Seeking Indigenous Executive Leaders

Important messages

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Assessment accommodation

►ISC is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated at any phase of the hiring process, please request the accommodation you need using the Contact Information provided below. (We commit to keeping all information related to the accommodation confidential).
Assessment accommodation

►As this job advertisement is specifically for the recruitment of Indigenous Executive Leaders, we ask that candidates self-declare as an Aboriginal Person (Aboriginal Person is the term used in the Employment Equity Act). Before being hired, you will be asked to complete and sign the Affirmation of Aboriginal Affiliation Form (AAAF).
The hiring process

►If you are already an employee of the federal public service, please apply through the selection process: 22-DIS-BC-IA-417319 . Only applications received directly via the Public Service Resourcing System will be accepted. If you require accommodations, please contact the HR Advisor listed below before the closing date.

►We encourage you to watch this video for tips when applying: https://youtu.be/0GW7P3g9hhI

►Cover Letter: Please do not submit a cover letter. Our assessment of the experience criteria will be based solely on your responses to the questions. Please read the questions carefully and provide complete answers that fully demonstrate the depth and breadth of your experience.

►Essential Education and Experience Requirements: Your responses to the questions must clearly show how you meet the essential education and experience requirements to proceed to the next phase of the process. Please provide concrete examples that demonstrate how you meet each requirement; please do not just state that you meet the requirement or provide a list of your current or past responsibilities. If there is missing or incomplete information in the material you provide, we will not follow up with you to seek the missing information, and your application may be rejected.

►Asset Qualifications: Please ensure that you indicate if you meet any of them and provide concrete examples that demonstrate how you meet any of the asset qualifications. While you will not be excluded/disqualified if you do not meet any of the asset qualifications, we may use one or several asset qualifications to prioritize candidates.

►Resume: We will use your resume as a secondary source to support your responses to the experience criteria questions.

►Availability and Communication: As we will communicate with you via e-mail about this appointment process, please ensure that you keep us up to date if your e-mail changes. Please also ensure that you are available at all the different phases of this selection process to meet with us.

►Please note that all correspondence or interactions throughout the hiring process form part of the assessment process.

Work environment

►Please join us at Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) and become a member of our dynamic team of professionals. The ISC team is committed to improving Canada’s relationship with Indigenous People while implementing the ISC vision to support and empower Indigenous peoples to control delivery of community-based services and address socio-economic conditions in their communities.

►As an ISC executive, you will have the opportunity to influence significant change from relationship building to transforming how and who delivers services in First Nations and other Indigenous communities across Canada. As a member of the ISC executive team, you will get to build and strengthen relationships with Indigenous partners to effectively deliver programs, enhance the ISC Indigenous centered-approach to service, support communities in planning and implementing their visions and work on transferring service delivery to Indigenous control. You will also have the opportunity to work collaboratively with Indigenous communities and other partners to improve the quality of and access to services. Bringing and advocating an Indigenous lens to your decision-making and to the Department’s decision-making are critical to changing the foundation for interactions between Indigenous Peoples and the Government of Canada.

►ISC supports our employees, recognizing the importance of continuous learning, career development and work-life balance within a diverse and respectful work environment. We value diversity and inclusion and aim to represent Canada’s diversity and the Indigenous communities we serve and work with. We offer a comprehensive benefits package. As a senior official of the Department, you will be able to engage regularly with First Nation and other Indigenous communities and meet with First Nation and other Indigenous leadership virtually and in the communities, post-pandemic.

Intent of the process

►The purpose of this process is to identify qualified candidates for the position of Associate Regional Director General in the British Columbia Region (Vancouver, British Columbia), Anticipatory in the Alberta Region (Edmonton, Alberta) and Anticipatory in the Ontario Region (Toronto, Ontario) AND possibly (ANTICIPATORY) for future positions in any region.

►The process may be used to fill similar positions with Indigenous Services Canada and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (with various language requirements and profiles, and in various locations in Canada.)

►All federal organizations listed in the Schedules I, IV and V of the Financial Administration Act (FAA) may also use the results of this selection process to staff similar positions in their organization.

►Indeterminate employees at the same group and level or equivalent may also be considered for deployment. If no deployment is made, applicants from other groups and levels will be considered in the process.

Positions to be filled:
►British Columbia Region: 1
►Alberta Region: 1 (ANTICIPATORY)
►Ontario Region: 1 (ANTICIPATORY)

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 :

►An acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

OR

►Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution.

For more information:
https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/staffing/qualification-standards/core.html#toc6

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:

►Recent* experience in providing strategic advice to senior management on policy or programs issues.

►Experience in developing and maintaining strategic partnerships with partners, including Indigenous communities, groups and/or organizations.

►Recent* experience managing a complex organization in the implementation and delivery of programs and/or services.

►Recent* and significant** experience in managing human*** and financial**** resources.

NOTES:

*Recent experience is defined as having been acquired within the last five (5) years.

**Significant experience is defined as the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with having performed a broad range of activities related to the work, which is normally acquired over a period of at least two (2) years.

***Some examples of managing human resources may include: Some examples of managing human resources may include: supervising staff, establishing a vision, priorities, work plans or establishing work objectives, conducting performance assessments and feedback and establishing employees learning and development plans. Applicants must also indicate the number of staff they have supervised.

****Some examples of managing financial resources may include: full delegation for a budget, being responsible for financial planning, forecasting and reporting. Applicants must also indicate the size of the budget they managed directly.

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

EXPERIENCE (ASSET):

►Experience, at the senior manager level (such as CEO, Board of Directors, Supervisors, etc…), in leading and managing change.

►Experience managing emergency, crisis and/or disaster situations.

►Experience managing local/regional operations.

►In-depth experience working with First Nations and other Indigenous communities.

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

Various language requirements
►English Essential (for the positions in Vancouver, Edmonton and Toronto).
►Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC (for other positions that may be staffed through this process)
►Bilingual non-Imperative CBC/CBC(for other positions that may be staffed through this process)

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:

►Knowledge of the history, aspirations and socio-economic environment of First Nations, Métis and Inuit in the region where the position is located.

►Knowledge of the Government of Canada’s priorities, challenges and/or commitments towards Indigenous peoples.

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

For more information:
https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/professional-development/key-leadership-competency-profile/examples-effective-ineffective-behaviours.html

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

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS

►Indigenous Services Canada is committed to having a skilled and diversified representative of the population we serve. In support of our strategy to achieve employment equity goals, selection may be limited to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following employment Equity groups: Aboriginal peoples, visible minorities and persons with disabilities.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

►Willingness and ability to travel across Canada.
►Air travel to remote communities will be required.

Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

►Secret security clearance

►The Policy on COVID-19 Vaccination for the Core Public Administration Including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police requires you to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and that you attest to your vaccination status prior to the date of your appointment unless accommodated based on a medical contraindication, religion, or another prohibited ground for discrimination as defined under the Canadian Human Rights Act. You can find more specific information on the collection and use of your personal information when you submit your attestation

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

►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 (Indigenous peoples, members of visible minorities, women and persons with disabilities) when you apply.

►We will not be sending out acknowledgments that we have received your application.

►We may use other assessment methods to determine whether you meet the qualifications outlined on the poster.

►One (1) or several asset qualification(s) may be used at any stage during the selection process to prioritize candidates.

►The Top Down ranking approach may be used in the process with only top-scoring candidates invited to the next phase of the process.

►For information on preparing for the selection process, internal candidates can visit www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/services/staffing-assessment-tools-resources/human-resources-specialists-hiring-managers/human-resources-toolbox/personnel-psychology-centre/assessment-counselling-services/executive-counselling-services.html.

►If you are an employee of the federal public service, please clearly identify your substantive group and level as well as your employment status on your resume and/or application form. In addition, please ensure that your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) is included in your resume and/or application form.

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.