Human Resources Advisor (Development Program) – Staffing and Classification

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Please note that this poster replaces the poster Reference EXT18J-020051-000007. If you have already submitted your application to this poster, you must resubmit your application by using this poster.

Candidates must submit their application using the "Apply online" function. Only applications submitted via this portal will be considered, unless a valid reason is presented prior to the closing date and accepted by the hiring manager.

TRAVEL AND RELOCATION: CANDIDATES WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR THEIR OWN TRAVEL, INCLUDING TRAVEL FOR ASSESSMENT PURPOSES, AND MAY BE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR OTHER EXPENSES.

Duties

STAFFING:

Operational staffing primarily involves the development of strategic advice and guidance on the different options for hiring personnel in the federal public service. The staffing advisors are business partner for their clients and guide them for initiating staffing processes, hiring candidates through various staffing mechanisms, and ensuring that their decisions are aligned with the staffing legislative framework. They inform their clients of the trends, advantages and disadvantages for each of the proposed options and the risks associated with each of their decisions. In addition, their advisory role also leads them to participate in working groups aimed at constantly improving the tools and options available to clients.

CLASSIFICATION:

Classification and Organizational design aligns structures with the mission and objectives of the organization. Specialists in this area analyze functions and workloads; determine the best skills mix (occupational groups, levels, and numbers of positions); and develop effective organizational structures. Classification Advisors analyse the duties assigned to positions against standards established by the Treasury Board to determine the value of jobs, control the government of Canada’s wage bill and ensure employees are compensated appropriately for their work. These Human Resources Advisors conduct a broad range of activities including everything from updating job descriptions, chairing classification committees, managing grievances to leading the organizational design of a new sector.

Work environment

Do you relate to the following statements? Do they accurately represent your skills and abilities?

• Are you a university graduate with a degree related to Human Resources?
• Are you looking to work for a team that serves an organization that is leading Canada in our relationship with other countries, and is headline news in Canada several times a week?
• Are you comfortable in a position of influence requiring analytical and problem-solving skills?
• Are you known for producing high quality work and respecting others?

If you answered YES to these questions, we strongly encourage you to consider a career in HR at Global Affairs Canada!

Global Affairs Canada is looking to recruit individuals who are interested in joining our Human Resources training program. As a member of the HR operations family, and through hands-on experience you will be coached and trained in the art of being a strategic partner to clients who are serving our Canadian interests around the world. We are hiring into entry level positions as Human Resources Advisors, and the training program will support participants in being promoted into working level positions within our team in the National Capital Region.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to staff five (5) positions on indeterminately basis.

A pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff positions within Global Affairs Canada. Tenures and official language requirements and profiles may vary according to the positions being staffed.

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)

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Candidates must clearly demonstrate in the screening questionnaire how they meet the education and experience factors listed as essential and asset qualifications on the statement of merit criteria. In order to do so, the candidate must provide the information as part of their answer to the pertinent screening question, using concrete examples, in the provided area and within the limited characters provided by the system. The assessment board cannot and will not make any assumptions about your experience. Note that it is not sufficient to only state that the qualifications are met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Resumes will be used as a secondary source to validate the experience described in the experience questionnaire. Failure to clearly demonstrate in the questionnaire how you meet the education and experience, both essential and asset, where applicable, may result in the rejection of your application. Candidates will not be solicited for incomplete or possible missing information.

EDUCATION:

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

NOTE: Students graduating from a recognized university program by the end of December 2018 may apply. Evidence will be required later in this process.

NOTE: Indeterminate period incumbents of positions in the PE group on October 1, 1999, who do not possess the education level described above, are deemed to meet the minimum education standard based on their education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:

PE-01
•EX1: Experience in researching and analysing information and in providing recommendations to clients or stakeholders in a professional environment.

PE-02
•EX1: Experience in researching and analysing information and in providing recommendations to managers in a human resources discipline (e.g. staffing, human resources planning, classification, labour relations, learning and development, compensation, etc.).
•EX2: Experience in the interpretation and application of legislation, regulations and policies governing an HR discipline.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)

Information on language requirements

COMPETENCIES:

• Thinking Things Through
• Showing Initiative and Being Action-Oriented
• Working Effectively with Other
• Demonstrating integrity and respect
• Communications
• Client Service Orientation

The Human Resources Consultant Simulation Exercise (410) will be administered. These positions are part of the PE Development Program designed to develop individuals from the PE-01 to PE-04 levels. The Program provides a structured developmental experience; composed of learning objectives, developmental work assignments, coaching, training and learning activities, regular feedback, and written performance assessments.

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

Asset qualifications may be assessed at the screening stage. Therefore, please ensure to indicate if you meet the asset qualifications (education and experience).

A qualified candidate may be offered the position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications. However, asset criteria are desirable and may be invoked at any point of the staffing process by the hiring manager.

EDUCATION:

• Graduation with a degree from a recognized university with acceptable specialization in human resources management, labour or industrial relations.

Degree equivalency

ASSET EXPERIENCE:

•AEX1: Experience working in a field related to Human Resources management.
•AEX2: Experience with the Position and Classification Information System (PCIS or PCIS+).
•AEX3: Experience in classification.
•AEX4: Experience in staffing.
•AEX5: Experience in writing or preparing documents such as reports.
•AEX6: Experience in the interpretation and application of legislation, regulations and policies governing an HR discipline in the Federal Public Service.

KNOWLEDGE: (Asset for PE-02 only)

• Knowledge of the relevant legislations, guidelines, policies and practices relating to staffing in the federal government.
AND/OR
• Knowledge of the relevant legislations, guidelines, policies and practices relating to classification in the federal government.

ASSET COMPTENCIES:

• Dependability
• Reasoning
• Judgment
***(Unsupervised Internet Test 370 could be used to assess reasoning and judgment.)***

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:
Preference may be given to candidates who are members of a designated group.

Willingness and ability to work overtime on short notice.

Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: Secret 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

For this selection process, it is our intention to communicate with candidates via email. This will include communication of screening results and invitations to assessments. 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.

You must provide proof of your education credentials.

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

The unsupervised PSEE UIT 370 internet test results are not transferable from one process to another.

Scores are provided only for supervised tests. Unsupervised tests are more vulnerable to security breaches when test scores are provided to test takers. Consequently, pursuant to Section 22 of The Access to Information Act, UIT test scores are not provided because to do so would threaten the validity and continued use of the test.

If you pass the PSEE UIT 370 and are invited to write the supervised version of the test, then you may choose to reuse your existing supervised PSEE 371 test results or take the test again (assuming the re-test period of 180 days has expired). Note that only your previous results on the PSEE 371 will be accepted.

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.