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.
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🔔HOW TO ANSWER SCREENING QUESTIONS🔔
When submitting an application to this selection process, you will be prompted to answer screening questions concerning the essential education, and the essential and asset experience qualifications. Your responses to these questions will be used as a primary source of information and your resume may only be used to validate this information. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.
✅Provide responses in sentence format.
✅Each response must include concrete, specific examples that speak directly to the experience sought.
✅Each example must include WHEN and WHERE the example took place, background of each situation, WHAT you did, HOW you did it, what your role was in the situation, and what was the outcome.
✅Focus on what you did. In referring to an experience achieved in the context of a team, set your role apart from the role(s) of others.
✅Simply listing your job duties, or indicating 'refer to resume', is not sufficient.
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🍁For nearly 150 years, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has been Canada's national police service. We have national, federal, provincial, and municipal policing mandates. From coast to coast to coast, we work at the community, provincial/territorial and federal levels. The RCMP is made up of more than 20,000 police officers, supported by nearly 10,000 civilian employees in over 700 detachments in 150 communities across the country. We also provide policing services in more than 600 Indigenous communities.
🍁In Manitoba, nearly 1,500 RCMP employees work every day to keep communities across the province safe.
🍁The Manitoba RCMP Communications and Media Relations Unit is tasked with keeping Manitobans informed about events affecting their safety and security. On a daily basis, we work with front-line police officers to help move investigations forward and highlight their important work. It is a fast paced but incredibly rewarding environment.
🎯We are looking for talented and skilled individuals who want to make a difference to join our dynamic team.
We offer a diverse, inclusive, respectful and healthy work environment that offers flexible work arrangements to ensure work-life balance. If you’re an experienced communications professional, value teamwork, challenging assignments and are innovative, collaborative and value high quality service to clients, we want to hear from you!
Intent to fill one (1) term position. A qualified pool of candidates may be established and may be used to staff this position or similar positions or for future term, acting, assignment, secondment, deployment, or indeterminate opportunities in various locations.
Should a Civilian Member (CM) be found qualified and selected for appointment, the appointment will not result in a change of status to the Public Service (PS) category for the CM. Information regarding the CM appointment will be sent to all applicable candidates who are within the area of selection and participated in the advertised process.
Should a Public Service (PS) employee be found qualified and selected for appointment, notification regarding the PS appointment will be posted accordingly on www.jobs.gc.ca.
Positions to be filled: 1
Your résumé.
🎓A degree from a recognized post-secondary institution.
NOTES
Based on their 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.
At the manager’s discretion, an acceptable combination of education, training, and/or experience, may serve as an alternative to the minimum education standard.
Experience in media relations activities such as responding to requests for information from the media and media monitoring.
Experience in developing and writing communications products (such as communications plans, speeches for senior management, and news releases.)
Experience providing strategic advice and guidance to clients and senior management* on public relations and/or communications related issues.
*Senior management is defined as EX-01 level and above
English essential
Information on language requirements
Ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally
Ability to work in an environment with frequent unexpected changes to deadlines and work demands.
Ability to research, analyze, and develop effective communication plans
Ability to provide strategic communications advice and recommendations
Work effectively independently
Demonstrating integrity and respect
Showing initiative and being action oriented
Work collaboratively with team members, stakeholders, and partners
A degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in a field related to the position (such as communications, media studies, public relations, journalism, marketing, or other acceptable specialization.
Experience using graphic design software and/or video editing software to create graphics or video content for publications, web, intranet/internet, social media or promotional products.
Willingness and ability to work overtime, as required
Willingness and ability to travel for work using various modes of transportation (including owned or leased government transport, commercial and light aircraft and up to and including remote locations)
RCMP Enhanced Reliability Status
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
Communication for this process will only be sent via email. As the applicant, it is your responsibility to ensure accurate contact information is provided and that you inform our office via email of any updates as required. Ensure you include an email address you can access from home and that it accepts email from unknown users. You are strongly encouraged to check your email on a regular basis, including your junk mail folder.
An exam may be administered. An interview may be administered. Reference checks may be sought.
All communication relating to this process, including e-mail correspondence and responses to screening questions, may be used in the assessment of qualifications, including the ability to communicate effectively in writing.
Assessment for this process will take place in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The cost to attend the assessment will be the candidate's responsibility. If you are currently employed with the Federal Public Service, please let us know by email your current group, level, tenure and the Department you are working for.
All applicants for positions within the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will be subject to a thorough security clearance process which includes an interview wherein questions may include (but not limited to), reference checks, previous employment, on-line activities, credit checks, alcohol and/or drug use.
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.