Stream 1: NEGOTIATOR Stream 2: SENIOR POLICY ANALYST

Update: **AMENDMENT TO CLOSING DATE**

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

RECONCILIATION.CHALLENGE. DIVERSITY.

• Are you looking for a career that enables you to make a difference and challenges you to grow?
• Do you want to be on a diverse and inclusive team, with people of all different personal and professional backgrounds?
• Do you want to work on renewing Canada’s relationship with Indigenous peoples through the development of policy, negotiations, and the implementation of new agreements?

We invite you to join an organization in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated and respected.

When applying to this process, you will be required to answer screening questions with full details in the provided text box. Your details should clearly demonstrate HOW you meet the specified criteria of education and experience, by including when, where and how you obtained the requirement. Please include examples of the functions performed where relevant.

Failure to answer the screening/text questions with sufficient detail may result in your application being rejected from the process.

Your resume will be used as a secondary source of information and must accurately reflect your employment history and support your qualifications. It is therefore inappropriate to only state “refer to resume” in response to screening/text questions.

Duties

As Negotiator or Senior Policy Analyst you will demonstrate Canada's commitment to a renewed nation-to-nation relationship based on co-operation, recognition of rights, and partnership by:
• working with Indigenous groups in new and innovative ways to collaboratively develop agreements and mandates; and
• engaging with federal partners to explore and advance federal reconciliation initiatives and policy reforms.

Work environment

At CIRNAC, we strive to promote inclusive and respectful workplaces, address systemic barriers experienced by employment equity and underrepresented employees, and support employee networks in amplifying their voices in our work and throughout the department.

Due to Covid-19, our teams work virtually from home using the latest technologies to stay connected. Flexible work arrangements may be possible depending on the position to be staffed and subject to approval by management.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff positions in Vancouver (British Columbia) and Gatineau (Québec). Pools of qualified candidates may also be established to meet the anticipated EC-06 needs throughout the Treaties and Aboriginal Government Sector, located in CIRNAC offices across Canada. This process identifies 2 distinct streams of work and requirements, all of which share some common qualifications yet also have specified distinct qualifications. The 2 streams are as follows:

Stream 1:
Position Title: Negotiator

Stream 2:
Position Title: Senior Policy Analyst

Once established, the pools may be used to staff similar or identical positions with various linguistic profiles and with various employment types and tenures (indeterminate, specified period or acting appointment, deployment, assignment, secondment) throughout CIRNAC offices across Canada.

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)

EDUCATION
Stream 1 (Negotiator) :
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:
• 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.
• "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.

Stream 2 (Senior Policy Analyst):
Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in economics, sociology or statistics.

Notes:
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

EXPERIENCE:
All Streams:

Experience in providing strategic advice for senior management on complex** issues.

Stream 1 (Negotiator):

Experience in developing documents, or negotiation positions dealing with complex** issues or initiatives, which may include for example, memoranda to cabinet, treasury board submissions or presentations to senior management.

Significant* experience leading collaborative partnerships with Indigenous groups, provinces, or other stakeholders to advance complex** files.

Stream 2 (Senior Policy Analyst):

Significant *experience in preparing or managing the preparation of comprehensive documents such as: statistical surveys, qualitative and quantitative studies, research reports, position papers, strategic plans and planning documents, memoranda to cabinet, treasury board submissions and evaluation reports, briefing notes or presentations to senior management.

Experience in consulting with stakeholders, federal government representatives, other levels of government or Indigenous groups.

Experience in developing policy, legislative or regulatory options for the consideration of senior management.

* Significant experience is understood to mean the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with performing activities for a period of at least two (2) years.

** Complex: Involves at least two (2) of the following relevant criteria:
• Sensitive.
• High profile.
• Confidential information.
• Multiple stakeholders.
• Diverse interests.
• Multi-year or multi-phase.

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:

All Streams:

Masters degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with specialization in Economics, Law, Public Affairs, or other related field of studies.

Degree equivalency

Experience in working as part of a multi-disciplinary team that includes two or more of the following: other federal departments or agencies, provincial or territorial governments, Indigenous organizations, and industry or the private sector.
Experience in negotiating or working with Indigenous groups in Canada.
Experience in dealing with litigation-related work, particularly in an Indigenous rights context.

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

Various language requirements
All Streams:
English or French Essential
Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB or CBC/CBC

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:

All Streams:
Knowledge of the history, policies or issues affecting or involving Indigenous Peoples in Canada.

Stream 1 (Negotiator):
Knowledge of the principles, policies or legal framework related to modern treaties, self-government agreements, land claims or specific claims in Canada.

Stream 2 (Senior Policy Analyst):
Knowledge of the Government of Canada’s policy development process.

ABILITIES :

All Streams:

Ability to communicate effectively orally.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
Ability to analyze information and provide recommendations to senior management.
Ability to work collaboratively with diverse partners.
Ability to work under pressure.
Ability to supervise a team.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:

All Streams:

Effective Interpersonal relationships
Integrity
Initiative
Thinking Things Through/Judgement

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

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:

All Streams:

Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population we serve. In support of our strategy to achieve our employment equity goals, selection may be limited to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal Persons, Women, Visible Minorities and Persons with Disability.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

All Streams:
Willingness and ability to travel.

Willingness and ability to work overtime on short notice.

Conditions of employment

All Streams:
Secret security clearance

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

Interested persons must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to the position, in a manner determined by the Selection Board.

Depending on the requirements of the position(s) being staffed from this process, for current or future vacancies, any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements, and organizational needs may be applied at the time of staffing. Candidates may be contacted and assessed against these criteria at any time during this process.

All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence, telephone conversations, and video conferencing may be used on the assessment of qualifications.

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

Proof of education will be required. 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.

PLEASE NOTE: For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail for screening/assessment purposes (e.g. issuing assessment results, providing/requesting information, and to invite candidates to attend any portion of the assessment). 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).

The cost to attend the assessment will be the candidate’s responsibility. Candidates will be required to pay for their own travel (including travel for assessment purposes).

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview may be administered.

A test may be administered.

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.