Chief, Investigations / Senior Case Manager

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Candidates MUST provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how they meet the education and experience requirements listed in the essential qualifications and asset qualifications section. 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. The curriculum vitae will be a secondary source to confirm your experience.

APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CANDIDATE MEETS THE SCREENING CRITERIA WILL NOT BE GIVEN FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

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Intent of the process

This process will be used to fill vacant positions located at 2745 Iris Street, Ottawa, Ontario.

A pool of partially qualified candidates will be established within Public Services and Procurement Canada and may be used to staff similar positions with various tenures (including Indeterminate / Term / Assignment / Secondment / Acting) and/or various linguistic requirements (including English Essential, English or French Essential, Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC and CCC/CCC). Should the selected candidate already be a public servant, the pool could also be used for acting appointments.

Positions to be filled: 5

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

Education:
Secondary school diploma.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
Significant experience (1*) in conducting complex (2*) security related investigations and interviews
Experience in providing advice and guidance to management on security related matters
Experience in investigative case management
Experience in writing reports or briefing notes to management


Required for Chief, investigations positions only:
Experience in supervision

1* - Significant experience is considered significant in terms of degree of depth, scope, complexity and duration. Candidates would normally be expected to have developed significant experience over multiple years (minimum 5 years).

2* - Complex is defined as including the following characteristics: multidimensional, multiple information to be analyzed, sensitive or confidential.

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

Education:
2 year post-secondary education in a field related to the position being staffed.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
Experience in developing program-related operational policies, procedures and guidelines
Experience in counterintelligence and humint
Experience in evidence based procédures

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

Various language requirements
English Essential
English or French Essential
Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC or CCC/CCC

The positions to be staffed immediately will be English or French Essential, Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC and Bilingual Imperative CCC/CCC .

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

Knowledge:
Knowledge of the Industrial Security Program
Knowledge of Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) Policy on Government Security
Knowledge of TBS Standard on Security Screening
Knowledge of the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act

Abilities:
Ability to analyze and make recommendations
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing

Required for Chief, investigations positions only:
Ability to supervise

Personal Suitability:
Values and Ethics
Strategic thinking
Engagement
Management excellence (action management and people management)
Judgment
Client Service Competency: Level 2

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance - Valid Driver’s License
Willing and able to travel across Canada

Some positions may require Top Secret security clearance and signal intelligence (SIGINT).

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

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview may be administered.

A written examination may be administered.

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.

Random or top down selection may be used as screening methods at various stages throughout this selection process in order to manage the number of applications.

Asset qualifications may be used at the screening stage. Please ensure to indicate if you meet the asset qualifications (education and experience). A person may be appointed even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications. However, it may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates who apply on this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and to make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

You must be prepared to provide the original or a certified true copy of your educational credentials.

If you are a public servant, please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

If you have a Personal Record Identifier (PRI), please ensure that it is included in your application.

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.