Section Head – Nutrition Premarket Assessment, Infant Nutrition (Closing date amended)

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

Intent of the process

The immediate intent of this process is to staff 1 Indeterminate position(s) with a Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC profile.

In addition, applicants should be aware that this selection process may be used to staff similar positions at this group and level across Health Canada.

As a result of the potential and possible use of the selection process and subsequent pool by hiring managers, we encourage all employees seeking this type of position/workstream and/or group and level to apply.

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:

Graduation with a degree from a recognised post-secondary institution with a specialization in a field relevant to the duties of the position SUCH AS: Dietetics or Nutrition

Degree equivalency

Experience:

E1: Experience* in a clinical or research field related to infant nutrition
E2: Experience in project management and leading project teams (this excludes supervision)
E3: Experience in formulating and providing advice and recommendations to senior management through written briefings and presentations

*A minimum of 2 years of experience

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

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

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:

K1: Knowledge of clinical research and nutrition for infants

Abilities:

A1: Ability to analyse and evaluate complex scientific data/issues and to formulate and provide advice and recommendations to senior management through written briefings and presentations
A2: Ability to supervise employees
A3: Ability to lead projects and teams
A4: Ability to deal with difficult stakeholders
A5: Ability to communicate effectively in writing
A6: Ability to communicate effectively orally

Personal Suitabilities:

PS1: Working Effectively with Others
PS2: Judgement
PS3: Initiative
PS4: Respectful of diversity

Conditions of Employment:

Security level: Enhanced Reliability

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

Education:

AED: Graduation with a Master’s Degree or higher from a recognized university with a specialization in nutrition, nutritional biochemistry or other discipline relevant to the position

Experience:

AEX1: Experience in the scientific evaluation of novel foods, food additives, infant formulas, health claims, or other similar pre-market submissions
AE2: Experience in regulatory affairs
AEX3: Experience in the development or administration of regulations or guidelines with respect to:
• the nutritional safety and quality of foods
• the pre-market assessment of foods
• the assessment of health claims

Knowledge:

AK1: Knowledge of Division 25 of the Canadian Food and Drugs Regulations

Degree equivalency

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

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.

Candidates will not be solicited for incomplete or possibly missing information.

For this process, emails are the most efficient way to communicate with you. Candidates who apply to this selection process must include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). If you do not wish to receive results by email or if you change your email address during the process, it is your responsibility to inform us.

Please note that candidates are responsible for submitting their application by the closing date in order to be considered. No applications will be accepted once the deadline has passed.

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: The PSRS system will time out after 60 minutes of inactivity which may result in your inability to save your work or loss of data. It is recommended that you draft ALL RESPONSES in another document on your PC which may be saved (e.g. in MS Word or WordPerfect) and copy/paste into the PSRS system when completed. HEALTH CANADA IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SYSTEM PROBLEMS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF DATA AND/OR INCOMPLETE OR NON SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS.

ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED ONLINE THROUGH THE PSRS SYSTEM. Do not e-mail, fax, or mail in hard copy documents.

Please note that volume management strategies, such as random selection, top-down approach, invoking any asset(s) and/or cut-off scores, MAY be used at any point in the staffing process for the purpose of managing volumes of applications/candidates.

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.