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Visual Practitioner, Operational and Service Excellence (Internship)

 

 

Competition # : 48368 

Department: Service Nova Scotia

Location: HALIFAX

Type of Employment: Internship

Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG 

Closing Date: ​23-Apr-26 ​ (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

About Us

 
Service Nova Scotia (SNS) collaborates with citizens, businesses, and municipalities to provide access to various government programs and services. We support the public sector in delivering programs and services that Nova Scotians rely on. 
 
As a proud public servant, you will work with us to build a stronger province by promoting coordinated action, discipline, and fiscal sustainability. Our focus remains on safe and connected communities, healthy population, quality education, and inclusive economic growth.

About Our Opportunity

 
As the Visual Practitioner, Operational and Service Excellence (O&SE,) you will join a highly motivated team that leads the vibrant O&SE corporate deployment. The deployment offers various services, programs, and trainings in partnership with business areas across government to support them through their business process improvement journeys. You will be responsible for creating innovative and appealing visuals that include diagrams, illustrations, graphic designs, storyboards, images, multimedia, and others to capture and communicate information and ideas with the aim of stimulating creative thinking during the business improvements. 
 
 
This two-year internship position offers challenging and satisfying growth opportunities while working within a high-performing team. You will be supported and trained through your development.

Primary Accountabilities

 
 
•    Visual scribing and graphic recording during various O&SE deployment offerings and functions. 
•    Creating innovative and appealing visuals for communication and promotional purposes. 
•    Designing visually attractive materials for presentation during the deployment offerings such as trainings and programs.
•    Improving the presentation of contents on the O&SE SharePoint platform by using visuals that grab the attention of the visitors.
•    Supporting the business process improvement experts in partnership with business areas. 
•    Developing visuals that capture and present the O&SE deployment dashboard and the partner’s business performance data during their business improvements.  
•    Developing and advancing your visual skills to include the interactive-visual genre.
•    Any others as assigned for the purposes of the deployment operations.

Qualifications and Experience

 
To be considered for this internship position, you must be a recent graduate from a college, diploma or a university bachelor’s degree in a related field within the last 3 years. 
 
 
In addition, you have strong visual intelligence with an interest in building your career as a visual practitioner. You are an excellent graphic designer, artist, and visual storyteller.  You continuously explore better ways of performance in business operations and providing services. You work well either independently or in a high performing team. You flourish in working within a fun environment that celebrates inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility.
 
 
Key Requirements:
 
 
•    Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in related field. 
•    Exceptional visual intelligence.
•    Demonstrated work in creating innovative and appealing visuals that include diagrams, illustrations, storyboards, images, multimedia, and others.
•   Experience as a Graphic Designer, illustrator, and/or artist.
•   Multitasking skills in working on multiple projects, strong time management, and prioritizing to meet goals and objectives. 
•    Working experience with Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, and other relevant software.   
•  Demonstrated interest and passion for developing yourself as an excelling Visual Practitioner.

 
Asset: 
 
  • Graduate degree in Graphic Design would be considered an asset 
 
We will assess the above qualifications and competencies using one or more of the following tools: written examination, previous work, standardized tests, oral presentations, interview(s), and reference checks.

Equivalency

 

Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application.

Benefits

 

Based on the employment status, the Government of Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Health, Dental, Life Insurance, General illness, Short and Long Term Disability, Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs. For information on all our Benefit program offerings, click here: Benefits for government employees.

Additional Information

 

This is an internship employment opportunity with an anticipated end date of April 13, 2028. As indicated above, to be considered for this internship opportunity, you must be a recent graduate from a college, diploma or a university bachelor's degree (or other) within the last 3 years. 

What We Offer

 

  • Career Development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career.
  • Engaging workplace. Our Employees feel valued, respected, connected, and tuned in. We have forward-thinking policies and strategies.
  • Countless Career Paths for Nova Scotians. 
  • A dynamic, client-focused office environment where service excellence and teamwork are our focus.

 

Pay Grade:  PR 06  

Salary Range:  $2,200.68 - $2,288.52 Bi-Weekly

 

Employment Equity Statement:

Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the citizens we serve.  The Government of Nova Scotia has an Employment Equity Policy, and we welcome applications from Indigenous People, African Nova Scotians and Other Racially Visible Persons, Persons with Disabilities and Women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented.  If you are a member of one of these equity groups, you are encouraged to self-identify on your electronic application. 

 

Accommodation Statement:

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Candidates may request accommodations based on any grounds protected by the Human Rights Act. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process, please contact us at competitions@novascotia.ca.

 

This is a bargaining unit position initially restricted to current civil service employees represented by the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union (NSGEU). If applying from outside a government office, employees must apply correctly via this link:

 

 

Failure to apply correctly means that your application will not be given first consideration as a bargaining unit applicant, and will only be included if external applications are pursued. 

 

External applicants and current casual employees will only be considered if there are no qualified civil service bargaining unit candidates. PLEASE NOTE: Candidates will not be considered for an interview if applications are incomplete or are missing information. 

 

Offer of employment is conditional upon the completion of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials, the results of which must be satisfactory to the employer. We thank all applicants for the interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. All questions and concerns may be directed to Competitions@novascotia.ca.

         

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