Various EC-05 Positions

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to establish pools of qualified candidates to meet the anticipated EC-05 needs throughout the Treaties and Aboriginal Government Sector, located in CIRNAC offices across Canada. This process identifies 3 distinct streams of work and requirements, all of which share some common qualifications yet also have specified distinct qualifications. The 3 streams are as follows:

Stream 1:
Position Title: Assistant Negotiator
Branches/Directorate: Negotiations East, Negotiations Central, Negotiations West, BC Specific Claims Resolution

Stream 2:
Position Titles: Social Policy Researcher, Economic Policy Researcher, Policy Analyst, Case Manager
Branch: Policy Development and Coordination Branch

Stream 3:
Position Title: Policy Analyst
Branch: Fiscal Branch

Once established, the pools may be used to staff similar or identical positions with various linguistic profiles and with various employment types and tenures (indeterminate, specified period or acting appointment, deployment, assignment, secondment) throughout CIRNAC offices across Canada.

The requirement for security clearance (reliability or secret) may vary and additional conditions of employment may be identified according to the position being staffed.

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 degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with an acceptable specialization in Economics, Sociology or Statistics.
Note: 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:
All Streams
Significant* experience in researching and analyzing complex** issues.
Significant* experience providing written and oral advice and recommendations to management.
Experience in facilitating, co-ordinating or managing projects, multi-disciplinary teams, working groups, or committees.
*Significant experience is defined as the depth and breadth of experience performing the duties, normally acquired over a period of a minimum of two (2) years.

**Complex issues are defined as involving at least two (2) of the following criteria: multi-year or multi-phase, sensitive or high profile, multiple stakeholders or jurisdictions, and competing objectives or priorities.

Stream 2: Policy Development

Experience in preparing or managing the preparation of comprehensive documents such as: statistical surveys, qualitative and quantitative studies, research reports, position papers, strategic plans and planning documents, Memoranda to Cabinet, Treasury Board submissions and evaluation reports, briefing notes or presentations to senior management.

Stream 3: Fiscal Policy
Experience conducting economic or financial analysis.
Experience conducting qualitative and quantitative analysis.

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:

All Streams
Post-graduate study, training or development in a field related to these positions.

Degree equivalency

All Streams
Experience in government mandating and/or the policy approval process including, preparation of documents such as: Cabinet Memoranda and/or Treasury Board submissions.

Stream 1 & 2: Negotiations and Policy Development
Experience negotiating or assisting in negotiations with Indigenous groups or internal or external stakeholders.

Stream 2: Policy Development
Experience in dealing with litigation-related work, particularly in an Indigenous rights context.

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

Various language requirements
Various linguistic profiles/requirements: English essential, French essential, English or French essential, Bilingual Imperative: BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC or CCC/CCC.

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:

All Streams
Knowledge of the priorities and reconciliation initiatives of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada.

Stream 1 & 3: Negotiations and Fiscal Policy
Knowledge of the history, policies and issues affecting or involving Indigenous Peoples in Canada.

Stream 2 & 3: Policy Development and Fiscal Policy
Knowledge of the Government of Canada’s policy development process

ABILITIES AND SKILLS:

All Streams

Ability to communicate effectively orally.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
Ability to analyze and synthesize complex** issues.
Ability to lead a working group or project
Ability to represent an organization or work unit in inter-organizational meetings and/or with stakeholders.

Stream 1: Negotiations
Ability to assist in negotiations

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:

All Streams

Effective Interpersonal Skills
Judgement
Adaptability/ Resilience
Results Oriented

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:

Stream 1: Negotiations
Ability to negotiate.

Stream 3: Fiscal Policy
Ability to assist in negotiations.

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:

Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population we serve. In support of our strategy to achieve our employment equity goals, selection may be limited to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal Persons, Women, Visible Minorities and Persons with Disability.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

All Streams:
Willing and able to work irregular hours and overtime.
Willing and able to travel including to small and/or remote communities.

Stream : Negotiations:
Possession of a valid provincial or territorial driver’s licence.

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

Interested persons must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to the position, in a manner determined by the Selection Board.

Depending on the requirements of the position(s) being staffed from this process, for current or future vacancies, any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements, and organizational needs may be applied at the time of staffing. Candidates may be contacted and assessed against these criteria at any time during this process.

When applying to this process, you will be required to answer screening questions with full details in the provided text box. Your details should clearly demonstrate HOW you meet the specified criteria of education and experience, by including when, where and how you obtained the requirement. Please include examples of the functions performed where relevant.

Failure to answer the screening/text questions with sufficient detail may result in your application being rejected from the process.

Your resume will be used as a secondary source of information and must accurately reflect your employment history and support your qualifications. It is therefore inappropriate to only state “refer to resume” in response to screening/text questions.

In addition to their application, candidates may be assessed using one or more of the following methods: written exam, interview, simulation exercise, reference check, Public Service Performance Agreements (PSPA).

All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence, telephone conversations, and video conferencing may be used on the assessment of qualifications.

Top down and/or random selection may be used to identify which applicants will be assessed or appointed in this appointment process.

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

Indeterminate employees at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered for deployment. If no deployment is made, applicants from other groups and levels will be considered in the advertised appointment process.

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.

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.

PLEASE NOTE: For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail for screening/assessment purposes (e.g. issuing assessment results, providing/requesting information, and to invite candidates to attend any portion of the assessment). It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required. Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

The cost to attend the assessment will be the candidate’s responsibility. Candidates will be required to pay for their own travel (including travel for assessment purposes).

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.