Investigative Support Assistant

Important messages

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Information on accommodation for persons with disabilities

Applications will be accepted online only. Please apply online at www.canada.ca/government-jobs. If you have a disability that prevents you from applying on-line, please fax your application to 306-780-6690 (including an explanation).

Duties

Crime Reduction Team (CRT)

The permanent “F” Division Crime Reduction Team (CRT) is in the process of being created. The focus of the CRT is to address various criminal issues impacting the province of Saskatchewan. This will include challenges such as street level gangs and addressing rural crime around the province. The Investigative Support Assistant will report to the Sgt. in charge of this unit. This position plays an integral role in the daily operations of CRT.

If you are looking to be part of a diversified newly created team, this may be the position for you.

Work environment

As an employer of choice for over 26,000 men and women, the RCMP promises a career like no other. With over 130 years of tradition and service, the RCMP is Canada’s national police service. Proud of our traditions and confident in meeting future challenges, we commit to preserve the peace, uphold the law and provide quality service in partnership with our communities.

Intent of the process

This process will initially be used to staff positions in various locations.
North Battleford - 1 position (Indeterminate)
Prince Albert - 1 position (Indeterminate)

A pool of qualified candidates may be created.

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)

Successful completion of two year of secondary school; or a satisfactory score on the Public Service Commission test approved as an alternative to a to two years of secondary school; or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience

Degree equivalency

Experience providing administrative support services

Experience using word processing software such as Microsoft Word

Experience using spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel

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

Experience using the Police Reporting Occurrence System (PROS)

Experience using the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC)

Experience providing administrative support services in a policing environment

Experience interpreting and processing court documents

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Oral communication

Written communication

Planning and Organizing

Working effectively with others

Thinking things through

Showing initiative and being action-oriented

Discretion

Dependability

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

Willing and able to work in a busy police environment, including exposure to unsettling and/or graphic material.

Conditions of employment

Various levels of security clearance (from Royal Canadian Mounted Police Enhanced Reliability Status to Royal Canadian Mounted Police Top Secret)

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

Benefits of applying on line:
Applicants can create a profile and a resume that can be used when applying for other processes without having to recreate a new application each time.
Applicants can modify their application/resume at any time before the closing date indicated on the job advertisement.
Applicants can verify the status of their applications at any time.
Applicants will find important information, namely the job questionnaire and a complete statement of merit criteria that are only available when applying on-line.

You will be required to demonstrate how you meet the education and experience criteria (essential and asset) for the initial screening, in answering online screening questions. It is NOT sufficient to only state that the qualifications are met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Rather, you must clearly demonstrate HOW, WHEN and WHERE the qualification was met through substantiation by examples. Information on your described education and experience provided in the screening questions should be supported by your résumé. Failure to provide the above information in the format required may result in your application being rejected from the process.

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). Candidates are strongly encouraged to check their email on a regular basis.

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

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent. We thank all applicants for their interest in this position however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

The successful candidate will be required to provide original documentation of proof of Canadian Citizenship prior to appointment. Other candidates may also be asked to provide this documentation at various stages in the selection process. The following documents will be accepted as proof: Provincial or territorial birth certificate; Naturalization certificates (issued prior to Jan. 1, 1947); Registration of Birth Abroad certificates (issued between Jan. 1, 1947 and Feb. 14, 1977); Certificates of Retention; Citizenship certificates.

Candidates will be required to show original proof of education. Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/.

If you have been recently assessed on the same qualification for another position in the RCMP in Saskatchewan, that previous assessment may be used in this process.

You may be assessed using one or more of the following tools: standardized tests, written exams, interview, simulation exercise, reference check, and other assessment tools.

The assessment board reserves the right to contact references other than those provided by the candidates (within the public service only), if deemed it necessary to conduct a sufficient assessment of the candidates.

Testing/interviews will be conducted at the location of the employer's choice.

Candidates may be required to pay for all assessment and travel expenses.

The successful applicant will have to obtain, as a minimum, an RCMP Enhanced Reliability Status security clearance. The process also requires a Security/Reliability Interview, a field investigation in matters of credit/finances, education, employment, references, etc.

All applicants for positions within the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will be subject to a thorough security clearance process which includes an interview wherein questions may include  (but not limited to),  reference checks, previous employment, on-line activities, credit checks, alcohol and/or drug use.

Indeterminate employees at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered for deployment. If no deployment is made, applicants from other groups and levels will be considered in the advertised appointment process.

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.