Dr. Raman Srivastava

Experience

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  Health Canada | Santé Canada - Federal Govt of Canada

  Oct 2004 - Apr 2007

  Director

  Developing, reviewing and managing human resource management tools, human resource planning, leading organizational reviews and implementing change management and organizational changes, developing integrated business and HR plans, carrying out consultations with various stakeholders in the area of human resource management, analyzing workforce demand and supply and estimating workforce gaps in scientific and professional categories, developing learning, training and educational plans/policies, leading plans and policies in the areas of workplace health, safety and environmental issues, writing, reviewing and leading the development of job descriptions, statement of qualifications, written and interview rating guides as per the Public Service Commission’s recommended approach, leading the staffing process and serving as a Chairperson/ Board member for competitions, managing and supervising service contracts, dealing with a variety of budgeting, planning and management issues, and advising/briefing the senior management on a variety of important and sensitive issues. Show less

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  Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat - Federal Govt of Canada

  Apr 2007 - Jul 2008

  Director

  Regular advice and briefing to the Ministerial staff, Secretary and Senior Associate Secretary on grant and contribution programs as a follow-up to the Blue Ribbon Panel on Grants and Contributions; stakeholder consultation on Blue Ribbon Panel's recommendations; working with senior officials from OGDs, central agencies, etc.; and developing a Memorandum to Cabinet, Government Action Plan, coordinating the business process review, renewing policies and regulations, etc. in order to improve how grant and contribution programs are managed and delivered in Canada. Show less

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  Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Federal Govt of Canada

  Jul 2008 - Jun 2010

  Director

  Leading the development and management of the Agency’s Strategic Plan, Corporate Business Plan, Reports on Plans and Priorities (RPP); Departmental Performance Report (DPR), along with a very rigorous data substantiation and review of performance reporting for transparency and reliability by the Office of Auditor General (OAG); Strategic Plans; Management Accountability Framework (MAF) response to TBS for all Areas of Management; Branch Plans and Agency’s Integrated HR and Business Plan; Resource Allocation and Quarterly Reporting Architecture and Models; and Program Activity Architecture (PAA), Performance Measurement Framework (PMF) and Governance Structure renewal as part of TBS’ MRRS Policy. Show less

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  Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Federal Govt of Canada

  Jun 2010 - Jun 2011

  Acting Executive Director

  HR strategic planning, analysis and reporting; leading development of HR policies and programs in the areas of staffing & recruitment, performance management, data analysis, demographics, HR Trends/Dashboard, modeling and workforce forecasting, employment equity, official languages and succession planning; and leading the development and maintenance of the Agency's HR management systems (HRMS), including PeopleSoft and HR information on the CFIA Intranet and Internet.

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  Citizenship and Immigration Canada - Federal Govt of Canada

  May 2011 - Jul 2014

  Director General

  Managing and leading at the department level: the delivery of Access to information and privacy requests (26,000 ATI and 6,000 Privacy requests per year); ministerial enquires (87,000 pieces of correspondence and 42,000 telephone/verbal enquiries); Management and Service Excellence - Management Accountability Framework (MAF), Compliance Management Framework and Integrated Risk Management Framework; Corporate Risk Profile (CRP); Sustainable Development Strategy; Performance Measurement Framework, Service Excellence and Service Integration for Internal/Corporate Services; Integrated Corporate and Business Planning, and quarterly reporting. Show less

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  Commission de la fonction publique du Canada | Public Service Commission of Canada

  Jul 2014 - Sept 2016

  Director General

  Providing a leadership role to support the PSC’s accountability and oversight functions by developing and implementing a corporate approach to business intelligence and the production of analytical and statistical information and products; serving as a steward for the PSC’s corporate data holdings and their transformation into reliable statistics, information and intelligence; providing executive leadership to the development and undertaking of the PSC Research and Studies Plan and PSC Survey of Staffing across all federal organizations; leading negotiations of MOUs and other agreements with other central agencies and departments related to data gathering, access and management; and overseeing client services, including the PSC-wide control of responses to over 500 diverse requests for data and data analysis annually. Show less

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  Department of National Defence/Ministère de la défense nationale

  Oct 2016 - Feb 2021

  Director General

  Directing the management of Department of National Defence’s (DND) and Canadian Armed Force’s (CAF) program evaluation function, which involved examination and reporting on all departmental programs (approximately $20 billion), policies, operations and relevant systems, processes, records and documents that effectively and efficiently support the operations and objectives of DND/CAF; ensured the integrity of the DND/CAF's implementation of an effective evaluation function across the DND/CAF that would contribute significantly to the achievement of the organization's management frameworkand support key objectives such as modem comptrollership and results-based management; provided advice to the Deputy Minister and Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) on the efficiency, effectiveness and economy of all CAF operations and departmental (DND/CAF) programs and services, and on the degree to which these programs were achieving results; and collaborated with other parts of DND/CAF on the development/ refinement of the Departmental Results Framework (DRF), Program Inventories, and Performance Information Profiles (PIPs). Show less

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  Health Canada | Santé Canada

  Feb 2021 - Feb 2022

  Chief Data Officer and A/Assistant Deputy Minister

  Providing federal leadership on the analysis, forecasting and recommendations on the supply and demand of all Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) and other medical supplies for all of Canada during the pandemic. Federal lead for regular reporting on PPE (and other medical supplies) procured and distributed to PTs (including made in Canada supplies) on a real time basis; Projecting Canada’s future PPE needs through the development and maintenance of the supply and demand model for PPE and other medical supplies; policy advice related to procurement and domestic manufacturing of PPE and medical supplies; Supporting federal and FPT committees related to PPE and medical supplies. Show less

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  Canadian Food Inspection Agency

  Feb 2022 - now

  Vice President, Human Resources Management