Collection Clerk / Data Control Clerk

Important messages

* Candidates are responsible for all their travelling expenses and relocation costs.

** Candidates must indicate for which city they are applying for.

***Candidates must complete the assets questionnaire, if not completed, their application could be rejected.

**** Candidates that have previously applied to the process 15-BAL-EA-5947;
1- Who were screened out, may reapply.
2- Who were screened in, assessed, and placed in the pool DO NOT NEED TO
REAPPLY.

Work environment

The work is performed in a storage environment with periodical use of an office environment. Requires the use of standard office material and equipment as well as equipment designed to move collection items. The work requires the need to climb ladders and operate moving equipment.

Intent of the process

A pool will be created to fill the needs of Library and Archives Canada.

Positions to be filled: 3

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A list of the courses you have taken as well as any courses that you are taking now, or that you will be taking this academic year.

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)

Successful completion of secondary school.

Degree equivalency

Experience handling, organizing and sorting collection items held in an environment similar to a library, museum, records office or an archival centre.
Experience in the use of an automated tracking system.
Experience in using various software such as Outlook, Excel and Word.

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

Various language requirements
English or French essential, Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB

Information on language requirements

Knowledge of care and handling requirements for heritage materials in different formats.
Knowledge of the mandate and priorities of Library and Archives Canada.

Ability to plan and organize own work to meet deadlines.
Ability to work efficiently with minimal supervision.
Ability to handle, lift and shelve collections material weighing up to 22.8 kg appropriately.
Ability to work accurately, with close attention to detail.
Ability to communicate efficiently in writing.
Ability to communicate efficiently orally.

Initiative
Effective interpersonal relations
Reliability

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

Successful completion of two years of post-secondary school training with acceptable specialization in library, archival or museum technology.

Degree equivalency

Experience in data capture or data entry.
Experience working with an automated tracking / circulation system for archival material.
Experience with handling and transporting collection material.
Experience in organizing, and maintaining collections; resolving discrepancies and shelving various material and formats.
Experience using power and hand-operated transportation devices, including: pallet movers, book carts, material transporter, art carts and other transportation devices, to safely and efficiently carry out storage and retrieval operations.
Experience with a collection management system such as CMS, MIKAN, AMICUS or TRAKKER.

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

Conditions of employment

Reliability and Security: Reliability, Secret, Top secret
Candidates for positions in Ottawa and Gatineau must be able to work at any of the Library and Archives Canada's facilities located in the National Capital Region.
Candidates for positions in Ottawa and Gatineau must be willing to travel outside the NRC and work overtime on short notice.
Candidates for positions in Renfrew must be willing to travel outside Renfrew occasionally and work overtime on short notice.
For all positions, candidates must be available to work between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., on a schedule determined by the employer as needed.
For all positions, Candidates must be physically capable of handling, lifting and shelving collections material weighing up to 22.8 kg and of manipulating transportation devices weighing up to 140 kg.

Other information

The mandate of Library and Archives Canada is to acquire, process and preserve Canada’s documentary heritage, and to provide public access to it. LAC also serves as the continuing memory of the Government of Canada and its institutions.
LAC is fully dedicated to serving all its clients: government institutions, donors, academics, researchers, archivists, librarians, students, genealogists and the general public. LAC is an institution on the leading edge of archival and library science and new technologies thanks to the strength of its staff. We are an institution proactively engaged with national and international networks in an open and inclusive way. We have a prominent public visibility that highlights the value of its collection and services.

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.