Audit and Evaluation Officer

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

Please note when submitting an application to this selection process, you will be prompted to answer screening questions concerning the essential education and experience qualifications and, if applicable, other (non-essential) qualifications.

It is NOT sufficient to only state that the qualifications are met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Rather you must clearly demonstrate HOW, WHEN, and WHERE the qualification was met through substantiation by examples. Information on your described skills, experience, etc. provided in the screening questions should be supported by your resume. Failure to provide the above information in the format required may result in your application being rejected from the process.

Candidates may not be solicited for incomplete or possible missing information.

Resumes will be used as a secondary source to validate the experience and education described in the screening questions.

INSTRUCTIONS

When recording your examples, be sure you:
• Provide concrete, specific examples of actions that speak directly to the experience or ability sought.
• Choose examples with sufficient complexity, impact and degree of difficulty that will allow you to illustrate to what extent and depth you have shown the behaviours expected for each qualification.
• Focus on what you did. In referring to an experience achieved in the context of a team, set your role apart from the role(s) of others.
• Please describe the achievements in the past tense. This will help to ensure that you are providing concrete examples, rather than making general statements (e.g. instead of saying “I work well within a team….” you can say “I worked well with a team when….”).
• Use action verbs when describing your experience i.e. lead, managed, organized, planned, prepared, informed, determined, etc.
• Provide all examples in sentence format.
• Each example must include when the example took place, background of each situation, what you did, how you did it, what your role was in the situation, and what was the outcome.

All information must be provided through the “apply online” application process. Do not fax, mail, email or drop-off a hard copy application as these will not be accepted. To apply in an alternate format due to disability, you must contact the email address indicated in the "Contact information" section below PRIOR to the Closing Date.

Duties

Canada's development as an independent country with a unique identity stems partly from its achievements in times of war. Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) exists to assist and help those whose courageous efforts gave us this legacy and contributed to our growth as a nation.

VAC's mandate is to support the well-being of Veterans and their families, and to promote recognition and remembrance of the achievements and sacrifices of those who served Canada in times of war, military conflict and peace.

The Audit and Evaluation Division of VAC strives to improve the design, delivery and cost efficiency of programs for our clients.

As an Audit and Evaluation Officer, you will contribute to audits and evaluations; identify and assess program, operational and departmental risks; and provide advice on performance measures, and methods to collect and report on this data. You will provide information on the audit and evaluation process and requirements and conduct interviews.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to establish a pool of qualified candidates which could be used to staff similar or identical positions of the same or equivalent group and level, with various tenures, various language requirements, and various security clearance levels with Veterans Affairs Canada and other Federal Government Departments.

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)

Education:
ED1 - Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in economics, sociology or statistics.

Candidates must always have a degree. The courses for the specialization must be acceptable and may have been taken at a recognized post-secondary institution, but not necessarily within a degree program in the required specialization. The specialization may also be obtained through an acceptable combination* of education, training and/or experience.

*An acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience consists of a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution and experience in all four essential experiences outlined below.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
EX1 - Experience* gathering and synthesizing information from a variety of sources to draw conclusions about the programs, policies or initiatives being reviewed.
EX2 - Experience* developing methodologies, data collection tools or analysis tools. (Your response should include the rationale for your choices.)
EX3 - Experience* participating in or leading facilitation teams or focus groups to obtain information for projects or studies.
EX4 - Experience* building and maintaining cooperative working relationships with stakeholders.

*Experience will be evaluated in terms of length, complexity and diversity of work experience that was a core part of the candidate’s employment and would have normally been obtained during a period of approximately two (2) years.

PLEASE keep in mind this definition when you provide your examples in response to the screening questions for the experience you indicate possessing.

Abilities:
AB1 - Ability* to prepare and write documents for decision-makers on policy, programs, research or strategic planning issues or initiatives. (Documents could include research reports, policy analysis results in written analytical reports, issue analyses, planning documents, briefing notes or presentations.)
AB2 - Ability to organize workload in an environment of multiple and sometimes shifting priorities.
AB3 - Ability to communicate effectively orally.
AB4 - Ability* to communicate effectively in writing.

*Please note: These abilities will be assessed on the application.

Personal Suitability:
PS1 - Judgement*
PS2 - Integrity and Respect*
PS3 - Analytical and Strategic Thinking
PS4 - Interpersonal relationships

*Please note: These personal suitabilities will be assessed on the application.

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

Various language requirements
English Essential
Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB
Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC
Bilingual Imperative 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

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

Asset Education Qualifications:
AED1 - Professional Accounting Designation
AED2 - Professional Institute of Internal Auditor’s designation (Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Government Auditing Professional, Internal Audit Practitioner, etc.)
AED3 - Certified Information Systems Auditor designation
AED4 - Credentialed Evaluator Designation

Degree equivalency

Asset Experience Qualifications:
AEX1 - Experience serving as a member of the Canadian Armed Forces.
AEX2 - Experience in the audit or evaluation of programs, services, initiatives or policies.
AEX3 - Experience working at Veterans Affairs Canada, or working on Veterans’ issues or files.
AEX4 - Experience in the development of Cabinet documents.

Operational requirements:
Willingness and ability to travel.
Willingness and ability to work overtime and alternate hours of work.
Candidates must be willing to use a departmental mobile device.

Conditions of employment

Reliability status or Secret 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

It is your responsibility to ensure that your email and contact information are maintained with the hiring board. All communication for this process will be sent by email and it is your responsibility to verify your messages regularly and make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice (English or French). Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

Education or Experience factors in the asset qualifications may be used for screening. Applicants should clearly demonstrate on their application if they meet any of the education or experience asset qualifications. Failure to do so may result in the rejection of your application.

Various selection methods may be used to manage the number of applicants.

Candidates will be asked to provide proof of their education credentials and proof of citizenship at a later date.

Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency.

Indeterminate employees at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered for assignment, deployment or secondment opportunities before other candidates.

An interview may be administered.

Contact information for 2 references will be required. One reference must be a recent supervisor. Please provide email addresses for your references.
The Assessment Committee reserves the right to contact references other than those provided by the candidates (within the Public Service only) in order to adequately assess the candidates.

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.