Taking Ownership of your Career

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Taking Ownership of your Career

• DPI Workshop
• January 26, 2007
• Nikolas Florakas and Mark Brûlé, ORO

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Government Leaders are calling for Change
Ken Cochrane, Canadas CIO (TBS) stated the
Government's Strategic Objective as Management
of excellence government is well managed and
accountable and resources are allocated to
achieve resultsto be enabled by Public Service
Renewal
Kevin Lynch, Clerk of the Pricy Council statedwe
must emphasize a culture of renewal and offer
younger staff members the opportunity to assume
greater levels of responsibility reflecting their
experience and potential
Public Works Minister Fortier stated, we are
working with diligence and determination to
partner with many departments, at all levels of
Government, to transform the way services are
managed and provided.
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Trust Confidence in the Public Service
Citizen Trust Confidence
Employee Engagement
Internal Services
External Services
Service Transformation
HR Transformation
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ORO Mandate
OROs mandate supports the call for change by
leading a collaborative, enterprise-wide approach
to community development in support of government
change initiatives.
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Community Development Model
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Phase I Bringing the Project to Life

• Phase I of the IT Community Generics focused on

Large medium sized IT Organizations
40 Working Group Members
Developing and Validating IT Community Generic
Products
Input from Bargaining Agent and Central Agency
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CS Work Streams Organizational Models
Database Database Administration
Client Portfolio Management
Government of Canada CS Work Streams
Application Development Maintenance
Planning
Architecture
Infrastructure / Operations Support
Security
Standardized IT Organizational Models
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Competency Dictionaries
Competencies are observable skills, abilities,
knowledge, motivations or traits.

• Examples of Behavioural Competencies
• Communication
• Decision-making
• Initiative
• Teamwork

• Examples of Technical Competencies
• Application Development and Maintenance
• Business Analysis
• IT Project Management
• Security / Information Application Protection

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Generic Work Descriptions

• Pre-classified CS Generic Work Descriptions
• 34 Generic Work Descriptions
• Distinction between large and medium
  organizations
• Developed and classified with working groups
• Validated by Bargaining Agent
• Approved by Central Agency
• Published on PSHRMAC site

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Job Competency Profiles
Job Competency Profiles describe, in behavioural
terms, the level of competency required for a
specific position, and can be used to develop
focused learning plans to bridge identified gaps.
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Product Development Methodology
Analyse, Design Build
PROUCTS SERVICES
Evaluation Classification
Maintenance Support
Bargaining Agent PSHRMAC Validation
Implementation Transition
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Implementing IT Community Generics

• Implementing IT Community Generics
• Implementation Committee established
• Formal Pilot implementation pending
• Launch of generic products by end of fiscal
• CRC site tools, guides, and communications

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Next Generation of Products Services

• Strategic Planning
• Updated Demographic Analysis
• Further develop and expand the IM / IT HR Plan
• Expanded IM Portal
• Organizational Design Classification
• IM Work Streams
• IM Generic Work Descriptions
• Competency Development Profile
• CS Competency Self Assessment Tool
• IM Job Competency Profiles

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Next Generation of Products Services

• Resourcing
• Collective Staffing
• Professional Development Apprenticeship Program
• Learning, Development Certification
• Integrated Career Planning Development Centre
• IT and IM Professionalization Certification
• Leadership Development
• Redesigned leadership curriculum
• Establish broader alliances, e.g. CAP, CSPS

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Take Ownership of Your Own Career!

• To learn more
• Read the OROs newsletter, The Voice
• Visit our web site at www.oro-bgc.gc.ca
• Ask about implementing IT Community Generics in
  your department
• Join our implementation committee or working
  groups
• Take ownership of your career - with the help of
  the OROs IT Community Generics