Team Leader, Procurement

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Work environment

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is looking for dynamic candidates to join its procurement team. As part of the operations team, as a Team Leader you will have the opportunity to lead a team of contracting officers responsible for the acquisition of goods, services and construction for both DFO and the Canadian Coast Guard. You will collaborate with the various clients on a regular basis to anticipate and analyze their requirements, develop strategies and options to meet objectives and provide advice on very interesting projects.

For candidates within the Centre of Expertise team, you will have the exciting opportunity to supervise team members that perform tasks such as reviewing and implementing procurement policy documents, preparing procurement reports, providing procurement training, resolving contracting issues, etc.

In addition, DFO offers a working environment where work life flexibility and employee development is really important. At the moment, the procurement team is working from home. Once the situation improves, DFO will be moving to a hybrid model.

Intent of the process

The intent of this advertisement is to create an inventory of partially or fully assessed professionals that may be used in the future to staff similar positions within Fisheries and Oceans Canada with various tenures, linguistic profiles (English essential, bilingual BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC), various operational requirements and/or various conditions of employment.

Positions to be filled: 3

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

EDUCATION
A secondary school diploma or employer-approved alternatives (see Note 1).

Note 1: The employer-approved alternatives to a secondary school diploma are:
- A satisfactory score on the Public Service Commission test approved as an alternative to a secondary school diploma; or
- An acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
1) Significant* experience in conducting complex*** competitive procurement processes for goods, services or construction.
2) Significant* experience in providing advice and recommendations to clients or management** on contracting issues, strategies, policies or initiatives.
3) Experience in negotiating with multiple stakeholders.

DEFINITIONS
*Significant experience is defined as having performed the duties on a full-time basis for a period of approximately five years.
**Management is defined as Manager and above.
*** A complex procurement is defined as meeting at least four (4) of the following elements:
1. Involving multi-million dollar projects;
2. Involving consultations with multiple stakeholder groups;
3. Involving multi-phased projects;
4. Involving high profile or high risk projects (e.g. scope, security, emergency, departmental priorities, etc.);
5. Involving the negotiation of price or non-standard terms and conditions;
6. Involving the resolution of bid evaluation issues;
7. Involving the resolution of contracts management issues including procurement policy interpretations;
8. Involving consultations with management (i.e. Manager level (EX minus 1 and above), and
9. Involving Government socio-economic considerations into projects (i.e. Aboriginal Procurement).

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual Imperative (CBC/CBC)
Bilingual Imperative (BBB/BBB)
English essential

Information on language requirements

ABILITIES :
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing
- Ability to communicate effectively orally

PERSONAL SUITABILITY
- Risk Management
- Mobilize People
- Thinking things through
- Client Service
- Collaborate with Partners and Stakeholders

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION
Graduation with a diploma or degree from a recognized post-secondary institution OR a combination of education, experience and/or training.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
- Experience managing the invitation to tender process for construction requirements
- Experience supervising a team of five employees or more
- Experience issuing contracts using professional services supply arrangements such as TSPS, TBIPS or PASS.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Willingness and ability to travel, as required.
- Willingness and ability to work overtime, as required.

Conditions of employment

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

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ASSESSMENT
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Candidates must meet all the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

You may be assessed using a variety of assessment tools, such as, but not limited to: standardized tests, written exams, interviews, simulation exercises, reference checks, recent and past performance evaluations, self-assessments, candidate achievement record, etc.

Please note that your overall conduct and communications, including email correspondence, throughout the entire process may be used in the assessment of qualifications and competencies.

You must provide proof of your education credentials. If you were educated outside of Canada, you must have your certificates and/or diplomas assessed against Canadian education standards. For more information please click on “Degree Equivalency” in the Education section above.

LEAVE/ABSENCES DURING THIS SELECTION PROCESS: It is the responsibility of the candidate to notify the Departmental contact of any pre-approved leave throughout the duration of the process in order to facilitate scheduling of evaluations. One (1) alternate date will be possible only if requested for the following reasons: 1) Medical reasons with doctor’s certificate 2) Death in your immediate family 3) Confirmation of pre-approved travel plans or training plans (made before the advertisement posting date) 4) Religious reasons or 5) Participation in an assessment for another selection process.

Please note that achieving the pass mark on any of the assessments used does not mean you will move forward in the selection process. Management may decide to use a score that is higher than the pass mark on any of the evaluations used throughout the selection process. Management may also decide to use top-down selection at any stage of the process.

Management may choose to invoke an asset(s) at any point of the process.

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OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
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Persons are entitled to participate in the selection process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

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COMMUNICATION
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Communication for this process will be sent via email. Applicants MUST check their e-mail accounts frequently as there may be a deadline for responses. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required. Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). Please note that we will have to consider that you are no longer interested in participating in the selection process and that you have withdrawn your candidacy should you not provide us with an up-to-date email address or respond to our communications.
If you need to communicate with us during any stage of this process, please indicate the selection process number in the subject field of your email.

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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.

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.