Real Estate Advisor

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Assessment accommodation

Work environment

Did you know that Public Services and Procurement Canada was selected as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers for 2018? We invite you to join an organization that is committed to ensuring an inclusive workplace and respect for all!

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) helps the Government of Canada serve Canadians. With a strong focus on quality customer service, we provide innovative common services such as real estate and building management, purchasing, banking, pay and pensions, and translation to other government departments, agencies and boards. By providing these centralized services to departments and agencies, we enable them to focus on what they do best: providing their programs and services to Canadians.

As an organization, PSPC strives to give all its employees opportunities to achieve organizational, professional and personal goals in a respectful and inclusive workplace, mobilized and supported by leadership at all levels. For more information on PSPC's People Management Philosophy and Our Commitments please see the following link: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/apropos-about/pe-pc-eng.html.

Intent of the process

One indeterminate position will be staffed from this process. A qualified pool of candidates may be established from this process to staff identical or similar positions within Public Services and Procurement Canada with various tenures (Indeterminate, Acting, Term, Deployment, Assignment, Secondment).

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

Education:
Graduation with a diploma or degree from a recognized post-secondary educational institution

OR Professional certification for a recognized professional designation in an area related to Real Property;

OR an acceptable combination of education, training, and work experience relating to this position.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
- Significant and recent experience in the delivery of at least two (2) or more of the following fields related to real property:
1) appraisal or assessment; 2) strategic land use planning; 3) investment, financial, or risk analysis; 4) analyzing development plans; 5) disposal and or acquisition; 6) leasing or lease management; 7) portfolio management; 8) real property planning (i.e. renovation, construction, space optimization, investment); 9) project management; 10) asset management; 11) expropriation; 12) Aboriginal consultation or negotiation.

- Experience providing strategic advice and making recommendations to clients or management in areas relevant to the position.

* “Recent” experience means that it has occurred within the past 5 years.

** “Significant” is defined as a minimum of 12 consecutive months and refers to the breadth and depth of experience normally acquired through direct responsibility to a wide and variety of complex files or projects in the field of work in question.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
- Knowledge of Aboriginal rights and issues in the context of federal real property
- Knowledge of real estate practices
- Knowledge of federal government plans and priorities and how they relate to the management of real property

Key leadership competencies:
- Demonstrating Integrity & Respect
- Thinking things through
- Working Effectively with others
- Showing initiative and being action-oriented
- Client Service Competencies – Level 1

Abilities:
- Ability to communicate effectively and professionally verbally
- Ability to communicate effectively and professionally in writing

Conditions of Employment:
- Reliability Security Status

Operational Requirements:
- Be available to travel.
- Hold a valid driver's license.

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

Asset Qualifications:
- Significant experience in negotiating Real Property acquisitions and disposals.
- Significant experience with Indigenous consultation.
- Certification related to real property.

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.

Applicants who apply to this selection process must include their application, a valid
e-mail address and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.

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/

PLEASE NOTE: For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail for screening/assessment purposes (including issuing screening results, and sending invitations for written tests and interviews). It is the candidate’s responsibility to provide any changes to their personal information to the contact indicated on this job advertisement.

Failure to respond to communications may be construed as a withdrawal from this process.

Please note that in addition to all assessment methods, correspondence and communication in relation to this selection process may also be used to assess certain qualifications.

A written exam will be administered.

Applicants with disabilities: Should you require a technical aid or an alternative method of assessment to ensure an equitable assessment of your qualifications, please indicate so in your application.

Candidates must obtain the required pass mark for each qualification in order to be given further consideration in the selection process.

Interviews will be conducted.

Reference checks will be conducted.

Candidates invited to an interview will be required to bring proof of their education
credentials, in the form of a diploma or official transcript (original documents only).

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

Candidates from outside the Federal Public Service will be required to pay for their own travel expenses for various phases of testing/assessment.

Public service employees found qualified in this process may be considered for acting, assignment, deployment or secondment.

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.