Communications Advisor - Media Relations / Media Monitoring

Update: The posting period has been extended until September 5, 2023.
If you have already submitted your application, you can modify it until September 5, 2023.

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 to apply?

1️⃣If you think that you meet the qualifications listed below:
📑 Click "Apply online"
📑 Upload your resume
📑 Respond to the screening questions
2️⃣ For tips on how to apply, check out this video 🎥 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GW7P3g9hhIl

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.

Please note that your ability to communicate effectively in writing as well as your attention to detail will be assessed throughout your application.

Work environment

✨The Media Monitoring and Media Relations team is looking for enthusiastic communicators who excel in a fast paced environment and want to be at the front line of breaking news coverage related to top of mind issues facing Indigenous Peoples in Canada. No day is the same. Each day offers opportunities to expand your knowledge and work on new issues while having the ability to specialize on select files to increase your depth of understanding.✨

Careers in Media Relations provide unique cross-departmental knowledge and help grow your career by strengthening key merit criteria including: providing strategic communications advice directly to Senior Management, Ministers Offices and the Privy Council Office; writing media responses; managing priorities, working under pressure and meeting tight deadlines; identifying and anticipating communication issues and risks; collaborating with partners and exercising judgement.

Media Relations services include: interacting and providing responses to journalists; triaging media inquiries and interview requests; researching and providing advice; developing media responses and approaches; and coordinating approvals. Members of the team regularly liaise with communications colleagues, senior management, Minister’s offices, and other Federal Departments to provide advice and support.

Media Monitoring services include: daily media clippings reports, transcripts and analysis of traditional and social media coverage related to departmental files and issues.

Careers in Media Monitoring provide unique knowledge of departmental issues of the day and help grow your career by strengthening key merit criteria including: writing and editing media reports and analyses; managing priorities, working under pressure and meeting tight deadlines; identifying and anticipating communication issues and risks; and exercising judgement.

🗺️While positions are based in Gatineau, Quebec, we have a geographically distributed workforce in office spaces across Canada.

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The Public Affairs Directorate supports three (3) Ministers’ Offices and two (2) departments, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) and Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) in providing coordinated, clear and responsive communications that respond to the needs of Indigenous Peoples, partners and the public. The Public Affairs Directorate consists of three teams responsible for Media Monitoring and Media Relations; Ministerial Liaison; and Writing Services.

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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 our department's mandates 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.

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 providing strategic communications advice to clients, supervisors or management.
2- Experience in one or more of these areas of communications: media relations, issues management, media monitoring, ministerial liaison, speechwriting or public affairs.
3- Experience in researching, developing and revising communications products (e.g. media responses, fact sheets, backgrounders, key messages, speeches, news releases, media advisories, media summaries, media lines, issues monitoring reports, event plans or communications plans).

📌 ABILITY
Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

📌 PERSONAL SUITABILITIES
Attention to detail
Showing initiative and being action-oriented

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

Various language requirements

Information on language requirements

📌KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge of communications best practices, tools, tactics, industry trends and approaches.

📌ABILITIES
Ability to manage priorities, work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
Ability to identify and anticipate communication issues and risks.
Ability to communicate effectively orally.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

📌PERSONAL SUITABILITIES
Effective interpersonal relationships
Dependability
Thinking things through
Attention to detail
Flexibility

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 working with Indigenous organizations and/or on issues facing First Nations, Inuit, Métis and/or Northerners.
2. Experience in working with the media or responding to media calls and enquiries.
3. Experience using media monitoring platforms such as, but not limited to: Meltwater.
4. Experience in preparing summaries and analyses of media coverage.
5. Experience coordinating, planning or supporting ministerial or media events.
6. Experience in speech writing.
7. Experience in providing professional editing or quality control services.

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
Indigenous Services Canada is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population it serves. 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
🚩Willing and able to work overtime.
🚩Willing and able to work on call.

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.