Junior Portfolio Analyst

Important messages

APPLICANTS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY APPLIED TO SELECTION PROCESS NUMBER: 2017-SVC-WPG-28541/ REFERENCE NUMBER: SVC17J-017367-000076 NEED NOT RE-APPLY.

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Candidates MUST provide a resume and answer all screening questions. You must provide concrete work-related and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience requirements listed in the essential qualifications and asset qualifications section. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties. APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY MEET THE SCREENING CRITERIA WILL NOT BE GIVEN FURTHER CONSIDERATION. If you do not fully complete the screening questions as instructed, you may be screened out.

Work environment

Did you know that Public Services and Procurement Canada was selected as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers for 2017? We invite you to join an organization that is committed to ensuring an inclusive workplace and respect for all!

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) helps the Government of Canada serve Canadians. With a strong focus on quality customer service, we provide innovative common services such as real estate and building management, purchasing, banking, pay and pensions, and translation to other government departments, agencies and boards. By providing these centralized services to departments and agencies, we enable them to focus on what they do best: providing their programs and services to Canadians.

As an organization, PSPC 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

A pool of qualified candidates will be established from this process which may be used to staff similar temporary, acting and/or permanent positions within the department of Public Services and Procurement Canada.

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:
• Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in economics, sociology or statistics.
Note: Candidates must always have a university degree. The courses for the specialization in economics sociology or statistics do not necessarily have to be part of a degree program in the specialization. The specialization may also be obtained through an acceptable combination of education of a minimum of 3 courses in economics, sociology or statistics and/or two years of directly related experience or training.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
Candidates must clearly demonstrate how they meet the experience required by providing detailed work-related examples.
• Experience in consulting with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in gathering, reviewing and consolidating information in support of issue analysis, project planning, project development, or negotiations.
• Experience planning and organizing initiatives or meetings for internal or external stakeholders.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Personal Suitability:
• Effective Communication
• Thinking things through
• Working Effectively With Others
• Showing Initiative and Being Action-Oriented
• Client Service – Level 1

Abilities:
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally, verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work with financial analysis spreadsheet software.
• Ability to successfully carry out concurrent priorities under pressure.

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

Education:
• Certification(s)/Designations related to real property.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
• Experience in preparing and presenting reports to management.

Operational Requirement:
• Willingness and ability to work overtime if required.
• Willingness and ability to travel if required.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - *The conditions of employment must be maintained throughout the period of employment.

Other information

• VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Candidates MUST provide a resume and answer all screening questions. You must provide concrete work-related and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience requirements listed in the essential qualifications and asset qualifications section. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties. APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY MEET THE SCREENING CRITERIA WILL NOT BE GIVEN FURTHER CONSIDERATION. If you do not fully complete the screening questions as instructed, you may be screened out.

• Top-down consideration of scores may be used at any stage of this process to determine the number of qualified candidates who will be considered further in the process.

• Essential qualifications and asset qualification will be evaluated against depth and breadth of activities.

• A written exam will be administered.

• Candidates must obtain the required pass mark for each qualification in order to be given further consideration in the selection process.

• Depending on the requirements of the position(s) being staffed from this process, for current or future vacancies, any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements, and organizational needs may be applied at the time of screening.

• Original proof of your education will be requested and must be provided during the selection process, in order to verify that candidates meet the education requirement. Candidates who are unable to provide proof that they meet this essential qualification as requested may be eliminated from the process. Also note, if the name on your education credentials does not match the name on your current photo identification, you will need to provide proof of your name change.

• Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/

• 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). 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.

• Failure to respond to communications may be construed as a withdrawal from this process.

• In addition to all assessment methods, correspondence and communication in relation to this selection process may also be used to assess certain qualifications.

• Interviews will be conducted.

• Reference checks will be conducted.

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

• Applicants with disabilities: Should you require a technical aid or an alternative method of assessment to ensure an equitable assessment of your qualifications, please indicate so in your application.

• 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.

• Candidates from outside the federal public service may be required to pay for their own travel and 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.