General Administrative Services Clerk - ANTICIPATORY

Duties

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Corporate Management Branch is looking for talented and motivated candidates to:

- provide Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Procurement and/or general financial support;
- provide travel arrangements;
- provide general administrative duties (including but not limited to mailroom, shipping/receiving, ordering office supplies, etc).

Work environment

As one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) is proud to celebrate our achievement in creating a diverse, respectful, and positive workplace where all employees are valued and recognized for their unique qualities, ideas, voices and perspectives.

The Corporate Management Branch is responsible for providing support through the provision of timely, accurate and relevant information, services, advice, and guidance.

Intent of the process

This process is anticipatory and a pool of qualified candidates will be established to fill future permanent and temporary vacancies.

This pool of candidates will be used to staff positions with various language requirements for the locations indicated in this advertisement.

In the event that an employee of the public service is qualified through this process, and there is a temporary need, the employee may be considered for acting, assignment/secondment or deployment opportunities.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

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)

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

If you were educated outside of Canada, you must have your certificates and/or diplomas assessed against Canadian education standards. Click the link below to contact the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC).

Degree equivalency

Experience providing at least (3) of the following administrative or information management support services in an office environment:
• Data entry
• Formatting documents
• Records management
• Fleet management

Experience procuring goods and services for clients and/or financial services including accounts payable.

Experience using a financial management system.

Experience tracking, processing and verifying financial documentation such as invoices, expenditures, commitment, or acquisition card purchases.

Experience using Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel.

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

Experience using SAP.
Experience procuring scientific equipment and supplies.

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

Various language requirements
English Essential
French Essential
Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB

Information on language requirements

Client Focus
Oral communication
Initiative
Teamwork
Written Communication
Planning and Organizing

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

In support of achieving a diversified workforce, consideration may be given to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal peoples, Persons with a Disability; Visible Minorities, Women.

Ability and willingness to work overtime.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Valid driver’s license.

Other information

Applications submitted by email will not be accepted. You must apply on-line through www.jobs.gc.ca.

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

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.

Communication for this process will be sent via email. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required. Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

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

Appointment decisions may be based on one or more of the following criteria:
- Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the strengths and weaknesses of the work team.
- Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the specific duties of the position being staffed.
- Depth, breadth, type of work-specific experience.
- Level/degree of one or more competencies/qualifications.

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.