Policy Analyst

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

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, employees are working mainly remotely from home, with the possibility of working in the office on an ad hoc or regular basis for those who wish to do so. The Agency is currently working collaboratively with employees and key partners to define the future IAAC hybrid model.

You MUST provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the education requirements listed in the essential qualifications and the asset qualifications section. You MUST also provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the experience requirements listed in the asset qualifications section. An online Screening Questionnaire has been created to assist you in completing this information. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your education and/or experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties.

In order to demonstrate your experience, you MUST provide a portfolio, which is a maximum of three documents of which you are the principal author that demonstrate your experience (see experience section below). Any documents received after the closing date will not be considered.

Should your responses to the portfolio contain insufficient details to demonstrate that you meet the screening criteria, your application will not be given further consideration in this process. Candidates will not be solicited for incomplete or possible missing information.

Work environment

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The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada is a federal body accountable to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change. The Agency delivers high-quality impact assessments that contribute to informed decision making on major projects in support of sustainable development. The Agency, through its delivery of impact assessments, serves Canadians by looking at both positive and negative environmental, economic, social, and health impacts of potential projects. Among its many responsibilities, the Agency:

• leads and manages the impact assessment process for all federally designated major projects;
• leads Crown engagement and serves as the single point of contact for consultation and engagement with Indigenous peoples during impact assessments for designated projects;
• provides opportunities and funding to support public participation in impact assessments.

The Agency is looking for several professionals to help it achieve its objectives.

Will you join us?

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff a position on a determinate or indeterminate basis at the headquarters office in Ottawa and a position in our Prairie and Northern regional office.

A pool of qualified people resulting from this process will be created and will be used to fill similar positions in other offices whose linguistic profile (English essential, French essential, bilingual imperative BBB/BBB, bilingual imperative CBC/CBC) as well as the duration (indeterminate, transfer, acting, assignment, secondment, fixed period) could vary according to the position.

Positions to be filled: 2

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter "Please answer the following three questions in a cover letter not exceeding two pages: Explain how the topics or concepts addressed in the document(s) submitted (SEE IMPORTANT NOTE) for your portfolio could contribute to impact assessments? What was your contribution to the paper(s)? Is there any follow-up to the paper(s)? The cover letter should not exceed two pages. This letter will be used to assess your written communication competency.."

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 economics, sociology or statistics.

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

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

Various language requirements
English Essential, French Essential, Bilingual Imperative (BBB/BBB), Bilingual Imperative (CBC/CBC)

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

EXPERIENCE*:
Relevant experience* in research and analysis in one or all the following areas:

- Assessment of the social, economic, environmental or health impacts of major economic development projects, including those related to natural resource exploitation and infrastructure construction;
- Assessment of impacts on the rights of Canada's Indigenous peoples in relation to the implementation of economic development projects, including those related to natural resource exploitation and infrastructure construction or the establishment of government policies or programs;
- Governance or socio-economic development of Indigenous peoples in Canada.

❗ IMPORTANT NOTE: ❗
*Experience will be assessed with a portfolio. The candidate must provide along with their application a maximum of three documents of which they are the main author and which demonstrate relevant experience in the fields mentioned. The portfolio can include publications in peer-reviewed journals, research notes or reports, or academic work (essays, chapters from a research paper or a thesis, etc.). Contributions will be assessed in light of the breadth of knowledge they show, their originality, their methodological rigor and the clarity of the arguments. Please submit the portfolio to prior to the closing date. Any documents received after the closing date may not be given further consideration.

The following language skills and requirements will be used/assessed at a later date (essential for the job).

COMPETENCIES:
- Thinking things through
- Working effectively with others
- Showing initiative and being action oriented
- Demonstrating integrity and respect
- Written communication
- Oral communication

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

ASSET EDUCATION:
- A Masters or Doctorate degree.

Degree equivalency

ASSET EXPERIENCE:
- Experience in negotiating or implementing treaties with Indigenous people.

- Experience in developing and maintaining relationships with several government and non-government partners, such as Indigenous Peoples.

- Experience in writing documents, such as briefing notes, reports or management documents to inform decision-making.

- Experience working in a multidisciplinary team.

- Experience in research and analysis using qualitative methods in social sciences and content analysis software.

- Relevant public policy experience**.

** Experience may have been acquired through research, program or policy development and implementation, or work performed in non-government organizations, volunteer organizations, public administrations, and businesses, consulting firms, think tanks or educational institutions.

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS

The Agency would like its workforce to be reflective of the population it serves and is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the Canadian society. Candidates who self-declare as members to any of the four employment equity designated groups (Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, visible minorities and/or women (especially women in non-traditional occupations)) might be considered if the organizational need criterion is used during the appointment process.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Availability and willingness to travel when required.
- Availability and willingness to work extended hours when required.

Conditions of employment

RELIABILITY AND SAFETY
Security clearance: Reliability or Secret.

COVID-19 VACCINATION
All employees of the Core Public Administration are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and to attest to their vaccination status, unless accommodation is made on the basis of medical contraindication, religion, or other prohibited ground of discrimination as defined by 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

Candidates MUST submit their application through the online system available at: GC jobs. Applications submitted in any other format will not be accepted. If there are limitations or special circumstances preventing you from submitting your application via the PSRS online portal, you must contact the IAAC Recruitment team AND receive approval to apply via an alternate means PRIOR to the closing date.

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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.

A top-down screening approach may be undertaken. Applicants who meet the essential experience criteria may be ranked according to the depth and breadth of experience they possess. Only the top ranking candidates may be invited to the assessment phase of the process. Asset criteria may also be applied at any stage in the process, including but not limited to the screening stage.

A cut-off score may also be used at any stage of assessment.

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.

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.

Official language proficiency: due to its unique character, this essential qualification could be assessed and required solely upon appointment. It is therefore the candidate’s responsibility to inform the person in charge of the selection process if he/she obtains the linguistic requirements after the pool has been established. Also, a person who initially failed linguistic testing could be introduced into the pool of qualified candidates during the pool’s validity period if he/she is assessed again through another selection process or following linguistic training.

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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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OTHER INFORMATION
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Please ensure that your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) is included in your application.
Acknowledgement of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

Indeterminate employees at the same group and level or equivalent could be considered for deployment. If no deployment is made, applicants from other groups and levels will be considered in the advertised appointment process.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrierfree selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

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.