Participant Funding Program, Funding Officer

Intent of the process

The Agency has a requirement to staff 1 position in Ottawa, with a linguistic profile of CBC/CBC and a reliability security clearance for an specified period of approximately two (2) years.

As a result of this process, a pool of qualified candidates may be created to staff similar positions at the PM-02 group and level with various tenures and linguistic profiles of Bilingual BBB/BBB or CBC/CBC only, at the Headquarters office of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency in Ottawa, Ontario.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 9,999 words (maximum)

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)

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SCREENING QUESTIONS:
In addition to your application, you are required to answer screening questions in order to clearly demonstrate with concrete examples how you meet each essential education and experience qualification, as well as any asset qualifications. Resumes will only be used as a secondary source to validate the information provided in your answers to the screening questions. Failure to clearly demonstrate how you meet the essential screening criteria will result in the rejection of your application. Candidates will not be solicited for incomplete or missing information.

Please note that responses such as "See CV" or "Refer to résumé" are unacceptable responses to any of the questions. Failure to provide sufficient information will result in the rejection of your application.

EDUCATION:
Successful completion of secondary school OR an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:
Experience in delivering activities related to grants or contributions programs such as: initial application review, report preparation, applicant/recipient follow-ups

Experience in organizing meetings and conference calls

Experience in tracking financial information and processing payments

Experience in working with various stakeholders such as: the public, Indigenous peoples, governments, non-governmental organizations or regional offices

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual imperative CBC/CBC and Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:
Knowledge of the Government of Canada Transfer Payment Policy

ABILITIES AND SKILLS:
Ability to prioritize workload
Ability to communicate orally
Ability to communicate in writing

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:
Attention to details
Client Service
Effective interpersonal relationships
Team Work
Initiative

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

EXPERIENCE:
Experience in working with Indigenous peoples or organizations

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:
The Agency would like its workforce to be reflective of the population it serves and is committed to establishing and maintaining a representative workforce. This organizational need may be identified as part of the appointment decision. In such cases, qualified candidates who self-declare as members of a visible minority group, Aboriginal Peoples, persons with disabilities or women (in non-traditional occupations) would be considered.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Willingness to work overtime occasionally and on short notice.

Conditions of employment

RELIABILITY AND SECURITY:
Various - Reliability OR Secret Clearance

Other information

Written test(s) may be administered.

Interviews may be conducted.

Reference checks may be conducted.

Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications for screening and selection purposes.

You must provide proof of your education credentials.

Successful candidate(s) must meet and maintain the Conditions of Employment throughout their employment.

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.

If you do not fully complete the screening questions as instructed, you may be screened out.

The Agency will accept applications on-line only.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent. Please note that we will only contact candidates who meet the education and the experience criteria once the screening process is completed.

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

LEAVE OR ABSENCES DURING THE SELECTION PROCESS: It is the responsibility of the candidate to notify the Human Resources Advisor of any pre-approved leave throughout the duration of the selection process in order to facilitate scheduling of evaluations. Also, only one alternate date will be offered to the candidate if requested for the following exceptional reasons: 1) Medical reasons with doctor's certificate; 2) Death in your immediate family; 3) Confirmation of pre-approved travel plans or training plans (made before the advertisement posting date); 4) Religious reasons.

A top down and/or random selection may be used at certain stages of the assessment.

Candidates from outside the federal public service may be required to pay for their own travel and relocation expenses.

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.