Indigenous Hiring Process - Various LC-01 Legal Manager Positions

Update: Please note there has been a slight modification to the wording of the following essential qualification, which now reads as:

3. Tell us about times you provided strategic, legal or policy advice on complex issues (same definition as in question 2) to senior officials or clients (director level in the federal government or equivalent). How did you proceed? Have you been doing this for at least four years?

Important messages

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Assessment accommodation

To ensure our workforce truly represents the diversity of Canada, the Department of Justice is hiring more Indigenous Peoples into our workforce, including at the executive leadership level. Improved representation of Indigenous Peoples within the public service, especially in leadership and decision-making roles, will lead to more innovative and inclusive solutions to today’s complex challenges. We ask all aspiring leaders who identify as an Indigenous Person and who are interested in joining Canada's Legal Team to apply.

Only those who self-declare as an Indigenous person will be able to participate in this selection process. This information will only be used in connection with this selection process.

HOW TO SELF-DECLARE
If you are an Indigenous person:
• When you apply for a job through GC Jobs, complete the Employment Equity section under Requirements.
• Please note that your self-declaration as a member of First Nations, Inuit or Métis will be verified via the Affirmation of Indigenous Identity Form to be provided later in the staffing process. For more information on this requirement, please consult https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/services/appointment-framework/guides-tools-appointment-framework/affirmation-indigenous-identity-form.html

The Government of Canada continues to be committed to a renewed nation-to-nation relationship with Indigenous Peoples based on recognition of rights, respect, co-operation and partnership. The Government of Canada will work closely with provinces, territories, First Nations, the Métis Nation, Inuit groups and church entities to implement recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) and further reconciliation to the benefit of all Canadians.

Would you like to know more about this process and how to apply? Please go here: https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/abt-apd/recru/lc01.html

And join us at one of the information-sessions via MS Teams or teleconference. For more information, please see our FAQ page: https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/abt-apd/recru/faq-qfp.html

If you are already an employee of the Canadian Federal Public Service and your substantive position is LC-01 or LP-03, send us an email to express your interest in a lateral move. Our contact information is below.

If you have already qualified in an advertised process within the Canadian Federal Public Service requiring similar essential qualifications, we ask that you still submit an application to this process. Our team will determine whether your results are transferable, in which case management may waive formal assessment and place you directly in the pool.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to staff the current available positions listed below. We are also hoping to establish a pool of candidates that can be used to staff other LC-01 positions as hiring needs arise. These positions could be for various tenures (indeterminate, acting, assignment/secondment) and various official language requirements.

The process will be used to staff positions in various locations across the country. As part of your application, we will ask you to specify your regional/mobility preferences. In some circumstances, if operational requirements allow for it, remote working arrangements may be considered.

The intent is to staff the following through this process:

One position in the Indigenous Rights and Relations Portfolio
One position in the Public Law and Legislative Services Sector
One position in the Public Safety, Defense and Immigration Portfolio
One position in the Business and Regulatory Law Portfolio

By applying to this process, you consent to allowing us to share your personal, application-related information with other government departments interested in staffing similar positions. If you do NOT consent to share your information, please let us know in your application.

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)

STEP 1: TELL US

Are you a talented and skillful person who is ready to help us make a positive difference for Canadians across the country? We want to hear from you. Be sure to include examples that demonstrate the breadth, depth and scope of your experience. This is not limited to your professional roles, and you may include experience you acquired via volunteer or community involvement.

To submit your application, please ensure you are ready to answer the following five questions. The first question represents the Occupational Certification requirement for the LC group. The second to fifth questions represent the experience qualifications that are Essential —the ‘must have’—qualifications for this process.

1. Are you eligible for membership in the Bar of one of the provinces or territories of Canada or in the Order of Notaries in the Province of Quebec.?

EXPERIENCE

2. Have you independently dealt with complex legal issues? If so, tell us about the various issues. We are seeking experience normally associated with having performed a broad range of various complex related activities which would have been acquired over 4 years.
Complex is defined as having one of the following:
• multiple stakeholders;
• multiple areas of law; or
• circumstances where sources of information are absent, rare or conflicting.

3. Tell us about times you provided strategic, legal or policy advice on complex issues (same definition as in question 2) to senior officials or clients (director level in the federal government or equivalent). How did you proceed? Have you been doing this for at least four years?

4. Have you prepared briefing materials and provided verbal advice to senior officials or clients (director level in the federal government or equivalent)? What were the topics and how did you do this?

5. Have you coached or mentored junior lawyers (counsels)? Tell us about it.

ALL JOB APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED USING THE GC JOBS WEBSITE.

We invite you to watch this short video (2.5 minutes) to learn more about how to submit your job application online: Cracking the Code https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GW7P3g9hhI

→ HOW TO REQUEST ACCOMMODATION: Persons requiring accommodation (related to functional limitations or a disability) preventing them from applying online are asked to send a message to the email address identified below prior to the closing date. Otherwise, your job application must be submitted through the GC JOBS WEBSITE. You may also review jobs open to the public through INFOTEL at 1-800-645-5605. The INFOTEL number for persons using a TTY/TDD is 1-800-532-9397.

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

Various language requirements
The Department of Justice could use this process to make appointments on a non-imperative basis to bilingual positions. A non-imperative basis means that the appointment is for an indeterminate period and the bilingual position has been identified by the deputy head as not requiring, at the time of the appointment, the appointment of a person who already meets the required level of proficiency in both official languages. We, therefore, encourage all applicants to apply for this job, regardless of their language profile.

Information on language requirements

STEP 2: SHOW US
After the review of applications, we will notify all candidates of their results by email. If you are selected to move forward in the process, we will also send you information about the next evaluation and how you can prepare for it. This next evaluation will be your chance to present to us who you are, and the following remaining competency and ability qualifications, which are essential requirements for this process.

KEY LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
• Creating vision and strategy: You engage others to turn implementation strategies into concrete objectives.
• Mobilizing people: You create a sense of common purpose and direction in the organization or community.
• Upholding integrity and respect: You hold self and the organization to the highest ethical and professional standards.
• Collaborating with partners and stakeholders: You build and nurture effective and collaborative networks and relationships with communities of practice, colleagues and stakeholders/community members.
• Promoting innovation and guiding change: You identify opportunities for and barriers to innovation and propose creative approaches.
• Achieving results: You align people, work and systems to achieve program and policy efficiencies and results.

https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/professional-development/key-leadership-competency-profile/examples-effective-ineffective-behaviours.html

ABILITY
- Your ability to communicate effectively will be assessed throughout the process.

Conditions of employment

- Secret or Top Secret security clearance
- Remain a member in good standing with the Bar of one of the provinces or territories of Canada or of the Chambre des notaires du Québec
- Willingness and ability to work extended hours
- Willingness and ability to travel

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. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

The Department of Justice encourages persons with priority entitlements to self-refer to our selection processes in circumstances where they believe that they meet the essential qualifications of the advertised position.

We will be communicating with candidates via email. If you apply for this selection process, you must include a valid email address in your application and ensure that this address is functional at all times and can accept messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

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.