Base Property Officer

Important messages

You will be required to show how you demonstrate the essential qualifications (i.e. Education and Experience) for the initial screening through your resume and in answering online screening questions. It is NOT sufficient to only state that the qualifications are met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Rather you must clearly demonstrate HOW, WHEN, and WHERE the qualification was met through substantiation by examples. Information on your described skills, experience, etc. provided in screening questions should be supported by your resume.

Failure to provide the above information in the format required may result in your application being rejected from the process.

Our organization will only accept on-line applications for this advertisement. All job applications must therefore be submitted through www.canada.ca/government-jobs. For this advertisement, applicants will be required to provide information which is only accessible when applying on-line (namely the job questionnaire).

You must possess the occupational certifications at the time of application.

Duties

Key Activities:
• Assists and provides Realty Asset guidance to the Realty Asset Development Officer in order to develop plans and strategies for Realty Asset Management.
• Provides policy direction, advice and guidance on and conducts real property transactions.
• Manages, maintains, co-ordinates and oversees the administration of realty assets in the assigned portfolio
• Interfaces, establishes and maintains an ongoing working relationship with stakeholders.
• Supervises the Property Clerk.
• Assists in negotiating agreements and contracts, conducts market analysis and preliminary appraisals.
• Prepares formal documentation in accordance with the Ministerial Delegation for real property transactions.
• Provides revenue generation and cost reduction.
• Represents the Department at meetings, conducts site visits both local and remote and/or participates in an advisory capacity.

Intent of the process

There is an immediate need to staff one (1) indeterminate position in Kingston, Ontario. A pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 2 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)

EDUCATION:
ED1 - Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:
EX1 - *Recent experience advising **management on ***real property transactions.
EX2 - *Recent and ****significant experience in acquiring and disposing of real property.
EX3 - *Recent experience in establishing, managing and disposing of commercial real estate leases.
EX4 - *Recent experience supervising employees.

*Recent is defined as experience gained within the last five (5) years.

**Management for the intent of this process is defined as the collective body of those who manage or direct an enterprise.

***For the purposes of this process real property refers to property consisting of land or buildings.

****Significant is defined as the depth and breadth associated with having approximately two (2) cumulative years of experience.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

ABILITIES:
A1 - Ability to use reasoning skills to solve problems.*****
A2 - Ability to communicate effectively orally.
A3 - Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

***** The Public Service Commission’s GCT2-314 may be used to assess this ability and top-down selection may be used. For more information on this assessment tool, please consult the following link: http://www.psc-cfp.gc.ca/ppc-cpp/psc-tests-cfp/gct2-ecg2-eng.htm

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:
PS1 - Effective Interpersonal Relationships
PS2 - Judgment
PS3 - Initiative
PS4 - Dependability

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

OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION:
AQ1 - Certified Property Manager (CPM) from Real Estate Institute of Canada.
AQ2 - Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) certification.
AQ3 - Appraisal Institute of Canada (AIC) certification.
AQ4 - Survey engineering technician certification.

EXPERIENCE:
AQ5 - Real estate or property management work experience.
AQ6 - Realtor and/or appraiser and/or law office completing property transactions experience.
AQ7 - Land Survey experience.
AQ8 - Experience in project management.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
OR1 – Willing and able to work overtime, as required.
OR2 – Willing and able to travel, as required.

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance

Other information

Interviews may be conducted.

A written exam may be administered.

Reference checks may be conducted.

You must provide proof of your education credentials at the time of the interview.

Candidates may be required to travel to the location of the position for interview and/or assessment at their own cost.

A top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

Candidates must meet all of the essential qualifications noted in the Statement of Merit Criteria to be appointed to a position. A candidate may be appointed to a position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications or operational requirements. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.
The client organization will accept applications on-line only.

All job applications must be submitted through www.canada.ca/government-jobs. The following are some of the benefits associated with applying on-line:

- Applicants can create a profile and a resume that can be used when applying for other processes without having to recreate a new application each time.
- Applicants can modify their application/resume at any time BEFORE the closing date indicated on the job advertisement.
- Applicants can verify the status of their applications, at any time.
- Applicants can be notified electronically of tests or interviews and results.
- For some jobs, applicants will find important information, namely the job questionnaire and a complete statement of merit criteria that are only available when applying on-line.

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

Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

PLEASE NOTE: For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail for screening/assessment purposes (including issuing screening results, and sending invitations for written tests and interviews).

Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.

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(s) in their application.

All notifications for this process will be posted on www.canada.ca/government-jobs. It is the responsibility of each person to check for notifications on the www.canada.ca/government-jobs site.

The Department of National Defence thanks all those who apply.

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.