Transfer Payment Officer / Agreement Officer

Intent of the process

This is an anticipatory process aiming to create a pool of qualified candidates. This selection process may be used to staff similar positions with various linguistic requirements and profiles, various security requirements, various Conditions of Employment and/or various tenures within Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Pool could be used for acting appointments under exceptional circumstances to protect employee’s indeterminate status.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 3 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)

• Secondary school diploma or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

• Experience in providing financial and administrative support services.
• Experience compiling and analyzing financial or statistical information.
• Experience in interpreting policies and guidelines for the purpose of clarifying and implementing procedures.
• Significant and recent experience using Microsoft Office software applications such as Word, Excel, Outlook (Significant means for a minimum of 2 years, Recent means in the last 5 years).
• Experience in providing advice or guidance to clients or management.

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

• Successful completion of two years of an acceptable post-secondary educational program in accounting, public administration, commerce or business administration.

Degree equivalency

• Experience in database administration.
• Experience in updating and maintaining records in the department’s Grants and Contributions Information Management System (GCIMS).
• Experience in providing support to users in the application of an electronic financial system.
• Experience in providing advice or guidance to First Nation client groups.
• Experience in coordinating project teams.
• Experience conducting training sessions or workshops.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

• Knowledge of the Financial Administration Act, Treasury Board of Canada’s Policy on Transfer Payments as they pertain to transfer payments to First Nations’ and other Aboriginal recipients.

• Oral communication skills.
• Written communication skills.
• Ability to create and manipulate data in Excel spreadsheets using advance functions and formulas.
• Ability to work under pressure.

• Dependability
• Working effectively with others
• Initiative
• Customer service oriented
• Respect
• Thinking things through

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

• Knowledge of department’s recipient reporting requirements related to Aboriginal Recipient Funding Agreements and Directive 123 Reporting Management.
• Knowledge of the department’s funding authorities, program/service deliveries and terms and conditions related to the Aboriginal Recipient Funding Agreements and Directives 101 and 102 (Funding Approaches and Funding Agreement Management).

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity group: Aboriginal persons

Information on employment equity

• Willing and able to work overtime as required.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

Applicants who are entitled to a priority for appointment are encouraged to indicate this, along with their priority type, in their covering letter, résumé and/or application form.

On-line applications are strongly encouraged in order to take advantage of the many benefits of using the electronic recruitment system. Some of the benefits for applicants are as follows:
• modify your application at any time BEFORE the closing date;
• when applicable, answer screening questions highlighting the expected qualifications to the hiring manager;
• verify the status of your application and notifications, at any time; and
• obtain information through electronic notification of your assessment details and results.
Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.
If you are unable to apply online, please contact the email address indicated in the "Contact information" section below PRIOR to the Closing Date. Please provide an explanation as to why you are not applying on-line for consideration. (Note: You must state the Selection Process number in the Subject of enquiry)

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

For appointment processes where the area of selection was limited to Aboriginal peoples or to members of designated employment equity groups that included Aboriginal peoples, the Aboriginal candidates proposed for appointment or appointed must complete and sign the Affirmation of Aboriginal Affiliation Form as a condition of appointment prior to or at the same time as the offer of appointment, even if they have already self-declared as an EE member when applying.

The assessment board cannot make any assumptions about your experience. It is insufficient to say that you have the required qualifications, or to list your current duties. When completing the screening questions, candidates must clearly demonstrate, using clear and concrete examples, how they meet essential and asset qualifications.

FAILURE TO CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE HOW YOU MEET THE ESSENTIAL CRITERIA (Education and Experience) WILL RESULT IN THE REJECTION OF YOUR APPLICATION. APPLICANTS WILL NOT BE SOLICITED FOR INCOMPLETE OR POSSIBLE MISSING INFORMATION.

Asset qualifications could be used at the screening stage. Please ensure that your application and resume clearly indicates how you meet these qualifications.

You must indicate on your application if you require a technical aid for testing or an alternative method of assessment.

For this selection process, it is our intention to communicate with candidates VIA E-MAIL and/or jobs.gc.ca site for screening and assessment purposes; this will include communication of screening results and invitations to written tests and interviews. To that end, candidates must include a valid e-mail 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 e-mail systems block these types of e-mail). IT IS ALSO THE CANDIDATE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE ACCURATE CONTACT INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AND UPDATED AS REQUIRED.

Written tests will be administered, oral interviews conducted, and references contacted.

All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence and telephone conversations, may be used in the assessment of qualifications. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required.

Candidates will be asked to provide proof of their education credentials and proof of citizenship at the assessment stage of this process. Failure to do so may result in your application not being considered further in the selection process.

Top-down consideration of scores at various points in the process may be used to determine the number of qualified candidates who will be considered further in the process.

Candidates must meet each essential qualification to be appointed to a position, however, a person may be appointed to a position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements or organizational needs. Meeting these criteria is nonetheless desirable and may be a deciding factor for the staffing of some positions.

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

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.