Administration Clerk

Duties

CR 04 Positions:
Various positions providing some or all of the following services for the Fredericton Research and Development Centre or Saskatoon Research and Development Centre:
-Provide Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and general financial support
-Provide travel arrangements
-Provide general administrative duties such as but not limited to mailroom, shipping and receiving, ordering office supplies, etc

Work environment

The Corporate Management Branch is responsible for providing support through the provision of timely, accurate and relevant information, services, advice, and guidance.

Intent of the process

Immediate need: To staff an Administration Clerk position (English essential) on a full time permanent basis at the Saskatoon Research and Development Centre.

Anticipatory: A pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions on a permanent full-time or part-time basis or on a temporary full-time or part-time basis for the locations indicated for this process.

In the event that an employee of the public service is qualified through this process, he/she may be considered for acting, deployment, assignment or secondment opportunities.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 2 references.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

Secondary school diploma OR an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience

Degree equivalency

Experience working in MSWord and MSExcel.

Experience in providing administrative services such as but not limited to preparing correspondence, reports, or documents; providing travel arrangements; providing information; maintaining electronic or hard copy records; filing, processing mail, or reception.

Experience in providing client service.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

Various language requirements
English Essential
Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB

Information on language requirements

Planning and Organizing
Client Focus
Initiative
Interactive Communication
Teamwork

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

Successful completion of post-secondary classes in accounting.

Degree equivalency

Experience using SAP within the Government of Canada.

Experience working as an accounts payable clerk.

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

Placement of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) employees affected by workforce adjustment.

Ability and willingness to work overtime at peak periods.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

May vary with the position being staffed but could include:
-A valid driver’s license.
-Ability and willingness to work with hazardous materials.
-Ability and willingness to lift materials up to 30 kg.
-The successful candidate must obtain certification in the Transportation of Dangerous Goods, within the first month of employment and maintain a valid certificate throughout employment in this position (certificate must be updated every 3 years).

Other information

Applications submitted by email will not be accepted. You must apply on-line through www.jobs.gc.ca.

Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

Communication for this process will be sent via email. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required. Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence, may be used in the assessment of qualifications.

Appointment decisions may be based on one or more of the following criteria:
- Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the strengths and weaknesses of the work team.
- Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the specific duties of the position being staffed.
- Depth, breadth, type of work-specific experience.
- Level/degree of one or more competencies/qualifications.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.