Winter 2026 - Student Opportunities in Policy, Research, Information Management and Analysis

Salary:  $23.27-$37.77

Closing date: 2025-04-27

Reference number: RF-13314

About CSE

The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) is Canada’s agency responsible for foreign signals intelligence, cyber operations and cyber security. Learn more about our mission.

Student positions at CSE are unlike most others. We offer both practical and developmental work experience and allow students to be part of meaningful, exciting, projects, with the hope that they will want to join us full-time following their studies.

CSE is committed to fostering a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion. This isn’t just an ideal, it’s crucial to our mission. Find out about our workplace culture, including our diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Become part of our team and you’ll understand why CSE is the most important organization you’ve never heard of.

Job summary

Emergency Management Program Officer

CSE is looking for people to support our Emergency Management Office by assisting with exercise planning, business continuity management, analysis and reporting, policy and procedures, client support, communications, education and awareness, and project management.

 

IM Governance and Compliance

1. Records Office support:
   • Respond to client requests for creation, filing, charge in and charge out of corporate files
   • Support retention and disposition activities
   • Collection digitization and quality assurance
   • Abilities/Skills:
   • Attention to detail
   • Self-motivated
   • Organizational skills
   • Service oriented individual
2. Support to Information Management Advisors:
   • Policy review activities
   • Client support: Provide IM advice and guidance to clients related to IM policy, procedures and initiatives
   • Support IM Advisor with activities under the Compliance and Monitoring program
   • Abilities/Skills:
     • Professionalism
     • Initiative
     • Networking and relationship building
     • Information management experience
3. Support to Trainers and Training and Awareness Analysts:
   • Assist with planning awareness activities such as: IM Days, Lunch and Learns, promoting new initiatives
   • Reviewing and updating training material
   • Abilities/Skills:
     • Comfortable speaking in front of groups/crowds
     • Facilitation skills
     • Analytical skills
     • Planning and Organizing

 

Policy, Planning, Analysis and Assessment

• The Strategic Policy and Planning Directorate at CSE is looking for someone to assist the Directorate with its main categories of activities, namely accountability and reporting, partnerships, government liaison, and helping CSE decision makers in making business planning decisions to implement policies and assess performance, in order to advance CSE’s operational missions. The student would work with the Strategic Policy and Planning Advisors to prepare authorization documents and policy briefs, conduct research, and participate in interdepartmental fora.
• The IT Security Policy, Oversight and Compliance group at CSE is looking for students to work in either the Operational Policy team or the Compliance team. The student would work with Policy and Compliance Advisors to help prepare policy and/or compliance documentation, conduct research and provide relevant policy analysis
• The IT Security Program Management and Oversight group at CSE is looking for someone to work in either the Business Planning team or the resource management team. The student would assist Business Planners and Resource Managers to conduct research and provide analysis to prepare various documents
• The Cyber Threat Evaluation Centre at CSE is looking for someone to write cyber threat assessments. The student would work with writers and technical personnel to conduct research provide analysis and help prepare assessments

 

Library and Information Studies

Under the direction of the supervisor of library services, the student may be involved in doing any of the following types of library research or access service activities:

• Providing client services person and virtually.
• Assisting clients in identifying and accessing information resources.
• Conducting research using various sources on behalf of clients.
• Identifying information resources for inclusion in the collection.
• Assisting other employees in research techniques individually or in a group setting.
• Conducting collection maintenance activities physically and electronically.
• Cataloguing according to internationally accepted standards and using Library of Congress subject headings.

 

Salary

To find out more about our student salary scale visit the Compensation page on our website.

Area of selection

Open to Canadian citizens.

 

Location

Ottawa, Ontario.  All jobs require onsite presence in one of our two accessible facilities.

Learn more about where we work.

 

Conditions of employment

A valid Enhanced Reliability Status (ERS) or an Enhanced Top Secret (ETS) security clearance is a condition of employment that must be met before an offer can be made.

For more information about our hiring process, visit our hiring process and security page on our website.

Essential qualifications

In order to be considered, your cover letter must clearly explain how you meet the following education and experience requirements.

Education

You must be registered as a full-time student in a recognized post-secondary program in a field related to the position, such as (but not limited to) business administration, library sciences, public administration, ethics, communications, or social sciences.

 

Note: The educational program must be recognized in Canada, and you must be able to provide a transcript from your most recent term. Students graduating prior to, or during, the work term are not eligible to apply.

Competencies

The following technical, behavioural and leadership competencies will be assessed at a later date. You do not need to include information about them in your application. 

Technical competencies

Technical competencies will vary depending on the job family you select upon application submission.

Behavioural competencies

• Cognitive thinking skills
• Interactive communication
• Working in a team

Leadership competencies

• Achieving results
• Collaboration
• Integrity, respect & awareness

How to apply

You may submit your candidacy online by selecting “Apply” at the top or bottom of this page.

If you cannot apply online or have a disability preventing you from applying online, please inform us by email at students-etudiants@cse-cst.gc.ca prior to the closing date of this selection process.

Important information

The process will be conducted in the official language of your choice.

To address CSE’s current representation gaps, priority may be given to persons who self-declare as belonging to the following designated employment equity groups: women; Indigenous peoples, including First Nations who are status, or registered and non-status, or non-registered, Inuit and Métis; persons with disabilities, including people with a mental health condition and neurodivergent people; and persons from racial or ethnic groups. 

Please note the Employment Equity Act, which is under review, uses the terminology Aboriginal peoples and visible minorities.

CSE offers an assessment process that will accommodate any reasonable measures you require to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Those measures are available to all candidates during our processes. Information you provide will be addressed confidentially.

All communications with CSE relating to this process, including email messages and telephone conversations, may be used in the assessment of qualifications.

We thank you for your interest in CSE. However, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.