HR Specialist Advisor (PE-03) / Senior HR Advisor (PE-04)

Important messages

Candidates must submit their application using the "Apply online" function. Only applications submitted via this portal will be considered, unless a valid reason is presented prior to the closing date and accepted by the hiring manager.

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Candidates must clearly demonstrate in the experience questionnaire how they meet the education and experience criteria listed as essential and asset qualifications on the statement of merit criteria. In order to do so, they must write one or two paragraphs for each demonstrating how they meet them with concrete examples. The assessment board cannot make any assumptions about your experience. Note that it is not sufficient to only state that the qualifications are met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Resumes may be used as a secondary source to validate the experience described in the experience questionnaire. Failure to clearly demonstrate in the questionnaire how you meet the education and experience, both essential and asset, where applicable, may result in the rejection of your application.

Please note that having the asset qualifications is not mandatory in order to apply to this process. However, asset qualifications could be used either at the screening phase or to determine which candidate will be appointed. Therefore, if candidates meet the asset qualifications, they should also describe in their answers to the screening questions how they meet these qualifications using detailed and concrete examples.

Candidates will not be solicited for incomplete or possible missing information.

Intent of the process

Immediate needs: Two (2) positions to be staffed on an indeterminate basis and one (1) position to be staffed on a temporary basis.

A pool of qualified OR partially qualified candidates resulting from this process may be established and used to fill similar positions with various linguistic profiles and various tenures.

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

PE-03 and PE-04:
Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in human resources management, labour or industrial relations, psychology, public or business administration, organizational development, education sciences, social sciences, sociology, or in any other field relevant to the work to be performed.

Note: Indeterminate incumbents of PE positions and of positions in the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions and in Indian Oil and Gas Canada that are equivalent to PE positions on October 1, 1999, who do not possess the education level prescribed above, are deemed to meet the minimum education standard based on their education, training and/or experience. They must be accepted as having met the minimum education standard whenever this standard is called for when staffing PE positions and positions in the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions and Indian Oil and Gas Canada that are equivalent to PE positions. This note also applies to persons appointed or deployed, for an indeterminate period, to PE positions after that date as the result of staffing transactions started before October 1, 1999.

Degree equivalency

OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION

PE-03 and PE-04:
An accreditation in classification within the federal public service.

EXPERIENCE

PE-03:
Experience in evaluating positions and in providing organizational design and classification advice to management.

PE-04:
Significant experience* in evaluating positions and in providing organizational design and classification advice to management.

*Significant experience is defined as having performed the full range of duties for approximately three (3) years.

Experience in managing classification projects, such as the development and implementation of standardized job descriptions.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE

PE-03 and PE-04:
Knowledge of the policy, directive and practices relating to classification in the federal public service.

COMPETENCIES

PE-03 and PE-04:
Adaptability
Client Focus
Judgment
Oral Communication
Written Communication
Influence
Teamwork

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

Experience in delivering presentations.

Experience in writing documents for senior management such as: briefing notes, presentations, etc.

Experience in participating in classification grievances hearings.

Experience in coaching or supervising staff.

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance

Other information

For this selection process, it is our intention to communicate with candidates via email. This will include communication of screening results and invitations to assessments. To that end, candidates must include a valid email address in their application. It is the candidate's responsibility to ensure that this address is functional and that it accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is also the candidate's responsibility to ensure accurate information is provided and updated as required.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent. We will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

Candidates will need to provide their proof of education, proof of accreditation in classification, and proof of their current second language evaluation results.

Foreign educational credentials must be assessed by a recognized credential assessment service. If you have been educated outside of Canada, it is your responsibility to have your certificates and/or diplomas assessed against Canadian educational standards. For more information, please see the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC) at http://www.cicic.ca/927/identifytheorganization-responsible-for-recognition.canada.

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.

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.