Reference Number
INT18J-019653-000005
Selection Process Number
2018-INT-EA-80014
Organization
Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada
Year
2018-2019
Days Open
6
Classification
EC03
City
Ottawa
Type
External
Total
78
Employment Equity
65
(83.3%)
Screened out
43
(55.1%)
Screened in
35
(44.9%)
Employment Equity 83.3% 65
Screened Out 55.1% 43
Screened In 44.9% 35
Women 55.1% 43
Visible minority 46.2% 36
Indigenous 0% 0
People with disabilities 6.4% 5
English 51.3% 40
French 48.7% 38
Citizens 91% 71
Permanent Residents 0% 0
We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request special accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.
Information on accommodation for persons with disabilities
You will be required to show how you meet the education and experience requirements for both the essential qualifications and the asset qualifications, if applicable, for the initial screening through your résumé and in answering online screening questions. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience.
If you do not fully complete the screening questions as instructed, you will be screened out.
The primary purpose or "raison d'être" of the position involves the analysis of legislation, advice, research, verification of written documents and verbal information supporting the information contained in disclosures of wrongdoing and complaints of reprisals that fall within the mandate of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner in accordance with the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act.
THE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR INTEGRITY COMMISSIONER OF CANADA: A SMART CAREER MOVE!
The Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada (the Office) is a small organization with an important mandate, and we are always looking for talented and skilled individuals to join our team.
Specifically, the Office provides public servants and members of the public with a process for receiving and investigating disclosures of wrongdoing in the federal public sector. It reports founded cases of wrongdoing to Parliament and makes recommendations to chief executives on corrective measures. The Office also provides a mechanism for public servants and former public servants to make complaints of reprisals.
We are an employer that fosters employee well-being, provides an open and respectful workplace as well as flexible work schedules that promote work-life balance.
Are you looking for an environment that offers many challenges with the opportunity to work on high-profile issues?
If you wish to bring your expertise, knowledge and initiative to the job, we may have the job opportunity that you are looking for!
The intent of this selection process is to staff one position on an indeterminate basis. A pool of qualified candidates may be established to staff similar positions with various language requirements and various tenures within the Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner (indeterminate, term, deployment, acting, secondment or assignment).
Positions to be filled: 1
Your résumé.
Contact information for 3 references.
A list of the courses you have taken as well as any courses that you are taking now, or that you will be taking this academic year
EDUCATION:
Successful completion of two years of a post-secondary program with acceptable specialization in social science, statistics, library/archival work or a law-related field.
Part B Notes:
1. An indeterminate incumbent of a former SI position who became an EC on June 22, 2009, who does not possess the minimum level of education as indicated in Part B above, is deemed to meet this minimum educational standard based on his/her education, training and/or experience. He/she must be accepted as having met the minimum educational standard for appointment or deployment to Part B EC positions. This note also applies to a person appointed or deployed for an indeterminate period to a Part B EC position after that date as the result of a staffing transaction started before June 22, 2009.
2. At the manager's discretion, an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience that is comparable to the minimum education stated above, may serve as an alternative. Whenever the minimum educational standard is met through an alternative, it is met only for the position being staffed, and a candidate must be reassessed for future appointments and deployments if the manager has asked for this alternative.
3. "Social science" includes economics, political science, sociology, anthropology, history, psychology, geography, criminology, and other disciplines associated with social science. "Library/archival work" includes gallery and museum functions.
4. It is the recognized educational institution (e.g. community college, CÉGEP or university) that determines whether the courses taken by a candidate correspond to two years of a post-secondary program at that institution.
EXPERIENCE:
EXP1 – Experience in gathering, summarizing and analyzing information.
EXP2 – Experience in writing reports or briefing notes for management.
EXP3 – Experience in analyzing and interpreting federal or provincial statutes.
EXP4 – Experience in providing recommendations to managers.
Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)
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
COMPETENCIES:
C1 – Oral Communication
C2 – Written Communication
C3 – Analytical Thinking
C4 – Planning & Organizing Skills
C5 – Judgement
ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION:
AEDU – Graduation with a degree in social sciences or law related field from a recognized university.
EXPERIENCE:
AEXP1 – Experience in interpreting and applying the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA).
ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:
In order to meet the organization's employment equity objectives in support of a diversified workforce, candidates who self-declare as being members of one of the four employment equity groups may be considered first for appointment: Aboriginal people, members of visible minorities, persons with disabilities, and women.
OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Willingness and ability to work overtime on occasion.
Secret security clearance - Successful candidate(s) must meet and maintain the Condition(s) of Employment throughout their employment.
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
PLEASE APPLY ONLINE: All applications must be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS). We request that you DO NOT fax or mail in hard copy documents.
Communication for this process will be sent via email. It is the candidate’s responsibility 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).
Various methods of assessment may be used (i.e.: written examination, interview, reference check, presentation, role play, recent and past performance evaluation, etc.)
Please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your résumé and/or application form, where applicable. Employees at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered first for deployment purposes.
Depending on the number of candidates, volume management strategies such as, but not limited to, invoking one or more of the asset qualifications for right fit decisions, top-down selection process, cut-off scores, random selection and/or assessment may be used for the purpose of managing applications/candidates.
Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.
Please ensure that your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) is included in your application.
Appointment decisions may be based on organizational needs. We therefore encourage candidates to self-declare their membership to any of the four employment equity designated groups in order to be considered should the organizational need be invoked during the appointment process.
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.
Persons without Internet access may also review jobs open to the public through InfoTel at 1-800-645-5605. The InfoTel number for persons using a TTY/TDD is 1-800-532-9397.
Candidates may have to travel to a specific location for the assessment/interview at their own cost.
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.