Marketing Advisor

Department Name: Health Canada
Location: Ottawa
Classification: IS - 04
Salary: $67,446 to $72,919
Closing Date: November 23, 2006 - 23:59, Pacific Time Useful Information
Reference Number: SHC06J-006155-000243
Selection Process Number: 06-NHW-HC-EA-071
Employment Tenure: Permanent and specified period positions
Vacancies: Number to be determined

Website: For further information on the department, please visit Health Canada

Please note that the PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA will be participating in this selection process. For more information on this agency, please visit their Website at: http://http://http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/new_e.html

Who Can Apply:

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• Persons residing in Canada and Canadian citizens residing abroad

Citizenship

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Preference will be given to Canadian citizens. Please indicate in your application the reason for which you are entitled to work in Canada: Canadian citizenship, permanent resident status or work permit.

Language Proficiency

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Applicants must demonstrate in their application that they meet the following merit criteria to be retained for further consideration.

Various language requirements and/or profiles

Bilingual imperative - Level: CBC/CBC
Bilingual imperative - Level: BBB/BBB
English essential

Education

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• Graduation from a recognized university or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Experience

Extensive and varied experience in planning, developing, implementing and evaluating major marketing campaigns or projects.

Other Merit Criteria and Conditions of Employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Willingness and ability to travel, 5 to 6 times per year.

Reliability Status. This factor is not used at the preselection stage. The Department is responsible for the security clearance process.

• The following merit criteria may be required for this position. Applicants should indicate in their application if they meet the merit criteria.
  • Graduation from a recognized university with a specialization in marketing, business administration, commerce, communications or another related discipline.
  • Extensive and varied experience in planning, developing, implementing and evaluating major marketing campaigns or projects OF A SOCIAL NATURE OR RELATED TO PUBLIC HEALTH.

Experience Questionnaire

You will be required to complete an online experience questionnaire when you apply. View the experience statements.

Statement of Merit Criteria

Applicants who meet the above criteria will also be assessed against the Statement of Merit Criteria for this position.

Challenge

WANTED: MARKETING PROFESSIONALS TO IMPACT HEALTH OF CANADIANS

Are you a marketing professional interested in positively affecting the health of Canadians? If so, you should consider a career at Health Canada or with the Public Health Agency of Canada.

An exciting opportunity exists within Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada for seasoned marketing experts. Individuals with a fresh, innovative approach to marketing are needed to join our organizations as Marketing Advisors (IS-04). Working within Health Canada or the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Ottawa-based marketing divisions, the successful candidates will plan, develop, implement and evaluate marketing campaigns in areas related to tobacco, drugs, healthy lifestyles, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, First Nations and Inuit health and more. These campaigns ultimately help individuals and communities make informed health decisions that improve their quality of life.

Our team members include people like you: enthusiastic, innovative, passionate and energetic. We believe that you will find marketing health-related issues personally fulfilling and professionally challenging.

Still interested? We thought so. Send us your resume.

Additional Requirements / Comments

• You may be assessed using one (1) or more of the following tools: standardized test, written exam, interview, simulation exercise, and/or reference check.
• Interested persons must meet all the essential qualifications to be appointed to the position, in a manner determined by the selection board. However, a person may be appointed to the position even though he or she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements or organizational needs. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person.
• A pool of candidates may be used to fill similar positions with linguistic profiles and/or requirements, as well as tenures, which may vary according to the position being staffed.

Information to be provided:

When you apply, you must provide the following information or your application will be rejected:

• Your resumé.
• A covering letter in 2,500 words (maximum) "IMPORTANT INFORMATION: The onus is on you, the candidate, to submit an application that demonstrates clearly, concretely and concisely that you meet the screeningqualifications. More specifically, you must provide a covering letter in which you will clearly demonstrate the manner in which you consider you meet each of the screening qualifications (education and the experience qualifications, both essential and assets). You should pay attention to the exact wording of each of those qualifications. Please provide concrete examples. Your letter should be no longer than two (2) pages. Only stating that you possess the required qualification, or listing your responsibilities, will not be considered to be a clear demonstration. Failure to provide this covering letter could result in your application being screened out (rejected) of the competition."
• You must ensure that you select at least one employment type when submitting your application: Employment Tenure

Important Messages

Only on-line applications are accepted.

If you do not have Internet access in your home or through friends, relatives or neighbours, here are some suggested locations: campus career centres, libraries, community centres, Internet cafés, Canada/Student Employment Centres, and Public Service Commission (PSC) regional offices. You may also call 1-800 O-Canada (1-800-622-6232), or TTY 1-800-926-9105, for information on the nearest public Internet access location.

Persons with a disability preventing them from applying on-line should contact us at 1-800-645-5605.

Your resume must clearly demonstrate how you meet the requirements.

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Questions regarding travel and relocation.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.