Job Description

Salary Grade: Grade 13 - $124,233-$155,289 per annum with eligibility for performance pay

Job Type / Duration: Permanent, Full-time

Job Location: 160 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Open to: Persons employed within the Federal Public Service

Closing Date: September 26, 2022

Special posting considerations

INFORMATION YOU MUST PROVIDE

• Your resume.
• A covering letter: The candidate must provide a cover letter. In this document, you must provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience requirements listed in the essential qualifications and asset qualifications sections. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties. One effective approach would be to use the wording of each experience criterion as a heading and then write one or two paragraphs demonstrating not only that you have the required experience, but how it was acquired and your leadership role in delivering results. Ensure that you provide specific, clear and accurate details. The curriculum vitae may be a secondary source to confirm the experience described in the cover letter. Applications that do not clearly demonstrate that the candidate meets the screening criteria will not be given further consideration.

Job Summary

WHAT SETS US APART FROM OTHER EMPLOYERS IN GOVERNMENT?

CIHR is dedicated to creating a healthy and stimulating work environment. People are the foundation of our organization. As a member of a CIHR team, you will become part of a diverse community where teamwork and the sharing of ideas amplifies our effectiveness. In addition to a dynamic environment where your work is valued by senior management, CIHR offers excellent conditions that set the agency apart from other employers. For instance, employees enjoy,

• Competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits;
• A competitive salary scale including performance pay
• Seamless transition for public servants;
• Progressive work environment;
• Opportunities for growth and development;

JOB SUMMARY

The Chief of Staff position is accountable for planning, organizing and directing the provision of a range of advisory and operational services to support and enhance the capacity of the President's Office to address critical horizontal internal issues related to CIHR's mandate, strategic objectives, and operational goals.

The position provides direct support to the President by playing a key role on a variety of initiatives, projects and issues by synthesizing complex information, identifying needs, assessing current and emerging priorities and their related impacts by developing briefings, and engaging required internal and external parties in support of successfully achieving the operational requirements of the President's Office. Excellent communication and engagement skills are required to work effectively across the Agency and with other partners on sensitive and complex actions.

Essential Qualifications

EDUCATION

• Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution or an acceptable combination of education, training and experience.

EXPERIENCE

• Significant* experience in synthesizing complex**information, providing advice and briefings to senior executive management (ADM level and up) on complex issues**.
• Significant*experience in liaising and obtaining input from various internal and external stakeholders, and in coordinating the preparation and presentation of documents to advance corporate and horizontal issues, files and initiatives of a sensitive and urgent nature.
• Significant*experience in developing and establishing networks with multiple stakeholders, such as other federal government departments, central agencies, academia and non-government organizations to achieve operational requirements and government objectives.
• Experience in managing financial and human resources.

Definitions:

*Significant in this context is understood to mean the depth and breadth normally acquired from having performed a broad range of activities related to these activities which is normally acquired over a period of at least two (2) years.
**Complex issues are issues with at least one of the following characteristics: multidimensional, sensitive, confidential, affecting many partners or stakeholders, precedent setting or having a major impact on the Agency's objectives.

KEY LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES

• Create Vision and Strategy
• Mobilize People
• Uphold Integrity and Respect
• Collaborate with Partners and Stakeholders
• Promote Innovation and Guide Change
• Achieve Results
• Communication

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
Bilingual imperative CBC/CBC

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Secret Security Clearance

Asset Qualifications

EXPERIENCE

• Experience in managing complex and high-profile issues, screening, controlling and coordinating material and information in a senior executive office (Deputy Minister, President or ADM office).
• Experience working with external review committees, Boards of Management, or similar management systems to achieve organizational and Government of Canada objectives.
• Experience in dealing with machinery of government (Memoranda to Cabinet, Treasury Board Submissions or Cabinet briefings).

Important Notes

1) The CIHR is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population it serves. In an effort to improve representation in the executive ranks to reflect Canada's diversity, 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.

2) The intent of this process is to staff one (1) indeterminate position. A pool of pre-qualified candidates may be established to staff future identical or similar positions within CIHR with various tenures (assignment, specified period or indeterminate), various security clearance levels and/or various bilingual linguistic profiles.

3) Applications must be received through the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) - process number: J0822-0893

4) We would like to thank all candidates who apply. Only those selected for assessment will be contacted. We will communicate with you regarding this process by email. Applicants should use an email address that accepts messages from unknown senders (some email systems block such messages). If you do not respond to our communications, we will interpret this as your withdrawal from the process.

5) We are committed to the values and principles of employment equity. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, please inform us of accommodations (i.e., an alternative method of assessment, a technical aid, accessibility requirements, etc.) required at any stage of the assessment process, so that we can take the appropriate measures to facilitate your full participation.

6) From amongst those candidates that meet the essential criteria of education and experiences; CIHR may select a certain number of candidates that most closely meet the position requirements to participate in the next selection phase.

CIHR

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is the Government of Canada's health research investment agency. CIHR's mission is to create new scientific knowledge and to enable its translation into improved health, more effective health services and products, and a strengthened health care system for Canadians. Composed of 13 Institutes, CIHR provides leadership and support to more than 13,000 health researchers and trainees across Canada.