Contracting Procurement Services Supervisor & Contracts Officer

Update: Please note that an amendment was made to the abilities for this process.

Important messages

• You will be required to show how you demonstrate the essential qualifications (i.e. Education and Experience) for the initial screening through your resume and in answering online screening questions. It is NOT sufficient to only state that the qualifications are met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Rather you must clearly demonstrate HOW, WHEN, and WHERE the qualification was met through substantiation by examples. Information on your described skills, experience, etc. provided in screening questions should be supported by your resume. Failure to provide the above information in the format required may result in your application being rejected from the process.
 
• PLEASE NOTE: 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). Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users. It is the candidate’s responsibility to provide updated contact information as required.
 
• Our organization will only accept on-line applications for this advertisement. All job applications must therefore be submitted through www.canada.ca/government-jobs. For this advertisement, applicants will be required to provide information which is only accessible when applying on-line (namely the job questionnaire). 
 
• To submit an application on-line, please select the button “Apply Online” below. Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.
  
• You must possess the identified Education credential at the time of application.

•**Please indicate in your resume the location for which you would like to be considered.
 
• Please carefully read the "Other Information" section of this advertisement as there is important information regarding your application and how the screening of candidates will take place.
 

Intent of the process

There is an immediate need to staff one (1) indeterminate position in Borden, Ontario. A pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions, with varying tentures.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 2 references.

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 secondary school diploma or a combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Experience:

For both positions:
• *Recent Experience using Microsoft Office Suite
• *Recent Experience using computers for communication, researching and documenting information

Specific to PG-02 positions: :
• *Recent experience in procurement, inventory, financial data entry, data management, and administration.

Specific to PG-03 positions:
• *Recent experience in writing statements of work
• *Recent experience in budgeting and forecasting
• *Recent experience in managing personnel
• *Recent experience in planning, developing, delivering and managing procurement of goods and services

*Recent is defined as experience gained within the past five (5) years

Abilities:
• Ability to communicate effectively orally.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
• Ability to effectively use reasoning skills to solve problems**.

**The Public Service Commission’s GCT2-314 may be used to assess this ability and top-down selection may be used. For more information on this assessment tool, please consult the following link: http://www.psc-cfp.gc.ca/ppc-cpp/psc-tests-cfp/gct2-ecg2-eng.htm

For the PG-02 position:
• Ability to supervise.

Personal Suitability:
• Effective interpersonal relationships
• Dependability
• Initiative
• Judgement

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

Education

• Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in the field of Business Administration, Commerce, or Economics
• Completion of Canada School of Public Service Introduction to Procurement (M718)
• Completion of Canada School of Public Service Overview of Procurement (C235E)
• Completion of Canada School of Public Service Legal and Policy Environment for Procurement, Material Management and Real Property (M714)
• Completion of Canada School of Public Service Procurement, Material Management and Real Property in the Government Context (M716)
• Completion of Financial Management Control Frameworks (F111)

Degree equivalency

Experience:
• Experience in Supervision
• ***Recent Experience working with Department of National Defense (DND), Public Service and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Public Works Government Services Canada (PWGSC) or Defense Construction Canada.
• *Recent experience using Defence Resource Management Information System (DRMIS).

*Recent is defined as acquired in the last five years.

Operational Requirements:
• Overtime during peak periods may be required.
• Travel may be required

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other conditions of employment:
• Must possess and maintain a valid class "G" driver's license issued by the Province of Ontario or provincial or territorial equivalent.

For some positions:
• Overtime during peak periods may be required.
• Travel may be required.

Other information

1. Interviews may be conducted.
  
2. A written exam may be administered.

3. Public Service Commission (PSC) tests may be conducted.
  
4. Reference checks may be conducted.  

5. Applicants are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice and are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.
  
6. Candidate may have to travel to a specific location for the assessment/interview at their own cost.
 
7.   Accommodations: in order to ensure that you are assessed in a fair and equitable manner in the next stages, please advise us if you require accommodation measures.
 
8. A random and/or top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

9. Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; only candidates who will be considered further in this process may be contacted.
 
10. Candidates must meet all of the essential qualifications noted in the Statement of Merit Criteria to be appointed to a position. A candidate may be appointed to a position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications or operational requirements. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

11. Annual Pay Rate:
PG 02 - Contracting Procurement Services Supervisor : $57,317 to $65,440
PG 03 - Contracts Officer : $63,811 to $72,869

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.