Senior Advisor

Important messages

Looking for a change? If you are a people-oriented strategic thinker and communicator, who is driven by leading change and connecting with a team, then you should definitely make the change!

This role will appeal to someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, is self-directed and able to thrive in ambiguity.

Your duties will be threefold: (Maybe even fourfold and fivefold but we haven’t figured out what those will be yet, this is a brand new position!)

1. Work with the PrairiesCan Manitoba team to lead and support organizational change. We not only need you to figure out what’s needed, we need you to lead it.
2. Work with our Regional Management Team to assess change management activities and bring rigor to our decision-making and support for staff. We have a very high performing team; we need you to help us maximize our potential.
3. Lead the evolution of a change management strategy to support our new department and mandate. We need you to help navigate us through our evolving economic environment. Because, “The Times They Are A Changin’!”

If this peaks your interest and curiosity, then we’d love to hear from you!!!

Work environment

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 Jamie Warywoda by email at . All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Intent of the process

The intent is to fill an 18 month term opportunity with the possibility of extension. 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:
• Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in a field relevant to the duties of the position.

At the manager’s discretion, an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience, may serve as an alternative to meet the education standard.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
• Experience in developing and executing change management strategies/plans.
• Experience advising management and executive decision making within competing and rapidly changing priorities.
• Experience in establishing and maintaining co-operative networks and collaborative relationships with internal and external partners.
• Experience in leading, managing and motivating a team of professionals.
• Experience in project management, including policy; planning; delivery and management of programs; services; or projects

Knowledge:
• Knowledge of change management principles and practices.
• Knowledge of project management principles and practices.
• Knowledge and understanding of the Manitoba economy and the roles PrairiesCan plays in Manitoba.

Competencies:
Key leadership competencies
• Create vision/strategy
• Mobilize people
• Uphold integrity/respect
• Collaborate with partners/stakeholders
• Promote innovation
• Achieve results
• Excellent (Oral & Written) Communicator

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

Asset Qualifications:
• Depth, breadth and scope of experience in any one or combination of the experience qualifications used for screening.
• Experience in planning, organizing, leading and delivering meetings and discussion groups.
• Experience in the design and/or use of assessment tools and surveys.
• Experience developing a broad range of communications materials across multiple formats.

Operational Requirements:
• Willingness to travel occasionally.

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

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.