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Candidates must meet all essential qualifications to be appointed to a position. This will be determined through the use of various evaluation tools.
Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.
You must provide proof of education credentials. If you completed your education outside Canada, it is your responsibility to demonstrate the equivalency. Please refer to the following link for more information: https://www.cicic.ca
Please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form.
Our means of communication with applicants is via e-mail. Please ensure to include a functional e-mail address, which will accept messages from unknown users (some e-mail systems block these types of e-mails). It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required.
**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.
Role:
The Communications Advisor produces communications documents for both an external, public audience and an internal, employee audience. They may be required to provide advice and guidance to senior officials on communications involving operational policing matters.
Key responsibilities:
• planning and supporting the development and implementation of communications products for a diverse range of internal and external target audiences;
• writing, coordinating, managing, producing, and disseminating communications plans and products in written and digital (including online and social media) formats, regarding police operations and other matters concerning public safety.
• providing communications advice to senior management, partners, and stakeholders;
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The RCMP in New Brunswick (RCMPNB) is the provincial police service that serves communities across the province, including many Indigenous communities. The Strategic Communications Unit plays a crucial role in informing and engaging audiences on topics related to RCMPNB operations, policing services, and personal and public safety.
Providing strategic communications in a policing environment is a challenging role that is not suited for everyone. It requires individuals who can think clearly under pressure and handle sensitive or controversial material. This includes emotionally difficult subject matter. It also requires the ability to manage multiple competing priorities as part of a fast-paced, collaborative team.
If you thrive in a dynamic environment, are dedicated to public service, strive to work at your best, value learning from others and have respect for diverse perspectives, this opportunity may be ideal for you.
Our Strategic Communications team values:
• inclusion, equity, and diversity
• workplace wellness
• innovation and creativity
• collaboration
• continuous learning and development
The Strategic Communications Unit currently includes a senior manager, two senior communication advisors, two communication advisors, and one media relations officer. The unit reports directly to the division’s Commanding Officer.
Full-time telework is not currently supported for this position due to the nature of the work. Employees in this unit may be considered for a hybrid work arrangement based on operational needs and completion of training. The office requires that employees working in this unit report to the RCMPNB Headquarters in Fredericton, NB.
The immediate need is to staff one position on an indeterminate basis.
A pool of qualified candidates may be established to staff temporary and/or permanent positions, (including acting appointments and deployments).
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: 1
Your résumé.
Education
A degree* from a recognized post-secondary institution with an acceptable specialization in communications, public relations, media studies, journalism or other field related to the position 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 at least 5 years of work experience in communications or;
• A college diploma in the field of communications with at least 3 years of work experience in communications.
Experience
• Significant experience in researching, writing, developing and editing a variety of communication products*.
• Experience in responding to media or public enquiries
• Experience consulting with internal clients and providing customer service
*“Significant” is defined as the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with the performance of the duties for a period of at least twelve (12) months.
*Variety of communications products refers to a minimum of three (3) 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.
ASSET CRITERIA
Experience
• Experience in writing corporate communications.
• Experience in marketing.
• Experience in creating content for social media.
• Experience in media relations.
• 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:
• Active shooter
• Massive seizure of drugs
• Current anti-terrorist operation
• Arrest of criminal leader
• Forest fire evacuation
• Flood warning
• AMBER Alert
• Organized crime operation
• Foreign interference activities
• Major fraud
• Military operations in Canada or abroad
• Massive evacuation
• Etc.
Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)
Bilingual Imperative - Level: BBB / BBB; if no candidate meets this requirement, the position may be staffed on a non-imperative basis. Non-bilingual candidates are therefore encouraged to submit their applications.
This position requires proficiency in both official languages, English and French, at the above-noted level. If you do not meet the language requirements of this position and the appointment is being made on a non-imperative basis, you will be exempted by the Public Service Official Languages Exclusion Approval Order from meeting the official language proficiency requirements at the time of an appointment. By accepting an offer, you agree to undertake to attain the level of official language proficiency required for the position, through language training at public expense, within a period of two years. If you do not attain the level of language proficiency required by the end of the two-year period, you agree to be appointed or deployed on an indeterminate basis to a position for which you meet the essential qualifications that is of a similar level and salary as the bilingual position.
Information on language requirements
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 provide customer service
• Ability to use discretion
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities, negotiate timelines and meet deadlines.
Personal Suitability
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Judgement
• Initiative
• Discretion
• Willingness and ability to travel occasionally.
• Willingness and ability to work in a busy police environment, including exposure to unsettling and/or graphic materials.
• Willingness and ability to work overtime on short notice occasionally
• Willingness and ability to be on call during evenings, weekends and on public holidays occasionally
• Willingness and ability to carry and monitor a mobile communications device outside of work hours when required.
Top Secret security clearance - of the RCMP.
All applicants for positions within the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will be subject to a thorough security clearance process, which includes reference checks and an interview wherein questions may include (but are not limited to) previous employment, on-line activities, credit checks, alcohol and/or drug use.
• Willingness and ability to work overtime on short notice occasionally
• Willingness and ability to be on call during evenings, weekends and on public holidays occasionally
• Willingness and ability to carry and monitor a mobile communications device outside of work hours when required.
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
Candidates must meet all essential qualifications to be appointed to a position. This will be determined through the use of various evaluation tools.
Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.
You must provide proof of education credentials. If you obtained your degree outside Canada, it is your responsibility to demonstrate its equivalence, please take a look at the following link for more information: https://www.cicic.ca
Please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form.
Our means of communication with applicants is via e-mail. Please ensure to include a functional e-mail address, which will accept messages from unknown users (some e-mail systems block these types of e-mails). It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required.
HOW TO APPLY:
You will be required to answer screening questions to demonstrate how you meet the Essential Qualifications (Education and all Essential Experiences).
When answering the screening questions, it is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current or past responsibilities. Rather, you must provide concrete examples of tasks you have accomplished with significant details to explain the WHAT, WHEN, WHERE and HOW you acquired each qualification.
For each experience criteria, please provide the following information:
1- Name of the department or organization where the experience was acquired;
2- Title of the position occupied, group and level and the period(s) in which you performed the functions (M-Y to M-Y);
3- Specific details of tasks or projects demonstrating how the experience was acquired (Situation/Challenge, Tasks, Action and Result).
Should your responses to the screening questions contain insufficient details to demonstrate that you meet the screening criteria, your application will not be given further consideration in this process. Candidates will not be solicited for incomplete or possible missing information.
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.