Senior Project Officer, Web and Social Media Preservation Program

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Screening Questions-You must provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience requirements listed in the essential qualifications and asset qualifications section. The screening board can not make any assumptions about your experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties. One effective approach would be to write one or two paragraphs demonstrating that you have the required experience and ensure that clear and accurate details are provided. APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CANDIDATE MEETS THE SCREENING CRITERIA WILL NOT BE GIVEN FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

Please note that having the asset qualifications is not mandatory in order to apply to this process. However, asset qualifications could be used either at the screening phase or to determine which candidate will be appointed. Therefore, if candidates meet the asset qualifications, they should also describe how they meet these qualifications using detailed and concrete examples.

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)

EDUCATION
Graduation with a degree from a post-secondary program with acceptable specialization in social science, statistics, library/archival work or a law-related field.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
• Significant* experience evaluating and acquiring digital library or archival resources
• Experience in applying digital preservation and/or sustainability principles to digital acquisitions
• Experience working in a library or archival digital asset management system, or acceptable equivalents
• Experience in project management

*For purposes of this process, significant is defined as the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with having performed a broad range of complex activities related to this task, that are acquired over a period of at least two (2) consecutive years.

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB
English Essential

Information on language requirements

COMPETENCIES
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing**
• Ability to communicate effectively orally
• Ability to plan, organize and establish priorities
• Ability to analyze, evaluate problems, and propose solutions

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

PERSONAL SUITABILITIES
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Judgment
• Initiative
• Flexibility and Adaptability

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION

A master's degree from a post-secondary program with acceptable specialization in social science, statistics, library/archival work or a law-related field.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

• Experience in web archiving and in the use of web archiving technologies
• Experience in the collection and/or preservation of social media
• Experience in digital curation and preservation
• Experience with a relevant programming language (e.g., Python, Ruby, PHP)
• Experience with relevant web frameworks and languages (e.g., HTML, CSS, Django, JavaScript, JSON, XML)
• Experience providing strategic and/or technical advice to management
• Experience using application programming interfaces (APIs)
• Experience in relevant metadata schemas and bibliographic description of digital resources

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

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.

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

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.