Director General, Outreach and Engagement

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

Duties

✨The User Experience and Engagement sector consists of three main branches: Outreach and Engagement, Access and Services, and Communications and Policy. The Director General of Outreach and Engagement oversees the following functions: programming, community engagement, partnerships, and Indigenous initiatives. This role requires visionary and strategic leadership, as LAC aims to reach new audiences through programs that cater to user needs, with the ultimate goal of enhancing the understanding of a range of stories and a common heritage, while furthering LAC’s commitment to reconciliation.

More specifically, the Director General leads the delivery of programs and services that promote knowledge of the truth and stories preserved in archives and books; implements solutions tailored to user needs in various contexts (national, virtual, etc.); oversees the design and execution of effective and efficient services; works closely with other sectors, branches, and stakeholders; ensures that LAC plays a key role in the library and archival community; demonstrates leadership in implementing reconciliation initiatives at LAC; recruits and mobilizes a team possessing essential competencies; and ensures that LAC maintains a welcoming and inclusive environment.

This post presents an exceptional opportunity for an imaginative, collaborative, and empathetic leader to pioneer ground-breaking programs in anticipation of the much-awaited opening of Ādisōke!

Intent of the process

📢The intent of this process is to fill the position of Director General, Outreach and Engagement within the User Experience and Engagement Sector on a full-time, indeterminate basis. A pool of fully or partially qualified candidates may be established as a result of this process at the EX-02 group and level.

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 in a field of study related to the position to be field.

Degree equivalency

👉STEP 1 - TELL US
Tell us about you! We want to know who you are as a leader and how you would contribute to mobilizing a team. Be sure to include examples that demonstrate the breadth, depth and scope of your experience.

EXPERIENCE:

Experience in developing, implementing and continuously improving outreach activities, programs and events in a cultural environment.
Experience in developing collaborations and partnerships, and in mobilizing stakeholders.
Experience in change management.
Significant* experience in the management of human and financial resources**.

*Significant experience is defined as the depth, breadth and diversity of experience normally acquired through performing a broad range of various and complex activities.

**Significant financial matters may include: full delegation and being responsible for financial planning, budget allocation, resource management, forecasting and reporting. / Complex human resources may include: supervision of staff; establishing vision, priorities, work plans or performance objectives; conducting performance assessments and providing feedback.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)

Information on language requirements

👉STEP 2 – MEET US AND SHOW US

If your application is retained for further consideration, we will contact you to meet us so we can get to know you, give you the opportunity to show us your competencies and determine if this opportunity is suitable for you.

COMPETENCIES:

Create vision and strategy.
Mobilize people.
Uphold integrity and respect.
Collaborate with partners and stakeholders.
Promote innovation and guide change.
Achieve results.

ABILITIES:

Ability to communicate effectively orally.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

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

ASSET QUALIFICATION

EDUCATION:
Master's degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in a field of study related to the position to be filled.

Degree equivalency

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:

LAC’s Employment Equity Plan includes objectives for correcting the under-representation of designated groups under the Employment Equity Act (visible minorities, Aboriginal peoples, persons with a disability, women) within certain occupational groups. In the context of this selection process, employment equity may be used as an organizational need to fill one or more positions by a qualified person who is a member of a designated group.

Accordingly, if you are a member of one of these designated groups and you wish to be considered for placement using the employment equity criterion, you must ensure you self-identify for this purpose at the time of application.

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

Note to Applicants:
📌A deployment is the transfer of a person from one position to another that does not constitute a promotion. Please be advised that all appointments and deployments (except acting appointments) to and within the Executive (EX) Group within the core public administration that take place on or after April 1, 2020 are subject to the Agreement to be Deployed provision as a mandatory condition of employment. Further information on conditions of employment for executives can be found in the Directive on the Terms and Conditions of Employment for Executives.

📌A top-down screening approach may be undertaken. Applicants who meet the essential experience criteria may be ranked according to the depth and breadth of experience they possess. Only the top-ranking candidates could be invited to the assessment phase of the process.

📌Successful candidates must be available for interviews in early October 2023. Details regarding the assessment approach will be communicated to candidates who are screened into the selection process.

📌Reference checks may be sought.

📌Successful candidates should be prepared to submit their two (2) most recent performance evaluation reports.

📌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(s) of their choice.

📌Communications relating to this process will be sent via email. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required. Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). Failure to respond to communications may be construed as a withdrawal from this 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.