Senior Evaluation Officer / Senior Professional Practice Officer

Update: The closing date has been extended.

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

***IMPORTANT*** In lieu of a covering letter, candidates will be required to complete the on-line application questions regarding experience/education. In addition to education and experience screening questions, the competencies listed below will be evaluated using text questions as part of the application process.

Please ensure you allow sufficient time to complete your application and the required sections included in the online application process. Failure to answer the questions will result in your application being rejected.

By investing time up front it will eliminate the need to conduct written assessment of these competencies later in the process:

• Initiative
• Judgment
• Reliability
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing

The ability to communicate effectively in writing will be assessed through your answers to the screening and text questions on competencies in the application.

We can’t make any assumptions about your experience. Simply saying you have the required qualifications or listing your current duties is not enough. Instead, provide concrete and detailed examples that clearly explain where, when, and how you gained the experience. We’ll only use your résumé as a secondary source of information. If you don’t clearly demonstrate you have the required experience, we won’t ask for additional information and you may be screened out. The breadth and depth of experience may be considered during screening, assessment and/or selection of candidates.


2 STREAMS:
Stream 1: Senior Evaluation Officer
Stream 2: Senior Professional Practice Officer

Intent of the process

A pool of qualified candidates will be created to fill currently vacant positions and may be used to fill similar positions within Global Affairs Canada.

**Please note that acting appointments may be made from the pool of this selection process.

Positions to be filled: 4

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 3 references.

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

EDUCATION
EDU1 - Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with 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

BOTH STREAMS
EX1 - Recent and significant experience* in analyzing qualitative and quantitative data.

EX2 – Recent and significant experience* in preparing written materials (e.g. reports, presentations, briefing material, correspondence) for a professional environment.

STREAM 1 ONLY
EX3 - Recent and significant experience* in contributing to project or program evaluation reports.

STREAM 2 ONLY
EX4 - Recent and significant experience* supporting operational processes (e.g. contracting, procurement, Human Resource processes, production of corporate or departmental reports and plans).

*Recent and significant experience is defined as the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with full-time performance of duties for a minimum of two (2) years within the last five (5) years.

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

Various language requirements
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
Various – Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, English essential

Information on language requirements

BOTH STREAMS

ABILITIES
A1 - Ability to work effectively under pressure and prioritize work to meet deadlines.
A2 - Ability to communicate effectively orally.
A3 - Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY
PS1 - Effective interpersonal skills
PS2 - Initiative
PS3 - Adaptability
PS4 - Judgement
PS5 - Reliability

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

BOTH STREAMS
AEDU1 - A Master’s degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in a relevant discipline.

STREAM 1 ONLY
AEDU2 - Graduate certification/diploma in program evaluation, Credentialed Evaluator Designation, or equivalent.

Degree equivalency

BOTH STREAMS
AE1 - Experience working on development, international or foreign affairs topics.

AE2 - Experience in applying data visualization techniques.

AE3 - Experience in applying feminist or GBA+ approaches.

AE4 - Proficiency in Spanish.

STREAM 1 ONLY
AE5 - Experience using qualitative data analysis software (for example, NVivo).

STREAM 2 ONLY
AE6 - Experience in preparing communication or learning products.

AE7 – Experience in knowledge management.

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
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.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
• Willingness and ability to occasionally work overtime, on short notice.
• Willingness and ability to occasionally travel to foreign and developing countries.

Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
• Security clearance: Secret
• Consent to occasionally travel within Canada and to foreign countries.

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 should have valid language results. If candidates do not have valid results, candidates' linguistic levels will be validated through the PSC's unsupervised reading and writing test(s) for this process. Candidates in the area of selection may be tested prior to screening.

Communication for this process will be sent via email. 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).

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.

Applications will be accepted on-line only. Please click on the button “Apply online” below.

Persons with disabilities who cannot apply online are asked to send an message to the email address below under Contact information.

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.