Become a faculty member

Visiting faculty members continue to work for their home organization. Their employment tenure does not change. This process does not affect their employee status in any way. They:

• commit to teaching one or more courses at the School for a specific number of days per fiscal year (average of 20 days)
• teach on a voluntary basis, through a collaboration agreement between the School and the instructor's home organization

There is no monetary exchange between the two organizations. The agreement is renewable each year, in December.

Associate faculty members are employees of the Canada School of Public Service. They:

• commit to teaching one or more courses for a specific number of days per fiscal year (average of 20 days)
• teach on a voluntary basis, through a collaboration agreement

The agreement is renewable each year, in December.

The School's faculty are dedicated to the professional development of Canadian public servants. They aim to ensure that federal employees across Canada have the skills, knowledge and tools they need to provide excellence in service to the Canadian public.

To join the School's faculty team, you must be an active public servant who is an expert in your field, and have a passion for lifelong learning and the necessary competencies, knowledge and aptitude to instruct others.

To become a faculty member, you must:

• be an active, indeterminate member of the public service
• be experienced in a field of expertise included in the School's learning curriculum
• have a passion for lifelong learning
• have an aptitude for adult learning
• complete a competency profile detailing the depth and breadth of your expertise

Main topics by fields of expertise

Communications

• Minimum 5 years' experience in the federal government required.
• Certifications or accreditations may be an asset.

Main topics include:

• internal and external strategic communications
• briefings

Digital, Data and Design

• Minimum 5 years' experience in the federal government required; for digital, the minimum experience may have been acquired outside the federal government.
• Certifications or accreditations may be an asset.

Main topics include:

• agile development and methodology
• service design process
• information management

Data:

• data foundations
• analysis
• stewardship and governance
• data privacy
• ethics and bias
• working with data

Digital:

• digital policy
• digital transformation
• digital leadership

Information technology:

• artificial intelligence
• cyber security
• cloud computing

Diversity, inclusion and Indigenous reconciliation

• Minimum 5 years' experience in the federal government may be required, but some exceptions may apply due to the facilitator profile that is sought for various courses.
• Certifications or accreditations may be an asset.
• You will have an opportunity for self-identification, for example as an Indigenous person, a member of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, a racialized person, or a person with a disability. This information will be used for the sole purpose of assessing instructor fit and assigning courses to instructors who best meet the course design and learning objectives within a field of expertise, for example because they have lived experience. 

Main topics include:

• positive space: 2SLGBTQIA+ awareness and becoming an ambassador
• Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA Plus)
• unconscious bias
• accessibility and disability inclusion
• civility and respect in the workplace
• systemic racism and racial discrimination
• anti-discrimination
• anti-oppression
• mental health awareness
• understanding and supporting mental health in the workplace
• Indigenous learning, reconciliation, and modern treaties
• Indigenous community development
• leadership and Indigenous affairs

Government operations

• Minimum 3 to 5 years' experience in the federal government required.
• Certifications or accreditations may be an asset.

Main topics include:

• access to information and privacy
• finance
• human resources
• internal audit
• materiel management
• procurement
• policy
• regulations
• security
• service excellence

Coaching, executive learning, leadership

• Minimum 5 to 10 years' experience in the federal government required.
• Certifications or accreditations may be an asset.
• An International Coaching Federation (ICF) certification is mandatory for all coaching courses.

Main topics include:

• change management
• employee engagement
• management and leadership
• coaching

Project and product management

• Minimum 5 years' experience in the federal government required.
• Certifications or accreditations may be an asset.

Main topics include:

• project management

Links

• Discover the School's business lines
• Browse the School's catalogue for classroom and virtual classroom courses
• Main topics

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