Statistics Canada is looking for Data Production and Dissemination Officers

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Statistics Canada is a world-renowned leader in its domain, and its employees are proud to fulfill its mission: to serve Canada with high-quality statistical information that matters. We want to help Canadians better understand their country, so they can make more thoughtful decisions. The advantages of a strong workplace cannot be understated. Diverse. Accommodating. Nurturing. Rewarding. For employees to reach their full potential, a workplace MUST meet all of these criteria. Our success lies with a dynamic workforce that strives for excellence and innovation. We are proud to provide a healthy, respectful and supportive work environment for all employees and offer opportunities to develop and acquire new skills.

We encourage our employees to innovate and strive for excellence, we promote career advancement, encourage continued learning and training, and embrace new technologies that allow us to increase efficiency and flexibility in our work environment.

Work environment

The main role of the lead division involved in this process is to provide data access to researchers. Presently, we are seeking individuals to fill 2 types of positions involved in support to access.

The first is to help with the contract processing and updating data access requests. The work involves providing support for researchers applying for microdata access, validation of security, project acceptance, researcher onboarding and the compilation of the contract for access.

The second is to support diverse programs in getting access to varied data files. The work involves retrieval, hosting, and maintenance of the data in our systems, supporting users, liaising with internal clients, and developing and running reports.

Intent of the process

This process is intended to staff Data Production and Diffusion Officers at the EC-02 group and level.

A pool of fully or partially qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions with various tenures, linguistic requirements, security requirements, conditions of employment and locations.

Employees at level could be considered first for deployment opportunities and employees who are members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women could be considered first for appointment.

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

EDU - 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.

OR

An acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

EX01: Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook;
EX02: Significant* experience providing service to internal and/or external clients either by e-mail, in person or by telephone;
EX03: Experience in following procedures with multiple steps.

*Significant is associated with full-time performance of duties associated to client services for a cumulative period of minimum two (2) years.

ABILITY

A1: Ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally

COMPETENCIES

C1: Demonstrating integrity and respect
C2: Thinking things through
C3: Working effectively with others
C4: Showing initiative and being action-oriented

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB
English or French essential
English essential

Information on language requirements

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

ASSET EXPERIENCE

A1: Experience in training, guiding and/or follow-up with learning clientele;
A2: Experience in the development of new or improved procedures;
A3: Experience in documenting procedures and/or testing of processes/applications;
A4: Experience in the use of diverse reporting or statistical software and/or experience in the development of reports.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status 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

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

The assessment board may assess qualifications using telephone interview, a virtual interview, written tests, references or a combination of these or other assessment methods. Other sources of information (such as performance evaluation, work samples, board member knowledge) may be used to inform the assessment of the criteria identified on the Statement of Merit Criteria.

Your responses to screening questions may be used to assess the Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates should check their emails regularly, as there may be new communications regarding this process. Candidates must include a valid email address, and make sure that this address is functional and accepts messages from unknown users.

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed. Other qualifications may be taken into consideration in the selection decision.

A random selection and/or top-down selection may be used at any moment of the process to manage the number of candidates; and/or a volume management strategy may be used at any point during the process, in order to determine the number of candidates to be further considered.

Please note that assessments will only be rescheduled under exceptional circumstances (proof required).

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.