Stream 1-Real Property Officer // Stream 2 - Real Property Designer

Update: Please note the new closing date for this process is May 15, 2017.

Important messages

When answering the screening questions, remember that the assessment board cannot make assumptions about your experience. It is insufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current or past duties. Rather, using this tool, candidates must demonstrate how they meet the education and experience criteria listed in the job opportunity advertisement by providing clear and concrete examples.

Clear and concrete examples are defined as illustrations in which you fully explain the actions, considerations and steps you completed in order to gain the experience you are describing. This detailed contextual information will be used by the board members reviewing your submission to assess whether you have sufficient experience in a relevant field to complete the tasks which will be assigned to you should you be considered for this position. This is similar to what would be expected of you when asked to provide a concrete example of a particular situation in the context of an interview. Such examples usually require a minimum of ½ page to describe and a maximum of 2 pages. In order to facilitate this process, you may wish to start your submissions with a sentence similar to: “A clear and concrete example of a situation where I did X is a situation which occurred on Y date and my role in this activity was to...”.

Resumes will be used as a secondary source of information and strictly to validate the concrete examples you will have described in this tool.

Also, when reading the experience criteria for staffing processes, please pay close attention to action words contained within and ensure the examples you chose to include speak to all of them. Similar attention should be given to punctuation and connector words such as “commas”, “and” and “or” as these have a different function when used to describe an experience criteria. As such, action words or activities separated with a “,” and connected with an “and” must all be demonstrated with concrete examples as in this case, they are all deemed essential by the hiring manager. Conversely, when action words or activities are separated with a “,” and connected with an “or”, candidates may provide concrete examples for only one of the activities listed in the criterion as in this case, the hiring manager is looking for someone who has experience in at least one of the activities but not necessarily all of them.

For example, when responding to a criterion which reads: “Experience reading, writing and publishing instructions for a competitive process.” you must provide concrete examples of situations where you read instructions, concrete examples of situations where you wrote instructions as well as concrete examples of situations where you published instructions for a competitive process. These may be part of the same example however, you must ensure to provide sufficient details to cover the three actions as they are all critical.

On the other hand, when responding to an experience criterion which reads: “Experience reading, writing or publishing instructions for a competitive process” you must provide concrete examples for a minimum of one situation where you either read, wrote or published instructions for a competitive process as experience in a minimum of one activity is critical. This being said, when this structure is used, you may also provide concrete examples for all action words or activities as this approach will provide board members with additional information to assess the breath of your experience.

Finally, if the examples you provide speak of experience that was acquired in a team setting, please be specific as to your exact role within this team as it is your experience the board will be looking to assess and not that of your team.

Intent of the process

We are currently looking to staff a Real Property Designer position indeterminately and to temporarily staff two Real Property Officers.

A pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions with various tenures, language requirements and security requirements. All federal organizations listed in Schedules I, IV and V of the Financial Administration Act may use this staffing process to appoint a candidate to its organization in a similar position if a pool is created.

Positions to be filled: 3

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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)

EDUCATION:
ALL STREAMS (Stream 1- Real Property Officer and Stream 2- Real Property Designer)
Completion of a Secondary School Diploma or employer approved alternatives.

Degree equivalency

Experience for ALL STREAMS (STREAM 1- Real Property Officer and STREAM 2- Real Property Designer)

Experience in interpreting policies, standards, directives or codes related to office accommodations or real property construction projects;
Experience in planning, organizing or implementing office accommodation or real property construction projects; and
Experience in analysing information and providing recommendations to clients or management.

Experience for STREAM 2 - Real Property Designer:
Recent experience in preparing AutoCAD designs in support of office accommodation or real property construction projects;

*Recent is defined as experience associated with having performed a broad range of related activities, which could normally be acquired during a period of 1 year in the last 5 years.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

ASSET: EDUCATION
Completion of Post-Secondary education in architecture, interior design, architectural technology or horticulture design.

Degree equivalency

ASSET: EXPERIENCE:
*Recent experience in developing cost estimates and schedules for office accommodation or real property construction projects;
*Recent experience overseeing project work by a consultant or contractor;
*Recent experience in preparing design packages including drawings and technical specifications in support of office accommodation or real property construction projects;

*Recent is defined as experience associated with having performed a broad range of related activities, which could normally be acquired during a period of 1 year in the last 5 years.

KNOWLEDGE:
ALL STREAMS
Knowledge of policies, directives, standards and/or codes relating office accommodations or real property construction projects;
Knowledge of current trends in the area of Federal Government accommodations and facilities management;
Knowledge of design principles for Federal Government accommodation projects;
Knowledge of how National and Provincial Building Codes apply;
Knowledge of project cost estimates and schedules; and

STREAM 2 (Real Property Designer)
Knowledge of AutoCAD relating to office accommodations or real property construction projects.

ABILITIES:
ALL STREAMS
Ability to effectively communicate orally;
Ability to effectively communicate in writing;
Ability to find solutions and make recommendations to clients or management;
Ability to negotiate solutions with clients.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:
ALL STREAMS
Planning and organizing;
Team Work;
Client Service Orientation;

Willing and able to work evenings and weekends on an “as required” basis.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)
The positions we are looking to staff at this time are Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB but a pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions with various language requirements.

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - A pool of qualified candidates may be established and used to fill similar positions with various security requirements.

Other information

Candidates may be asked to provide examples of Auto CAD drawings they have prepared in recent experience;

Asset qualifications may be applied at any stage in the process.

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview may be administered.

A test may be administered.

An assignment, secondment, or acting appointment requires approval of your supervisor.

You must provide proof of your education credentials.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

A random and/or top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

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.