Infrastructure Canada Work Values

Daily Duties at Infrastructure Canada:

• Manage a team of Public Affairs professionals, including: setting performance objectives and ongoing performance evaluation; setting priorities and managing workload; identifying learning opportunities and authorizing training; managing leave; and assessing staffing requirements • Provide strategic communications support, advice and recommendations in relation to planning and liaison services to the Minister’s Office for public events across Eastern Canada and Quebec. • Liaise with officials in partner organizations, including federal, provincial, regional and municipal governments, private industry, not-for-profits • Advise the Minister’s Office on sensitive issues and events opportunities • Review, edit and approve events proposals, speeches, media lines, events scenarios, news releases, media advisories, questions and answers, visual supports (podium signs, banners…) and logistics requirements • Manage event logistics with federal regional partners, provincial and municipal governments, municipal associations, and Ministers’ offices • Manage, organize, chair and/or participate in meetings, briefing sessions, committees, teams and work/discussion groups • Assume acting responsibility for the Director as required, with full signing authority under the Canadian Financial Administration Act; manage other communications teams during managers’ absences, as required.

What they like about Infrastructure Canada:

Working in an organization that is technologically advanced, creative, and innovative is critical in your assessment of hiring companies. Less important to you are stability of the organization, the length of time an organization has been in business, and the business' plans for the future. You prefer a fast-moving company that will take risks to achieve its goals and objectives. The length of time the company has been in business is irrelevant. Maintaining status quo is unnecessary. You thrive on change, uncertainty and the upside of potential business risks, especially those associated with innovation. Stability for the long haul is not nearly as important as is working in an atmosphere that is charged with a sense of urgency and constant change.

Tags

Events, Public Relations, Public Affairs, Hotel, Communications, Corporate Communications

Skills

P&L responsibilities, Software Implementation, Requirements Analysis & Specification, Leadership , Word, WordPerfect, Excel, Outlook, Budget Management, Human Resources Management, Employee Supervision, English and French spoken, Strategic and analytical thinking, Events Management, event planning, Public relations, Internal Communications, Corporate Communications, Writing and Editing, Issues Management, Project management, Public Affairs, Media Relations, Stakeholders Relations, Customer Relations

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with Infrastructure Canada: