Employment Equity Advisor

Important messages

You must demonstrate how you meet each of the experience criteria listed under "essential qualifications" by answering the screening questions while filling in your application.

You must provide concrete examples, specific to each individual experience, to explain HOW, WHEN and WHERE you have acquired this experience. Make sure to include examples that clearly show the extent of your experience in terms of length, complexity and range of activities.

Please note that the Behavioral Competency C7.Written Communication will be assessed through your application in this process.

Work environment

Employment Equity is all about diversity and inclusion in our workplace.

Department of Justice Canada is looking for an energetic Employment Equity specialist who believes that diversity and inclusion will help us better serve the Canadian public and will promote full participation of all of its’ employees. If you share this philosophy, we want YOU!

No matter who you are, you will benefit from Justice Canada's supportive environment, its emphasis on training and mentoring, and the ability to balance the personal and professional aspects of your life.

Work environment:

Working with a team of Employment Equity and Duty to Accommodate specialists means you will provide a wide range of employment equity services including employment equity planning, managing and delivering employment equity services to managers, Champions and Co-Chairs of Advisory Committees, and dealing with employment equity challenges and issues of varying complexity and scope.

You are the right person for the job if you:
• Like to MAKE THINGS HAPPEN: You love complicated challenges and solving problems. You thrive in situations where you have many things going on at the same time.
• Take great pride in TAKING RESPONSIBILITY: You are confident in your judgement, others can rely on you as you are accountable for the advice provided and the decisions made.
• PERSONALLY CONNECT WITH PEOPLE: You believe that work can be fun and that no matter the setbacks, one must never lose one’s enthusiasm or sense of humour. You build genuine relationships based on trust, collaboration and explore creative approaches.
• LIKE TO BREAK BARRIERS: You can identify where internal policies, practices, and systems have barriers to be broken to emphasize the value of diversity, and promote full participation to ensure dignity, respect, and equal access for all employees.

Intent of the process

The intent is to fill an indeterminate position at the bilingual imperative BBB/BBB level in the area of Employment Equity. ANTICIPATORY*** A pool of partially qualified or fully qualified candidates will be established from this process which may be used to staff similar positions within the Department of Justice with various tenures (such as: indeterminate, acting/acting extension, specified period, assignment/secondment, etc.), and various linguistic profiles (e.g. as English or French Essential, Bilingual Imperative at various levels) and security requirements which may vary according to the position to be staffed.

Positions to be filled: 1

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:

ED1. 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.

* A baccalaureate or higher level degree, as established by educational authorities.

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.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

EX1. Experience in providing advice and guidance to employees or to managers in one of the human resources disciplines (Classification, Labour Relations, Staffing, HR Planning, HR policies, Official languages, Employment Equity).

EX2. Experience in researching, interpreting and applying legislative frameworks that governs human resources.

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

Various language requirements

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

K1. Knowledge of Employment Equity Act, principles and related framework
K2. Knowledge of the interrelationship between human resources disciplines
C1. Business Acumen

BEHAVIORIAL COMPETENCIES

C2. Thinking Things Through
C3. Showing Initiative and Being Action-Oriented
C4. Working Effectively with Others
C5. Demonstrating Integrity and Respect
C6. Client Service Orientation
C7. Written Communication
C8. Oral Communication

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

ASSET EXPERIENCE

AEX1. Experience in providing advice and guidance on Employment Equity to managers and employees.

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS

The Department of Justice 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.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

Our means of communication with applicants is via e-mail. Please ensure to include a functional e-mail address, which will accept messages from unknown users (some e-mail systems block these types of e-mails). It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required. We encourage candidate to provide a second e-mail address in their application.

A written examination will be administered.

An interview will be administered.

Reference checks will be sought.

You must provide proof of your education credentials, upon request.

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

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

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

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.

Indeterminate employees at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered for deployment.

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.