INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEADERS - Manager and Assistant Director

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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.

AMENDMENT: The definition of financial resources management was switched by mistake. Please find below are the good definitions by group and level :

For Manager positions (IT-04): **** Financial resources management is defined as management and accountability for a budget, including responsibility or a supporting role for financial planning, forecasting and reporting. Applicants must also indicate the size of the budget they managed directly.

For Assistant Director positions (IT-05): **** Financial resources management is defined as management and accountability for a budget, including responsibility for financial planning, forecasting and reporting. Applicants must also indicate the size of the budget they managed directly.

❗❗❗ HOW TO APPLY FOR THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY?

1.We strongly encourage you to apply directly on LinkedIn for this opportunity by following this link : https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3194905219/?capColoOverride=true
or
2.Apply here directly.

Work environment

This job poster will be used to support the hiring of multiple management positions across areas including :

• Office of the Chief Information Officer;
• Cyber Security;
• Enterprise Architecture;
• Business Relationship Management;
• IT Project Delivery;
• Data Analytics as a Service;
• Cloud and Workload Migration;
• IT Solutions Lifecycle Management;
• IT Operations Solutions.

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Intent of the process

This Inventory may be used to establish a pool of fully/partially qualified candidates in order to staff, within Statistics Canada or in other government departments and organizations, identical or similar positions and whose duration of function varies.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter

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

⚡Enough about us, let’s talk about you! Do you have the profile of an Information Technology Leader:

Education:

• Graduation from a two-year program of study from a recognized postsecondary institution with acceptable specialization in computer science, information technology, information management or another specialty relevant to the position to be staffed or an acceptable combination of education, training and experience.

Degree equivalency

Experience:

• Recent* and significant** experience leading or managing one or more of the following: information technology (IT) strategies, projects, products or services.
• Significant** experience providing strategic advice, briefings and recommendations to senior management in response to critical operational issues or high-pressure complex matters.
• Significant** experience managing human*** and financial**** resources.

⚡Do you possess the following key leadership competencies:

• Create vision and strategy
• Mobilize people
• Uphold integrity and respect
• Collaborate with partners and stakeholders
• Promote innovation and guide change
• Achieve results

👉 Also, the IT leader will have to obtain a reliability status or secret security clearance.

For Manager positions (IT-04):
* Recent experience refers to experience normally acquired within the last three (3) years.
**Significant experience refers to the depth and breadth of the experience associated with having performed a broad range of various activities for public or private sector organizations which are normally acquired over a period of two (2) years
*** Human resources management is defined as supervision of staff, including resource planning, staffing, assigning and managing work, assessing and managing performance, and developing and implementing training and staffing plans. Applicants must also indicate the number of employees they supervised directly.
**** Financial resources management is defined as management and accountability for a budget, including responsibility or a supporting role for financial planning, forecasting and reporting. Applicants must also indicate the size of the budget they managed directly.

For Assistant Director positions (IT-05):
* Recent experience refers to experience normally acquired within the last three (3) years.
**Significant experience refers to the depth and breadth of the experience associated with having performed a broad range of various activities for public or private sector organizations which are normally acquired over a period of three (3) years
*** Human resources management is defined as supervision of staff, including resource planning, staffing, assigning and managing work, assessing and managing performance, and developing and implementing training and staffing plans. Applicants must also indicate the number of employees they supervised directly.
**** Financial resources management is defined as management and accountability for a budget, including responsibility for financial planning, forecasting and reporting. Applicants must also indicate the size of the budget they managed directly.

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

⚡Finally, if you have significant** experience in any of the areas below, it will be a beneficial addition to the information technology leader profile:

• leading teams responsible forcyber security
• designing and maintainingarchitectures
• leading large andcomplex IT projects
• managing thelifecycle of IT products
• leading or managing one or more of thecloud domains
• leading IT operations teams

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)

Information on language requirements

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

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

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

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.

Considering diversity as a real asset, Statistics Canada encourages women, Indigenous people, visible minorities and persons with disabilities to submit their applications. It is to be noted that preference will be given to those who self-declare (at a later date through the Selection process) as belonging to one or more of the four employment equity designated groups.

📌The next step is yours!

If you have the profile we are looking for, apply now!

• What to expect when applying:

1️⃣ First step:
• Please submit your resume.
• Please submit a cover letter (maximum of 1000 words) demonstrating how you meet the above education and experience criteria (please explain and clearly detail how you meet each of these criteria).

2️⃣ Second step:
• By invitation only, candidates who meet the education and experience requirements will be expected to submit a video link, and a reference tool (candidate Achievement Record) will be used.

We look forward to meeting you!

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.