Duties
As an IS-05 you would be responsible for (but not limited to):
•Leading a team of communicators and provide strategic communications plans, products and advice to senior managers, executives and clients
• Manage a portfolio of clients
• Providing leadership in crisis and emergency communications by connecting with the appropriate internal and external stakeholders and developing and maintaining partnershipsThe expectation for this position is to work full time in the Edmonton HQ office (No Hybrid, Telework, or Compressed schedules).

Work environment
The RCMP Federal Policing units are responsible for protecting Canada, its people, and its interests from domestic and international criminal threats, including risks to national security, serious organized crime, border integrity, financial crime and cybercrime. A strategic communications team has been created to directly support the Federal Policing Northwest Region which includes: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut and Northwest Territories.The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is looking for talented and skilled individuals to join our dynamic Federal Policing team. If you value teamwork, challenging assignments and are innovative, collaborative and value high quality service to clients, we want to hear from you!

Intent of the process
The intent of this process is to staff a position on a indeterminate basis in Edmonton, Alberta, and create a pool of qualified candidates. The pool of qualified candidates may be used to staff similar positions with various tenures (indeterminate, term, deployment, acting, assignment and secondment) in Winnipeg, Manitoba.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.

Positions to be filled
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Important messages
In order to have your application considered, all screening questions must be answered. Candidates must provide CONCRETE EXAMPLES that demonstrate how they meet the education requirement and the experience factors listed in the essential qualifications. Please note that it is not sufficient to only state that the requirement is met or to provide a listing of current responsibilities.⭐FOR EACH EXPERIENCE CRITERIA, please provide the following MANDATORY information:
1️⃣- Name of the department or organization where the experience was acquired;
2️⃣- Title of the position occupied and the period(s) in which you performed the functions (M-Y to M-Y); and
3️⃣- Specific details of tasks or projects demonstrating how the experience was acquired, and provide concrete examples.❗The ability to communicate effectively in writing will be assessed throughout your application.
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/.
Testing/interviews will be conducted at locations of the employer's choice and may require candidates to travel to the test/interview location.
Please note that candidates (including persons employed in the Public Service) will not be considered to be in travel status or on government business and travel costs will not be reimbursed. Consequently, candidates will be responsible for travel costs.**The use of AI is prohibited.
You must complete your application and future assessments independently without external help, including unauthorized internet resources or Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools (for example, Copilot, ChatGPT or any other form of AI).
You may be asked to explain or elaborate on your answers in a follow-up interview.
Any violation may be investigated and result in serious consequences, including the rejection of your application.✅Volume management strategies may be used.
✅ All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence and telephone conversations, may be used in the assessment of qualifications.
✅ We will communicate with applicants by e-mail. Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and ensure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CANDIDATE TO ENSURE ACCURATE CONTACT INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AND UPDATED AS REQUIRED.
✅ Your responses to the screening questions will be used as the primary source in determining whether you meet the screening requirements. If you do not fully complete the screening questions as instructed, you may be screened out.
✅ Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.
✅ The successful applicant will have to obtain an RCMP security clearance. The process also requires a Security/Reliability Interview, a field investigation in matters of credit/finances, education, employment, references, on-line activities, alcohol and/or drug use, etc.
✅If a qualified candidate has been selected and appointed on an indeterminate basis from the established pool, they will be removed from the pool. If a candidate is selected for a specified period (including term, acting, or assignment/secondment) appointment, they will remain in the pool for future offers

Conditions of employment

RCMP Enhanced Reliability Status with Top Secret Security ClearanceIn accordance with the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) Directive on Security Screening, effective January 6, 2025, Canadian citizenship is a requirement for a Top Secret clearance. Please note that while a Top Secret clearance is not required at the time of application, all conditions of employment, including security clearance, must be met prior to appointment and maintained for the duration of employment in the position.Please refer to the TBS Directive on Security Screening for more information: https://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=32805#annA1

• Must work overtime on short notice from time to time.
• Must be on call during evenings, weekends and on public holidays from time to time.
• Must carry and monitor a mobile communications device outside of work hours when required.
• Willingness and ability to travel for work purposes, using various modes of transportation throughout the Northwest Region which includes: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut, Northwest Territories .
• Willingness and ability to obtain and maintain a valid driver’s license.
• Willingness and ability to work in a busy police environment, including exposure to unsettling and/or graphic material.

You need (essential for the job)

Your application must clearly explain how you meet the following

Education:
A degree* from a recognized post-secondary institution or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience**.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.*Degree:
Unless otherwise specified (e.g., master's degree), the term "degree" refers to a bachelor's degree, as established by the appropriate educational authorities.** Acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience:
• A high school diploma with minimum 5 years of work experience in communications or;
• A college diploma in the field of communications with minimum 3 years of work experience in communications.

Learn more about degree equivalency.

Experience:
• Experience providing complex and strategic* communications advice to senior management** (or higher).
• Experience developing a wide variety of communication products***.
• Experience building and maintaining partnerships with various stakeholders.* "Complex and strategic communication" refers to products or projects that possess at least four (4) of the following attributes:
• Multidimensional: Involving multiple aspects or dimensions.
• Sensitive: Requiring careful handling due to its delicate nature.
• Confidential: Involving information that must be kept private and secure.
• Affecting many stakeholders: Impacting a wide range of individuals or groups.
• Precedent-setting: Establishing a new standard or example.
• Having a major impact on the department or agency: Significantly influencing the operations or outcomes of an organization.
• Having the potential for significant media coverage: Likely to attract considerable attention from the media (regional, provincial or national).**Senior management is defined as a manager who supervises staff, assigns tasks, oversees workload and completes performance assessments for employees for a team of two employees or more. For candidates applying from within the Government of Canada, we consider senior management to be persons occupying level IS-05 and IS-06 positions. For RCMP police officers/regular members, this is the equivalent of one or two levels under the rank of Superintendent.*** A wide variety of communications products refers to a minimum of four (4) products such as news releases, media advisories, media lines, internal messages for employees, speeches, social media content or communication plans for internal and/or external partners such as federal organizations, central agencies, stakeholders, non- governmental organizations, other orders of government, or industry.

Applied / assessed at a later date

Abilities:
• Ability to communicate effectively orally.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
• Ability to analyze a problem, situation or process and make recommendations.
• Ability to develop communication products for a variety of audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities, negotiate timelines and meet deadlines.

Personal Suitability:
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Judgement
• Initiative
• Leadership
• Dependability

Language requirements (essential for the job)

Applied / assessed at a later date

English essential

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You may need (asset qualifications)

May be applied / assessed at a later date

• Experience in corporate communications.
• Experience in advertising.
• Experience in marketing.
• Experience in social media.
• Experience writing and editing various journalistic- style content for print or online.
• Experience in media relations.
• Experience in speech writing.
• Experience in crisis communications.
• Experience using innovative communications platforms
• Experience in operational communications*.*Operational communications are public communications related to the organization’s day-to-day activities, which are of a safety/security nature and may include emergency components to be shared quickly with the general public.For example, we consider these to be operational communications at the RCMP when the communication is intended for the general public and relates to:
• Foreign interference activities
• Current anti-terrorist operation
• Cybercrime
• Transnational Organized Crime
• Border Integrity
• Trade-based money laundering
• Proceeds of crime
• Cryptocurrency
• Serious frauds
• Corruption
• Military operations in Canada or abroad
• Active shooter
• Forest fire evacuation
• Flood warning
• AMBER Alert
• Massive evacuation

Our commitment

We're 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 contact the hiring organization below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

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Equity, diversity and inclusion

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the population it serves. We promote employment equity and encourage you to self-declare if you belong to one of the designated employment equity groups when you apply.

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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.

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