Senior Executive Assistant

Update: Extension of the closing date.

Important messages

* PREFERENCE GIVEN TO INUIT ENROLLED UNDER THE NUNAVUT AGREEMENT.

This position is located in Iqaluit, Nunavut. The salary range for these positions is from $67,241 to $72,660, plus northern allowance and vacation travel assistance. This position comes with subsidized Crown housing.

Please see the Isolated Posts and Government Housing Directive for more information: http://www.njc-cnm.gc.ca/directive/ipgh-pile/index-eng.php

Work environment

WHY CHOOSE CIRNA? Contribute to CIRNA's interesting and unique mandate by playing a role in supporting services and programs on communities such as education, housing, community infrastructure and social support. Join a workplace committed to reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. You can't find this type of experience anywhere else.

Our Mission :

"Working together to make Canada a better place for Indigenous and northern peoples and communities."

The Nunavut Regional Office (NRO), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs (CIRNA) offers a variety of programs and services and is responsible for a number of key regulatory activities in Nunavut. NRO staff work with Nunavummiut to manage land and water and mineral resources, and to remediate contaminated sites. The NRO also supports the positive and productive relationship shared between the Government of Canada and the Government of Nunavut, and works with a number of territorial stakeholders, such as Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, to implement the Nunavut Agreement.

The NRO welcomes your involvement in working together to respond to the challenges and opportunities in Nunavut.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to established a pool of qualified candidates to staff similar or identical positions at Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNA) and other federal departments and agencies in the North with various linguistic profiles, requirement as well as tenures and/or the security clearance, which may vary according to the position being staffed.

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:

• Secondary school diploma or an acceptable combination of education, training or experience.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:

• Experience working in a time-sensitive environment with competing deadlines.
• Experience working in, developing, or implementing administrative procedures.

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION:

• Post-secondary diploma in a field relevant to the position (e.g., a diploma in business administration).

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:

• Experience working in the office of a senior official.
• Experience drafting official correspondence (e.g., e-mails, letters, etc.).
• Experience working in a northern environment.
• Experience working in a cross cultural environment, specifically as it relates to Inuit culture and values.

ABILITIES:

• Ability to communicate in Inuktitut.

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:

• Aboriginal peoples: Preference given to Inuit enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

ABILITIES:

• Ability to summarize information from multiple documents or sources.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, or Excel).
• Ability to maintain a document filing system.
• Ability to establish priorities and work under pressure.
• Ability to supervise or mentor others.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:

• Attention to detail
• Motivation; initiative
• Confidentiality
• Able to work independently.

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

KNOWLEDGE:

• Knowledge of corporate services (e.g., finance, human resources, communications, etc.)
• Knowledge of Inuit culture, society and economy.
• Knowledge of the environmental characteristics of the Nunavut Settlement Area.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Willing and able to work overtime on short notice.

Conditions of employment

• Reliability Security Clearance.
• Medical Clearance (if required).
• Oath/Solemn Affirmation.
• Able to travel to other communities for work, including remote location.

Other information

Job applications must be submitted via the jobs.gc.ca site.

When considering candidates who meet the essential qualifications for a position in Nunavut, the following order of precedence applies:

1. Inuit enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement
2. All other applicants

Different methods of assessment may be used to assess potential candidates (written exam, interview, reference check, etc.).

Acknowledgement of receipt of applications will not be sent.

The pool could be used to offer acting appointments, assignment, secondment or deployment in order to protect employee's indeterminate status.

You must provide proof of your education credentials.

*Note: Interchange Canada (https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/professional-development/interchange-canada.html) facilitates temporary assignments of individuals working outside the Government of Canada (for example, employees of Inuit organizations, Government of Nunavut, etc.) to work within its public services.

Applicants are entitled to participate in a selection process in the official language of their choice (The interview could also be provided in Inuktitut).

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.