Senior Pay & Integrity Officer

Important messages

For the EXPERIENCE CRITERIA, the candidate must clearly respond to the screening criteria and demonstrates how they meet each of them (i.e. essential education and experience qualifications and any asset qualifications that apply). To do so candidates must respond to Education and experience factors established in the system and write one or two paragraphs for each by demonstrating how they meet that criterion and, by describing in detail when, where and how he/she gained the experience. Resumés will be used ONLY as a secondary source to validate the experience described in the SCREENING QUESTIONS.

Duties

The Senior Pay and Integrity Officer is responsible for resolving pay issues at varying levels of complexity, as brought to their attention by various sources, including the compensation community and quality assurance processes. The work requires knowledge of the pay system, of legislative and policy limitations, as well as strong analytical skills to identify how best to address the employees’ pay file issues.

Work environment

The directorate is composed of seven main areas; Compensation Processing including Data Processing and Records Management; Payroll and Remittance Services, Consolidated Systems Control (including RCMP); Regional Compensation, Matane, and Regional Compensation, Edmonton.

Intent of the process

The intent of this appointment process is to staff twenty (20) positions for two years specified period at English essential or Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB level. However, a pool of qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions (such as Indeterminate, Assignments, Secondments, Specific Periods and Acting Assignments with various languages profiles), within Public Services and Procurement Canada.

Positions to be filled: 20

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 2,000 words (maximum)

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:

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

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:

EX1: Minimum one year experience working in a compensation (pay, pension, or insurance) environment
EX2: Proficiency using office productivity software (e.g., email, spreadsheets, word processing, etc.)

KNOWLEDGE:

K1: Knowledge of compensation activities
K2: Knowledge of year end (tax slips) activities
K3: Knowledge of the Directive on Union Dues

ABILITIES:

A1: Ability to independently analyze and resolve complex problems
A2: Ability to communicate effectively (written, oral)

PERSONNEL SUITABILITIES:

PS1: Client Focus
PS2: Reliability
PS3: Teamwork
PS4: Values and Ethics

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

Various language requirements
- Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB
- English Essential
- Others

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

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

EXPERIENCE:

AEX1: Experience conducting quality assurance on the work of others

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

ALL JOB APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED USING THE WWW.JOBS.GC.CA WEBSITE. NO APPLICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED BY EMAIL.

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview may be administered.

A written examination may be administered.

Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

You must provide proof of your education credentials.

All written communication obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, will be used to evaluate the candidate.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent.

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). It is the candidate's responsibility to provide any changes to their personal information to the contact indicated on this job advertisement.

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 in their 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.