Detachment Services Supervisor

Important messages

Your responses to the screening questions will be used as the primary source to determine if you meet the screening requirements. If you do not fully complete the screening questions as instructed, you may be screened out.

It is insufficient to state only that the requirement is met or to provide a listing of current responsibilities. Candidates must provide concrete examples demonstrating how they meet the requirements. FAILURE TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT AND APPROPRIATE INFORMATION MAY RESULT IN ELIMINATION FROM THE PROCESS.

All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence and telephone conversations, may be used in the assessment of qualifications.

Duties

Coordination and provision of administrative, financial and operational support service to police officers and other employees at a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Detachment, and front counter/telephone services and information to the general public.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to staff one (1) indeterminate position in Gleichen, Alberta.

A pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff future indeterminate and/or temporary vacancies in Southern Alberta District within the RCMP.

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)

A secondary school diploma, or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

• Experience providing financial support services (services may include, but are not limited to, verifying and correcting financial claims, controlling and monitoring petty cash, preparing financial status reports, etc.)
• Experience providing advice and/or recommendations on administrative practices.
• *Recent experience in employee supervision, including tasks such as: assigning work, scheduling and monitoring performance.
• Experience using various software programs such as word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.

*Recent is defined as within the last three (3) years.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

• Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally.
• Ability to coordinate the detachment’s financial activities.
• Ability to supervise.
• Ability to deal effectively with police situations.

• Demonstrates integrity and respect
• Thinking things through
• Works effectively with others
• Showing initiative and being action-oriented

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

• Experience providing administrative support services in a law enforcement and/or legal environment.

• Willingness and ability to work in a busy police environment, which may include exposure to unsettling and /or graphic material.
• Willingness and ability to work overtime, as required.
• Willingness and ability to maintain a valid driver's license.
• Willingness and ability to travel for work and/or training purposes, using various modes of transportation.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

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 ensure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.

A written exam may be administered.

Interviews will be conducted.

Reference checks will be conducted.

Candidates from outside the Federal Public Service may be required to pay for their own relocation expenses.

Candidates invited to an interview will be required to bring proof of their education credentials, in the form of a diploma or official transcript (original documents only).

Accommodations during assessment are available. If we invite you to be assessed, we will send you more information on how to request accommodation measures throughout this staffing process.

We may request detailed information about your functional limitations. Any information you provide will be kept confidential.

Candidates 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.

Candidates from outside the federal public service will be required to pay for their own travel (including travel for assessment purposes), and may be required to pay for their own relocation expenses.

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.