Analyst EC-05

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

The Federal Public Service is stronger and most effective when we reflect the diversity of the Canadian population we serve. Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) is dedicated to building and promoting a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce, representative of Canadian society. All candidates who believe they are qualified are encouraged to apply, including Black, other racialized and Indigenous peoples, women, persons with disabilities and persons of the LGBTQ2+ community.

📣 Working within the Quebec Region Strategic Services Branch offers you the opportunity to evolve in different and unique contexts, to serve a wide range of clients and to exert your influence with regional senior management in order to facilitate strategic decision making.

🚩 Our department is one of Canada's Top 100 Employers!

Duties

Support the organization's strategic decision-making by:

• Conducting socio-economic analyses related to the labour market and on target audiences to contribute to the ministry's programs;

• Guiding the development of different methods of analysis and evaluation;

• Evaluating programs or projects, as well as reviewing and monitoring activities conducted by the Quebec region;

• Contributing to the annual strategic planning cycle;

• Developing relationships with partners and stakeholders to support collaborative external relationships.

Work environment

Looking for work-life balance? We are a stimulating organization that offers a healthy and inclusive work environment, flexible working hours and the advantage of telecommuting for the vast majority of positions.

Intent of the process

A pool of qualified candidates will be established and could also be used to staff similar positions with various tenures, titles and security requirements within Employment and Social Development Canada.

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)

🎓 EDUCATION

ED1: Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution* with an acceptable specialization in economics, sociology or statistics.

*A recognized post-secondary institution is defined as a public or private institution that has been given authority to grant degrees, diplomas, and other credentials by a public or private act of a provincial/territorial legislature or through a government-mandated quality assurance mechanism. For greater certainty, also included are institutions authorized to grant specific academic credentials for specific academic programs.

Degree equivalency

📌 EXPERIENCE

EX1: Significant experience* in developing and writing analytical reports, evaluation reports, presentations, briefing papers, advisory papers, or dashboards to present findings, conclusions, or recommendations from research, analysis, or consultations.

EX2: Significant experience* in presenting or providing strategic advice, briefings or recommendations to management (i.e., Director or above**) on a range of policy or program issues.

* Significant experience is define as experience normally acquired (through work or postdoctoral studies) over a period of 24 months.

** Senior level means Director General, Assistant Deputy Minister, Deputy Minister.

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

Various language requirements
- 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

📌 COMPETENCIES

- C1: Thinking Things Through
- C2: Showing Initiative and Being Action-Oriented
- C3: Working Effectively with Others
- C4: Effective Oral and Written Communication

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION

AED1: University courses or degrees in Evaluation

AED2: University courses or degrees in Business Intelligence or Data Science

AED3: Master's degree in economics

AED4: Master's degree in public administration

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

AE1: Experience* in producing economic analyses, including outlooks, as well as providing advice on the implications of economic, social, and labor market trends for program or service planning or delivery.

AE2: Experience* in program evaluation.

AE3: Experience* in project or initiative management (plan development, project leadership, report writing) including transformation management or change management.

AE4: Experience* in business intelligence or data science.

AE5: Experience* using programming language or data manipulation/analysis software (EX. SQL, Python, R, SAS, SPSS, Stata MAXQDA, Excel, PowerBI, Tableau, E-Views, NVivo, Atlas.ti.

AE6: Experience* in using large administrative, operational or survey data banks (from Statistics Canada, ISQ, surveys, census, etc.).

AE7: Experience* contributing to or leading the development and use of supervised or unsupervised machine learning algorithms using appropriate development methods and programming languages.

AE8: Experience* in developing or maintaining partnerships or collaborative relationships with a variety of stakeholders (such as internal or external federal/provincial/territorial partners, interest groups or internal or external clients).

* ”Experience" is define as a rich and varied experience normally acquired over a period of at least 12 months.

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS

Employment and Social Development Canada is committed to Employment Equity (EE). In order to achieve a representative workforce, selection may be based on qualified candidates self-declaring as belonging to one or more of the following EE designated groups: Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, women and visible minorities. We encourage you to indicate if you belong to one or more of the designated groups by completing the EE section in your application.

Information on employment equity

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

OR1: Willing and able to work overtime on occasion, sometimes on short notice.

OR2: Willing and able to travel for training purposes.

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

Candidates will be contacted and invited to assessments via email. It is imperative that you provide a valid email address that accepts email from unknown users (some messaging systems block these types of correspondence). Candidates are responsible for checking their emails, as well as their junk emails, regularly. In addition, you need to inform us of any changes to your contact information. If you fail to follow these recommendations, you may be eliminated from the assessment process.

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.