Travel Clerk and Finance Clerk- Census, UPDATE: see important messages

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

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

Please note: It is recommended to submit your application early as positions will start as early as January 2021.

The following is a list of potential locations to be staffed. If you are in a location not mentioned but are still interested in the opportunity, we highly encourage you to submit your application as some locations may be subject to change.

Vancouver, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Halifax.

In this job, you will be required to work exclusively from home and will be considered an employee working from home. You will therefore not have a physical workplace.

Along with your CV, you need to provide the contact information (names, phone number and email address) of two references. A reference can include but is not limited to a current or previous supervisor, as well as a reference from school or a volunteering experience.

Duties

For these positions, we are looking for candidates who:
- Have great attention to detail
- Enjoy working in a team to reach a common goal
- Can manage and respond to requests from team members, management and clients
- Are able to seek out and find solutions to various problems that arise
- Are open to learning and working with new financial systems and databases
If this sounds like you, apply now!

Work environment

Statistics Canada conducts the Census of Population in order to develop a statistical portrait of Canada and Canadians on one specific day. The census is designed to provide information about people and housing units in Canada by their demographic, social and economic characteristics.

The Census of Population is a reliable basis for the estimation of the population of the provinces, territories and municipal areas. The information collected is related to federal and provincial legislative measures and provides a basis for the distribution of federal transfer payments. The census also provides information about the characteristics of the population and its housing within small geographic areas and for small population groups to support planning, administration, policy development and evaluation activities of governments at all levels, as well as data users in the private sector.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff two Finance Clerk positions and six Travel Clerk positions. A pool of partially or fully qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions for the 2021 Census in various locations, various linguistic profiles, tenures, security clearances and conditions of employment.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 2 references.

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

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

Degree equivalency

- Experience working in a team environment
- Experience working with Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel

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

Various language requirements
English Essential
French Essential

Information on language requirements

Ability to communicate effectively
Ability to manage priorities and respect deadlines

Effective Interpersonal Skills
Dependability
Judgement

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

Experience processing various financial related transactions
Experience processing various travel related transactions
Experience using a travel management system in the public sector
Experience using a financial system in the public sector
Experience working in a government environment
Previous Statistics Canada Census experience
Experience with providing client service

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

The Government of Canada is committed to building a skilled workforce that is representative of Canada's diversity, which includes the recruitment of members of the designated employment equity groups.

We encourage women (especially in non-traditional occupations), Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities, and members of visible minority groups to apply and declare themselves as part of one or more of the above mentioned groups. Selection for some jobs may be limited to members of these groups.

Availability and willingness to work overtime according to operational needs.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Availability and willingness to work overtime according to operational needs.
Have a secure office space and a private area at your place of residence to make confidential phone calls .
Have reliable internet access at your place of residence.

The above conditions of employment must be met before an appointment is made. All costs associated with meeting the conditions of employment are the candidate’s responsibility. Candidates must meet and maintain the above conditions of employment throughout their employment.

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

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). 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.

In your PSRS questionnaire responses, clarity, coherence, conciseness as well as appropriate attention to detail (spelling, grammar and relevance to the factor being substantiated) will be used to evaluate the essential qualifications. It is NOT sufficient to only state that the qualifications are met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities or to refer to your resume. Rather you must clearly demonstrate HOW, WHEN, and WHERE the qualification was met through substantiation by examples.

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.

Candidates' qualifications may be assessed through screening questions, written tests, interviews and/or references. Candidates may be eliminated at any point during the selection process if they fail to demonstrate any of the essential criteria through their behaviour, for example, through: communication with Human Resources, informal discussion, selection interview, etc.

Internal reference contacts are not restricted to the list of names given by the candidate. The Selection Committee reserves the right to contact other references within the federal public service.

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 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/

As an excluded employee, you will be subject to the majority of the provisions of the Public Service Employment Act with some exceptions. Your employment will be subject to the following:
• You will not be eligible for internal appointment processes or deployments, except for acting appointments and deployments made to positions excluded by the Statistics Canada Census and Survey Related Term Employment Exclusion Approval Order (EAO).
• You will not be eligible for indeterminate status as a result of your employment in the Census program; time spent as an excluded employee will not count towards the three-year term to indeterminate conversion.
• You will be entitled to seven days' notice if you are rejected on probation.
• You will be entitled to seven days' notice when your employment ends, should your services no longer be required by reason of lack of work, the end of the census cycle or the transfer of work to other staff.

Depending on the requirements of the position(s) being staffed from this process, for current or future vacancies, any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements, and organizational needs may be applied at the time of staffing. Candidates may be contacted and assessed against these criteria at any time during this process.

Only on-line applications will be accepted. All job applications must be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS).

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.