Intelligence Analyst Supervisor

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Assessment accommodation

*ONLY ONLINE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED*

In order to have your application considered, all screening questions must be answered. Candidates must provide CONCRETE EXAMPLES which demonstrate how they meet the education requirement and the experience factors listed in the essential qualification. Please note that it is not sufficient to only state that the requirement is met or to provide a listing of current responsibilities.

FOR EACH EXPERIENCE CRITERIA, please provide the following MANDATORY information:

1 - Name of the department or organization where the experience was acquired;

2 - Title of the position occupied; and

3 - Specific details of tasks or projects demonstrating how the experience was acquired and concrete examples.

Your application must adhere to the stipulated format.

FAILURE TO CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE IN THE SCREENING QUESTIONS HOW YOU MEET THE SCREENING CRITERIA WILL RESULT IN THE REJECTION OF YOUR APPLICATION.

The Competency “ability to communicate effectively in writing” will be assessed through the screening questions.

Resumes will be used as a secondary source to validate the education and/or experience described in the screening questions.

CANDIDATES WILL NOT BE SOLICITED FOR INCOMPLETE OR MISSING INFORMATION.

Intent of the process

At this time, there are two (2) vacancies in Edmonton, Alberta.

Applicants are encouraged to apply ONLY if they are willing and able to work in or relocate to Edmonton, Alberta.

Candidates from outside the federal public service will be required to pay for their own travel (including travel for assessment purposes), and may be required to pay for their own relocation expenses.

The intent of this process is to establish a pool of qualified candidates inclusive of Public Service (PS) employees and Civilian Members (CM) for similar positions with various tenures (i.e. indeterminate, term, deployment, acting, assignment and secondment).

Should a Civilian Member (CM) be found qualified and selected for appointment, the appointment will not result in a change of status to the Public Service (PS) category for theCM. Information regarding the CM appointment will be sent to all applicable candidates who are within the area of selection and participated in the advertised process.

Positions to be filled: 2

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 political science, economics, sociology or statistics.*

*Notes:
1. 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.
2. An indeterminate incumbent of a former ES position on June 30, 1967 who became an EC on June 22, 2009, who does not possess the minimum level of education as indicated for Part A above is deemed to meet this minimum educational standard based on his/her education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

• Significant*** experience in utilizing analytical techniques to conduct analysis.

• Extensive** experience delivering briefings and recommendations to senior management.

• Significant*** experience mentoring junior staff.

• Extensive** experience maintaining partnerships with one or more of the following: domestic or international stakeholders from other law enforcement agencies, intelligence agencies, government agency/departments, academic communities, or private sector.

• Significant*** experience in representing your organization in at least one of the following: to other departments, to other agencies, other levels of government or third party stakeholder organizations.

• Experience in leading multi-disciplinary Project Teams, or coordinating complex Intelligence Projects.

**”Extensive” is defined as the depth and breadth of professional experience that would normally have been gained performing the duties for a period of at least 3 years.
***“Significant” is defined as the depth and breadth of experience that would normally have been gained performing the duties for a period of at least 1 year.

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

EDUCATION

• Graduation with a master’s degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in political science, economics, sociology or statistics.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

• Experience working with the Canadian Security and Intelligence Community.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE

• Knowledge of applicable Legislation and/or RCMP Policies.

• Knowledge of the Intelligence Process.

• Knowledge of Conflict Management Practices.

ABILITIES AND SKILLS

• Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

• Ability to communicate effectively orally.

• Ability to manage priorities.

• Ability to think strategically.

• Ability to effectively lead a team.

• Ability to develop others.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY

• Client service orientation.

• Effective interpersonal relations.

• Flexibility.

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

• Willingness to work overtime as and when required and on short notice.

• Willingness to perform on-call duties.

• Willingness and ability to work flexible hours on short notice.

• Willingness and ability to do shift work if required.

• Willingness and ability to testify in a court of law.

• Willingness to travel domestically/internationally to attend training/work related events away from your location of work when required.

• Willingness and ability to obtain and maintain a valid driver’s license.

Conditions of employment

Top Secret security clearance - Successful applicants will be required to obtain and maintain a RCMP Top Secret Security Clearance throughout their employment. This requires a Security/Reliability Interview, and a field investigation in matters of Criminal Activities, credit/finances, education, employment, reference, etc.

• Willingness to work overtime as and when required and on short notice.

• Willingness to perform on-call duties.

• Willingness and ability to work flexible hours on short notice.

• Willingness and ability to do shift work if required.

• Willingness and ability to testify in a court of law.

• Willingness to travel domestically/internationally to attend training/work related events away from your location of work when required.

• Willingness and ability to obtain and maintain a valid driver’s license.

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 may be assessed using one or more of the following tools: standardized tests, written exam, interview, simulation exercise and reference checks.

Volume Management strategies may be used.

A random or top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

Should there be a large number of applicants, please note that asset qualifications could be invoked.

A cut-off score may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

Your responses to the screening questions will be used as the primary source in determining whether you meet the screening requirements. If you do not fully complete the screening questions as instructed, you may be screened out. You must clearly demonstrate in your screening questions how you meet the education and/or experience (essential and asset).

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

In accordance with paragraph 8(2)(a) of the Privacy Act, information or material, whether provided directly by the candidate or otherwise obtained by the selection board, used during the selection process for the purpose of assessing a candidate may be used as part of the selection review and recourse processes. Such relevant information may be provided to third parties, such as other candidates or their representatives, who have a legitimate reason to be aware of that information.

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.

Only online applications are accepted. All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System.

For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with applicants by email. Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid email address, and ensure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.

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.