Communications Manager

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

ONLY APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED ON-LINE USING THE 'APPLY ON-LINE' BUTTON ABOVE WILL BE CONSIDERED since in addition to the essential and asset education and experience criteria screening questions, the following essential qualifications will also be evaluated at the time of application:

► Ability to communicate effectively in writing
► Knowledge of the broad spectrum of communications tools, techniques and their most effective application
► The “achieve results” key leadership competency

Please ensure to plan 1-2 hours (if your resume is already written) to answer all the questions that are included in the online application process. *** If there are limitations or special circumstances preventing you from submitting your application via the PSRS online portal, you must contact the HR Advisor AND receive approval to apply via an alternate means PRIOR to the closing date.***

We are aware that there are a lot of questions to answer, but these will eliminate the need for a written exam and improve the overall selection process efficiency. If you answer all the questions for which you meet the requirements, you will significantly increase your chances in having an opportunity. Failure to answer the questions will result in your application being rejected.

TIPS FOR APPLICANTS: When answering the screening questions ensure that you provide complete and thorough details of your experience. 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 element, as applications will be screened only on the information provided. Failure to provide sufficient information may result in your application being screened out of the competition.

Duties

Leading a team of communications professionals, you will:

►Provide advice, guidance and direction on the development and execution of communications strategies and plans, the development of communications activities and products, as well as issues and crisis management, on a variety of topics of varying complexity.

►Provide advice and guidance to senior executives on communications approaches and issues aligned with ECCC and Government of Canada priorities and objectives.

►Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with program areas and other Communication teams, ensuring alignment towards common goals.

►Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with the department’s stakeholders, municipalities, provinces/territories, federal departments and agencies, international partners.

►Support employee performance and career development, providing necessary tools and training, ongoing coaching and feedback as well as regular formal performance and career development discussions aligned with the department’s performance management cycle.

►Work collaboratively with members of the Directorate management team on issues of common interest, to enhance productivity and the work environment.

Work environment

At Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), we work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment leading on many key policy priorities and issues of concern to Canadians, protecting and enhancing the natural environment for generations to come.

Our mandate is broad, including everything from managing pollution and waste, fighting climate change, protecting nature, doing cutting-edge scientific research, enforcing environment laws and regulations, and producing and distributing timely and accurate weather forecasts to keep Canadians safe.

We are an inclusive organization that embraces diversity, promotes work-life balance, supports mental health and wellness and strives for a respectful workplace that enables everyone to do their best work and achieve their career goals.

The Communications Directorate has an energetic, highly collaborative team that strives for innovative ways to inform and engage Canadians on issues of concern to them.

Join us and find out why ECCC was chosen as the number two employer in Canada by Forbes magazine in 2021!

Intent of the process

ANTICIPATORY
A pool of partially qualified candidates will be established through this process and will be used to staff bilingual CBC/CBC positions with various security requirements in various locations across Canada.

IMPORTANT: All federal organizations listed in Schedules I, IV and V of the Financial Administration Act may use this selection process to appoint a candidate to its organization in a similar position. 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.

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

►EDUCATION:

A degree from a recognized post-secondary institution.

Notes:
1. Based on their education, training and/or experience, indeterminate incumbents of positions in the IS classification are deemed to meet the minimum education standard whenever a bachelor's degree without specialization is called for in a position classified as IS.
2. At the manager's discretion, an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience, may serve as an alternative to the minimum education standard.

Degree equivalency

►EXPERIENCE:

Experience in providing strategic communications advice to executive management up to the head of the organization.

Experience in developing and implementing communications strategies, including the development of a wide-range of communications products.

Experience collaborating with one or more of the following external partners : stakeholders, municipal, provincial, territorial governments, federal departments and agencies.

Experience in the management of human resources.

►KNOWLEDGE:

Knowledge of the broad spectrum of communications tools, techniques and their most effective application.

►KEY LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES*:

Achieve results.

*Key Leadership Competency profile and examples of effective behaviours (Manager): https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/professional-development/key-leadership-competency-profile/examples-effective-ineffective-behaviours.html

►ABILITIES:

Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
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If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

►ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience in digital communications.

Experience in ministerial services and events planning.

Experience in media relations and issues management.

Experience in corporate and internal communications.

Experience in strategic communications.

Experience in advertising and / or public opinion research.

Experience managing financial resources.

►OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Able and willing to travel.

Able and willing to work overtime on week nights and week-ends, on short notice.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)

Information on language requirements

►KNOWLEDGE:

Knowledge of emerging trends in communications.

►KEY LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES*:

Create vision and strategy;
Mobilize people;
Uphold integrity and respect;
Collaborate with partners and stakeholders;
Promote innovation and guide change.

*Key Leadership Competency profile and examples of effective behaviours (Manager): https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/professional-development/key-leadership-competency-profile/examples-effective-ineffective-behaviours.html

►ABILITIES:

Ability to communicate effectively orally.

Ability to analyze, synthesize and provide advice on complex issues.

Ability to work effectively under pressure in an ever changing priorities environment.

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

►ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:

Environment and Climate Change Canada is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population we serve. In support of our Engagement Strategy to achieve employment equity goals, selection may be limited to qualified candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal peoples, Persons with a Disability, Visible Minorities and Women.

Conditions of employment

Conditions of employment

(Reliability or secret) security clearance (depending on the position being staffed)

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

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

The hiring Department will only accept on-line applications. All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS). Following are some of the benefits associated with applying on-line.
• Applicants can create a profile and a resume that can be used when applying for other processes without having to recreate a new application each time.
• Applicants can modify their application/resume at any time BEFORE the closing date indicated on the job advertisement.
• Applicants can verify the status of their applications, at any time.
• Applicants can be notified electronically of tests or interviews and results.
For some jobs, applicants will find important information, namely the job questionnaire and a complete statement of merit criteria that are only available when applying on-line.

It is your responsibility to ensure that your email and contact information are maintained with the Assessment board AND in your Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS) account. As all of the communication for this process will be conducted via the email address provided in your application AND/OR via your PSRS account, it is your responsibility to ensure that you check for messages regularly and to ensure that your email address accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email or filter them to a junk mail folder). Failure to respond to key messages may result in your being eliminated from this process.

Depending on the number of applicants, the needs and/or Human Resources plans, volume management strategies such as random selection, top-down approach and/or establishing cut-off scores to determine who will continue in the staffing process, MAY BE USED for the purpose of managing applications.

Please note that any information provided through this selection process may be considered in the assessment of any of the essential or other qualifications, including the ability to communicate effectively in writing.

Persons are entitled to participate in the selection process in the official language of their choice.

Public service employees found qualified in this process may be considered for acting, assignment, deployment or secondment.

You must provide proof of your education credentials. If you were educated outside of Canada, you must have your certificates and/or diplomas assessed against Canadian education standards. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at https://www.cicic.ca/

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans first and then to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, 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.