Classification Advisor

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About the Canada School of Public Service:

Looking to work in a high performing and dynamic organization where your contribution will be valued? Well keep on reading!

The Canada School of Public Service is an organization of approximately 600 employees that has the mandate to provide a range of learning activities to build individual and organizational capacity and management excellence within the public service.

The School offers a healthy, inclusive and diverse workplace, where teamwork, cooperation and respect abound, where rigor and innovation are valued.

In the past years, the School initiated a major transformation of its business model to support a more relevant, responsive and accessible learning platform for the public service. Since then, significant milestones have been achieved in realizing this transformation and the work continues to finalize the organizational review for the end of 2018.

Intent of the process

To staff two (2) indeterminate positions. A pool of qualified candidates resulting from this process may be established and may be used to fill similar positions with various tenures within the Canada School of Public Service.

Positions to be filled: 2

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

EDUCATION
Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in human resources management, labour or industrial relations, psychology, public or business administration, organizational development, education sciences, social sciences, sociology, or in any other field relevant to the work to be performed.

Notes: Indeterminate incumbents of PE positions and of positions in the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions and in Indian Oil and Gas Canada that are equivalent to PE positions on October 1, 1999, who do not possess the education level prescribed above, are deemed to meet the minimum education standard based on their education, training and/or experience. They must be accepted as having met the minimum education standard whenever this standard is called for when staffing PE positions and positions in the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions and Indian Oil and Gas Canada that are equivalent to PE positions. This note also applies to persons appointed or deployed, for an indeterminate period, to PE positions after that date as the result of staffing transactions started before October 1, 1999. The positions in the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions and in Indian Oil and Gas Canada that are equivalent to PE positions are those that meet the Treasury Board definition for the PE occupational group.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
PE-02 and PE-03*:
Experience providing advice, guidance and operational services to managers on organizational design and classification issues.

*Experience for the PE-03 position will be assessed as per the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with full-time performance as an HR professional who has handled a large volume of diverse classification transactions and responsibility of an important portfolio, this in consideration of the classification cases completed for the classification accreditation.

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

PE-03:
Occupational Certification:
• Accreditation in Classification

Degree equivalency

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS
All group and levels:
Experience using PeopleSoft, other than the Self-Service functionality.

Participated and/or chaired Classification Committees.

Experience leading a project, i.e. development and implementation of a national standardized job description, a national organizational review, etc.

Experience working in a corporate classification role.

PE-03:
Experience in the application of the Executive Group (EX) Position Evaluation Plan (i.e. Hay Plan).

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

Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE
PE02 :
Knowledge of basic classification principles and practices.
PE03 :
Very good knowledge of classification policies and practices as well as business issues and processes.

ABILITIES
Thinking things through
Showing Initiative and being action oriented
Working effectively with others
Demonstrating integrity and respect
Oral and written communication
Client service orientation
Business acumen

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

ORGANIZATIONAL NEED

The organization is committed to establishing and maintaining a representative workforce. Qualified applicants who self-declare as members of a visible minority group, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities and women may be selected for appointment to fulfill organizational needs.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENT(S)
Ability and willingness to work overtime on short notice
Ability and willingness to travel as needed

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the targeted groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

Applicants must clearly specify for which position(s) they apply and confirm that they are within the area of selection.

It is your responsibility to FULLY RESPOND to the experience screening questions and describe how you meet the qualifications. Failure to do so may result in your application being screened out without further consideration.

You must provide proof of your education credentials.

A test may be administered.

An interview will be administered.

Reference checks will be sought.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language(s) of their choice.

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.