Entry Level Opportunities at ISC Manitoba Region - Indigenous Inventory

Update: Update: An addition has been made to the Conditions of Employment and Other information to reflect the new Vaccination Requirements.

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. Screening will be done on an ongoing basis and as positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

Check out the video below to help navigate the application process:
https://youtu.be/0GW7P3g9hhI

It is the responsibility of the candidate to clearly outline that they meet each of the criteria in the online questionnaire, which is provided during the application process. Please note that it is not sufficient to only state that the requirement is met or to provide a listing of past or current responsibilities. Rather the candidate must provide concrete and detailed examples that illustrate how they meet the requirement. Failure to do so could result in the application being rejected from the process. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience and will not contact candidates for additional or potentially missing information.

Your resume may be used to validate the information provided in the screening questions.

Work environment

Mandate: Indigenous Services Canada works collaboratively with partners to improve access to high quality services for First Nations, Inuit and Métis. Our vision is to support and empower Indigenous peoples to independently deliver services and address the socio-economic conditions in their communities.

WHY CHOOSE ISC? As an Indigenous person, contribute to ISC's interesting and unique mandate by playing a role in supporting services and programs offered in communities, including health, education, housing, community infrastructure, social and economic development. Join a workplace committed to reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. You can’t find this type of experience anywhere else.

Intent of the process

This process aims to create and maintain an inventory of Aboriginal persons for casual, indeterminate or term appointment within Indigenous Services Canada.

This process may also be used to offer acting appointments to Federal Public Service employees.

Depending on the needs of the organization, a random selection may be used at any time during the inventory process to establish which applicants from the inventory will be assessed.

Re-evaluation period: If you submitted an application and/or underwent assessment and were found not qualified, you may resubmit an application to be considered after a 6 month waiting period, from the time when the last application or assessment was completed.

A notice that your application is about to expire will be posted to the My jobs menu of your account 15 days before the end of your active period. If you do not take action, your application will no longer be active and therefore no longer considered for this inventory. Should your application become inactive while the process is still open, a notice will be posted to your account indicating that your application has expired; you may select the link Update my Inventory Status to reaffirm your interest.

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:
• A secondary school diploma or employer-approved alternatives.

Alternatives:
1. A satisfactory score on the Public Service Commission test approved as an alternative to a secondary school diploma; or
2. An acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.TESTING

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE (CR-05/AS-01/PM-01):
• Experience providing administrative support services*

• Experience in the preparation of reports.**

• Experience in gathering and analyzing information.

• Experience in providing service to clients. (This could include, but is not limited to: answering telephone calls, providing assistance to customers, serving the public, etc.).

*Administrative support services is defined as, for example, but not limited to: managing agendas, scheduling and organizing meetings/teleconferences, preparing and collating meeting file folders and background materials, procuring office equipment and supplies, maintaining a filing system, data entry and other related duties.

** Preparation of reports is defined as, updating tracking systems, compiling information, verifying accuracy of information and/or formatting documents.

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

Various language requirements
English essential, English or French essential, Bilingual Imperative, BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC or CCC/CCC

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

ABILITIES:
• Ability to communicate orally.
• Ability to communicate in writing.

PERSONAL SUITABILITIES:
• Demonstrates Integrity
• Demonstrates Respect
• Thinking things through
• Working Effectively with others
• Adaptability
• Initiative
• Flexibility

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

Since these are asset qualifications, you do not have to meet all the criteria you will find below. Hiring managers will select the criteria required for their positions to be staffed.

ASSET EDUCATION:
• A post-secondary school diploma in a field relevant to the position to be staffed

Degree equivalency

• Experience in providing services to or working with First Nations, Inuit or Metis.

• Experience using databases for the purpose of data analysis, manipulation, verification
and retrieval.

• Experience preparing and coordinating travel arrangements.

Experience in using a financial system such as Systems, Applications and Products (SAP).

ASSET PERSONAL SUITABILITY:
• Detail Oriented

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) are committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population it serves. In support of our strategy to achieve our employment goals for aboriginal peoples, preference will be given to candidates who, at the time of application indicate that they are an aboriginal person (self-declaration).

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - or Secret security clearance

All employees of the core public administration are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and attest to their vaccination status unless accommodated based on a medical contraindication, religion, or another prohibited ground for discrimination as defined under the Canadian Human Rights Act.

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

On October 6, 2021, the Government of Canada announced details of its plans to require vaccination across the federal public service.

As per the new Policy on COVID-19 Vaccination for the Core Public Administration Including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, federal public servants in the Core Public Administration and members of the RCMP must attest to their vaccination status. The requirement for employees to be fully vaccinated applies whether they are teleworking, working remotely or working on-site. This is a condition of employment and it applies to indeterminate (permanent), determinate (term), casual, and student hiring. Should you reach the point in the selection process where it is necessary to verify terms and conditions of employment then the hiring manager or a human resources representative will contact you in order to complete an attestation.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

Communication for this process will be sent via email. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required; Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

A variety of assessment tools may be used in the assessment of candidates, such as: written test, practical test, situational exercise, oral interview, simulation, presentation, role-play, work samples, performance appraisals and/or reference checks. Some assessment tools may be administered electronically, others, in-person.

Candidates invited to the assessment stage will be required to provide ORIGINAL proof of their education credentials, i.e., their degree or official transcript. Failure to do so may result in you not being considered further in the selection 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/

Candidates from outside the federal public service who are invited to written exams and/or interviews will be responsible for travel and accommodation expenses.

Candidates may be contacted and assessed against these criteria at any time during this 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.