Human Resources Advisor

Important messages

All job applications must be submitted through the www.jobs.gc.ca system.

Tips for applicants:
• Please provide complete and thorough details of your education and experience.
• Do not assume that the screening board has any previous knowledge of your background, qualifications, or work history. You must be specific and provide concrete examples/details for each Experience element, as applications will be screened only on the information provided.
• Failure to provide sufficient information may result in your application being screened out of the process.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff one position on an indeterminate basis, with a linguistic profile of Bilingual Imperative (BBC/BBC) and an RCMP Reliability security clearance.

A pool of qualified candidates may be established to staff similar temporary and/or permanent positions.

Please note this process may be used by other government departments or agencies.

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)

Graduation with a degree from a recognized postsecondary 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.

Degree equivalency

Significant* experience as a Human Resources Advisor.

Experience** managing multiple projects simultaneously and delivering on deadlines in an environment with shifting deadlines and priorities.

Experience** interpreting and applying legislation, policies or directives related to staffing.

Experience** providing strategic advice and guidance to managers on HR processes, procedures or requirements.

Experience** using a Human Resources information system.

*Significant experience is defined as the depth and breadth of experience acquired over a period of approximately two (2) cumulative years.

**Experience is defined as the depth and breadth of experience acquired over a period of approximately one (1) year.

Communication
Interpersonal Relationships
Planning and Organizing
Initiative
Judgment

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

Significant* experience providing staffing or recruiting services.

Experience** providing labour relations services.

Experience** providing classification services.

Experience** providing organizational design services.

Experience** providing human resources planning services.

Experience** delivering training or presentations.

Experience** working in a human resources discipline in the Public Service of Canada.

*Significant experience is defined as the depth and breadth of experience acquired over a period of approximately two (2) cumulative years.

**Experience is defined as the depth and breadth of experience acquired over a period of approximately one (1) year.

Willingness to travel occasionally.

Valid provincial driver's license or personal mobility to the degree normally associated with a driver's license.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (BBC/BBC)

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

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

Testing/interviews will be conducted at locations of the employer's choice and may require candidates to travel to the test/interview location (Fredericton, New Brunswick).

Please note that candidates (including persons employed in the Public Service) will not be considered to be in travel status or on government business and travel costs will not be reimbursed. Consequently, candidates will be responsible for travel costs.

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.

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.