ANTICIPATORY - Project Officer

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Assessment accommodation

Work environment

Regular office job not for you? Head for the excitement, freedom, and challenge of a career with the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG).

As the federal organization responsible for Canada's civilian fleet, Canadian Coast Guard's role in exerting Canada's influence over its oceans and waterways cannot be overstated. Accessible, clean, safe and secure waters and coastlines are part of our heritage. Coast Guard responds to the on-water needs of our citizens and acts as a visible symbol of the Canadian identity from coast to coast to coast.

As a Special Operating Agency of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), the CCG helps DFO meet its responsibility to ensure safe and accessible waterways for Canadians. The CCG also plays a key role in ensuring the sustainable use and development of Canada's oceans and waterways.

Under Shipbuilding and Materiel, the Vessel Procurement Directorate is looking for motivated people eager to support our country and communities in the delivery of shipbuilding and vessel procurement projects as part of our mandate to revitalize Canada’s fleet through the Fleet Renewal Plan.

Get the opportunity to work and liaise with people in different fields such as finance, procurement, and engineering, as well as regions across Canada. If you are looking for the opportunity to see how your work reflects long-term in improving the lives of Canadians as well as to see first-hand how ships are built, apply now! We want to hear from you.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to staff five (5) positions. A pool of qualified candidates may be established and used to fill similar positions with various tenures, security profiles and linguistic/language requirements within Fisheries and Oceans Canada/Canadian Coast Guard.

Positions to be filled: 5

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

EDUCATION :

ALL STREAMS :
Ed 1 – A secondary school diploma or employer-approved alternatives.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

ALL STREAMS:
Ex 1 - Experience working with Microsoft Office Suite (including MS Outlook or comparable e-mail suite, MS Word and MS Excel)
Ex 2 - Experience liaising with internal and external clients or stakeholders

STREAM 1 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT:
Ex 3 – Experience researching and synthesizing information from multiple sources and writing analysis, briefings or reports to management.
Ex4 - Experience applying project management principles in a project environment

STREAM 2 - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT:
Ex 5 - Experience updating and maintaining financial forecast, budgets or project costing
Ex 6 - Experience providing financial management support such as coordinating or analyzing financial data or producing reports.

STREAM 3 - CONTRACT MANAGEMENT:
Ex 7 - Experience supporting the management of contracts, including confirming deliverables were received, verifying or coordinating the verification of invoices, or, coordinating payments against contract deliverables.
Ex 8 - Experience coordinating contract management deliverables, in the shape of documents, services, goods or construction.

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION

ALL STREAMS
AEd 1 – Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:

STREAM 1 – PROJECT MANAGEMENT
AEx 1 - Experience with MS Project.
AEx 2 - Experience drafting or editing Project Management documentation, including but not limited to Risk Register or Project Charter or Project Brief or Project Management Plan, or secondary Plans (HR Management Plan, Communications Management Plan, Stakeholders Management Plan, etc.).
AEx 3 - Experience supporting the management of a Major Project*.

STREAM 2 – FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
AEx 4 - Experience supporting the financial management of a Major Project*.

STREAM 3 – CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
AEx 5 - Experience drafting or supporting the development of contracting documentation.
AEx 6 - Experience supporting a bid evaluation process.

STREAMS 2 AND 3 - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
AEx 7 - Experience working in a project management environment.

DEFINITION:
*A Major project is defined as the delivery of assets, infrastructure or services with national impact, exceeding a budget of $100 million dollars, and involving multiple stakeholders.

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

Various language requirements

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
ALL STREAMS
C1 - Thinking things through
C2 – Working effectively with others
C3 – Showing initiative and being action-oriented
C4 – Analytical thinking
C5 – Time management

ABILITIES
ALL STREAMS
A1 - Ability to communicate effectively orally
A2 -Ability to communicate effectively in writing

PERSONAL SUITABILITY
ALL STREAMS
PS 1 - Dependability

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

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Be willing and able to work overtime on a as required basis
Be willing and able to travel within Canada as required

Conditions of employment

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT
Various security clearance (including reliability status and secret)
*This factor is not used at the pre-selection stage. The Department is responsible for the security clearance process.

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

A written exam may be administered. The ability to communicate effectively in writing will be assessed throughout the duration of the selection process.

Interviews will be administered.

Reference checks will be sought.

You must provide proof of your education credentials. Candidates invited to an interview will be required to bring proof of their education credentials, in the form of a diploma or official transcript (original documents only).

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/

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

A top down selection method may be used at any point in the assessment process.

Random selection may be used to identify which applicants will be assessed in this appointment process.

It is your responsibility to ensure that your email and contact information are maintained with the hiring board AND in your Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS) account. As all of the communication for this process will be conducted via the email address provided in your application AND via your PSRS account, it is your responsibility to ensure that you check for messages regularly and to ensure that your email address accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email or filter them to a junk mail folder).

Failure to respond to key messages may result in your being eliminated from this process.

Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

An assignment/secondment or an acting appointment is a temporary resourcing option. The approval of your substantive supervisor will be required before an offer can be made.

* Positions are currently under review.

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.