Manager, Regional Administration and Finance

Important messages

Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan) works to develop and diversify the economy of Canada’s prairie region by delivering grants and contributions programs and advocating on behalf of the prairies. At PrairiesCan, we care about people and about serving the best interests of our clients. We use our Values and Ethics Code as a moral compass to guide everything that we do and how we behave. What we do is equally as important as how we do it, and excellence is our standard.

In the annual public service employee survey, PrairiesCan employees consistently rank the department as one of the best places to work in the federal government.
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Why Choose PrairiesCan:
- Work with amazing people who support each other
- Meaningful work that makes a difference to the country
- Excellent compensation package
- Flexible work arrangements
- Modern work tools and technology

Please note: as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are primarily working remotely for the time being. Interviews and related assessments will be conducted virtually throughout this staffing process. Applicants are responsible to ensure they have a reliable internet connection and access. If you are appointed to a position, PrairiesCan will provide tools and/or equipment to support remote work. As public health restrictions ease, the successful candidate will be expected to report to the PrairiesCan offices in Winnipeg, MB.

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 process, please contact Sandy Hardy by email at . All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Duties

As the Manager of Manitoba’s Regional Administration and Finance team, you lead a small and mighty team (5 full-time employees) in support of Manitoba’s Ecosystem and Enterprises, Communities and Policy & External Relations teams in delivering a range of economic development programs aimed at growing and diversifying Manitoba’s economy in the Prairies.

The unit is responsible for a variety of functions, which include:
• administering payments and initiating receivables on grants and contributions projects;
• performing budgeting and forecasting activities for the region;
• overseeing the regional administration of the workplace; and more.

The Manager reports to the Director General of Enterprises and Ecosystems in Manitoba and is an important member of a management team that leads the delivery of PrairiesCan’s programs in Manitoba. The manager also works closely with the Assistant Deputy Minister, the Senior Management team, and other regional and headquarters colleagues to shape PrairiesCan’s program development and delivery.

Intent of the process

The intent is to fill one indeterminate (permanent) full-time vacancy.

A pool of qualified candidates (fully assessed or partially assessed) may be established and may be used to staff similar positions at this group and level. This process may be used for various positions and tenures (including but not limited to term and indeterminate appointments, internal assignments, secondments, deployments, acting appointments, casual) as well as various locations, security requirements, language requirements and conditions of employment. The pool of qualified candidates may also be shared and accessed with other federal government departments.

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:
- Degree from a recognized university in commerce, business administration, accounting, finance, economics or statistics.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
- Experience with grants and contributions contract management (experience in negotiating loan repayment arrangements and contract amendments.)
- Experience developing operating budgets and forecasting.
- Experience preparing briefing materials and providing strategic advice to senior management.
- Experience in the management of human and financial resources.

Knowledge:
- Knowledge of legislation/policy and directives related to grants and contributions and other transfer payments.
- Knowledge of financial management principles/practices.
- Knowledge of public sector accounting standards/practices.

Competencies:
- Uphold Integrity and Respect
- Promote Innovation and Guide Change
- Mobilize People
- Achieving Results
- Written and oral communication

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

Asset Qualification:
- Professional Accounting Designation

Degree equivalency

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Conditions of employment

- Secret Security Clearance
- Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as per the Policy on COVID-19 Vaccination for the Core Public Administration.

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

TIPS FOR APPLICANTS: When answering the screening questions ensure that you provide complete and thorough details of your experience. Do not assume that the screening board has any previous knowledge of your background, qualifications, or work history. You must be specific and provide concrete examples/details for each Experience element, as applications will be screened only on the information provided. Failure to provide sufficient information may result in your application being screened out of the competition.

For this selection process, 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).

Depending on the number of applicants, the needs and/or Human Resources plans, volume management strategies such as random selection, top-down approach and/or establishing cut-off scores to determine who will continue in the staffing process, MAY BE USED for the purpose of managing applications.

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.

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.