RCMP - Various Bilingual Administrative Clerk

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*** ONLY ONLINE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED ***

All job applications must be submitted through the jobs.gc.ca site. To submit an application online, please select the button "Apply Online" below.

Persons who cannot apply online or persons with disabilities preventing them from applying online are asked to inform the contact person responsible for this process.

**IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS TO FOLLOW**

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory to staff various bilingual Administrative Clerk CR-04 (CK-04) positions.

You are required to complete screening questions that clearly demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria of education and experience. Your response must include HOW (concrete examples), WHEN (dates) and WHERE (location of work) you meet the experience criteria required. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected. Your resume will only be used as second source to validate the experience listed in the answers. Comments such as "refer to my attached résumé" will not be accepted and may also result in your application being rejected.

APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CANDIDATE MEETS THE SCREENING CRITERIA WILL NOT BE GIVEN FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

The original proof of education will be required to validate the education.

Work environment

This position is located in a law enforcement environment which includes regular contact with uniformed and armed police officers.

Intent of the process

The intent of the selection process is to create an inventory of qualified bilingual candidates at the CR-04 (CK-04) level.

The inventory of qualified candidates will be use to staff various positions of varying tenures, including term and indeterminate appointments, of varying bilingual imperative linguistic profiles and varying security levels within the RCMP in the National Capital Region.

Random selection may be used at any time during the process to identify which applicants from the inventory will be assessed.

Should a Civilian Member (CM) be found qualified and selected for appointment, the appointment will not result in a change of status to another category for the member. Notification regarding the CM appointment will be sent to all applicable candidates who are within the area of selection and participated in the advertised process.

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)

Successful completion of two years of secondary school or employer-approved alternatives.

Degree equivalency

Experience in providing service to clients or public by telephone, in person and/or in writing

Experience in performing clerical duties such as, but not limited to: filing, processing mail, data-entry, using a bring-forward (BF) system, scanning documents, preparing correspondence, etc.

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

Bilingual - Imperative
Various Bilingual Imperative Profiles (minimum BBB/BBB)
*Please note that all positions being staffed from this selection process are bilingual. Therefore, all candidates who are considering applying should be willing and ready to be tested for Reading, Writing and Oral proficiency in their second official language (English or French). This testing is administered by the Public Service Commission (PSC) via Second Language Evaluations (SLE).

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

Ability to use MS Excel
Ability to manage a workload in order to meet deadlines
Ability to solve problems
Ability to communicate effectively in writing
Ability to communicate effectively orally

Attention to details*
Effective interpersonal relationships
Initiative
Dependability
Client service oriented

*Attention to details will be assessed throughout the process, ie: candidate’s ability to follow instructions such as:
- arriving on time to assessments
- following invitation e-mails
- replying within the time frames
- providing the requested information

Conditions of employment

Various RCMP security clearance depending on the position to be staffed:
- RCMP Enhance Reliability security clearance
- RCMP Secret level security clearance
- RCMP Top Secret level security clearance

Candidates selected for appointment will have to obtain and maintain an RCMP Security Clearance. This process requires a Security/Reliability Interview, a field investigation in matters of criminal activities, credit/finances, education, employment, references, etc.

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

A written examination will be administered.

An interview will be administered.

Reference checks may be sought.

Candidates must meet all the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

Candidates may be required to meet the operational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

Acknowledgement of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

You must provide proof of education credentials. If you obtained your education outside Canada, it is your responsibility to demonstrate its equivalence, please take a look at the following link for more information : http://www.cicic.ca/383/foreign-credential-recognition.canada.

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.

PLEASE NOTE: For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail. Please ensure to include a functional e-mail address, which will accept messages from unknown users (some e-mail systems block these types of e-mails). It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required.

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.