Epidemiologist/Biostatistician/Researcher

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

Candidates must clearly demonstrate with concrete examples, IN THE PRE-SCREENING QUESTIONS, how they meet the education and experience factors listed in the essential qualifications. Only screening questionnaire will be used during pre-screening process. We may use resumes as a secondary source to validate the answers to the pre-screening questions. Candidates who fail to provide sufficient information will be eliminated from further consideration.

Work environment

Please be advised this process will be used to staff positions in the new department of Indigenous Services Canada. The creation of Indigenous Services Canada is an important development in our renewed relationship with Indigenous peoples. These structural changes will allow our government to work more effectively with Indigenous partners to provide services that improve people’s day-to-day quality of life. The candidates are encouraged to visit the website https://www.canada.ca/en/indigenous-services-canada.html for more information on various programs and services

By joining our team, you will have opportunity to provide direct support to health services and community based programming. You will build and support strong working relationships with First Nations and Inuit communities, families, and individuals, with a focus on improving health outcomes and reducing health risks.

Intent of the process

This process will be used to staff one indeterminate position.

A pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions with various requirements as well as tenures (Acting, Assignment, Deployment, Secondment, Determinate, and Indeterminate appointments) and/or the security clearance (reliability or secret), which may vary according to the position being staffed.

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)

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

Notes:
1.Candidates must always have a degree. The courses for the specialization must be acceptable and may have been taken at a recognized post-secondary institution, but not necessarily within a degree program in the required specialization. The specialization may also be obtained through an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.
2.An indeterminate incumbent of a former ES position on June 30, 1967 who became an EC on June 22, 2009, who does not possess the minimum level of education as indicated for Part A above is deemed to meet this minimum educational standard based on his/her education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
• Experience in the application of epidemiologic methods.
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience in data management with expertise in SPSS, SAS, Stata or EpiInfo.
• Experience in data management, including data preparation and quality control.
• Experience extracting, manipulating and summarizing data.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Abilities:
• Ability to apply methodology appropriate to the design and implementation of epidemiologic activities.
• Ability to research, evaluate, and collate statistical information from multiple sources.
• Ability to analyze and interpret statistical information and to present in a non-technical manner.
• Ability to apply evaluation methodology.
• Ability to communicate effective orally and in writing.
• Ability to use word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software tools such as Word, Excel and Powerpoint.

Personal Suitability:
• Working effectively with others
• Continuous Learning
• Demonstrating integrity and respect (including Respectful of Diversity)
• Thinking things through
• Showing initiative and being action-oriented

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:
• Graduation with a Master’s or PhD degree from a recognized university with acceptable specialization in statistics, epidemiology, community health science, public health, or biostatistics.

NOTE: The courses for the specialization do not necessarily have to be part of a degree program in the required specialization. The specialization may also be obtained through an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
• Experience with analysis of administrative health databases.
• Experience with public health surveillance information collection and analysis (immunization, communicable disease, outbreak management).
• Experience in preparing data/information sharing agreements.
• Experience in multi-jurisdictional health information projects.
• Experience in mapping.
• Experience in Microsoft Access.
• Experience in data modeling.

Knowledge:
• Knowledge of the mandate and priorities of the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch and regional programs.
• Knowledge of First Nations health governance, information initiatives and issues.
• Knowledge of policies and legislation around privacy, information sharing, and privacy impact assessments.

Organizational Needs:
Indigenous Services Canada is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population we serve. In support of our strategy to achieve our employment equity goals, selection may be limited to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups: Women, Aboriginal Persons, Visible Minorities and Persons with Disability.

Operational Requirements:
• Willing to work overtime occasionally.

Conditions of employment

• Reliability Status security clearance
• Willing and able 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

All communication throughout the entire staffing process, including email correspondence may be used in the assessment of qualifications.

We will communicate with applicants by e-mail. It is your responsibility to verify your emails regularly to ensure that you do not miss out on any opportunities. Failure to respond in the prescribed timeframe will result in your application not being referred to the hiring manager. The applicant shall ensure that the e-mail address provided is valid and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.

Candidates invited to the assessment stage will be required to provide ORIGINAL proof of their education credentials, i.e., their degree or official transcript. Failure to do so may result in you not being considered further in the selection process.

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

In order to manage the number of applications in the selection process, management may use random selection and/or top down consideration of scores at various steps in the process, to determine the number of candidates who will be further considered in the 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.