Coordinating Member

Update: Please take note that you must provide informations related to the essential experience and asset qualifications in you resumé.

Important messages

IMPORTANT

This selection process may be used to staff similar positions in various regions

INSTRUCTIONS:

Applicants must answer each screening question through the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS).

For each question where you are asked to provide details, you must give concrete and detailed examples that demonstrate how you meet the education, essential experience and asset qualifications. In your resumé you must provide the full name of the organization where you gained the experience, your title and the period during which you performed the pertinent tasks (MM/YY to MM/YY).

The screening board cannot make assumptions about your experience. It is not enough to simply state that you have the required qualifications, or list your current responsibilities.

The resume will be use to validate the experience factors.

Only on-line applications received via the www.canada.ca/government-jobs site will be accepted in order to take advantage of the many benefits of using the electronic recruitment system.

Some of the benefits for applicants include that you can:

- modify your application/resume at any time BEFORE the closing date,
and
- verify the status of your application and notification(s), at any time

Persons who are unable to apply on-line should contact the person identified at the end of this poster prior to the closing date.

Duties

As a Coordinating Member (CM) you will have to manage a team, comprised of decision-making members, and monitor the processing of all claims, including sensitive, complex, high profile or other exceptional cases.

You will also have to preside over hearings in claims for refugee protection as a decision maker.

Your responsibilities also involve providing strategic advice and support to the Assistant Deputy Chairperson and providing information, advice, and guidance to members on activities related to the application of legislation, rules, and policy instruments.

You will also be required to participate as a committee member in the recruitment and selection of staff, in the development of plans, standards, and procedures and work guideline for junior staff, as well as establish and maintain relations with various internal and external agencies to resolve problematic situations.

You will be eligible for an annual performance pay

Work environment

The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) is Canada's largest independent administrative tribunal. It is responsible for making well-reasoned decisions on immigration and refugee matters, efficiently, fairly and in accordance with the law.

The IRB has four (4) offices in various regions: Eastern Region, Central Region, Western Region and its National Headquarters in the National Capital Region.

Intent of the process

This selection process may be used to staff similar positions in various regions with various linguistic requirements, various security requirements, various Conditions of Employment, and/or various tenures (indeterminate, term, acting, assignment, secondment and/or deployment) within the IRB.

There is currently (1) position to be filled in the region of Montréal for the Refugee Protection Division (RPD).

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)

EDUCATION

Degree* from a recognized post-secondary institution.

*By Degree we mean:
A baccalaureate or higher level degree, as established by educational authorities.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:

- *Recent experience of at least one (1) year as a Member within the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.

OR

- *Recent and **significant experience of at least two (2) years in an immigration or refugee related area or in an administrative tribunal.

AND

- *Recent experience in "human resources management".

Note:

* "Recent experience" refers to experience gained over the past (5) years

** "Significant experience" refers to the breadth, depth, complexity and diversity of tasks performed and the level of autonomy in dealing with these issues. Please clearly demonstrate your role and responsibilities pertaining to this experience

Regarding experience in "human resources management", applicants must clearly demonstrate that they have supervised staff, assigned tasks, managed the performance of employees. Applicants must also indicate the number of staff they supervised.

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION

Degree in law* from a recognized post-secondary institution.

*For the purposes of this selection process a degree in law means LL.B / J.D. / LL.L / B.C.L.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

- Experience in managing financial resources

- Experience in managing complex cases.

- Experience of at least one (1) year as a decision maker presiding over hearings and rendering decisions at an administrative tribunal.

- Experience of at least one (1) year in "presenting cases" orally before the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.

- Experience of at least one (1) year in "presenting cases" before an administrative tribunal or court of law.

- *Recent and **significant experience in human resources management.

- Experience in managing people in an adjudicative or operational setting in the context of an administrative tribunal or court.

Note:

The term "complex case" refers to cases that are delicate, multidimensional, affecting multiple partners or stakeholders, having a significant impact on an organizational level.

For the purposes of this selection process, "presenting cases" refers to a situation where a person is called upon to present a case orally to an administrative tribunal or a court of law and, to file evidence or documents, and to conduct the examination or cross-examination of witnesses.

* "Recent experience" refers to experience gained over the past (5) years.

** "Significant experience" refers to the breadth, depth, complexity and diversity of tasks performed and the level of autonomy in dealing with these issues. Please clearly demonstrate your role and responsibilities pertaining to this experience.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CCC/CCC)

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

KNOWLEDGE

- Knowledge and understanding of the principles of natural justice.

COMPETENCIES

- Ability to communicate effectively orally
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing
- Decision-making
- Judgment and Reasoning Skills
- Results Oriented
- Values and Ethics
- Ability to Manage
- Effective Interpersonal Skills
- Flexibility

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - Willingness and ability to travel across Canada.

Willingness and ability to work overtime.

Individuals who are appointed are required to swear the oath or solemn affirmation of office set out in the rules of the Board before their first hearing, as per Section 153 (1)(b) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

Other information

GENERAL INFORMATION

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

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications, the operational requirements or the organisational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

We could use the asset qualifications for screening purposes.

Candidates are entitled to participate in the selection process in the official language of their choice. Candidates are required to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with candidates by e-mail. This includes: invitations, information requests, assessment results, etc.

Candidates MUST check their email accounts frequently as there may be a deadline for responses.

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

APPLICATIONS

Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS): will time out after 60 minutes; this may result in your inability to save your work or loss of data. It is recommended that you draft ALL RESPONSES as well as your CV/resume in another document on your PC which may be saved (e.g. in MS Word or WordPerfect) and copy/paste into the PSRS when completed.

If you are a Federal Public Servant please identify your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) on your resume and/or application.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED

Proof of your education credential(s) and Canadian Citizenship will be required. Education and Citizenship MUST have been acquired at the time of application.

If you are currently an indeterminate or term public servant a copy of your current letter of offer will be required.

ASSESSMENT STRATEGY

The IRB may decide do a deployment of indeterminate and/or term employees at the same group and level (AS-08).

You may be assessed through simulations, written tests, interviews and reference checks.

Pass marks will be established for each qualification. However, achieving the pass mark is not a guarantee of an appointment or that candidates will be put through the next stages of the assessment process.

A cut-off score, top-down approach or random selection may be used at any step if there is a sufficient number of candidates to meet anticipated staffing needs. Timelines for this process are very strict. The onus is on candidates to make themselves available for each assessment session.

Scheduling of alternative assessment dates will ONLY be considered for the following reasons with proof:

o Religious reasons;
o Death in the family;
o Medical reasons;
o Conflicting exams; or
o Other exceptional circumstances.

TRAVEL

Please note that in order to proceed with assessments, candidates may be required to travel to the closest assessment location (such as IRB Regional Offices).

Attempts may be made to assess candidates through methods such as teleconference and videoconference.

Travel cost for individuals who are not Federal Public Servants will not be covered.

Federal Public Servants will be covered by the National Joint Council's Travel Directive.

RELOCATION

All newly appointed employees other than EX/GIC appointees to the Federal public service, who accept an indeterminate or term position of at least one year, will be relocated under the Initial Appointees Relocation Program.

The Initial Appointees Relocation Program provides newly appointed employees with the sum of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000), subject to certain provisions.

For more information on the Initial Appointees Relocation Program please visit the following website: https://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/psm-fpfm/pay-remuneration/travel-deplacements/iairp-prinefp-eng.asp

Federal Public Servants who accept a position in a different region than their current residential location will be relocated under the National Joint Council Relocation Directive.

For more information on the Relocation Directive please visit the following website: http://www.njc-cnm.gc.ca/directive/index.php?dlabel=nrd-drc&lang=eng&did=6&merge=2

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.