Looking for an exciting challenge as a Sr. Editor\ Sr. Technical Writer with the TSB? Join us!

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

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

When submitting your application, you will also have to answer questions regarding the education and experience requirements.

The ability to communicate effectively in writing will be assessed through the screening questions. In your responses to the screening questions, please ensure that you:

a) Provide concrete and detailed examples to justify your responses
b) Specify the approximate timeframe that each example occurred (ie. February - June 2017)
c) Clearly identify which organization you were working for at the time

Duties

The TSB's IS-04 editors and technical writers work on reports of investigations into air, marine, pipeline, and rail transportation accidents in English and in French, depending on their expertise. Collaborating with investigators, contract editors, translators, graphic designers, and web developers, they ensure that both the content and the form of the reports are of the highest quality and are accessible to Canadians and overseas.

In addition to their main role, Editors develop work tools, organize events and workshops and are also called upon to provide advice to senior managers.

Work environment

Looking for a new opportunity? Perhaps you wish to challenge yourself and work for a department that is committed to finding ways to continuously improve its workplace and build a confident, high-performing workforce?

Then look no further!

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), which is part of the core public service, is an independent agency reporting directly to Parliament. It advances transportation safety in Canada and around the world by investigating air, marine, pipeline, and rail transportation accidents. The TSB has 220 employees distributed among 10 offices across Canada. The head office is in Gatineau, Quebec.

Intent of the process

Persons at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered for deployment.
There will be a selection process and a pool of partially qualified candidates will be established. This pool could be used to staff similar positions with various tenures or language requirements and profiles.

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:
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.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:
Significant* professional experience editing materials in English and/or French aimed at specialist or general readers
Experience editing scientific and/or technical materials in English and/or French
Experience providing writing and editing advice to authors and/or managers

*Significant experience refers to an acceptable combination of breadth, depth, complexity of tasks that can normally be acquired in 3 years of work in the field

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

EDUCATION:
A degree from a recognized university in English, French, translation, journalism, communications, or a field related to the position

Degree equivalency

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:
EXPERIENCE:

Experience editing, technical writing or writing in one or more of the following fields:
• aviation
• marine transportation
• pipelines
• railways

Significant* experience in comparative editing

Experience in translation

Experience in technical writing

Significant* professional experience editing materials in English AND French aimed at specialist or general readers

Experience editing scientific and/or technical materials in English AND French

*Significant experience refers to an acceptable combination of breadth, depth, complexity of tasks that can normally be acquired in 3 years of work in the field.

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

Various language requirements
There are various language profiles:
PPC\PPC
CCC\CCC
PP-\---
English essential

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:
Knowledge of the mandate of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada

ABILITIES :
Ability to copyedit written materials, including materials on scientific and/or technical subjects, for specialist and non-specialist readers.
Ability to manage multiple priorities
Ability to communicate effectively orally
Ability to communicate effectively in writing

COMPETENCIES:
Thinking things through
Showing initiative and being action-oriented
Demonstrating integrity and respect
Working effectively with others

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

Ability to copyedit written materials, including materials on scientific and/or technical subjects, for specialist and non-specialist readers in English and French

Ability to perform comparative editing

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Must be willing and able to report to work off-hours in crises and to work overtime on short notice

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

The TSB was created as an independent agency due to the importance of impartiality in the conduct of investigations. It is fundamental to the achievement of the TSB’s mandate for employees to be free from real, apparent or potential conflicts of interest in the conduct of day to day operations. As such, and in accordance with the TSB Code of Values and Ethics, candidates in this selection process cannot directly own an interest (shares or other) in a company involved in the air, marine, rail, or pipeline industry. Other personal activities relating to these industries may also represent a conflict of interest. Should you have concerns in regards to your candidacy or any real, apparent or potential conflicts of interest, you are strongly encouraged to raise them as early in the process as possible. For additional information on TSB Code of Values and Ethics, please visit the website at: http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/index.asp

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order, 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.