Join an Exciting and Dynamic Real Property team at LAC !

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When you apply, you will be asked a series of questions in order to determine your education and your experience. Please provide details on how you are meeting this experience, supported with examples.

*** Your ability to communicate in writing will be assessed using your responses to the pre-screening questions.

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GREAT OPPORTUNITY

In alignment with the Government of Canada's new direction on how Real Property is managed, a new Strategic Portfolio Planning Division was established within the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) Real Property Branch that will perform two key strategic functions: Strategic Portfolio Planning and Performance (SPPP) and Business Intelligence (BI). SPPP will manage Real Property (RP) Risk and Performance Management, RP Governance and Policy Development. Business Intelligence will perform activities related to Financial Management, Business and Workforce Planning, and Contract Management.

In essence, this team of professionals will be at the forefront of planning and implementing best practices to manage LAC’s custodial portfolio of federal real property assets in a cost-effective manner and in alignment with the Government of Canada’s socio-economic and environmental objectives. The experience and knowledge that is acquired in this position will be in high demand throughout the public sector, this is the career opportunity of a lifetime!

Work environment

WHY JOIN LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA’S (LAC) REAL PROPERTY BRANCH (RPB)?

LAC is recognized as a world leader in acquiring, preserving and providing access to Canada’s documentary heritage. Strategies are underway to modernize its services—both in-person and virtual—and to optimize its digital capacity to acquire, manage and preserve Canada’s documentary heritage, and make it more accessible. The RPB supports the organization by managing its portfolio of assets, as a custodial department, to ensure that LAC has the special purpose and office space required to meet its program objectives. As part of this, the RPB is leading two of the largest public infrastructure construction projects in Canada – the Ādisōke and Gatineau 2 projects, which have captured national and international attention and are at the forefront in supporting Canadian’s Greening Government Strategy.

Ādisōke Project – LAC is partnering with the City of Ottawa and the Ottawa Public Library (OPL) to construct a new net-zero carbon LAC-OPL joint facility. Construction started in November 2021 and the new building is scheduled to open to the public in 2026. When complete, this innovative collaboration will offer LAC and OPL users with enhanced services, programming activities, and museum quality exhibition galleries as well as free access to LAC’s vast collections of Canadian history and culture for generations to come!

Gatineau 2 Project – this public-private partnership project has constructed a new state of the art net-zero carbon Preservation Storage Facility, making it possible to preserve analog documents for 500 years and will provide present and future generations with access to them. This is the largest archival facility in the world to be equipped with an automated storage and retrieval system.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff one (1) indeterminate position.

A pool of partially qualified candidates will be established. This process may be used to staff similar positions with various tenures (Acting, Assignment, Deployment, Indeterminate, Secondment, Specified period), various linguistic profiles and security clearance levels, within Library and Archives Canada.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

PROFILE OF THE CANDIDATE WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
This is an opportunity to take your career to the next level and to join a highly engaged team of real property professionals. Through your work, you will drive innovation and support cultural change in the field of real property. We are looking for high performing candidates who have the following essential qualifications and other (asset) qualifications, as applicable:

EDUCATION

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

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

EX1: Experience conducting two or more of the following types of analyses: Economic; Statistical; Investment; Financial; Policy; Risk.
EX2: Experience contributing to the development of frameworks for one or more of the following: Governance; Performance; Risk; Policy; Information Management; Financial.
EX3: Significant* Experience developing presentations, briefings, reports directed to senior management.
EX4: Experience providing advice and recommendations to senior management on various matters.
EX5: Experience establishing and maintaining effective collaborative relationships with multiple internal and external stakeholders.

Note:
*Significant: depth, breadth and diversity of experience normally acquired through performing a broad range of various and complex activities.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)

Information on language requirements

COMPETENCIES

Uphold Integrity and respect
Working effectively with others
Showing initiative and being action oriented
Thinking things through

ABILITIES

Ability to communicate verbally
Ability to communicate in writing

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

EXA1: Experience evaluating real estate options such as acquisition, recapitalization, space optimization, lease, purchase-lease purchase, or shared use with third parties.
EXA2: Experience developing one or more of the following: proposals; parliamentary documents; position papers; input to ministerial correspondence; sections of Treasury Board Submissions; Memorandum to Cabinet.
EXA3: Experience developing, improving and operationalizing business processes.
EXA4: Experience working in a real property environment in the public sector.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

The official location of the position to be filled is Place de la Cité, 550, Boulevard de la Cité, Gatineau in the National Capital Region (NCR). The work can be done through a hybrid combination of onsite and remote work with agreement between the manager and the employee to respond to operational requirements.

Willingness to travel, when required.
Willingness to work overtime, when required.

Conditions of employment

Secret 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

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent. We will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

Our intention is to communicate with the candidates by email. Candidates who apply to this selection process must include in their application the following:
o A valid email address. Please make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).
If you do not respond to our communications, we will interpret this as your withdrawal from the process

You must provide proof of your education credentials. Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at: http://www.cicic.ca.

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

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

Applicants are responsible for referring to the Public Service Resourcing Systems where any announcements related to this process will be posted.

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.