Senior Security Screening Investigator

Important messages

APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CANDIDATE MEETS THE SCREENING CRITERIA WILL NOT BE GIVEN FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

Your resume may be requested at a later date within the process, please have it prepared to send on short notice.

Work environment

As an organization, Public Services and Procurement Canada strives to give all its employees opportunities to achieve organizational, professional and personal goals in a respectful and inclusive workplace, mobilized and supported by leadership at all levels. For more information on PSPC's People Management Philosophy and Our Commitments please see the following link: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/apropos-about/pe-pc-eng.html.

Intent of the process

The position to staff immediately is located at 2745 Iris Street, Ottawa, Ontario. A pool of partially qualified candidates will be established and may be used to staff similar positions with various tenures within the Public Services and Procurement Canada in the National Capital Region.

Positions to be filled: 2

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 a secondary school education or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
Experience in conducting complex security related investigations and interviews*;
Experience in providing advice and guidance on security related matters;
Experience in investigative case management;
Experience in conducting open source research;
Experience in writing reports or briefing notes to management.

*This relates to investigations and interviews that include the analysis of information from multiple sources, both from the private sector and government, which must then be analyzed, and; that are sensitive or confidential in nature.

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

Experience:
Experience in tactical or strategic intelligence analysis;
Experience in developing program-related operational procedures and guidelines;
Experience working with counterintelligence and human intelligence (HUMINT).

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

Various language requirements

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
Knowledge of the Industrial Security Program;
Knowledge of Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) Policy on Government Security;
Knowledge of TBS Standard on Security Screening;
Knowledge of the Privacy Act;
Knowledge of the Criminal Code.

Abilities:
Ability to analyse and make recommendations;
Ability to communicate effectively orally;
Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

Personal Suitability:
Values and Ethics;
*Strategic thinking (analysis and ideas);
Engagement;
Discretion;
Client Service level 2.

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance

Willing and able to travel.
Valid Driver’s Licence.

Other information

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview may be administered.

A written examination may be administered.

Asset qualifications may be used at the screening stage. Please ensure to indicate if you meet the asset qualification (education and experience). A person may be appointed even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications. However, it may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates who apply on this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and to make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

You must be prepared to provide the original or a certified true copy of your educational credentials.

Indeterminate employees at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered for assignment/secondment/deployment.

If you are a public servant, please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

An assignment/secondment or an acting appointment is a temporary resourcing option. The approval of your substantive supervisor may/will be required before an offer can be made.

If you have a Personal Record Identifier (PRI), please ensure that it is included in your application.


NOTES: Client Service Competency Level 2
Mobilizes staff and resources to meet strategic goals and organizational objectives linked to client service.
Plans work and allocates project resources efficiently to support client service strategies.
Shows flexibility in negotiating mutually beneficial solutions with clients while complying with relevant policies, regulations and procedures.
Adapts activities as required to provide effective services and ensures that the changes are well understood by clients. Seeks feedback from clients to improve the quality and efficiency of services. Ensures that service standards and performance measurement systems are aligned with client service strategies.
Works collaboratively with other sectors to provide integrated services to clients

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.