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- Computer Related,
Technical, and Scientific Positions
- Social Science
Support
Minimum Education
Standard:
Successful completion of two years of post-secondary school training
with acceptable specialization in statistics, accounting, economics,
business administration, history, sociology, law-related field or
some other specialty relevant to the position. NOTE: The manager
may offer the following alternative: an acceptable combination of
education, training and/or experience. When the education qualification
is met through such a combination, it is met for the specific position
only.
Library
Technician
Library Technicians at NRCan may be required to:
- Perform descriptive
cataloguing and classification of library material according to established
policies, procedures and cataloguing systems; perform bibliographic
searches using library automated systems and the Internet; make recommendations
on the modification of internal procedures; perform interlibrary loans
through existing library networks; process acquisitions and interact
with publishers and suppliers to co-ordinate services and resolve problems;
respond to reference enquiries; perform serials control; perform document
delivery and circulation activities; perform financial transactions
with clients
- Coordinate and
provide information services to clients within and outside the organization;
provide advice on library issues and trends; promote information centre
service delivery
- Consult researchers
and managers regarding acquisitions, collection development, library
operations planning and management, and systems adaptation; follow-up
and implement decisions
- Select and acquire
material for collection development, interact with publishers and suppliers
to co-ordinate services and resolve problems; provide input to policy
and guideline development; write and update operational manuals; implement
and recommend the modification of internal procedures
- Plan, manage and
deliver an information centre program; interpret and review, develop
and recommend amendments to policies and procedures; develop the library/information
centre collection
- Manage a budget
and revenue collection activities, forecast budget requirements for
future years, co-ordinate the purchase of equipment and supplies and
provide reports on unit activities and budget utilization
- Lead and supervise
staff and contractors.
Toponymist
Toponymists at NRCan may be required to:
- Format and enter
names in the database; resolve discrepancies and record problem cases;
ensure accuracy and consistency of information
- Input new names
and modifications on topographical/base maps; integrate provincial data
on map updates; verify the accuracy of names used by others to identify
and report discrepancies
- Review and match
geographical names information with federal, provincial and territorial
agencies and with other geographical and topographical databases
- Provide support
services to and work with the Secretariat of the Geographical Names
Board of Canada (GNBC) to develop and test new compilation formats for
the database
- Develop proposals
for the Geographical Names Section database structure and content, collaborate
with computer specialists to design and develop programs which extract
data more efficiently.
- An analyst in
this position may be required to:
- Analyze the
functionality of the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGCDB);
report on data base performance; prepare recommendations for changes
to its structure; test modifications to extraction, compilation
and/or reporting applications; provide analytical and technical
support to the GNBC; coordinate logistics, research agenda items,
and formulate options for consideration by the committee
- Conceive, modify
and adapt policies, procedures and methodologies; create and maintain
procedures manuals and other documentation.
- A specialist
in this position may be required to:
- Develop and
provide official national and international nomenclature for cartographic
products and federal publications; write articles on toponymy issues
and subjects; write and edit articles for government, public, national
and international names organizations
- Develop program
and policy proposals relevant to the language treatment of geographical
names and terminology
- Plan and provide
technical support to the meetings of the GNBC; interface with committee
resource persons; document proceedings; advise on the status of
various projects and on data exchange procedures
- Participate
in international meetings and conferences on toponymy; organize
tours, demonstrations and talks concerning geographical names and
the GNBC
- Assign work,
guide operational procedures, evaluate performance, identify training
needs, and provide training to subordinate staff.
Statistical
Production/Information Coordinator
Statistical Production/Information Coordinators at NRCan may be required
to:
- Manage the development,
operation and standards for the quality of outputs from statistical
collection, conversion, production and dissemination systems and processes;
research, analyze, develop and implement systems and standards; provide
advice to economists and industry clients; prepare complex graphics,
tables and reports
- Organize, plan
and control systems support, database operations, statistical program
production and/or data collection
- Manage the collection,
compilation and reliability assessment of data; establish systems and
standards; manage the establishment and administration of large databases;
manage the preparation of statistical publications
- Evaluate requirements
and changes in statistical needs; discuss standards and regulations;
resolve data access, dissemination and management issues
- Coordinate and
respond to requests and enquiries for information; provide information
and advice; participate in committees and working groups
- Prepare and conduct
information and training sessions; plan, manage and supervise the work
of a statistical development/operations unit; establish objectives and
project resource requirements; develop and present recommendations;
plan, monitor and manage a budget; establish and manage interdisciplinary
project teams.
Statistical
Officer
Statistical Officers at NRCan may be required to:
- Coordinate and
participate in the planning, implementation and maintenance of manual
and automated operations for the collection, editing, coding, tabulation,
presentation, marketing and dissemination of statistical data
- Use computer applications
and databases to carry out statistical program operations; monitor,
review and assess statistical program operations and results; produce
regular and custom statistical tabulations and outputs
- Select and develop
presentation formats within established guidelines and practices
- Provide advice
to improve efficiency and/or quality of statistical production services;
respond to requests and enquiries for data and information
- Participate in
the development/design of surveys
- Evaluate information
and statistics; analyze a variety of national and international data
and statistics
- Plan and organize
the processing and/or retrieval of data; develop procedures for collecting,
extracting and verifying statistics; participate in the development
and testing of systems and/or databases
- Assist project
officers in the use of software programs; guide and supervise the work
of students, junior employees and contract staff
- Prepare reference
and training materials for statistical program operations.
Modelling/Research
Specialist
Modelling/Research Specialists at NRCan may be required to:
- Develop, maintain
and enhance a modelling structure capable of forecasting; undertake
policy option analysis of resource issues
- Conduct research
and analysis on the tools required to obtain socio-economic data relevant
to economic analysis and industry conditions
- Coordinate statistical
systems operations and maintenance, and provide expert advice on the
use of software/hardware configurations for quantitative analysis
- Organize data and
develop models to collect, aggregate and analyze energy supply, demand
and emission statistics, as well as natural resource and socio-economic
data related to economic activity in all sectors of the economy
- Provide advice
to economists and policy analysts on the availability and performance
of economic analysis models; collaborate with computer specialists in
the development, configuration and integration of new or adapted programs,
hardware and software.
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