Communications Officer

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📍How to apply?

1️⃣If you think that you meet the qualifications listed below:
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At the time of your application, you will be required to complete screening questions. 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.

Work environment

✨Are you interested in helping two (2) departments, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) and Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), work on their mandates?✨

The Communications and Public Affairs Sector is looking for communications professionals to support the delivery of communications services to CIRNAC and ISC.

Indigenous Services Canada strives to be a trusted partner that respects Indigenous perspectives and supports First Nations, Inuit and Métis in controlling the delivery of high-quality services for healthy, prosperous and thriving communities.

Indigenous cultures are at the heart of the department's mandate and our intent is to transform our organizational culture by becoming a more inclusive environment by prioritizing Indigenous hiring. We want to build an environment where you will be part of a resilient team committed to enhancing Indigenous perspectives within ISC.

Our team supports professional development for Indigenous employees through mentoring, training and career advancement opportunities. The Indigenous Career Navigators Program, among others, is designed to provide advice and guidance to Indigenous employees.

We are located across Canada and therefore apply a regional lens to provide strategic communications advice and leadership, as we work to support government and departmental priorities.

As a communications professional you will be responsible for communications planning and the development of communications products like news releases, event plans, media lines and responses, speeches and content for various social media platforms. You may also be called on to provide communications advice and guidance to departmental colleagues.

Intent of the process

This process may be used to establish a pool of candidates that may be used to staff similar or identical positions with various language requirements, security profiles, and durations depending on the position being staffed, through various staffing activities across Canada within Indigenous Services Canada and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada.

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)

🎓 EDUCATION
A degree from a recognized post-secondary institution.

Notes:
1. Based on education, training and/or experience, indeterminate incumbents of positions in the IS classification are deemed to meet the minimum education standard whenever a bachelor’s degree without specialization is called for in a position classified as IS.
2. At the manager’s discretion, an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience, may serve as an alternative to the minimum education standard.

Degree equivalency

📌 EXPERIENCE
1- Experience in researching and writing a variety of communications products in a deadline-driven environment (such as: news releases, media lines, backgrounders, feature articles, video scripts and/or storyboards, media analysis, public opinion research and consultations reports, material for the Web and/or social media or marketing).
2- Experience in contributing to or implementing communications plans or projects.
3- Experience in at least one of the following: media relations; issues management; publishing; production and design; advertising; strategic communications; public opinion research, media monitoring, event planning, internal communications, social media, web design and publishing, public environment analysis, recording and editing of video products.
4- Experience providing communications services or advice to internal clients or external partners.

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

Various language requirements

Information on language requirements

📌 KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge of issues facing First Nations, Inuit and Métis.

📌 ABILITIES
Ability to communicate effectively orally.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects with tight timelines.

📌 PERSONAL SUITABILITIES
Demonstrating integrity and respect.
Thinking things through.
Working effectively with others.
Showing initiative and being action-oriented.
Attention to detail.

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

ASSET EXPERIENCE
(These qualifications are not essential, but preference may be given to candidates who possess one or more of these qualifications.)

1. Experience communicating with Indigenous communities.
2. Experience in project management.
3. Experience in regional communications (i.e. in a location outside the National Capital Region - Ottawa-Gatineau).
4. Experience in implementing outreach activities such as events.
5. Experience in working on a regional or national corporate initiative.
6. Experience working in a team environment.
7. Experience in liaising with internal and external stakeholders.
8. Experience in Media Relations.
9. Experience designing and producing various digital communication products.
10. Experience in strategic communications.
11. Experience in social media.
12. Experience in marketing/advertising.
13. Experience in storytelling.
14. Experience in corporate/internal communications.
15. Experience in public opinion research (POR).
16. Experience in graphic design and/or publishing.
17. Experience in video production.
18. Experience planning, developing, and designing website strategies and content.

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
Indigenous Services Canada is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population its serve. In support of our strategy to achieve our employment equity goals, preference may be given to candidates who, at the time of application, indicate that they are belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups (self-declaration): Indigenous peoples, Women, Visible Minorities and Persons with Disabilities.

Information on employment equity

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
🚩 Ability and willingness to work overtime or adjust work schedule according to organizational needs on short notice.
🚩 Ability and willingness to travel.

Conditions of employment

🔒 Various: Reliability or 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

⚠️Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid email address and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users. The lack of response to communications may be interpreted as a withdrawal from this process.

⚠️You must ensure that your application contains all the essential information to allow the screening committee to complete its assessment. Otherwise, your application may be rejected. Résumés will only be used as a secondary source of information.

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.