Various AS-03 Positions

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

Work environment

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Intent of the process

This is an inventory of candidates to staff similar AS-03 positions within the Receiver General and Pension Branch of Public Service and Procurement Canada, located in Ottawa (Ontario). This inventory could also be used to staff similar positions within the Public Service.

Employees of the federal public service may be considered for deployments, assignments, secondments or actings.

This inventory may be used to staff similar positions on an indeterminate, term or casual basis with various linguistic profiles, tenures and locations.

** Please note that you are registering into an inventory, not applying for a specific position.

** Since this is an inventory to staff various AS-03 positions, the statement of merit criteria (required qualifications) could vary for each position. When a position becomes available, candidates will be pulled from the inventory to be assessed based on the required qualifications. Asset qualifications could be deemed as essential depending on the position being staffed. The final statement of merit criteria will be shared with individuals who are deemed to meet the initial screening criteria.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 2 references.

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

Education:
- Secondary school diploma or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
- Experience in research and analysis

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

Various language requirements
English Essential
Bilingual Imperative (Various)

Information on language requirements

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

***Candidates may be required to meet some of the following qualifications(may be deemed as essential), depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

1. Experience in auditing a variety of files and transactions.
2. Experience using various techniques and approaches of quality assurance.
3. Experience in support services in Human resources.
4. Experience in support services in Finance.
5. Experience in the administration of Compensation or benefits and/ or using pay or benefits software.
6. Experience in the development of compensation products.
7. Experience working with the Penfax System
8. Experience working with the Siebel System.
9. Experience in pension administration for the Federal Public Services (Example: Canadian Forces / Royal Canadian Mounted Police / Federal Judges).
10. Experience in the preparation, and presentation of documents and/or reports.
11. Experience in developing reports and or briefing notes intended for management.
12. Experience in providing advice and recommendations to clients and/or stakeholders.
13. Experience in software testing.
14. Experience in writing test cases and/or use cases.
15. Experience in data correction and data analysis.
16. Experience in developing complex Excel spreadsheets.
17. Experience reviewing, interpreting and applying policies, procedures or legislation.
18. Experience working with pension plan legislation.
19. Experience working with group insurance policies and legislation.
20. Experience in tracking and maintaining incoming and outgoing documents.
21. Experience developing and maintaining a system to classify, store and facilitate the retrieval of records/documents.
22. Experience conducting independent research or collecting information from a variety of sources, and summarizing findings and making recommendations as a result of assessing the operational requirements in information management.
23. Experience in interpreting and administering IM related policies and directives.
24. Experience in the design and delivery of IM training or awareness sessions.
25. Experience working with Gcdocs or Open Text.
26. Experience in project coordination or project management
27. Experience in process documentation and/or design
28. Experience writing for web and creating digital content

Operational Requirements
- Be willing and able to work overtime on short notice
- Be willing and able to travel occasionally

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - - The normal workday shall be seven decimal five (7.5) consecutive hours, during the hours of operations which are between 6:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Eastern time.
- Willing and able to work irregular and /or rotational hours in order to support the operations of the Center.
- Rotation to different sections within the Pension Centre is a condition of employment for this position.
- Be willing and able to work overtime on short notice.
- Be willing and able to travel occasionally.

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 designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

A random selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

References may be done: You must provide the name, title, telephone number and email address of two (2) potential referees who have been your direct superior/supervisor during your professional relationship. Furthermore, they must have worked with you for a timeframe of at least six consecutive months within the last three years. The name of your current supervisor must be included, even if the supervision period is less than 6 months. Please also provide a third name if the period of supervision for recent supervisor was less than 6 months.

A test may be administered.

An interview may be administered.

A situational exercise may be administered.

Please note that all or some of the essential qualifications may be assessed throughout the selection process effective from the time you submit your application.

All written and verbal communication obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, may be used to evaluate the candidate

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

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

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.

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

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.