Administrative Services and Program Support

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

Work environment

At Natural Resources Canada, a Federal government job means developing leadership skills, fostering teamwork, and supporting creativity and innovation. We know it takes people from diverse pools of talent to make this happen. That is why we are looking for people like you.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to staff one AS-02 position. A pool of fully or partially qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions at Natural Resources Canada at the AS-02 group and level with various tenures (determinate period or permanent), various linguistic requirements (imperative and/or non-imperative), language requirements (English Essential, French Essential, English or French Essential and Bilingual) and profiles (BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC, etc.), various security requirements (Reliability Status, Secret), various conditions of employment and for various locations.

Positions to be filled: 1

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)

A secondary school diploma or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

EX1 Recent and extensive* experience in providing a range of administrative support services to senior management in a fast paced environment.
*For the purposes of this selection process, recent is defined as having acquired the experience in the past 2 years and extensive is defined as having a minimum of 3 years

EX2 Experience using automated office systems such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Outlook.

EX 3 Experience in managing the daily schedule of senior managers, including scheduling appointments, meetings and booking travel.

EX 4 Experience in managing the information flow of a senior manager’s office, including composing letters and e-mails and tracking the status of outstanding issues and recommending follow-up actions.

EX 5 Experience in logistics management and follow-up of meetings, conference calls, videoconferences or other activities.

EX 6 Experience in researching analyzing and compiling information for reporting purposes or in response to information requests

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

Education: Postsecondary diploma or diploma from a recognized college relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

A1 Experience in administrative support related to human resources.
A2 Experience in administrative support related to finance.
A3 Experience in information management and records keeping (printed and electronic).
A4 Experience in using Electronic Document Records Management Systems such as Microsoft SharePoint, GCDOCS, GCCMS or others.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)

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
AB1 Ability to plan, organize and prioritize work in order to meet deadlines
AB2 Ability to formulate and recommend options to managers for resolving issues.
AB3 Ability to advise and guide staff on policies or on procedures and guidelines.
AB4 Ability to communicate effectively orally
AB5 Ability to communicate effectively in writing

PERSONAL ABILITIES:
PS 1 Effective interpersonal relationships.
PS 2 Judgement.
PS 3 Reliability.
PS 4 Initiative.
PS 5 Thoroughness.
PS 6 Discretion

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance

Willing and able to work overtime, as required.
The work requires long periods of sitting and sustained attention to a computer screen.
Must be able to work during core business hours between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm.

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

All job applications must be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System. Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact the name given below.

In order to manage the number of applications in this selection process, management may use top-down or random selection at various steps in the process to determine the number of candidates who will be assessed or continue in the process.

Please note that answers to the screening questions in the on-line application may be used to assess the ability to communicate effectively in writing.

In order for your application to be considered, all screening questions must be answered. You must provide concrete examples to demonstrate how you meet each qualification, including where and how you obtained the experience, as well as the period(s) in which you performed the functions of the position(s) (MM-YYYY to MM-YYYY).

Depending on the requirements of the position or positions being filled, any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements, and organizational needs may be considered at any time during this process. These criteria may be a deciding factor in choosing the persons to be appointed. Therefore, it is important that you answer each of the questions related to these requirements.

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.