Editor/Revisor

Update: Closing date extended to November 29, 2017.

Work environment

The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is a key player in public safety. We are responsible for the supervision and reintegration of offenders serving sentences of two years or more. On a typical day, we manage approximately 15,000 offenders placed within our 43 institutions and more than 8,500 offenders under supervision in the community.

We are building a strong, vibrant, and diverse team of professionals. CSC has been widely recognized as an international leader in correctional justice. We offer a variety of work locations with challenges and impacts like no other organization in Canada.

CSC supports professional growth. We offer career development opportunities and we believe in continuous learning throughout your career.

Intent of the process

This is an anticipatory selection process. It is anticipated that there will be one position to staff indeterminately, with the language profile of Bilingual Imperative PPB/PPC. A pool of qualified candidates will be established and may be used to staff similar positions with various language proficiencies (Bilingual Imperative PPB/PPC, Bilingual Imperative PPB/PPB, Bilingual Imperative PPC/PPC), various employment tenures (Indeterminate, Term), and various security profiles (Reliability, Secret) within Correctional Service Canada.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 2,500 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
Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in translation and significant experience* in translation, revision, editing and/or proofreading; or
Certificate in translation and significant experience* in translation, revision, editing and/or proofreading; or
Certification from a professional association of translators**.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
- Significant experience* in translation of short texts from English to French, revision, editing and proofreading.
- Experience in providing advice to clients regarding translation, editing and linguistic services.
- Experience in conducting quality control activities within a linguistic services setting.
- Experience in conducting terminological research within a linguistic services setting.

*“Significant experience” means approximately three (3) years of experience.
**A professional association of translators is defined as a national or provincial body representing professional translators, such as the Association of Translators and Interpreters of Ontario (ATIO), the Association of Translators and Interpreters of Alberta (ATIA), etc.

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:

EXPERIENCE
- Experience with correctional or criminal justice terminology.
- Experience in the use of automated translation assistance systems, such as but not limited to translation memory softwares (e.g. LogiTerm, MultiTrans, etc.).

Degree equivalency

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual - Imperative (PPB/PPC)
Bilingual - Imperative (PPB/PPB)
Bilingual - Imperative (PPC/PPC)

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE
- Knowledge of recent translation and revision techniques and tools.
- Knowledge of the Official Languages Act and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act.

ABILITIES
- Ability to translate short texts from English to French and revise bilingual documents.
- Ability to revise policy documents.
- Ability to assess the workload, set priorities and meet deadlines in a demanding and fast paced environment with continuous changing and conflicting priorities.
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
- Ability to communicate effectively orally.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY
- Reliability
- Discretion
- Effective Interpersonal Skills
- Attention to Detail
- Client Service Oriented

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

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:
Increased representation of Employment Equity groups: Achieving a representative workforce has been identified an Organizational Need and may be applied in this appointment process. Applicants must complete the Employment Equity portion of the CREATE/MAINTAIN PROFILE identifying themselves as a person of that EE group in their application through www.jobs.gc.ca in order to be considered to meet the Organizational Need in this process.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Ability and willingness to work overtime as required on short notice.

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance - Reliability Status security clearance (security profile dependant on position)

Other information

A written exam and interview will be administered. References will be sought.

Candidates must submit a cover letter which clearly demonstrates how they meet each of the essential education and experience qualifications. It is not sufficient to only state that the requirement is met or to provide a listing of current responsibilities, rather the candidate must provide concrete examples that illustrate how they meet the requirement. One suitable approach is to use each screening criteria as a heading, and provide a description outlining how that criteria is met. Failure to provide an appropriate cover letter could result in the application being eliminated from the selection process. Candidates will not be solicited for incomplete or possible missing information. Resumes will be used as a secondary source to validate the experience mentioned in cover letter.

Asset qualifications could be used at the screening stage. Please ensure that your cover letter clearly indicates how you meet the asset experience qualifications where applicable. 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.

For this selection process, we will be communicating with candidates by email. Candidates who apply to selection processes should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is the candidates’ responsibility to inform us of a change of contact information during the course of this selection process and to regularly verify your incoming emails.

LEAVE/ABSENCES DURING THIS SELECTION PROCESS: It is the responsibility of the candidate to notify the Human Resources Advisor of any pre-approved leave throughout the duration of the process in order to facilitate scheduling of evaluations. An alternate date will be possible if requested for the following reasons: 1) Medical reasons with doctor’s certificate; 2) Death in your immediate family; 3) Confirmation of pre-approved travel plans or training plans (made before the advertisement posting date); 4) Religious reasons.

In addition to all assessment methods such as the application, exam, interview, please note that correspondence and communication in relation to this selection process may also be used to assess certain qualifications.

The Correctional Service of Canada is dedicated to supporting inclusive, barrier-free selection processes for all candidates. At any time during a selection process, candidates may request an accommodation to facilitate their assessment in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially. Please visit https://www.canada.ca/en/public- ervicecommission/ jobs/services/publicservice-jobs/informationcandidates/ accommodations.html for additional information on accommodation in a selection process. Alternatively, you may direct any specific enquiries to the departmental contact identified on this advertisement.

For general information when applying on a selection process, visit:
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/jobs/services/gc-jobs/information-candidates.html.

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.