Detachment Services Assistant 3

Important messages

Your responses to the screening questions will be used as the primary source in determining whether you meet the screening requirements. If you do not fully complete the screening questions as instructed, you may be screened out.

It is insufficient to state only that the requirement is met or to provide a listing of current responsibilities. Candidates must provide concrete examples demonstrating how they meet the requirements. FAILURE TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT AND APPROPRIATE INFORMATION MAY RESULT IN YOUR ELIMINATION FROM THE PROCESS.

All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence and telephone conversations, may be used in the assessment of qualifications.

Intent of the process

This process will initially be used to staff one position on an indeterminate basis. A qualified pool of candidates will be established and used to staff these positions and similar positions with various tenures (i.e. indeterminate, term, deployment, acting, assignment and secondment).

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 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)

Successful completion of two years of secondary school or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Proof of education will be required prior to appointment.

Degree equivalency

Experience in the provision of administrative support services including three of the following: data entry, preparing correspondence, ordering office supplies, filing, or processing mail.

Experience in using computer applications including two of the following: databases, email, spreadsheets or word processing.

Experience in receiving and recording enquiries or requests for assistance.

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

Successful completion of secondary school education.

Degree equivalency

Training and/or experience in providing financial support services such as the collection and recording of monies received, handling petty cash funds, verifying supplier invoices, preparing invoices.

Experience working in a law enforcement and/or legal environment.

Experience working with Aboriginal communities.

Experience transcribing and/or ability to transcribe statements from audio cassettes or digital media.

Experience in maintaining a law enforcement database such as: Police Reporting Occurrence System (PROS) or Canadian Police Information (CPIC).

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Effective oral communication
Effective written communication
Ability to work in a stressful environment
Ability to deal effectively with police situations
Ability to transmit information

Working effectively with others
Dependability
Judgment
Detail oriented
Being organized
Action-oriented
Showing initiative
Demonstrating integrity and respect

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

Knowledge of local area.

Flexibility

Willingness and ability to work overtime, as required.

Willing and able to work in a busy police environment, including exposure to unsettling and/or graphic material.

Willingness and ability to travel for work and/or training purposes using various modes of transportation (including owned or leased government transport, commercial and light aircraft and up to and including remote locations).

Willingness and ability to obtain and maintain a valid driver’s license.

Willing and able to work shift work.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

Interested persons must meet each essential qualification to be appointed to the position. A person may be appointed to the 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.

A random or top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

Applications will be accepted online only. Please apply online at www.canada.ca/government-jobs. To submit an application online, please click 'Apply online' below.

Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail. Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address, and ensure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CANDIDATE TO ENSURE ACCURATE CONTACT INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AND UPDATED AS REQUIRED.

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.

A written exam may be administered.
An online examination will be administered.
Interviews will be conducted.
Reference checks will be conducted.

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.