Data Production and Dissemination, Stream 1: Officer/ Stream 2: Coordinator

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

Statistics Canada is committed to hiring and promoting a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population it serves. In order to achieve this representative workforce, preference may be given to candidates who, at the time of application, indicate that they are belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups (self-declaration): Indigenous peoples, Women, Visible Minorities and Persons with Disabilities.

At Statistics Canada we recognize that a diverse and inclusive workplace that can harness the diverse backgrounds, talents and perspectives of its employees is essential to building a better, more productive and more innovative Canada. Statistics Canada promotes the advantages of diversity and inclusion in the federal government and offers interesting career opportunities and rewarding challenges for everyone. As such, you are encouraged to include experience from your volunteer experiences, your studies, and your hobbies to showcase that you have the experience requested.

All candidates will be assessed using a track record. The section below entitled "Other information (notes)" has a description of the track record which could be useful to candidates. Information on the track record will be confirmed by your references.

In your PSRS questionnaire responses, clarity, coherence, conciseness as well as appropriate attention to detail (spelling, grammar and relevance to the factor being substantiated) will be used to evaluate the essential qualifications.

Duties

Duties for EC-02 and EC-03 are similar. The marked difference between the two is in the level of responsibilities; while the EC-02 is expected to perform the tasks, the EC-03 is also expected to coordinate and initiate project activities.

- Edits, validates, markets and disseminates data.
- Interprets client information requests to create custom statistical tabulations.
- Reviews and assesses data quality from new and modified computer systems and databases.
- Provides statistical data and consultative services to users.
- Participates on data production and dissemination teams.
- Provides input to training material and assists in the delivery.

Work environment

"WHO ARE WE?

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 informed decisions. Be part of this mission by applying to this process!

To learn more about us, we invite you to visit our website: https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/start

WHY JOIN STATISTICS CANADA?

- Winner of Canada's Best Diversity Employers
- Winner of the National Capital Region’s Top Employers Award
- Work/Life balance
- Career development opportunities
- Exciting and innovative projects and opportunity to apply leading edge data & methods
- Be part of a reputable statistical agency recognized worldwide for maintaining high quality data and information for Canadians
...and so much more!"

Intent of the process

A partially qualified referral list of candidates will be established to staff similar positions with various linguistic profiles, tenures and/or security clearances within Statistics Canada across Canada.

PLEASE NOTE that the first assessment process that will be conducted via this inventory will begin in AUGUST 2022, with the screening phase. Other assessment processes will be conducted periodically as vacancies arise. You are strongly encouraged to apply as soon as possible as we have immediate needs to staff multiple positions.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 2 references.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

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.

* Social science includes: economics, political science, sociology, anthropology, history, psychology, geography, criminology, and other disciplines associated with social science such as (but not limited to) demography/population studies, finance, accounting, commerce, business administration, agriculture, environment sciences, geomatics, data science/data analytics and other technical fields, education, epidemiology or health.

OR

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

**Acceptable combination:
- Successful completion of secondary school, or a satisfactory score on the Public Service Commission test approved as an alternative to a secondary school diploma (currently the General Intelligence Test 320 GIT-320) and a minimum of two years of full-time relevant work experience.

- Successful completion of one-year post-secondary education and a minimum of one year of full-time relevant work experience.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

Stream EC-02
Experience in AT LEAST 2 of the 3 following activities normally acquired over a minimum of 6 months:
EXP1: Using software or programming languages to manipulate data to create data outputs for users
EXP2: Supporting* the development, documentation or review of methods or processes related to business or statistics**
EXP3: Supporting project activities***

Stream EC-03
Experience in AT LEAST 2 of the 3 following activities normally acquired over a minimum of 18 months:
EXP1: Using software or programming languages to manipulate data to create data outputs for users
EXP2: Developing, documenting or reviewing methods or processes related to business or statistics**
EXP3: Coordinating project activities ****

*Supporting - specific tasks are assigned but the overall responsibility belongs to someone else.

**Examples of methods or processes related to business or statistics include but are not limited to planning, collection, processing, validation, dissemination, dataset development, data quality, and data outputs.

*** Examples of supporting project activities include but are not limited to updating schedule or workflow, keeping track of resource management (time, people, physical, financial), reviewing training material, helping in recruitment activities

**** Examples of coordinating project activities include but are not limited to creating or managing schedule or workflow, resource management (time, people, physical, financial), developing training material, recruitment activities

COMPETENCIES
C1- Thinking things through
C2- Working effectively with others
C3- Showing initiative and being action oriented
C4- Demonstrating integrity and respect
C5- Attention to detail

ABILITIES
A1 – Ability to communicate effectively in writing

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

ABILITIES
A2 – Ability to communicate effectively orally

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

Experience in providing services to clients

Experience supervising staff

Experience analyzing financial statements using accounting principles

Experience developing training procedures or materials, or delivering training

Experience developing presentations, reports or data visualizations to present results

Experience working with big data, large administrative datasets or with record linkage processes

Experience with metadata, standards, classifications and concepts

Experience in data quality assurance or quality control processes

Experience using GIS software

Experience in creating test cases or system testing

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Ability and willingness to travel occasionally according to operational needs
Ability and willingness to work overtime according to operational needs

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

Applications may be selected for consideration based on the date of submission. Selection of applications will continue until all positions are filled; if a sufficient number of candidates are found qualified your application may not be selected for consideration.

Applying to the EC-03 makes you eligible to be considered for the EC-02. If you do not succeed the EC-03, but are found qualified to the EC-02, you may receive an EC-02 offer even if you did not apply to that specific stream.

Asset qualifications could be used at the screening stage. Please ensure that your resume clearly indicates how you meet each asset qualification (experience) if applicable. A person may be appointed even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications. However, it may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

TRACK RECORD

A track record is an assessment instrument that asks you to describe your work-related accomplishments in terms of observable behaviours exhibited on the job. The instrument consists of a structured template for you to record descriptions of situations where you demonstrated behaviours associated with each qualification.

Candidates must clearly demonstrate how they meet each of the essential education and experience and competencies. For each qualification, you will be asked to provide one or more examples from your own experience that you feel demonstrates your proficiency in each qualification. Your example must also reflect your typical work performance that you demonstrate on an ongoing or regular basis. Candidates must provide sufficient details in their track record to demonstrate:

1) that they possess the essential qualification (e.g. possess the experience or meet the competency);

AND

2) that the quality of their work demonstrates sufficient mastery of that essential qualification to suggest readiness for the position to be staffed.

The STAR method is a structured manner of responding to a behavioural-based question by explaining the Specific situation, Task, Action, and Result of the situation you are describing.

SITUATION: Describe the situation that you were in or the task that you needed to accomplish. You must describe a specific event or situation, not a generalized description of what you have done in the past. Be sure to give enough detail for the Assessor to understand. This situation can be from a previous job or any relevant event.

TASK: What goal were you working toward?

ACTION: Describe the actions you took to address the situation with an appropriate amount of detail and keep the focus on YOU. What specific steps did you take and what was your particular contribution? Be careful that you don’t describe what the team or group did when talking about a project, but what you actually did. Use the word ''I'', not ''we'' when describing actions.

RESULT: Describe the outcome of your actions and don’t be shy about taking credit for your behaviour. What happened? How did the event end? What did you accomplish? What did you learn? Make sure your answer contains multiple positive results. Each essential qualification will be assessed taking into consideration both the candidates’ track record (self evaluation) as well as an external evaluation.

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.