The Ministry of Finance is offering one-year paid internships for recent graduates, where you will have an opportunity to work in a public sector environment that plays a central role in supporting government policy and decision-making.
These exciting opportunities provide a unique chance to gain valuable work experience in various fields, while offering dedicated mentorship, learning, and networking opportunities with experienced leaders to support your career development.
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Thursday, February 16, 11:30 – 12:00pm NOTE: Flexible work arrangements including [flexible hours, telework (remote work)] may be considered.
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About the job
As an information and information technology intern, your work activities may involve providing programming and technical support in the development and implementation of new and revised business information systems.
You may also assist with the management of the Branch's data resources and servers and develop data products to support policy analysis.
What you bring to the team
Mandatory requirements
• 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 two years (May 2021-June 2023)
o Internships are open to persons with disabilities who have graduated from an eligible post-secondary program in the last five years (May 2018-June 2023)
o Internships are open to all Indigenous applicants who have graduated from an eligible post-secondary program in the last five years (May 2018-June 2023).
o Internships are open to all Black applicants who have graduated from an eligible post-secondary program in the last five years (May 2018-June 2023).
• You must be legally entitled to work in Canada
Research, analytical and problem-solving skills:
• You can determine the nature of issues or problems, including reviewing and clarifying relevant information.
• You can respond to issues or problems by applying readily identifiable solutions provided by more senior members of the team.
• You can investigate new technologies and tools
Communication skills:
• You have strong written and oral communication skills to convey, fully grasp and explain detailed information which may involve specialized information technology terminology (such as in the writing and describing of detailed programming specifications, program and system documentation, and user documentation and application help files)
Interpersonal and teamwork skills:
• You can provide clarification and explanation to assist with others' understanding of computer software and the resulting reports.
• You can establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.
Planning and organizational skills:
• You can plan, organize, and manage multiple tasks and projects with competing deadlines.
Knowledge:
• You have knowledge of industry standard systems development life cycles, methodologies and techniques in order to participate in the development of information systems using a standard, systematic approach.
• You have knowledge of a variety of industry standard systems design methods (System Development Life Cycle) and analysis techniques in order to translate functional design specifications into detailed coding specifications before beginning assigned programming and testing tasks.
• You have knowledge of various mainframe, mid-range, and personal computer systems technologies (including operating systems, networks, and applications development software) in order to: code and test business applications for deployment on any of the Ministry's environments; assist with the setup and configuration of Ministry applications.
• You have knowledge of a variety of industry standard programming concepts (such as waterfall or agile), languages (such as SQL and R), and testing protocols in order to perform assigned programming and testing tasks within a set of well-defined standards and guidelines.