Indigenous Recruitment – Various PG-02 and PG-03 Contract Officer Positions (ANTICIPATORY)

Important messages

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 specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Assessment accommodation

***VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: It is the responsibility of the candidate to clearly outline that they meet each of the screening criteria (i.e. Education and Experience Qualifications, both Essential and Assets) in the screening questionnaire. Please note that it is not sufficient to only state that the requirement is met or to provide a listing of past or current responsibilities. Rather the candidate must provide concrete and detailed examples that illustrate HOW, WHEN, and WHERE the qualification was met. Failure to do so could result in the application being rejected from the process. Resumes will be used as a secondary source to validate the information described in the screening questionnaire. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience and will not contact candidates for additional or potentially missing information.

It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification in the screening questions. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

Intent of the process

ANTICIPATORY STAFFING. This process will be used to staff immediate and future needs of the following positions:

PG-02 Contract and Procurement Officer
PG-03 Senior Contracts Officer

A pool of qualified candidates may be established and used to staff similar permanent and/or temporary vacancies with various tenures in ISC Vancouver (BC).

The pool could be used to offer acting appointments under exceptional circumstances in order to protect employee’s indeterminate status.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

Education:
-A secondary school diploma or *an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience as it relates to the position being staffed.

* Candidates claiming an acceptable combination must clearly indicate which combination they are claiming (e.g. education AND training; or education AND experience; or training AND experience; or education AND training AND experience). In addition, candidates must include the dates (month/year) in which they claimed the experience, training and/or education and the manner in which they meet the education and/or training and experience (e.g. courses, seminars, the name of the institution).”

Degree equivalency

Experience:
PG-02 and PG-03:
-Experience in interpreting government policies and procedures and their application in support of operations.

PG-02 only:
-Recent* experience in the preparation of documents to initiate procurement.
-Experience using an Integrated Procurement-Financial Management System (such as SAP, Oracle)

PG-03 only:
-Recent* and significant** experience in providing advice and guidance to clients on federal government procurement policies and procedures.
-Recent* experience in developing bid solicitations, awarding and managing contracts for services.
-Recent* experience reviewing and recommending improvements to Statements of Work and Evaluation Criteria.
-Recent* experience using an Integrated Procurement-Financial Management System (such as SAP, Oracle)

*Recent experience is defined as experience acquired within the last three years.
**Significant experience is understood to mean the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with having performed related activities for a period of two years.

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

Asset Education:
PG-02 and PG-03
-Completion of the Canada School of Public Service Required Training for Procurement Specialists.

Degree equivalency

Asset Experience:
PG-02 and PG-03
-Experience providing procurement and/or contracting with Comprehensive Land Claim Agreements (CLCA) and/or Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB) considerations
-Experience providing Procurement and/or Contracting services to clients in multiple Regions/provinces, as in a service Hub.
-Experience procuring professional services using at least one (1) of the following tools: THS, ProServices, TSPS, TBIPS.
-Experience with the Material Management (MM) module within SAP, including at least one of the following functions:
•Creating and amending Purchase Requisitions
•Creating and amending Purchase Orders

PG-03 only:
-Experience in developing and managing requests for proposal posted on the Government Electronic Tendering Service (GETS) for services subject to trade agreements.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
PG-03 only:
-Knowledge of the Treasury Board Contracting Policy, as it pertains to contracting for services.

Abilities:
PG-02 and PG-03:
-Ability to analyze and recommend effective solutions.
-Ability to prioritize and organize work.
-Ability to communicate orally.
-Ability to communicate in writing.

PG-03 only:
-Ability to interpret the intent of government and departmental policies, procedures and regulations related to procurement and contracting.

Personal Suitability:
PG-02 and PG-03
-Effective Interpersonal skills
-Judgment
-Initiative
-Reliability
-Client Service orientation

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

Operational Requirements:
-Willingness and ability to work occasional overtime.
-Willingness and ability to travel for work and/or training purposes.

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

Applicants who are entitled to a priority for appointment are encouraged to indicate this, along with their priority type, in their covering letter, résumé and/or application form.

Please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form.

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.

Please ensure that your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) is included in your application.

Candidates must meet each essential qualification to be appointed to a position, however, a person may be appointed to a position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements or organizational needs. Meeting these criteria is nonetheless desirable and may be a deciding factor for the staffing of some positions.

Management may choose to use one or more Asset Qualifications at the pre-screening stage to determine the number of applicants who will advance to the following stage of the selection process

FAILURE TO CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE HOW YOU MEET THE ESSENTIAL CRITERIA (Education and Experience) WILL RESULT IN THE REJECTION OF YOUR APPLICATION. APPLICANTS WILL NOT BE SOLICITED FOR INCOMPLETE OR POSSIBLE MISSING INFORMATION.

For this selection process, it is our intention to communicate with candidates VIA E-MAIL and/or PSRS for screening and assessment purposes; this will include communication of screening results and invitations to written tests and interviews. To that end, candidates must include a valid e-mail 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 e-mail systems block these types of e-mail). IT IS ALSO THE CANDIDATE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE ACCURATE CONTACT INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AND UPDATED AS REQUIRED.

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

A written exam will be administered.

An interview will be administered.

Reference checks will be sought.

Proof of education must be submitted at the interview. Failure to do so may result in you not being considered further in the selection 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.

Successful candidate(s) must meet and maintain the Conditions of Employment throughout their employment.

PLEASE ENSURE YOU READ THE POSTER THOROUGHLY AS THE INSTRUCTIONS CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT WILL BE REQUIRED IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS. FAILURE TO READ THE NOTES AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS COULD RESULT IN YOUR APPLICATION MISSING CRITICAL INFORMATION THUS PROVIDING FOR INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION FOR THE ASSESSMENT BOARD TO COMPLETE YOUR ASSESSMENT AND RESULTING IN YOUR ELIMINATION FROM THE PROCESS.

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.