Senior Policy Analyst

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Work environment

Are you interested in working at a cutting-edge organization that values both your physical and psychological health and wellness, provides rich career development opportunities and rewards innovation? Health Canada is among Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2021 in addition to being recognized as Top employer for Young People since 2015 and as Best Diversity Employer since 2010! Don’t miss your opportunity to not only enjoy the unparalleled benefits of the public service, but to get so much more on our award-winning team! Health Canada is committed to improving the lives of all of Canada's people and to making this country's population among the healthiest in the world as measured by longevity, lifestyle and effective use of the public health care system. Health Canada offers opportunities for qualified employees seeking new challenges and career advancement. It is important to us that our employees have the opportunity to lead healthy, balanced lives. Depending on the type of work performed, managers can allow employees to work flexible hours, telework and work a compressed work week.

Intent of the process

Although the immediate intent of this Job Opportunity Advertisement is to staff indeterminately, applicants should be aware that a pool of qualified candidates (fully assessed or partially assessed) may be established and may be used to staff similar positions at this group and level with various language requirements listed in the Language Requirements section. In addition, this process may be used for various tenures (acting appointments, assignment, deployment, indeterminate, specified period, secondment), security requirements and conditions of employment within Health Canada. As a result of the potential and possible use of the selection process and subsequent pool by hiring managers, we encourage all employees seeking this type of opportunity to apply.

Positions to be filled: 8

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

Essential Education

Graduation with a degree from a post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in Economics, Sociology or Statistics

Note: Candidates must always have a university degree. The courses for the specialization do not necessarily have to be part of 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

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE
EX1: Significant and recent* experience writing briefing or decision-making documents for senior executives** (such as briefing notes, reports, decks, etc.)
EX2: Significant and recent* experience providing strategic analysis and recommendations on complex*** issues to senior management**
EX3: Significant and recent* experience developing and maintaining collaborative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
EX4: Significant and recent* experience coordinating complex*** horizontal projects or issues.
EX5: Experience leading complex*** horizontal projects or issues

*Significant is understood to mean the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with having performed a broad range of complex related activities for a period of approximately two (2) years within the last five (5) years) .
** Senior management is defined as Director level, their equivalent, or a more senior official
***Complex is defined as the depth and breadth of activities involving at least two of the following: involving multiple issues and/or stakeholders, tight timelines, a high degree of visibility and/or political sensitivity, or having a major impact on the Department, Government, and/or the public.

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

ASSETS - EDUCATION
AEDU: Graduation from a recognized university with a master’s degree in a field relevant to the work to be performed

Degree equivalency

ASSETS - EXPERIENCE
AEX1: Experience representing departmental interests in national or international meetings
AEX2: Experience analyzing financial information and preparing financial reports, statements or related briefing material.

ASSETS - EXPERIENCE (STREAM SPECIFIC)
STREAM 1: PLANNING AND REPORTING
AEX3: Experience developing and advising senior management on corporate planning and reporting, through one or more of the following: Departmental Plan (Report on Plans and Priorities); Departmental Results Report; Management Accountability Framework; Agency Operational Planning.
AEX4: Experience leading or contributing to the development of performance measurement frameworks, including but not limited to: Performance Measurement Strategies, Program Information Profiles, and the Departmental Results Framework (or PAA).
AEX5: Experience leading or supporting audits and/or evaluations conducted both internally and externally to the Department.

STREAM 2: LEGISLATION AND REGULATION
AEX6: Experience leading or contributing to the development and analysis of legislation/regulations or legislative or regulatory proposals or frameworks
AEX7: Experience conducting complex research and analysis to support policy development
AEX8: Experience developing Memorandum to Cabinet and Treasury Board Submissions

STREAM 3: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
AEX9: Experience leading transformational projects.
AEX10: Experience in the identification and analysis of project risk.
AEX11: Experience developing or implementing project management strategies in a federal government context

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

Various language requirements
English Essential
Bilingual BBB
Bilingual CBC

Information on language requirements

ABILITIES
AB1: Ability to provide strategic analysis and recommendations to senior executives** to address health related issues.
AB2: Ability to manage competing priorities with tight timelines and perform in a fast-paced environment
AB3: Ability to lead and supervise teams
AB4: Ability to communicate effectively orally
AB5: Ability to communicate effectively in writing

** senior executives is defined as Director level, their equivalent, or a more senior official

PERSONAL SUITABILITIES
P1: Strategic Thinking
P2: Judgement
P3: Effective Interpersonal Skills
P4: Adaptability
P5: Initiative
P6: Respectful of diversity

Conditions of employment

Condition(s) of employment
Fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless accommodated due to certified medical contraindications, religion, or other prohibited grounds under the Canadian Human Rights Act.

Enhanced Reliability
Secret

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

Effective October 6, 2021, the Government of Canada implemented a new Policy on COVID-19 Vaccination for the Core Public Administration Including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, impacting the core public administration. This policy requires that all new hires on or after the effective date of the policy be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment, and to attest that they are fully vaccinated prior to their start date unless accommodated due to certified medical contraindications, religion, or other prohibited grounds under the Canadian Human Rights Act.

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview may be administered.

A written examination may be administered.

Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed. Meeting one or many of the asset qualifications may be a deciding factor in appointing a particular candidate amongst the qualified candidates. Please note that some or all of the asset qualifications could be used at the screening phase.

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.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed. CANDIDATES WILL NOT BE SOLICITED FOR INCOMPLETE OR POSSIBLY MISSING INFORMATION.

All candidates that apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid email address and ensure that this address is functional at all times and that it accepts messages from unknown users. Failure to do so may result in important messages not being received. Communication for this process will be conducted via the e-mail address provided in your application. It is your responsibility to ensure that you check for messages regularly.

Please note that candidates are responsible for submitting their application by the closing date in order to be considered. No applications will be accepted once the deadline has passed.

You must provide proof of your education credentials.

Foreign educational credentials must be assessed by a recognized credential assessment service. If you have been educated outside of Canada, it is your responsibility to have your certificates and/or diplomas assessed against Canadian educational standards. For more information, please see the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC) at http://www.cicic.ca/927/identifytheorganization-responsibleforrecognition.canada

Volume management strategies may be used (for example: top down approach may be used)

We thank all those who apply.

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.