Clerical / Administrative Support Casual Inventory

Important messages

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

Intent of the process

This inventory is for casual employment. Casual employment is a temporary employment of 90 working days or less, in a calendar year, to meet needs arising from such contingencies as vacations, sick and training leaves, to conduct special projects that are anticipated but dependent of the availability of funds, etc.

NOTE: Casual appointments are excluded from the provisions of the Public Service Employment Act (PSEA). This means casual appointments will not be eligible to apply to internal appointment processes. In addition, the PSEA specifies that the number of days worked as a casual worker cannot exceed 90 days in a calendar year within the same department.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

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)

A secondary school diploma.

Degree equivalency

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

You must respond to all statements in all categories in the Asset Qualifications Questionnaire in order to proceed to the next steps.

You must indicate "0 - NONE: I have no experience in performing this task" as your level if you do not have experience in performing a task related to a specific field. YOUR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE REJECTED FROM THE PROCESS.

The information you provide in the questionnaire must be true. YOUR RESUMÉ WILL BE VERIFIED by Health Canada before each referral of your application, if you are selected for a position.

Any false and/or fraudulent information may result in:

1. the rejection of your application;
2. not hiring you;
3. the revocation of your job in the public service if you have already been hired;
4. Health Canada taking any corrective action it considers appropriate; and
5. in the case of fraud, in addition to the above consequences, you may also be subject to a criminal investigation and found guilty of a criminal offence.

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

Various language requirements

Information on language requirements

Conditions of employment

Security : Various - Reliability or Secret (depending on position being staffed)

Other information

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.