Senior Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Advisor

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

The Federal Public Service is stronger and most effective when we reflect the diversity of the Canadian population we serve. Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) is dedicated to building and promoting a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce, representative of Canadian society. All candidates who believe they are qualified are encouraged to apply, including Indigenous peoples, Black, other racialized peoples, women, persons with disabilities and persons of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

The Federal Public Service has transitioned to a common hybrid work model that supports sharing in-person experiences that are essential to cohesive, collaborative, and high-performing organization while continuing to provide flexibility to support offsite work. At an individual level, this is captured in annually reviewed work arrangements with the on-going objective to balance operational requirements with employee individual circumstances and work preference.

In the context of Employment and Social Development Canada’s mandate, most positions are identified as either onsite or hybrid (combination of onsite and offsite work). At ESDC, employees who fall within the hybrid work category report onsite a minimum of two days per week (40% of their regular work schedule), as determined by operational requirements.

Where operationally feasible, ESDC also supports flexibility related to the work schedule including, a compressed work week, varying start and end times, and leave with income averaging.

Intent of the process

A pool of qualified candidates may be established and could also be used to staff similar positions with various tenures, linguistic requirements, titles, security requirements and for various locations within Employment and Social Development 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
Secondary school diploma or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
E1: Significant* experience in providing advice and guidance to senior management**, Human Resources advisors, and/or clients on Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) matters.

E2: Significant* experience in researching, analyzing, and synthesizing information to address complex*** OHS issues.

E3: Experience in one or more of the following to assist senior management** in addressing complex*** OHS issues:
a. developing briefing materials (e.g. briefing notes, decks, bulletins);
b. making recommendations or developing action plans;
c. delivering interactive information, training or awareness sessions.

*Significant experience will be evaluated regarding the amount, complexity, and/or diversity of the work handled, and the level of autonomy demonstrated.
**Senior Management is defined as Director level or above.
***Complex is defined as an issue involving one or more of the following:
- Involvement of large number of stakeholders;
- Involvement of multi-disciplinary teams;
- Interaction with governance and oversight groups, committees or boards;
- Time pressures;
- Impact to organization.

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

Various language requirements
English Essential
French Essential
Bilingual imperative - BBB/BBB
Bilingual imperative - CBC/CBC

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE
K1: Knowledge of trends and emerging issues in OHS.
K2: Knowledge of the legislation, regulations, policies, directives, and practices related to OHS and the application of the Canada Labour Code, Part II.

COMPETENCIES
C1: Demonstrating integrity and respect.
C2: Thinking things through.
C3: Working effectively with others.
C4: Showing initiative and being action-oriented.
C5: Client service orientation.

ABILITIES
A1: Ability to communicate orally.
A2: Ability to communicate in writing.

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION
AED1: Post-secondary education in a related* OHS field.
AED2: Industry recognized certification in a related* OHS field.
*Related refers to an area of study / training or certification in OHS

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
AE1: Experience liaising with central agencies to obtain advice and guidance on key OHS matters*.

AE2: Experience managing ergonomics in a hybrid work environment.

AE3: Experience providing guidance on workplace harassment and violence within a federally regulated work environment.

AE4: Experience developing or maintaining key OHS programs**, including a Hazard Prevention Program.

AE5: Experience providing operational OHS guidance within a large organization with a broad mandate and geographical presence across multiple provinces.

AE6: Experience providing corporate OHS guidance to an operational OHS team.

AE7: Experience working with workers’ compensation boards, cases or claims.

*Key matters refer to significant matters, or matters of primary importance in the field of OHS.
**Key programs refer to an OHS program that plays a fundamental role or is of primary importance in the overall management of OHS.

OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
Employment and Social Development Canada is committed to Employment Equity (EE). In order to achieve a representative workforce, selection may be based on qualified candidates self-declaring as belonging to one or more of the following EE designated groups: Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, women and visible minorities. We encourage you to indicate if you belong to one or more of the designated groups by completing the EE section in your application.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
OR1: Willing and able to work overtime occasionally.
OR2: Willing to travel occasionally.

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

EVALUATION
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.

When answering the pre-screening questions, you must provide specific examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the qualifications. 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. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. We’ll only use your résumé as a secondary source of information.

Candidates must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed. A candidate may be appointed to the position even though they do not meet any or all of the asset qualifications, organizational requirements, or operational needs. However, meeting these criteria may be used as a deciding factor in choosing a person to be appointed.

Asset qualifications, top-down and/or random selection may be used at any stage of the selection process to identify which applications will be given further consideration.

A variety of assessment tools may be used in the assessment of candidates, such as: written test, self-assessment, situational exercise, oral interview and/or reference checks. Note that assessment tools will be administered electronically and virtually.

Any information acquired through interaction with a candidate, during the process, may be used as part of the candidate's assessment.

Proof of your education credentials and, if applicable, proof of name change document(s) will be validated at a later date. If you were educated outside of Canada, you must have your credentials assessed against Canadian education standards. The public service will accept any Foreign Educational Credentials as long as they are deemed comparable to Canadian standards, through a recognized credential assessment service. For more information please click on Degree Equivalency.

COMMUNICATION
Candidates will be contacted and invited to assessments via email. It is imperative that you provide a valid email address that accepts email from unknown users (some messaging systems block these types of correspondence). Candidates are responsible for checking their emails, as well as their junk emails, regularly. In addition, you need to inform us of any changes to your contact information. If you fail to follow these recommendations, you may be eliminated from the selection process.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent.

BILINGUAL POSITIONS
To be considered for a Bilingual Imperative position, you must be willing to undergo Second Language Evaluation testing OR you must already have Second Language Evaluation results (proof will be required).

If you have undertaken Second Language Evaluation by the PSC, you can obtain a copy of the SLE results, by requesting it at the following website: http://www.psc-cfp.gc.ca/ppc-cpp/test-examen-result/result-eng.htm

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.