Various Clerical and Administrative Support Positions

Important messages

In accordance with our commitment to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society, the appointments from this process will ONLY target the employment equity groups, aboriginal peoples, persons with a disability and/or visible minorities. Candidates are required to indicate on their application if they belong to one of these employment equity groups. Please be sure that this is included in your applicant profile information.

APPLICANTS MUST APPLY ON-LINE

The client organization will accept applications on-line only. All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System.

Following are some of the benefits associated with applying on-line.

• Applicants can create a profile and a resume that can be used when applying for other processes without having to recreate a new application each time.

• Applicants can modify their application/resume at any time BEFORE the closing date indicated on the job advertisement.

• Applicants can verify the status of their applications, at any time.

• Applicants can be notified electronically of tests or interviews and results.

To submit an application on-line, please select the button "Apply Online" below.

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

Additional essential merit criteria may be required for some positions and you may be contacted and asked to submit information or to be further assessed for consideration for a specific position.

Work environment

DND is part of the Public Service of Canada. As such, we offer an attractive total compensation package that includes a competitive salary, excellent medical and dental plans, pension benefits, flexible work arrangements, safe and healthy work environments, vacation and other types of leave.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to assess members of the following Employment Equity groups: aboriginal peoples, persons with a disability and/or visible minorities for a variety of positions which will become available within DND. If you are found qualified you will be contacted by hiring managers as their positions become available to see if you would be the best match from amongst those who meet their specific criteria.

Positions to be filled: 10

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:

Successful completion of secondary school (High School Diploma) or GED.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
Candidates must meet all of the following essential experience qualifications:
- Experience providing administrative or clerical support in an office environment.
- Experience using common word processing, spreadsheet and email software such as MS Word, Excel and Outlook.
- Experience drafting or creating correspondence and documents
- Experience providing service to clients or the general public

Other essential experience qualifications may be required for some positions. This may include but is not limited to the following:
- Experience working with databases.
- Experience in records management.
- Experience providing financial/accounting support services.
- Experience working in procurement.
- Experience in providing Human Resources support services.
- Experience working in a medical environment.
- Experience organizing: meetings, conference calls/video conferences and taking minutes.
- Experience in making travel arrangements
- Experience in making special event bookings

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Abilities:

Ability to use reasoning skills to solve problems
Ability to plan and organize
Ability to effectively communicate in writing
Ability to effectively communicate orally

Personal Suitability:

Effective Interpersonal Relations
Dependability
Initiative
Client Service
Attention to detail

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:
Asset qualifications may be required for some positions. This may include but is not limited to the following:

Post-secondary certificate or diploma in studies relative to the position being staffed

Degree equivalency

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

Information on employment equity

Operational Requirements

Operational requirements may be required for some positions. These requirements will be communicated to the candidates considered for that specific appointment. They may include the willingness to work overtime, travel or the possession of a driver’s license

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - Conditions of Employment: (The conditions of employment must be met at the time of appointment and maintained throughout employment.)

Various Security Profiles including Reliability, Secret and / or Top Secret.

Other Conditions of Employment:

Other conditions of employment may be required for some positions. These conditions will be communicated to the candidates considered for that specific appointment.

Other information

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed. PLEASE NOTE: For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail for screening/assessment purposes (including issuing screening results, and sending invitations for written tests and interviews).

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

Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.

Random selection and/or top-down scoring may be used to manage the volume of applicants in this selection process.

Essential qualifications must be met including those originally identified and those identified later for a specific position. Asset qualifications, operational and organizational requirements may also be used in selecting the candidates. The conditions of employment must be met and maintained. An oath will be administered for external appointments.

Candidates self-identifying as aboriginal persons will be required to complete an Affirmation of Aboriginal Affiliation Form prior to appointment.

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.