Stream 1 - IM / IT Manager / Stream 2 - Senior Technical Advisor

Update: Closing date extended to August 3, 2021.

Important messages

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Assessment accommodation

*** INSTRUCTIONS TO FOLLOW ***

Failure to submit a complete application consisting of your: résumé and screening questionnaire will result in your application being eliminated.

*** SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION ***

When answering the questionnaire, do not assume that the screening board has any previous knowledge of your background, qualifications, or work history. You must be specific and provide concrete examples/details for each experience & education element, as applications will be screened on the information provided.

In your response to the screening questions, please provide concrete examples and the requested information (When, Where, How).

Work environment

***The Department of Justice Canada is currently recruiting talented, skilled and passionate IT specialists! ***
Looking for a rewarding and meaningful career in IM/IT? Want to ensure that the right tools get the right information to the right people at the right time to inform the right decisions? Looking to work in a collaborative and mutually supportive team environment?

***What can you expect working at Justice Canada? ***
IT specialists work in partnership with Shared Services Canada to deliver IT services to all of Justice’s offices in Ottawa and across the country. If you’re looking for challenges, you will have an opportunity to gain valuable work skills with experienced team members.

Our priorities are delivering digital services to Canadians, legal services to Government and leveraging internal digital services and data to enable the delivery of a modern justice system and high-quality legal services to the Government. We look to new methods, tools and ideas to improve how we design, build and deliver services. Justice Canada is unique in the federal Government with clients located across the country, and within some 40 federal departments and agencies. Our IT organization is designed to provide both strategic and operational functions.

LIKE WHAT YOU READ? Then make a difference and consider a career with Canada’s largest law firm!

Intent of the process

A pool of partially qualified candidates may be established to staff similar positions in various locations within the Department of Justice with various language requirements and various security levels.

If a pool is established following this selection process, all federal organizations listed in Schedules I, IV and V of the Financial Administration Act (FAA) will be able to use it in order to staff similar positions across Canada. By applying to this process you consent to your personal application-related information being shared with other government departments interested in staffing similar positions.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

If you are applying for Stream 1 – IM/IT Manager only OR for Stream 2 – Senior Technical Advisor - do not forget to answer all screening questions related to the respective stream you are applying on.

If you are applying to both streams, please answer all screening questions.

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

EDUCATION:

(ED1) Successful completion of two years of an acceptable post-secondary educational program in computer science, information technology, information management or another specialty relevant to the position to be staffed OR an acceptable combination of education, training, and/or experience.

Notes:

1. At the manager’s discretion, an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience may serve as an alternative to the minimum post-secondary education stated above. Whenever the minimum education is met using this alternative, it is met for the specific position only and must be re-assessed for other positions for which this alternative has been specified by the manager.

2. Indeterminate period incumbents of positions in the CS group on May 10, 1999, who do not possess the education prescribed above, are deemed to meet the minimum education standards based on their education, training and/or experience. They must be accepted as having met the minimum education standard whenever this standard is called for when staffing positions in the CS group.

3. It is the recognized educational institution (e.g. community college, CÉGEP or university) that determines if the courses taken by a candidate correspond to two years of a post-secondary program at the institution.

Degree equivalency

DEFINITIONS:

- Wherever “IM/IT” (Information Management (IM) / Information Technology (IT)) systems is indicated, it is to be interpreted as “IM or IT”.
- Recent* refers to experience normally acquired within approximately the last five (5) years of work.
- Significant** experience is understood to mean the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with having performed a broad range of complex activities related to this task, which are normally acquired over a period of approximately two (2) years within the last 5 years.
- Senior Management*** is defined as Director General level (EX-01) and above, or senior executives in private or public sector organizations external to the Federal Public Service of Canada.
- Large or complex**** projects, initiatives or activities are with at least two (2) of the following characteristics: multiple phases with concurrent activities, significant value ($1 Million plus), affecting many partners or stakeholders, precedent setting, or having a major impact on the public service.

EXPERIENCES:

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS (BOTH STREAMS)
All Streams (IM/IT Manager and Senior Technical Advisor)
(EX1) Significant** experience working with multi-disciplinary team within an IM/IT environment and contributing to a large or complex**** project, initiative or activity.
(EX2) Recent* experience providing advice and recommendations to senior management*** on IM/IT technical issues related to the planning, deployment, implementation, integration or maintenance of IM/IT systems or infrastructure.
(EX3) Significant** experience chairing or facilitating IM/IT related committees.

Stream 1 – IM/IT Manager
(EX4) Significant** experience leading a large or complex**** team of IM/IT specialists.
(EX5) Recent* experience in leading human and financial resources.

Stream 2 – Senior Technical Advisor
(EX6) Recent* and significant** experience in developing or implementing IT solutions in two (2) areas such as: Enterprise Architecture; IT Security; IT Solution Architecture; IT Solution Design; IT Solution Implementation; IT Solution Maintenance; or Cloud Solutions.
(EX7) Recent* and significant** experience in creating and maintaining IT related documentation in support of activities such as options analysis, proof of concepts, strategic direction, advisories and policies, business, system, technology and solution architectures, service level agreements, or concept of operations.

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

ASSET - EDUCATION:

(EDA1) Graduation from a two-year program of study from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in computer science, information technology, information management or another specialty relevant to the position to be staffed.

Degree equivalency

ASSETS - EXPERIENCES:

(AEX1) Experience working in IT Service Management.
(AEX2) Experience developing and/or managing IM/IT policies, plans, governance, or service level agreements.
(AEX3) Experience in cybersecurity, information Security, or IT Security.
(AEX4) Experience developing or supporting an enterprise-level system (e.g. PeopleSoft, SAP, Open Text Content Server, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Dynamics, etc.).
(AEX5) Experience in information management such as development of information management strategy and plans, lifecycle management, or information migration.
(AEX6) Experience in user experience in one of the following: 1) research and design, 2) software development and analysis, or 3) interaction and graphic design.
(AEX7) Experience implementing or supporting Access to Information and the Privacy (ATIP) systems.
(AEX8) Experience implementing emerging technologies such as cloud technologies, machine learning, deep learning, or blockchain.
(AEX9) – Experience managing teams in the development, testing, implementation, integration, or support of any of the following: accessibility, accommodations, or adaptive computer technology products and services.

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

Various language requirements
- This process may be used to staff identical and/or similar positions with various linguistic requirements.

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:

(K1) Knowledge of current IM/IT trends, issues and challenges facing the public and the private sector.
(K2) Knowledge of Project management.
(K3) Knowledge of current IM/IT GC policies, initiatives or trends.

COMPETENCIES:

(C1) Create Vision and Strategy
(C2) Mobilize People
(C3) Uphold Integrity and Respect
(C4) Collaborate with Partners and Stakeholders
(C5) Achieve Results
(C6) Promote Innovation and Guide Change
(C7) Written Communication
(C8) Oral Communication

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

ASSETS - KNOWLEDGE:

(AK1) Knowledge of SharePoint
(AK2) Knowledge of dynamics CRM

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:
The Department of Justice believes that to be able to effectively serve the public, its workforce needs to reflect the diversity of the Canadian population. Diversity is a great source of strength in driving Canada’s Legal Team in ensuring that Canada’s justice system is as fair, accessible and efficient as possible. The Department is committed to a representative workforce that represents the Canadian public we serve. If you are a woman, an Indigenous person, a person with a disability or a member of a racialized group* and are interested in bringing in different perspectives and insights we encourage you to self-declare in this staffing process. This self-declaration information can be factored into departmental strategies and selection decisions to address our commitment to eliminate gaps for these groups.
* Please note that this group is currently designated as members of visible minorities in the Employment Equity Act and the self-declaration form.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Traveling and overtime may be required.

Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: Various security requirements

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

- The Department of Justice encourages persons with priority entitlements to self refer to our selection processes in circumstances where they believe to meet the essential qualifications of the advertised position.

Persons requiring accommodation preventing them from applying on-line should contact the contact person identified below prior to the closing date. Otherwise, your job application should be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System.

You may also review jobs open to the public through INFOTEL at 1-800-645-5605. The INFOTEL number for persons using a TTY/TDD is 1-800-532-9397.

- Random selection may be used.

- Top down selection may be used at any point during the assessment phase.

- Candidates may be required to meet some of the asset qualifications depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed. Asset qualifications may be used to in order to manage the number of applicants for this inventory.

- An interview will be administered.

- Reference checks will be completed.

- Any travel expenses incurred by candidates to attend evaluations under this selection process will be the candidate's responsibility.

- Communication for this process will be sent via e-mail. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure that a current and valid e-mail address is provided with their application and that it accepts messages from unknown senders.

- Any communication with the candidates through this staffing process may be used to evaluate qualifications listed and other qualifications.

- 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.

- 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.

- In the case of an acting appointment, the Public Service Employment Regulations enable the organization to exclude the appointee from respecting official language proficiency when the department is unable to fill the position with an appointment of a person who meets the language proficiency qualification. Therefore, we would encourage all to apply, in the event the organization is unable to fill the position with an appointment of a person who meets the language proficiency, others may be considered.

- Candidates will be required to submit their proof of education documents at the time of assessment. If you were educated outside of Canada, you must have your credentials and/or diploma assessed against Canadian education standards. The public service will accept any Foreign Educational Credentials as long as they are deemed comparable to Canadian standards, through a recognize credential assessment service. For more information, please click on Degree Equivalency.

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.