Senior Functional Analyst

Update: Amendment to work environment

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HOW TO APPLY:

You will be required to answer screening questions to demonstrate how you meet the Essential and Asset Qualifications (Education and Experiences). You must meet all the essential qualification in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

When answering the screening questions, it is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current or past responsibilities. Rather, you must provide concrete examples of tasks you have accomplished with significant details to explain the WHAT, WHEN, WHERE and HOW you acquired each qualification.

For each experience criteria, please provide the following information:

1- Name of the department or organization where the experience was acquired;
2- Title of the position occupied, group and level and the period(s) in which you performed the functions (M-Y to M-Y);
3- Specific details of tasks or projects demonstrating how the experience was acquired (Situation/Challenge, Tasks, Action and Result).

Should your responses to the screening questions contain insufficient details to demonstrate that you meet the screening criteria, your application will not be given further consideration in this process. Candidates will not be solicited for incomplete or possible missing information.

Duties

As the highest level of subject matter expertise on an assigned area of functionality, develops and maintains expert knowledge of functionality, business processes and rules, organizational changes, policies, directives and reporting requirements of assigned business area. Leads and provides functional guidance to cross functional, multi-disciplinary project teams throughout the systems development lifecycle of departmental systems initiatives. Elicits, analyzes, communicates and validates business, functional and user requirements regarding changes within assigned area of functionality. Presents design options to stakeholders, facilitates their understanding of proposed strategies, identifies and resolves problems. Conducts on-going maintenance of the assigned area of functionality. Supervises the work of junior functional analysts. Plans and conducts tests on system changes and enhancements. Represents the department on interdepartmental committees and working groups as required.

Work environment

Working at RCMP, a world-renowned innovative organization, you will experience meaningful work and have a real impact on the daily operations as well as, job satisfaction knowing you are making a real difference.

At the RCMP, we encourage developing leadership skills, fostering teamwork and supporting creativity and innovation. As an employee, you will have access to further career development opportunities and a supportive learning culture. We offer complimentary parking at our National Headquarters location in the west-end of Ottawa (Barrhaven) and free access to on-site fitness training facilities. We are also often able to accommodate work from home arrangements for our employees, depending upon their assigned work activities and operational resource requirements.

The positions are located in Ottawa. Flexibility maybe provided by offering employees the opportunity to work remotely (virtually) from anywhere in Canada, if feasible. This determination will be made one a case by case basis once the process is completed.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff two positions on an indeterminate basis, with linguistic profiles of Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB and English essential and an Enhanced Reliability security clearance.

A pool of candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions within the RCMP in the National Capital Region on an indeterminate or specified period (including term, acting, or assignment) basis, with various linguistic profiles and various RCMP security clearances.

Should a Civilian Member (CM) be found qualified and selected for appointment, the appointment will not result in a change of status to the Public Service (PS) category for the CM.

Positions to be filled: 2

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

►Secondary school diploma or employer-approved alternative.

Degree equivalency

►Extensive* experience implementing, supporting or enhancing an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system (implementing, supporting or enhancing an ERP system is defined as the experience acquired by performing two or more of the following: requirements gathering, analysis, writing functional specification documentation, training, and/or testing).
►Experience documenting business processes, and/or procedures
►Experience working with various stakeholders and being responsible for the execution of multiple deliverables.
►Experience facilitating working groups or workshops.
►Experience coaching, mentoring or providing guidance.

* Extensive is understood to mean the depth and breadth of the experience normally associated with having performed a broad range of complex activities for approximately two years.

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:

►Degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in a related field.

Degree equivalency

►Business Analyst certification.

►Experience working as a Functional/Business Analyst supporting an Enterprise Resource Planning system
►Experience implementing or supporting PeopleSoft GC HRMS 8.9 or greater. (experience implementing or supporting must extend beyond Self Service)
►Experience implementing or supporting SAP ECC 6.0 or higher (experience implementing or supporting must extend beyond Self Service)
►Experience providing operational service delivery or program/policy development in the area of Human Resources
►Experience providing operational service delivery or program/policy development in the Areas of Finance or Logistics
►Experience producing and formatting custom reports
►Experience supervising staff

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

Various language requirements
►English Essential
►Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB

Information on language requirements

►Knowledge of key fundamentals/principals of ERP systems.
►Knowledge of systems development life cycle activities.
►Knowledge of Government of Canada initiatives/priorities in the area of Human resources, Finance, or Logistics and the systems which support those areas.

►Ability to analyze business requirements and propose potential solutions.
►Ability to prioritize work while faced with pressing deadlines.
►Ability to communicate effectively orally.
►Ability to communicate effectively in writing

►Integrity and Respect
►Initiative
►Effective interpersonal skills
►Judgment

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

Operational requirements:
►Willingness and ability to: work overtime in peak periods, and travel on occasion.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - RCMP Enhanced Reliability Status Security Clearance
Secret security clearance - RCMP Secret Security Clearance

All applicants for positions within the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will be subject to a thorough security clearance process which includes an interview wherein questions may include (but not limited to), reference checks, previous employment, on-line activities, credit checks, alcohol and/or drug use.

►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

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, 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.

A written exam may be administered.

An interview may be administered.

Reference checks may be sought.

Please note that some criteria, such as the personal suitability factors and the ability to communicate effectively, may be assessed throughout the selection process effective from the time you submit your application.

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.

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

You must provide proof of education credentials. If you obtained your degree outside Canada, it is your responsibility to demonstrate its equivalence, please take a look at the following link for more information: http://www.cicic.ca

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.

Please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form.

Indeterminate employees at the same group and level, or equivalent may be considered for deployment, assignment/secondment prior to the assessment of other applicants.

Our means of communication with applicants is via e-mail. Please ensure to include a functional e-mail address, which will accept messages from unknown users (some e-mail systems block these types of e-mails). It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required.

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.