Regional Director - Various Positions

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Assessment accommodation

** If you are an INTERNAL CANDIDATE, please submit your application through the selection process 21-FRD-IA-383168. Only online applications will be accepted.**

You will be asked to provide a covering letter to demonstrate how you meet the essential qualifications such as the education and experience and the other qualifications such as the assets and the operational requirements. Resumes could be used to validate the information listed in the covering letter. Applicants who do not provide the information requested in a CLEAR manner may have their application REJECTED. In addition, we will not contact applicants if any information is missing or INCOMPLETE.

To be appointed to a position, you must have all the essential qualifications. Other qualifications may be taken into account in the choice of the person appointed.

Intent of the process

Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED) offers guidance to Quebec businesses and regions toward the economy of tomorrow. CED focuses its interventions on SMEs and non-profit economic organizations by building on innovation and inclusive growth, targeting projects with significant economic benefits, and acting as a facilitator in bringing together the right partners for a given project.

This process may be used to establish a pool of qualified or partially qualified candidates that may be used to staff Regional Director positions or similar with various tenures and locations within Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions and other departments.

The current need is to fill three positions located in Drummondville, Rimouski and Trois-Rivières. However, this pool may also be used for future anticipatory needs located elsewhere (Alma, Gaspé, Gatineau, Sept-Îles, Sherbrooke or Val d'Or).

Positions to be filled: 3

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 8,000 words (maximum) "You must CLEARLY demonstrate in your covering letter how you meet the essential qualifications (education and experience) as well as the other qualifications (assets and operational requirements) listed in this advertisement. You should use the education, experience and other qualifications as TITLE and describe using CONCRETE examples (2 to 3 paragraphs) how you meet each of the qualifications. Effective written communication will be assessed in this covering letter."

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 university in Administration, Business Administration, Commerce, Finance, Regional Development or any specialization in a field related to the duties of the position.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
E1 - Experience in managing the development and/or the implementation of operational plans for the delivery of a program or a service within an organization.
E2 - Experience in dealing with various stakeholders to build and maintain close partnerships with various executives of an organization or board of directors.
E3 - Experience in providing strategic advice and solutions to senior management.
E4 - Experience in managing human resources* and financial resources**.

DEFINITIONS:
* Experience in managing human resources means significant experience in effective workforce management to maximize organizational results. Some examples of managing human resources may include: managing through subordinate teams, assigning work, establishing vision, directions, priorities, managing performance, developing resourcing plans, determining workforce needs and managing talent and approving training, etc. Applicants must indicate the number of staff they supervised and the duration.
** Some examples of managing financial resources may include: full delegation for a budget, and resource planning (e.g. forecasting, allocating budget), managing (e.g. monitoring, adjusting), and reporting (performance measurement), etc. Applicants must indicate the size of the budget they managed directly and indirectly.

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

ASSET EXPERIENCE
AE1 - Experience in the development or implementation of strategies or programs in a regional economic development setting.
AE2 - Experience in the management of complex grants and contributions programs in a complex environment and in client-focused service delivery which could include SMEs and nonprofit organization .
AE3 - Experience in representing your organization in order to promote its policies, programs, services or priorities with other organizations such as government departments or agencies, private sector or organization specialized in economic development.
AE4 - Experience in the evaluation of operational or program results and the implementation of change strategies to enhance the performance.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Willing and able to work overtime when needed and on short notice
- Willing and able to travel when needed and on short notice.
- Own a valid driver's licence.

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

Various language requirements
- Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB
Other language requirements may be required.

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge of trends, future prospects and challenges of economic development, particularly with regards to the economic sectors of the future, the transformation of business and production models of companies.

KEY LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
- Create Vision and Strategy
- Mobilize People
- Uphold Integrity and Respect
- Collaborate with Partners and Stakeholders
- Promote Innovation and Guide Change
- Achieve Results

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

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:
- In order to build a diversified workforce, CED may limit their selection to candidates who have self-identified as belonging to one of the employment equity groups: Aboriginal peoples, persons, persons with disabilities, women and visible minorities.

In order to manage the number of applications in this selection process, management may use top-down, by wave or random selection at various steps in the process to determine the number of candidates who will continue in the process.

Please note that candidates at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered first.

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.