Regional Program Coordinator - Various positions - ANTICIPATORY

Important messages

Candidates from outside the Federal Public Service will be required to pay for their own travel expenses associated with the assessment.

We will only accept applications received via the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS).

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

Work environment

The Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness is always looking for talented and skilled individuals to join our team. We exercise national leadership in building a safe and resilient Canada. Our success lies with a dynamic workforce that strives for excellence and innovation.

Are you looking for an environment that offers many challenges with the opportunity to work on high profile issues?

If you wish to bring your expertise, knowledge and initiative to the job we may have the job opportunity that you are looking for!

Intent of the process

ANTICIPATORY STAFFING.
Employees occupying an indeterminate position at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered for deployment first.
A pool of partially qualified candidates will be established to staff similar positions within the Department with various tenures (assignment, secondment, acting, specified period or indeterminate), with various language requirements (English Essential, Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC and CCC/CCC) and with various security requirements (reliability, secret and top secret).

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

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)

**IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS TO FOLLOW**
* You must indicate in your application the work location(s) that interests you.

Education :
A secondary school diploma or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience

Degree equivalency

Experience:
- Experience in providing advice and making recommendations on program administration services
- Experience gathering and analyzing information from multiple sources
- Experience in coordinating events or activities
- Experience in the administration and/or oversight of financial information

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

Various language requirements

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
- Knowledge of the mandate and objectives of Public Safety Canada.

Abilities:
- Ability to communicate effectively orally
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders
- Ability to manage priorities and meet deadlines

Personal Suitability:
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Dependability
- Initiative
- Thoroughness
- Team Work

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

Asset Education:
Graduation from a recognized post-secondary institution

Degree equivalency

Asset Experience:
- Experience working with information systems or databases
- Experience in the administration of funding agreements such as: grants, contributions, contracts, etc.
- Experience in negotiating and monitoring the progress of funding agreements such as: grants, contributions, contracts, etc.
- Experience in supporting multi-disciplinary working groups.
- Experience in emergency management
- Experience working with Indigenous populations.

Organizational Needs:
The Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness is committed to maintaining a representative workforce reflective of Canadian society. In support of achieving a diversified workforce and our employment equity goals, qualified candidates who self-declare in a staffing process as members of Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities, visible minorities and/or women may be selected for appointment to fulfill organizational needs.
Information on employment equity

Operational Requirements:
- Willingness and ability to work overtime, on short notice, as required
- Willingness and ability to travel, on short notice

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance

Other information

***IMPORTANT***: ALL JOB APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED USING THE WWW.JOBS.GC.CA WEBSITE. NO APPLICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED BY EMAIL. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE SENT.

The application of the Asset Qualifications, random selection and/or top down selection may be used at any stage of the selection process. Please note that achieving a pass mark on any of the assessments used does not mean you will move forward in the selection process. Management may decide to use a cut-off mark that is higher than the pass mark on any evaluation used throughout the process.

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview will be administered.

A test will be administered.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent.

Please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form, if applicable.

Please ensure that your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) is included in your application, if applicable.

You must provide proof of your education credentials.

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

Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates who apply on this selection process must include in their application a valid email address and to make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

Foreign Education Credentials: The Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC) contains information on how to obtain an assessment of foreign education credentials. Candidates with foreign education credentials are required to provide proof of Canadian equivalency. You may consult the CICIC for further information: http://www.cicic.ca/en/index.aspx.

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.