Director, Evaluation Services and Learning (PRE)

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

*ONLY ONLINE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED*

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Candidates must clearly demonstrate in their application how they meet the education and experience criteria listed in the essential and asset qualifications.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be qualified. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Candidates must demonstrate how they meet each experience criteria with concrete examples. Resumes may be used as a secondary source to validate the information provided in your application. Failure to provide this information may result in your application being rejected. Candidates will not be solicited for incomplete or missing information.

Duties

Evaluation and learning are priorities for the Government of Canada and Global Affairs Canada (GAC). To support this, the Director of the Evaluation Services and Learning Division is responsible to support GAC's learning and development as an organization both domestically and internationally. The candidate will support the scaling up of innovative methodologies and approaches to evolve this area for the Department. The position requires an in-depth knowledge of evaluation and learning principles, approaches, designs and methods to enable more effective consolidation and leveraging of knowledge to inform decision making, initiatives, and products. The Director also leads support for decentralized evaluations, which are led by program teams across the department, including how the findings from those evaluations can contribute to broader departmental learning.

Work environment

Our organization offers a healthy, inclusive and diverse workplace where respect, teamwork, and collaboration are part of our culture, and where innovation is valued.

Global Affairs Canada is committed to promoting and supporting values such as equitable treatment, accommodation and an environment free from harassment and discrimination as well as encouraging and supporting employees to work at their full potential.

Intent of the process

This process is to staff an indeterminate position. A pool of partially-qualified candidates could be created to staff similar positions with various tenures and security requirements at Global Affairs Canada and within the public service.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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 post-secondary institution.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
• Experience leading a team to conduct evaluations or mixed-method research.
• Significant experience* engaging with colleagues, clients and stakeholders representing diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
• Significant experience* in the development or management of organizational learning programs.
• Significant experience* in managing human resources**.
• Significant experience* in managing financial resources***.

* Significant experience is defined as experience in a managerial role (EX-01 minus 1 or industry equivalent) acquired over a period of at least 24 months, wherein the candidate performed a range of associated duties across various contexts. Candidates must have contributed to a number of initiatives or projects of differing scale that are organizational, international and/or horizontal by design, must have presented or reported to various levels of audiences including Management, Senior Executives, Industry or the Public, and must have worked with stakeholders or partners with various interests or perspectives in order demonstrate that they have acquired a sufficient depth of related experience.

** Managing human resources is defined as experience in the supervision of employees, establishment of work plans and performance objectives and assessment performance. Candidates must also specify the number and the group and level of employees they supervised.

***Financial management is defined as experience in the management of a budget for which they were directly or indirectly responsible. This experience encompasses responsibility for financial planning, forecasting and accountability. Candidates must also indicate the size of the budget they directly or indirectly managed.

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

ASSET IN EDUCATION
Master's degree from a recognized post-secondary institution.

Degree equivalency

ASSET EXPERIENCES
• Experience integrating behavioural science or experimentation in support of evidence-based decision making.
• Experience in conducting evaluations in line with the 2016 Treasury Board Policy on Results.
• Experience working on files or topics related to foreign affairs, international development or international trade.

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 practices related to corporate learning and training.

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

ABILITIES
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally.

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

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Willingness and ability to travel to foreign countries and within Canada.

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance

All employees of the core public administration are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and attest to their vaccination status unless accommodated based on a medical contraindication, religion, or another prohibited ground for discrimination as defined under the Canadian Human Rights Act.

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

• An online or written exam and/or a role play, an interview and references could be administrated.
• The board members may retain a certain number of applicants for further assessment, based on a top-down approach, on random selection or on some of the assets qualifications.
• We will not acknowledge receipt of your application. You will be contacted once the screening process is completed.
• Our intention is to communicate with the candidates by email. Candidates who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid email address and make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).
• All written and oral communications related to this process may be used to assess the competencies for this process.
• Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language(s) of their choice.
• Candidates must provide proof of their education credentials. Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency.
• Indeterminate employees at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered for deployment. If no deployment is made, applicants from other groups and levels will be considered in the advertised appointment process.
• Candidates should have valid language results. If candidates do not have valid results, candidates' linguistic levels will be validated through the Public Service Commission's (PSC) unsupervised reading and writing test(s) for this process. Candidates in the area of selection may be tested prior to screening.

PSC Unsupervised Test of Reading Comprehension: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/services/second-language-testing-public-service/second-language-evaluation-reading/the-test.html

PSC Unsupervised Test of Written Expression: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/services/second-language-testing-public-service/second-language-evaluation-writing/the-test.html

• On October 6, 2021, the Government of Canada announced details of its plans to require vaccination across the federal public service.

As per the new Policy on COVID-19 Vaccination for the Core Public Administration Including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), federal public servants in the Core Public Administration and members of the RCMP must attest to their vaccination status. The requirement for employees to be fully vaccinated applies whether they are teleworking, working remotely or working on-site. This is a condition of employment and it applies to indeterminate (permanent), determinate (term), casual, and student hiring. Should you reach the point in the selection process where it is necessary to verify terms and conditions of employment then the hiring manager or a human resources representative will contact you in order to complete an attestation.

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.