environmental field.
(E2) Experience in establishing networks of contacts, partnerships and collaborative working arrangements within and/or between federal departments and with external partners such as provincial governments or non-governmental organizations.
(E3) Experience in contributing to the development or review of Memoranda to Cabinet and related Cabinet business processes, and systems.
(E4) Experience in planning, leading and conducting strategic policy research initiatives, for example those dealing with sustainable development or other environmental issues and concerns.
(E5) Experience in leading the preparation of briefing materials, including the coordination of input from internal or external stakeholders.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:
(AE1) Experience in working in intergovernmental affairs, or on files with intergovernmental components.
(AE2) Experience in leading the work of a team, assigning work, measuring outputs and assessing performance of these individuals.

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual Imperative - BBB/BBB
Bilingual Imperative - CBC/CBC

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:
(K1) Knowledge of the processes of government and the roles and responsibilities of Parliament, Cabinet and the various departments of government.
(K2) Knowledge of major jurisdictional, national and international environmental issues and the key interests and objectives of the federal government with respect to these issues.

ABILITIES:
(A1) Ability to deliver results under pressure with conflicting priorities.
(A2) Ability to analyze and synthesize information on different policy issues in order to develop innovative solutions.
(A3) Ability to communicate effectively orally
(A4) Ability to communicate effectively in writing

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:
(P1) Relationship building
(P2) Initiative
(P3) Judgement
(P4) Reliability
(P5) Flexibility

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

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
• Willing and able to travel.
• Willing and able to work overtime on short notice.

Conditions of employment

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

Candidates must provide a contact email address and number that they can be reached on days off during the normal business week (Monday to Friday).

Qualifications may be evaluated by a wide range of tools and methods. Consequently, a written exam, an interview, reference checks or other evaluation methods may be sought in this process. Applicants need to make a reasonable effort to make themselves available for their evaluation at the appointed time. A passing note will be established for all of the evaluated qualifications.

An assignment, secondment, or acting appointment requires approval of your supervisor.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

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.