French Teacher (ANTICIPATORY)

Important messages

The Government of Canada is committed to building a skilled workforce that is representative of Canada's diversity, which includes the recruitment of Canadian Veterans and releasing Canadian Armed Forces personnel:
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/jobs/services/public-service-jobs/canadian-armed-forces-members-veterans.html

We encourage applicants to identify any abilities, competencies, and/or experiences acquired through employment with the Canadian Armed Forces where applicable.

Work environment

Natural Resources Canada is committed to establishing and maintaining a representative workforce. This organizational need may be identified as part of the appointment decision. In such cases, qualified candidates who self-declare as members of a visible minority group, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities or women (in non-traditional occupations) could be considered in priority.

Intent of the process

A pool of (fully or partially qualified) candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions at the ED-LAT-01 group and level within Natural Resources Canada with various tenures (determinate period or permanent, various security requirements (Reliability status or Secret clearance), various conditions of employment and for various locations.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 3,000 words (maximum) ""NOTE: You MUST provide a cover letter. In this document, you must provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience requirements listed in the essential qualifications. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties. One effective approach would be to use the wording of each experience criterion as a heading and then write one or two paragraphs demonstrating that you have the required experience and ensure that clear and accurate details are provided. The curriculum vitae may be used as a secondary source to confirm the experience described in the cover letter. APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CANDIDATE MEETS THE SCREENING CRITERIA WILL/ MAY NOT BE GIVEN FURTHER CONSIDERATION.""

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)

Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialisation in education, linguistics or in some other specialty related to French teaching.

Degree equivalency

Two years of recent experience (in the last five years) in teaching French as a second language to adults in a professional context.

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

Bilingual - Imperative
BBB/PPP

Information on language requirements

Knowledge of principles and practices as applied to language instruction for adults.
Knowledge of different methods and techniques related to second language teaching
Knowledge of methods and criteria used by the Public Service Commission (PSC) for second official language assessment.

Ability to plan language courses
Ability to give a French as a second language class
Ability to manage a variety of situations in a learning context
Ability to create and maintain good interpersonal relationships in the context of teaching
Ability to work in a team

Flexibility
Creativity
Initiative
Client services orientation

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

Recent experience to develop a language training program for federal employees.
Knowledge of qualification standards related to official languages.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

A written examination may be administered

An interview may be conducted

Reference checks may be sought

All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, may be used to evaluate the candidates.

If you are selected for further consideration, please advise the person who will contact you of any accommodations you may require during the selection process.

Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

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.

Please note that when the appointment process is finalized, a Notification of Consideration (First Notification) and a Notification of Appointment or Proposal of Appointment (Second Notification) will be posted on the Public Service Resourcing System (www.jobs.gc.ca). It is your responsibility to check for notifications to avail yourself of the right to informal discussion with the manager and/or recourse to be submitted to the Public Service Staffing Tribunal.

The hiring organization will accept applications on-line only. All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System. 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.

For this selection process, it is our intention to communicate with candidates via email for screening and assessment purposes. This will include communication of screening results and invitations to written tests and interviews. To that end, candidates must include a valid email address in their application. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure that this address is functional and that it accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is also the candidate’s responsibility to ensure accurate information is provided and updated as required.

Natural Resources Canada is committed to establishing and maintaining a representative workforce. This organizational need may be identified as part of the appointment decision. In such cases, qualified candidates who self-declare as members of a visible minority group, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities or women (in non-traditional occupations) could be considered in priority.

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.