Appraisal Analyst

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Work environment

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Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to immediately staff two indeterminate positions, one in Vancouver, and the second preference location is Edmonton. A qualified pool of candidates may be established from this process to staff identical or similar positions within the Department of Public Services and Procurement Canada in Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver with various tenures (Indeterminate, Acting, Term, Deployment, Assignment, Secondment).

Positions to be filled: 2

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 5,000 words (maximum)

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

Education:
• Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in economics, sociology or statistics.
• Current Accreditation in good standing as a professional appraiser by either the Appraisal Institute of Canada (AACI designation) or the Order of Chartered Appraisers of Québec (ÉA designation).

Degree equivalency

Experience:
• Significant* and recent** experience in estimating the MARKET VALUE of a variety of commercial, industrial AND investment real property.
• Significant* and recent** experience in estimating the MARKET RENT of office AND industrial space.
• Experience in working with Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.

*Significant will be evaluated in relation to the amount, complexity and diversity of the work handled.
**Recent is defined as having occurred within the last five years.

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

Education and Occupational Certification:
• University degree with specialization in real estate, business, commerce, economics or finance.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
• Experience as a fee appraiser.
• Experience in completing appraisal reviews.
• Experience in estimating the market value of land including large comprehensive development sites, rural acreage parcels and special purpose sites.
• Experience in estimating the market rent of land.
• Recent experience in working with computerized discounted cash flow programs.
• Experience in the real estate assessment field (i.e. property tax assessment reviews).
• Experience in testifying as an expert witness.
• Experience in preparing and presenting reports to clients or management.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting and analysis.
• Experience in the supervision and training of staff.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
• Knowledge of real estate appraisal theory, principles and procedures.
• Knowledge of financial calculation techniques used to perform real property valuations.
• Knowledge of appraisal review.

Key leadership competencies:
• Values and ethics
• Thinking things through
• Engagement
• Excellence through results
• Client Service - Level 1 please see: https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/sc-cs/csc-eng.html

Abilities:
• Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
• Ability to manage multiple valuation projects.

Condition of Employment:
• Status as a member in good standing in a professional appraisal association (AACI, EA or equivalent designation). Proof of designation will be required.
• Reliability Status security clearance

Organizational Requirements:
Candidates must be willing and able to travel periodically throughout the respective region for each position including to small, remote communities.

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

Knowledge:
• Knowledge of real property mass appraisal techniques

Abilities:
• Ability to manage valuations for a portfolio of properties.
• Ability to interpret and apply case law related to real property tax assessment.
• Ability to negotiate.

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

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE:
Candidates MUST provide a cover letter as the cover letter and resume will be used to assess your ability to communicate effectively in writing. In this document, you must provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience requirements listed in the essential qualifications and asset qualifications section. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties. One effective approach would be to use the wording of each experience criterion as a heading and then write one or two paragraphs demonstrating that you have the required experience and ensure that clear and accurate details are provided. The resume may be a secondary source to confirm the experience described in the cover letter.

APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CANDIDATE MEETS THE SCREENING CRITERIA WILL NOT BE GIVEN FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in 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). Candidates who apply on this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and to make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). 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.