Senior Program Evaluation Analyst

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

How can you apply?
We are taking a simplified approach for you to apply to this process. To apply for this process, you:

• Don’t need to provide a cover letter (just a résumé);
• Answer screening questions online.

You will be required to complete an online experience questionnaire when you apply. The information you provide in the questionnaire must be true. You must respond to all statements in all categories in order to proceed to the next steps.
When answering the screening questions you must provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the qualification. We can’t make any assumptions about your experience. Simply saying you have the required qualifications or listing your current duties is not enough. Instead, provide concrete and detailed examples that clearly explain where, when, and how you gained the experience. We’ll only use your résumé as a secondary source of information. The breadth and depth of experience may be considered during screening, assessment and/or selection of candidates.

Duties

• Coordinates and leads the activities of multi-disciplinary project teams conducting PHAC/HC, and interdepartmental, evaluations to evaluate the relevance and performance of existing programs, policies and initiatives, and to provide advice to the Evaluation Manager, Executive Director, Director General and senior management. Formulates evaluation project plans and recommends the objectives, scope, schedules, budgets, criteria, methodologies, data gathering instruments and terms of reference of studies.
• Leads evaluation projects, determines schedules and assigns activities, coordinates and monitors work to ensure the achievement of project objectives. Manages the design and adaptation of data collection tools for studies. Coordinates and reviews the work of other team members and provides input into assessments of their performance.
• Develops and/or carries out specific elements of PHAC/HC evaluation projects such as, conducting literature and data research, developing tools such as evaluation matrices and interview guides, identifying, gathering analysing and synthesizing quantitative and qualitative data including performance measurement data. Leads the conduct of interviews and focus groups, develops and conducts surveys, and applies analytical tools and techniques in order to determine implications of evaluation results, and formulate conclusions.
• Develops evaluation reports, briefings and presentations outlining results of evaluation studies, develops options, strategies and recommendations, and provides advice and recommendations to the Manager, Program Evaluation, Executive Director, and Director General to improve the effectiveness of policies, programs and services.
• Develops and participates in the planning and conducting of corporate projects such as lessons learned, data collection tools and software, and communicating broader based themes.
• Attends OAE meetings to discuss files, issues, methodologies/ evaluation approaches, lessons learned and evaluation requirements.
• Consults and works collaboratively with PHAC/HC clients verifying and interpreting the information obtained from evaluation studies and projects.

Work environment

WHO ARE WE?
The Public Health Agency of Canada has been created to deliver on the Government of Canada's commitment to help protect the health and safety of all Canadians.

WHY WORK AT THE PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA?
The Public Health Agency of Canada is known for providing their employees with an exceptional workplace, opportunities for professional development, and access to continued learning throughout their careers.

If you are interested in joining an organization that is dedicated to creating a positive and dynamic environment, where employees with new ideas and fresh perspectives can make a difference, especially as part of this emergency response, don't hesitate - apply now!

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!
The Public Health Agency is dedicated to building an inclusive workforce that comprises individuals who have an array of identities, abilities, background, culture, skills, perspectives, and experiences that are representative of Canada’s current and evolving population. We are passionate about fostering a workplace where all people feel welcome, can reach their full potential, and contribute their unique perspectives and experience to the success of the team.
The Public Health Agency of Canada currently follows a hybrid working model. We require employees to work from our offices 40-60% of the time (may be subject to change based on operational requirements), while ensuring that the needs of people who may require accommodations, are met in accordance with the Duty to Accommodate Directive.

Intent of the process

The immediate intent of this process is to staff 2 positions on an indeterminate basis.
The result of this selection process will also be to establish a pool of qualified candidates that may be used for future acting, specified period, deployment, assignment, secondment or indeterminate appointments within the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Positions to be filled: 2

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 an acceptable specialization in economics, sociology or statistics.

NOTE: 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.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
• Significant and recent* experience in conducting all phases of in- house (i.e., non-contracted) program evaluation or research projects (planning, conducting and reporting) related to examining the economic or sociological effects of projects, programs and policies.
• Experience in communicating evaluation, or research results and recommendations to management or senior officials** (e.g., briefing notes, memoranda, correspondence, summary reports, presentations, issue papers).
• Significant and recent* experience in using qualitative and quantitative methods to conduct research and analysis.
* Significant and recent is defined as the depth and breadth of experience normally acquired over a four year period within the last eight years.
**Management or senior officials is defined as executive level positions such as Director, Director General, Assistant Deputy Minister, Deputy Minister, Vice-President, President (or equivalent).

Abilities
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

Personal Suitability:
• Working effectively with others.
• Adaptability.

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

Assets:
• Graduation from a recognized post-secondary institution with a degree, certificate, diploma or acceptable concentration in program evaluation.

Degree equivalency

• Credentialed Evaluator (CE).

• Experience using advanced quantitative methods to conduct research or analysis.

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

Various language requirements
• English Essential
• Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB
• Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
• Knowledge of evaluation theories and methods.
• Knowledge of the federal government’s Policy on Results and Directive on Results.

Abilities:
• Ability to lead projects and teams.
• Ability to analyze information, develop findings and provide recommendations.
• Ability to work under pressure in a demanding, complex and fast-paced environment with conflicting priorities and tight deadlines.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally.

Personal Suitability:
• Showing initiative and being action-oriented.
• Thinking things through.

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

Operational Requirements:
• Willingness and ability to work occasional overtime, with little or no notice due to operational requirements.
• Willingness and ability to travel within Canada.

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

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

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.

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

Your responses to screening questions and/or résumé may be used to evaluate the ability to communicate effectively in writing.

Appointment decisions may be based on one or more of the following criteria:
• Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the strengths and weaknesses of the work team.
• Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the specific duties of the position being staffed.
• Depth, breadth, type of work-specific experience.
• Level/degree of one or more competencies/qualifications.
• The organizational need of restructuring/budgetary constraints
• Relocation may be a consideration for more difficult to recruit locations

We will communicate with applicants by e-mail. It is your responsibility to verify your e-mails 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.

Based on the hiring division’s needs, additional essential qualifications, asset qualifications, organizational needs, operational requirements and/or conditions of employment may be identified and applied during the assessment and/or selection of candidates.

We may assess the essential and asset qualifications using interviews, written tests, reference or a combination of these methods.

Proof of education may be requested if you are considered for a position. 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/

If you do not respond to our communications, we will interpret this as your withdrawal from the process.

We will only accept on-line applications received via the Public Service Jobs site. Persons with disabilities or residing in locations that prevent them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

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.