Are you Indigenous? Do you want to be part of the change? EC-02 Opportunities!

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Work environment

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is seeking to hire Indigenous staff to work on two three-year initiatives (2021-2025) funded under Budget 2021 to support the digitization of and access to Indigenous-related documentary heritage.

This project will be Indigenous-led, and will include Indigenous engagement advisors managed by an Indigenous director. The work will be guided by an external Indigenous Advisory Circle and Visiting Elders.

LAC is working to uncolonize and decolonize its policies, programs and practices, and improving services to provide support to the diversity of peoples in Canada. In April 2019, LAC published the Indigenous Heritage Action Plan, a five-year plan with 28 action items in four areas to recognize Indigenous rights and increase access to the collection. To address one of these action items, LAC recently adopted a First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation Recruitment and Retention Strategy, which outlines three interrelated strategic goals - retention, recruitment and cultural sensitivity - in order to foster a more representative workforce.

If this work environment and opportunity interests you, please describe how you meet the essential qualifications below, as well as any asset qualifications you may have.

Intent of the process

This process is designed to fill positions on a temporary basis for a period of 3 years. Therefore, only specified period appointments will be offered as part of this process for external candidates. Employees of the Public Service could be offered an Assignment, Secondement or an acting appointment, where applicable.

The positions could be located in Gatineau, Quebec or Ottawa, Ontario.

Positions to be filled: 2

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A response to a text question addressing the following:

• Knowledge of Library and Archives Canada’s strategic activities related to First Nations, Inuit and the Métis Nation.

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

EDUCATION :
Successful completion of two years of a post-secondary program with acceptable specialization in social science, statistics, library/archival work or a law-related field.

NOTES :
1. At the manager’s discretion, an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience that is comparable to the minimum education stated above, may serve as an alternative. Whenever the minimum educational standard is met through an alternative, it is met only for the position being staffed, and a candidate must be re-assessed for future appointments and deployments if the manager has asked for this alternative.
2. "Social science" includes economics, political science, sociology, anthropology, history, psychology, geography, criminology, and other disciplines associated with social science. “Library/archival work” includes gallery and museum functions.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE :
Experience conducting research using print or online reference tools.

Experience working with Indigenous-related archival or published material.

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

English or French

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:
Knowledge of Library and Archives Canada’s strategic activities related to First Nations, Inuit and the Métis Nation.

COMPETENCIES:
Working effectively with others
Being results oriented

ABILITIES:
Effective oral communication skills
Effective written communication skills

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

ASSET CRITERIA:
Graduation from a recognized post-secondary institution with a degree in a field relevant to the position

Degree equivalency

Experience in working with First Nations, Inuit or Métis Nation governments, organizations or communities;

Experience in communicating in an Indigenous language;

Experience in arranging or describing archival material or publications.

Organizational needs:
These positions are open to Indigenous candidates only.

Operational Requirement:
The official location of work is within the national capital region. The candidate will be required to work onsite.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status 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

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.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent. We will contact candidates when 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).

If you do not respond to our communications, we will interpret this as your withdrawal from the process.

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

Please ensure that your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) is included in your application, if you have one.

You must provide proof of your education credentials. Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at: http://www.cicic.ca.

Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position otherwise you will be eliminate from this process.

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

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

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.