Black Alliance Internship - Communications (Unilingual & Bilingual, French/English)

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Black Alliance Internship
The OPS is dedicated to recruiting and advancing top talent while building a diverse public service. This exciting opportunity offers recent Black or Black bilingual (French-English) post-secondary graduates the opportunity to develop their careers and gain valuable work experience with one of Canada's top employers.

We seek to recruit and advance bright talent for the future, and we offer personal and professional growth, coaching and mentorship, along with a competitive salary.

Personal Information
The Ontario Public Service (OPS) is committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities it serves and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful, and equitable workplace. To enable this commitment and advance broader organizational objectives, this dedicated internship has been created for eligible applicants who self-identify as Black, or Black bilingual (French/English). As part of the application process, all applicants must respond to a self-attestation. Applicants who do not belong to one of these two groups or who choose not to identify will not be eligible.

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About the job

Communications is vital to government. OPS communications specialists develop messages and strategies to publicize key government initiatives, programs and services. Ministry communications branches advise and support the minister, deputy minister and ministry program areas.
As an intern in communications, you may be involved in:

• developing targeted strategies to get the public's and media's attention
  
• planning and coordinating events to support communications strategies
  
• identifying and managing issues
  
• writing and editing communications products like news releases, speeches, briefing notes, fact sheets and newsletters
  
• managing ministry websites and graphic designs.

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What you bring to the team

Mandatory requirements

• You must self-identify as Black (regardless of your cultural identity or place of birth).
  
• You must have graduated or will complete the requirements to graduate with a degree, diploma or post-graduate certificate from a recognized or legally authorized post-secondary institution in the last five years (May 2017-June 2022).
  
• You must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
  
• French proficiency levels for bilingual placements will be tested and confirmed before hire.

Skills

• Analytical: identify trends and relevant themes to support the development of user-focused and evidence-based findings and recommendations
  
  
• Collaboration: work with others across the organization to identify and solve a problem or achieve a common goal that is mutually beneficial
  
  
• Relationship Management: build and maintain strong working relationships with clients, stakeholders, partners and colleagues while demonstrating respect, ethics and extending trust in order to achieve organizational goals
  
  
• Planning and Coordinating: prioritize tasks, manage competing priorities to effectively manage time in order to meet deadlines.
  
  
• French Language: for some placements, French proficiency is not required but is considered an asset.

Knowledge

• Strategic Communications/Integrated Marketing: an understanding of integrated marketing principles and concepts
  
• Digital Communications: knowledge of digital communications including social media platforms and an understanding of how different digital channels are used to communicate with audiences

OPS Commitment to diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and anti-racism:

We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racism: inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.

We invite all interested individuals who meet the mandatory eligibility to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

Visit the OPS Anti-Racism Policy and the OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint pages to learn more about the OPS commitment to advance racial equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the public service.

We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario's  Human Rights Code. Refer to the application instructions below if you require a disability-related accommodation.

Communications Placement Information:

3 Bilingual Temporary- up to 12 months, Toronto
• Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, Advanced-Minus
• Ministry of Solicitor General, Criminal Record Check, Advanced
• Ministry of Transportation, Advanced-Minus

7 Temporary – up to 12 months, Toronto
• Cabinet Office, Criminal Record Check
• Ministry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism
• Ministry of Government and Consumer Services (Optional locations: North Bay, Orillia or Thunder Bay)
• Ministry of Health
• Ministry of Long-Term Care

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Additional information:

Note:

• This ad is also available in French.
• In accordance with the Ontario Public Service (OPS), Employment Screening Checks Policy (ESCP), the top candidate(s) may be required to undergo a security screening check. Refer to the above to determine the screening checks that are required for this position.
  
  Required security screening checks along with your written consent, will be sent to the Transition and Security Office (TSO), Talent Development Branch, Talent and Leadership Division to evaluate the results. If applicable, the TSO, with your written consent, will request and obtain any additional employment screening checks that were not obtained directly by you.
  
  A record under the Criminal Code and/or other federal offence record(s) does not automatically mean you will be ineligible for the position. The employment screening check(s) will only be reviewed and evaluated by the TSO for the purpose of making a security clearance decision. The details of an individual's employment screening check(s) will be considered in specific relation to the duties and responsibilities of the position being filled. Employment screening check records will be maintained by the TSO and kept strictly confidential.
• These temporary internship positions are 12-month contracts starting August 29, 2022.
  
  
• The information that you provide for the purpose of this competition and the results from this competition may be used to fill other internship opportunities in the OPS and public sector organizations where TBS provides administrative services.
  
  
• In order to meet the program goals and ensure that our recruitment practices are fair, open and transparent, it is necessary that only those applicants who self-identify as Black are considered for this internship.
  Personal information collected in this attestation will contribute to efforts in building a more diverse, inclusive, and accessible OPS. Information collected in this attestation will be retained by the Internships Unit, Treasury Board Secretariat and will be used to determine your qualifications for this program. Any data will be reported on an aggregate, depersonalized basis only. All information will be protected in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
  The Government of Ontario is an equal opportunity employer and has a legal duty to accommodate under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and Ontario's Human Rights Code. If you have any questions about this attestation or require accommodation to complete this attestation, please contact the Internships Unit at contact.oip@ontario.ca.
  
  Please do not provide more personal information than what is asked of you. For example, do not include your social insurance number, photograph, or banking information, etc. with your application. We strongly encourage you not to provide us with information beyond that which is requested in the job posting.

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Language requirements and assessment:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.