Collection Clerk/Driver

Important messages

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

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE/ HOW TO APPLY

Please read carefully the following instructions before applying. Candidates who do not follow these instructions may be subject to rejection of their application.

In order to have your application considered, all screening questions must be answered. You must provide concrete examples to illustrate how you meet each qualification, including where and how you obtained the experience, as well as the period(s) in which you performed the functions of the position(s) (MM-YYYY to MM-YYYY).

FAILURE TO CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE IN THE SCREENING QUESTIONS HOW YOU MEET THE SCREENING CRITERIA (Education, Experience, both essential and asset) MAY RESULT IN THE REJECTION OF YOUR APPLICATION. Please note it is not sufficient to simply state that the qualification is "met" or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. You must provide concrete examples to illustrate how you meet each qualification.

CANDIDATES WILL NOT BE SOLICITED FOR INCOMPLETE OR POSSIBLE MISSING INFORMATION.

Any or all of the criteria under the Asset Qualifications may be used for screening purposes.

The organization will accept applications on-line only.

All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System.

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 the Infotel Service at 1-800-645-5605.

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.

Acknowledgement of receipt of applications will not be sent.


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.

Duties

The Driver spends a lot of time on the road. Work is also 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.

Work environment

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.

Intent of the process

Anticipatory

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

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
Successful completion of secondary school.

Degree equivalency

To possess a valid driver DZ driver’s license (in Ontario), or a Class 3 driver’s license with F and M mentions (in Quebec) for vehicles of 5 tons, and over, equipped with air brakes.

EXPERIENCE
Experience handling and transporting material such as collection material, archival material, fragile, valuable, sensitive or otherwise difficult to transport material.

Recent* experience driving transportation vehicles weighing 4’500 kg (5 ton) or more, equipped with air-brakes.
*Recent experience is experience acquired within the last two years.

Experience using various software such as Outlook and Word.

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

English or French

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge of care and handling requirements for heritage materials in different formats.
Knowledge of the regulatory framework governing the driving and operation of large vehicles (SAAQ - Société de l’assurance-automobile du Québec or MTO - the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario).
Knowledge of the Standard for the Transmittal of CLASSIFIED and PROTECTED Information and Assets.

ABILITIES
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 communicate efficiently in writing.
Ability to communicate efficiently orally

PERSONAL SUITABILITY
Initiative
Effective interpersonal relations
Reliability
Judgment

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

ASSETS
Experience in transporting material requiring the utilization of a refrigeration cargo unit (“reefer”).

Experience working with an automated physical control/circulation system.

Experience using power and hand-operated transportation devices, such as: pallet movers, book carts, material transporter, art carts and other transportation devices, to safely and efficiently carry out storage and retrieval operations.

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance - Security: 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 (mostly located in the National Capital Region).

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.

Willingness to travel outside the NRC and work overtime on short notice.

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.

Possess and maintain a valid DZ driver’s license (in Ontario) or a Class 3 driver’s license with F and M mentions (in Québec) for vehicles of 5-ton, and over, equip with air-brakes.

Other information

LAC’s Employment Equity Plan includes objectives for correcting the under-representation of designated groups under the Employment Equity Act (visible minorities, Aboriginal peoples, persons with a disability, women) within certain occupational groups. In the context of this selection process, employment equity may be used as an organizational need to fill one or more positions by a qualified person who is a member of a designated group. Accordingly, if you are a member of one of these designated groups and you wish to be considered for placement using the employment equity criterion, you must ensure you self-identify for this purpose at the time of application.

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.