Corporate and policy enablers: Awareness and training
Awareness and training - Competencies
Key activities
- Promote and deliver security awareness programs on Policy on Government Security and its eight (8) controls, and provide interpretation and advice on security policies, processes, and procedures through targeted training/awareness/learning activities and sessions, promotional, and educational material and products.
- Analyze level of awareness of employees and management, identify security awareness training/learning needs, and develop and/or contribute to the design of security awareness training programs to achieve the appropriate level of security awareness across the department.
- Perform learning assessment, including metrics and analytics, to measure the impact of learning programs against organizational objectives.
- Deliver security briefings to employees travelling abroad to conduct government programs, services, and activities to ensure adherence to the security requirements, including the appropriate protocol for device management.
- Support the development, implementation, interpretation, and/or application of government and departmental security policies, standards and guidelines, and the Departmental Security Plan.
- Work with Lead Security Agencies and other government departments to exchange best practices and lessons learned.
Knowledge
Applies at all levels
- Knowledge of the organizational vision, mandate, programs, policies, operating environment, and structure, including diversity and inclusion considerations
- Knowledge of security fundamentals, and security legislation, regulations, policies, and practices
- Knowledge of information gathering and analysis technique
Entry-level
- See above
Mid-level
- Knowledge of learning principles, workplace learning and instructional design, and techniques to deliver effective teaching and educational experiences
- Knowledge of project management
- Knowledge of policy development principles and methodologies
Management, Executive and Chief Security Officer
- Knowledge of the Government of Canada security governance, including the roles and responsibilities of lead security agencies
- Knowledge of security intelligence
Skills
Applies at all levels
- Ability to collect, analyze and get acquainted with information from various sources, establish logical links and leverage as required to advance projects and/or files, and to support an informed decision-making process
Entry-level
- See above
Mid-level
- Ability to manage and/or support a project from its conception to close-out phases
- Ability to plan, manage and deliver formal learning activities
- Ability to develop strategic documents to support an informed decision-process, and to support the implementation of policies, directives, guidance, action plans, initiatives, etc.
Management, Executive, and Chief Security Officer
- Ability to manage a team and align efforts towards common goals, in line with government and organizational priorities and programs
- Ability to work with other organizations and stakeholders to ensure the collaboration, sharing and leveraging of information and dissemination of best practices and lessons learned
Attributes
Applies at all levels
- Strong oral and writing communication skills
- Strategic and analytical thinking and creative problem solving
- Engagement, collaboration, and client-focus
- Self-management: reliability, planning and organizing, flexibility and initiative
- Demonstration of integrity and respect
- Sound judgment
- Thoroughness
Entry-level
- See above
Mid-level
- See above
Management, Executive, and Chief Security Officer
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