EC-03/EC-04 POLICY / RESEARCH ANALYSTS - DEVELOP YOUR CAREER WITH PHAC

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

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

🛑 IMPORTANT INFORMATION 🛑

• • ► We understand that navigating the application process for positions in the public service of Canada can be challenging. Your responses in your application can impact your selection for the next stage of the process and for consideration to potential job openings. We recommend that you start early and take the necessary time to review the requirements and thoroughly respond to the screening questions that have been built into the application process. Save your work frequently or use a word processing software to draft your answers then transfer them into the GC Jobs platform. Otherwise, the page timer may expire and you risk losing your answers.

• • ► You MUST meet the essential education and essential experience in order to be considered for the next phase of the evaluation process. Please review this area carefully and refer to the OTHER INFORMATION section for advice on the process and how to improve your application.

• • ► Once you have successfully submitted your application, your application status in GC Jobs will show as "Included in inventory". This means that your application has been retained, NOT that you have been found qualified.

Duties

We are recruiting for a number of positions where you will have the opportunity to develop and expand your skills and knowledge. Here are some examples of the potential duties you may perform:

• • ► Advise decision-makers on post-COVID recovery efforts, balancing economic, environmental, and social goals.
• • ► Manage and/or conduct policy studies involving high-priority, emerging issues and provision of advice, policy formulation and recommendations to support senior management.
• • ► Manage and/or conduct research, validation, analysis, synthesis, manipulation, integration and reporting of information and data (including socio-economic and statistical information).
• • ► Manage and/or develop and maintain data bases and reports, including statistical reports.
• • ► Manage and/or conduct unique and collaborative economic, socio-economic and/or statistical research and studies.

Work environment

🍁 JOIN THE PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA 🍁

The Public Health Agency of Canada was created to deliver on the Government of Canada's commitment to help protect the health and safety of all Canadians. At the Public Health Agency of Canada, we take pride in what we do. We believe that the work we do is defined by more than just a position title.

We encourage our employees to be creative, motivated, inspired and innovative, regardless of their level. We promote opportunities for growth because we support employee development.

We believe life is about more than just your job. We support our employees by encouraging work-life balance and employee wellness. We offer our employees a competitive salary, generous vacation, paid leave for family and health, comprehensive benefits, and an attractive pension plan.

The Public Health Agency of Canada is part of the Health Portfolio of the Government of Canada, committed to help protect the health and safety of all Canadians. Its activities focus on preventing chronic diseases, like cancer and heart disease, preventing injuries and responding to public health emergencies and infectious disease outbreaks.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to create a pre-qualified pool of candidates who will be referred to several hiring managers across the Public Health Agency of Canada to fill various temporary and/or permanent job opportunities that are currently available or will be in the future.

The Public Health Agency of Canada will periodically pull and review the applications received and contact applicants selected for further assessment. It is therefore important for candidates to apply online as soon as possible.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

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 recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in Economics, Sociology or Statistics, obtained OR that will be obtained by June 30, 2022.🎓

Note: Candidates must always have a degree. The courses for the specialization must be acceptable and may have been taken at a recognized post-secondary institution, but not necessarily within 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:

EC-03 & EC-04:
1. Experience researching, analyzing and synthesizing information.
2. Experience in developing written documents, such as background papers, briefing notes, memos, summaries, or speaking notes.
3. Experience participating on project teams and/or working groups.
4. Experience in using analytical and/or statistical tools*.
*Tools refer to any software that aids in analyzing or producing statistics (examples could include Excel, Power BI, Computer languages like R/Python/SAS/SPSS/SQL)

EC-04 only:
5. Experience building and maintaining collaborative relationships with internal and/or external partners or stakeholders.
6. Experience in researching and/or monitoring and analyzing economic, socio-economic, statistical, legal or policy issues.

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

Various language requirements
💬🗣️ OFFICIAL LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY:

English essential
French essential
Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB
Bilingual imperative CBC/CBC

Information on language requirements

✅💡 COMPETENCIES:

EC-03 & EC-04:
1. Demonstrating integrity and respect
2. Thinking things through
3. Working effectively with others
4. Showing initiative and being action-oriented
5. Dependability

🧩⚖️ ABILITIES:

EC-03 & EC-04:
1. Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
2. Ability to communicate effectively orally.
3. Ability to manage multiple priorities with competing deadlines.
4. Ability to analyze and synthesize information from a variety of sources.

EC-04 ONLY:
5. Ability to interpret information and provide recommendations.

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

🎁✨ ASSET QUALIFICATIONS (may be considered a ‘must have’ or ‘nice to have’ depending on the hiring managers’ needs):

1. Experience developing options and recommendations in relation to policy, public health, and/or planning issues.
2. Experience communicating data* or summary of findings to decision makers and/or superiors.
* Data refers to facts and/or statistics collected for reference or analysis.
3. Experience in analyzing trends and reporting on indicators.
4. Experience in researching and analyzing health policy or a related field (such as public health, health promotion, population health or socio-economic health).
5. Experience in working with data and/or information related to Indigenous public health.
6. Experience with Sex and Gender-based Analysis (SGBA) and equity-based analyses.
7. Experience with program planning and evaluation.
8. Experience in performance measurement, including cost-benefit analysis.
9. Experience planning or administering grant and contribution funding.
10. Experience developing and delivering presentations.
11. Experiencing working in an emergency management environment, or in a fast paced, high pressure operational environment.
12. Experience working within a non-governmental organization (NGO), think tank or social science research unit.
13. Experience preparing or contributing to decision-making documents, such as Memoranda to Cabinet, Treasury Board Submissions, and presentations to Cabinet Committees.
14. Experience in providing analysis and advancing complex policy files**.
** Complex policy file is defined as a file requiring a multi-faceted approach, seeking the perspective of various stakeholders with possibly competing interests, as well as the development of options that are evidence-based and that may require understanding of political context, and be sensitive in nature or a high visibility issue to the public, senior management, or government.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS (depending on the position):

● Willingness and ability to travel.
● Willingness and ability to work remotely.
● Willingness and ability to work overtime, often on short notice based on operational requirements.

Conditions of employment

Various security profiles: Reliability and/or Secret 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

• • ► IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION 💯

When submitting your application to this advertisement, you will be prompted to answer screening questions about your education and essential and asset experiences.

It is important to provide detailed examples to each question as responses will be used to qualify candidates for referral to various hiring managers. Responses should include how, when and where education and experience were obtained. Don't forget to include dates, previous position titles, organizations, frequency, impact and depth of tasks & responsibilities etc.

The answers you provide to the screening questions will be used as the primary source of information. Your CV/resume will only be used to validate this information. *APPLICATIONS THAT INDICATE, "PLEASE REFER TO CV/RESUME" OR FAIL TO CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE SUFFICIENT CLARITY OR DETAIL MAY RESULT IN THE REJECTION OF YOUR APPLICATION.

• • ► WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? ⏰

How the application process works – in five steps:

1️⃣ APPLICATION: Candidates submit their applications via the GC Jobs platform. Only applications submitted through GC Jobs will be considered. In your application, you must demonstrate how you meet essential education and essential experience.

2️⃣ SCREENING: Screening is the initial review of your application. Applications will be pulled for review on a regular basis. During the screening step, we will review your responses for essential education and essential experience.

NOTE: Depending on the number of applicants, volume management strategies such as, but not limited to, top-down, cut-off, random selection and/or assessment may be used to manage applications and applicants. If a volume management strategy is used, communication regarding the application of the strategy will be sent to applicants affected by the strategy.

3️⃣ INTERVIEW: Should you successfully meet the criteria assessed during the screening stage, you will be invited via email to complete an interview. Interviews are completed through an online platform that allows candidates to record their interview responses and complete a written component.

4️⃣ DOCUMENT GATHERING & ASSET VALIDATION: Should you successfully meet the criteria assessed in your interview, you will be invited to the document gathering step of the hiring process. In this step, you will be asked to submit the required documentation to support your application (i.e. proof of education, references, proof of eligibility to work in Canada, etc.). During this step, you may also be asked to validate / elaborate on your asset experiences.

5️⃣ PARTIALLY QUALIFIED TALENT POOL: Congratulations! You have made it to the partially qualified talent pool. The partially qualified talent pool will be used to refer candidates to several hiring managers for open positions across the Public Health Agency of Canada.

• • ► COMMUNICATION WITH CANDIDATES 📧

Acknowledgment of receipt for applications will not be sent. All future communication will be sent via email. It is your responsibility to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required. Your contact email must be accessible to you. You must ensure your system does not filter relevant emails to your junk mailbox or trash.

NOTE: all updates regarding your candidacy (i.e. invited to an interview, no longer being considered, etc.) will be communicated to you directly by email.

For any questions related to this selection process, you may contact the email address provided below. Please include the selection process number (22-AHS-CS-EA-NCR-330707) in your correspondence as our team manages multiple hiring processes.

• • ► POLICY ON COVID-19 VACCINATION 🦠

As per the 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 (temporary), 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.

For more information regarding the Policy on COVID-19 Vaccination for the Core Public Administration, please visit: https://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=32694&utm_campaign=tbs-sct_vaccination-fps_21-22&utm_medium=email&utm_source=employee-message&utm_content=vaccination-fps-policy

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.