Intelligence Analyst

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Duties

Are you driven to make a difference and contribute to Canada’s safety and security? Are you passionate about matters on a range of criminal threats such as terrorism, foreign interference, financial crime, money laundering, drugs, human smuggling/trafficking, cyber crime and more?

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) National Intelligence offers a wide range of challenges and opportunities. We are looking for career-driven, highly motivated professionals to work on national and international-level threat files in partnership with domestic and foreign agencies within the law enforcement security and intelligence community.

At National Intelligence, we can help you create a career that is both fulfilling and challenging. The RCMP’s intelligence professionals are offered unique opportunities with positions located across the country and internationally.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff four (4) positions on an indeterminate basis, with various linguistic profiles (English Essential, Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB and CBC/CBC) and an RCMP Top Secret security clearance.

A pool of candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions within the RCMP on an indeterminate or specified period (including term, acting, or assignment) basis, with various linguistic profiles and various RCMP security clearances.

Should a Civilian Member (CM) be found qualified and selected for appointment, the appointment will not result in a change of status to the Public Service (PS) category for the CM.

Positions to be filled: 4

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 economics, sociology or statistics.

*Candidates must always have a degree. The courses for the specialization do not necessarily have to be part of a degree program in the required specialization. The specialization may also be obtained through an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

If you do not have a degree in one of these specializations, clearly list the relevant courses you have taken or the experience that is related. Experience will be evaluated in terms of the amount, complexity and diversity of work performed, and level of responsibility for a wide variety of projects demonstrated.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
Experience* in conducting intelligence analysis and producing written reports making recommendations for decision makers, evaluating and analyzing information to provide recommendations for decision makers.

Significant** experience in applying analytical techniques to advance a file or project in a national security, intelligence or operational environment.

Experience* in preparing and presenting briefing material for decision-makers to advance a file or project in a national security, intelligence or operational environment.

Significant** experience in building and managing collaborative relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, such as law enforcement or intelligence agencies, government agencies/departments, academic communities, or the private sector.

*Experience is defined as a minimum of two (2) years experience within the last five (5) years.

**Significant is defined as the depth and breadth of experience that would normally have been gained performing the duties for a minimum of three (3) years.

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

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

Information on language requirements

Competencies:
Integrity
Analytical Thinking
Effective Oral Communication
Effective Written Communication
Initiative
Managing Multiple Priorities
Adaptability
Teamwork and collaboration

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

Asset Qualifications:
Experience leading a major analytical file/project.
Experience conducting open source, social network and/or social media research and analysis.
Experience working in the financial services industry (e.g. banking sector, finance, or risk management).
Experience working in cyber security.
Experience conducting threat or risk assessments.

Conditions of employment

RCMP Top Secret Security Clearance
All applicants for positions within the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will be subject to a thorough security clearance process which includes an interview wherein questions may include (but not limited to), reference checks, previous employment, on-line activities, credit checks, alcohol and/or drug use. Successful candidates will require a valid Top Secret RCMP security clearance prior to appointment and throughout the tenure of their employment.
To be eligible for a Top Secret clearance, you must:
• Be a Canadian citizen;
• Have 10 years of recent and verifiable information;
• Demonstrate suitability and reliability throughout the assessment process; and,
• Not participate in illegal activities.

Willingness and ability to work overtime as and when required and on short notice.
Willingness and ability to travel domestically/internationally to attend training/work away from home, as necessary.
Willingness and ability to work in a busy police environment, including exposure to unsettling and/or graphic material.
Willingness and ability to complete the Intelligence Analyst Understudy Training Program (some positions).
Willingness and ability to testify in court.

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

The cost to attend the assessment will be the candidate’s responsibility.

All communication relating to this process, including e-mail correspondence may be used in the assessment of qualifications.

A written exam(s) will be administered.

An interview will be administered.

Reference checks will be sought.

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

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

Acknowledgement of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

You must provide proof of education credentials. If you obtained your degree outside Canada, it is your responsibility to demonstrate its equivalence, please take a look at the following link for more information: https://www.cicic.ca.

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.

Please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form.

If a qualified candidate has been selected and appointed on an indeterminate basis from the established pool, they will be removed from the pool. If a candidate is selected for a specified period (including term, acting, or assignment/secondment) appointment, they will remain in the pool for future offers.

Our means of communication with applicants is via e-mail. Please ensure to include a functional e-mail address, which will accept messages from unknown users (some e-mail systems block these types of e-mails). It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free 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.

HOW TO APPLY:
You will be required to answer screening questions to demonstrate how you meet the Essential Qualifications (Education and all Essential Experiences).

When answering the screening questions, it is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current or past responsibilities. Rather, you must provide concrete examples of tasks you have accomplished with significant details to explain the WHAT, WHEN, WHERE and HOW you acquired each qualification.

For each experience criteria, please provide the following information:

1- Name of the department or organization where the experience was acquired;
2- Title of the position occupied, group and level and the period(s) in which you performed the functions (M-Y to M-Y);
3- Specific details of tasks or projects demonstrating how the experience was acquired (Situation/Challenge, Tasks, Action and Result).

Should your responses to the screening questions 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.

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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.