Professionals in Programs, Security & ATIP*, Public Safety Canada has a job for you!

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About Public Safety Canada:

Are you interested in helping to keep Canadians safe from a range of threats such as natural disasters, crime and terrorism? If so, Public Safety Canada may be the place for you!

Public Safety coordinates an integrated approach to emergency management, law enforcement, corrections, crime prevention and national and border security. We exercise national leadership in building a safe and resilient Canada. Our success lies with a dynamic workforce that strives for excellence and innovation. The way we do our work is just as important as the work we do.

We offer a variety of work locations with challenges and impacts like no other organization in Canada. We believe that our employees are the key to achieving our objectives. That is why we offer a positive work environment that is worthy of their commitment and professionalism. We promote career advancement by offering opportunities to develop and acquire new skills and knowledge. We encourage continuous training and embrace new technologies that allow us to increase efficiency and flexibility in our work environment.

Come to work in an environment that offers many challenges with the opportunity to work on high profile issues!

« READI-POOLS »: What are they?
An ongoing intake of potential candidates and assessment for just-in-time staffing.

→ The benefits of being part of our READI-POOLS :

You only need to apply once to be considered for many job opportunities. Don’t worry, once your application is in our inventory, even if your application is not selected for one job, it remains in the inventory and can be selected for other opportunities. As an applicant, you can go back and update your resume or respond to the pre-screening questions at any time.

Please note that each hiring manager may have specific criteria to assess for their respective positions. Therefore, if you are referred for more than one opportunity, you may be re-assessed on the same criteria. Furthermore, if you do not obtain the required pass mark on one or more criteria, your application may remain in the inventory for possible referral for the other streams for which you have expressed an interest.

Position Titles & Work Locations:

→Stream 1: Watch Officer (Ottawa only)
→Stream 2: Program Officer / Regional Program Officer (All of the above-mentioned work locations)
→Stream 3: Senior Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP)* Analyst (Ottawa only)
→Stream 4: Senior Advisor, Privacy Policy and Training (Ottawa only)

---- How can you apply:

We are taking a simplified approach for you to apply to this inventory. We don’t even require a cover letter! You just need to provide the following:

■ your resume, which must NOT exceed four (4) pages
■ answer a questionnaire online that will allow us to refer your application to the work unit that matches your qualifications.

NOTE: To facilitate the referral of applicants to hiring managers, only applications submitted online will be accepted.

Please note that the first assessment process that will be conducted via this inventory will begin on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, with the screening phase. Other screening processes will be conducted periodically as vacancies arise.

→ You are strongly encouraged to apply as soon as possible as we have an immediate needs to staff multiple positions.

Intent of the process

This inventory will be used to staff immediate and future PM-04 vacant positions of various linguistic profiles, conditions of employment, geographic locations, security requirements and various tenures within Public Safety Canada. Persons seeking such job opportunities are therefore encouraged to apply.

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 (COMMON TO ALL STREAMS) :

• Secondary school diploma or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE (COMMON TO ALL STREAMS) :

• Experience providing recommendations on programs, or the interpretation or application of policies.
• Experience in collaborating with stakeholders (such as other government departments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), provincial/territorial or municipal stakeholders).

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual imperative:, BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, English or French Essential

Information on language requirements

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES (COMMON TO ALL STREAMS) :

• Integrity and Respect
• Analytical and Strategic Thinking
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Communications

ABILITY (Only for Watch Officer And Regional Program Officer):

• Ability to work in a stressful environment in the context of emergency management.

ASSET TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES (Only for Watch Officer / Program Officer or Regional Program Officer):

• Excellence in Program Delivery
• Planning and Organizing

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS (COMMON TO ALL STREAMS) :

• Ability and willingness to work overtime on short notice, including evenings and weekends.
• Ability and willingness to travel

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance - NOTE: The security requirements (e.g. reliability, secret and Top Secret may vary according to the position to be staffed).

Watch Officer positions require an operational component requiring shift work (24/7) and overtime on short or no notice. You may also be subject to call-back and shut-down (remaining at work) for an extended period of time.

Selected candidates must meet and maintain the above conditions of employment throughout their employment.

Other information

→ If you require special accommodation at any stage in the selection process, including technical aid to ensure an equitable assessment of your qualifications, please inform as soon as possible;

→ You must include a valid email address in your application. It is your 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 your responsibility to ensure accurate information is provided and updated as required.

→ The assessment board may assess the essential and other qualifications using interviews, written tests, references or a combination of these or other assessment methods. Other sources of information (such as performance agreements, work samples, board member knowledge, etc.) may be used to inform the assessment of the criteria identified on the Statement of Merit Criteria;

→ A random selection and/or top-down selection may be used at any moment of the process to manage the number of candidates;

→ Advice: Please make sure to clearly detail your work experience in your résumé which must NOT exceed four (4) pages. Do not assume that the screening committee has prior knowledge of your history;

→ Public Safety Canada would like its workforce to be reflective of the population it serves. As a result, preference may be given to candidates who are members of an Employment Equity group: Aboriginal persons, women, visible minorities, persons with disabilities. Therefore, we encourage candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a member of one of these groups;

We are dedicated to ensure timely communication with you throughout this selection process.

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.