District Administrative Assistant (AS-01), Detachment Services Assistant (CR-05)

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A CAREER NOWHERE NEAR ORDINARY!!

The RCMP offers an exceptional career, letting you make a real difference in your community and your country. No other police force in Canada provides the levels of services and variety offered by the RCMP, as well as opportunities for continued learning and growth.

Work environment

The work is being performed in a police detachment environment. This results in occasional exposure to intoxicated, mentally unstable, hostile and potentially violent individuals to victims of crime or relatives of accident victims who may be distraught. The work is performed in an open office environment. It involves tight deadlines, time pressures, frequent interruptions, conflicting priorities and multiple demands from staff, callers and visitors.

Intent of the process

Intent to fill 1 permanent AS-01 and 1 permanent CR-05 position in Dauphin (Manitoba). A pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar term and/or permanent positions.

Should a Public Service (PS) employee be found qualified and selected for appointment, notification regarding the PS appointment, if applicable, will be posted on www.jobs.gc.ca in accordance with the Public Service Employment Act.

Should a Civilian Member (CM) be found qualified and selected for appointment prior to May 21, 2020 (deeming date), the appointment will not result in a change of status to the Public Service (PS) category for the CM. Furthermore, CM staffing transactions resulting from this process will be administered in accordance with the Onboarding Transition Phase until deeming day.

Positions to be filled: 2

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

FOR BOTH POSITIONS:
Experience in the provision of administrative support services, including three of the following: data entry, preparing correspondence, maintaining a filing system for both electronic and paper documents, processing mail, managing agendas and schedules, organizing meetings and travel

Experience using word processing and spreadsheet software

Experience providing service to internal or external clients / general public, via telephone or in person

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

Experience manipulating data in an electronic database

Experience providing administrative support services in a law enforcement, judicial or quasi-judicial environment

Experience maintaining a law enforcement database such as: Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC), Police Reporting and Occurrence System (PROS)

Experience in providing records management services such as indexing, cross-referencing, filing, retrieving, retaining, archiving or destroying data

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Successful completion of two years of secondary school or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience

Degree equivalency

For AS-01 position:
Experience providing financial support services. (Services may include, but are not limited to, verifying and correcting financial claims, controlling and monitoring petty cash, preparing financial status reports, etc.)

For both positions:
Ability to communicate effectively orally.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
Ability to prioritize and multitask.
Ability to work in a team.
For AS-01 position: Ability to supervise

For both positions:
Demonstrating integrity and respect
Showing initiative and being action-oriented
Thinking things through
Dependability
Adaptability
Thoroughness
Results oriented

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

Successful completion of secondary school education

Degree equivalency

Willingness and ability to work in a busy police environment, including exposure to unsettling and/or graphic material
Willingness and ability to work overtime, as required.

Conditions of employment

Willingness and ability to travel for work and/or training purposes using various modes of transportation (including owned or leased government transport, commercial and light aircraft and up to and including remote locations

For AS-01 position: RCMP Secret security clearance
For CR-05 position: RCMP Enhanced Reliability Status (ERS) security clearance

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

When submitting an application to this selection process, you will be prompted to answer screening questions concerning the essential education, and the essential and asset experience qualifications. It is your responsibility to provide clear and concrete examples in your responses to each question, including when (from-to), where (occupational title, organization) and how you obtained your education and experience. Describe the situation/task, the action you took, what you accomplished and/or what you learned. Content of your response must be supported by your CV/resume as your responses to these questions will be used as a primary source of information and your CV/resume may only be used to validate this information. Should you indicate in your response "please refer to CV/resume" your application will be rejected.

Depending on the number of applicants, volume management strategies such as random selection, top-down approach and/or establishing cut-off scores to determine who will continue in the staffing process, may be used for the purpose of managing applications.

The candidate must not have a Criminal Record. The process also requires a Security/Reliability Interview, a field investigation in matters of credit/finances, education, employment, references, etc.

Assessment for this process will take place in Dauphin, Manitoba. The cost to attend the assessment will be the candidate's responsibility. If you are currently employed with the Federal Public Service, please let us know your current group and level as well as your tenure and the Department you are working for. Housing in this location may be difficult to obtain. It is the candidate’s responsibility to research this location.

External candidates may be eligible for the initial appointment relocation entitlement of up to $5000 if they are not currently a federal public service employee.

Interested persons must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to the position, in a manner determined by the Selection Board. A person may be appointed to the position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements or organizational needs. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

All communication relating to this process, including e-mail correspondence and responses to screening questions, may be used in the assessment of qualifications, including the ability to communicate effectively in writing.

A qualified group of candidates may be identified and may be used to staff future vacancies, similar positions, for term, permanent and acting, at full or part time hours within the area of selection.

Once established, the qualified pool will be valid for a period of 12 months and may be extended.

PLEASE NOTE: Where an e mail address is provided, the Selection Board may choose to communicate with candidates by e mail to provide/request information and to invite candidates to attend any portion of the assessment. Please include a valid e mail address that you check frequently, if you have one.

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview may be administered.

A written exam may be administered.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent.

You can apply on-line for all positions advertised through the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS).

Should a Public Service (PS) employee be found qualified and selected for appointment, notification regarding the PS appointment, if applicable, will be posted on www.jobs.gc.ca in accordance with the Public Service Employment Act.

Should a Civilian Member (CM) be found qualified and selected for appointment prior to May 21, 2020 (deeming date), the appointment will not result in a change of status to the Public Service (PS) category for the CM. Furthermore, CM staffing transactions resulting from this process will be administered in accordance with the Onboarding Transition Phase until deeming day.

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.