Recourse Advisor ***AMENDMENT TO CLOSING DATE***

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Assessment accommodation

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**Please note that these positions are advertised simultaneously via an internal process and an external process; and the same assessment tools will be applied to both processes. Consequently, candidates who applied will only be assessed once.

Work environment

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is looking for talented and skilled individuals to join its adjudications team. The RCMP offers a diverse, inclusive, respectful and healthy work environment that offers flexible work arrangements to ensure work-life balance. If you value challenging assignments, innovation, collaboration and high quality service to clients, we want to hear from you!

Our team is located at 73 Leikin Drive in Ottawa, Ontario (Barrhaven), in a modern building with plenty of free parking, and convenient access to bus routes immediately outside of the building.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff two positions on an indeterminate basis, with a linguistic profile of Bilingual Imperative CCC/CCC and an RCMP Secret security clearance

A pool of candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions within the RCMP in the National Capital Region on an indeterminate or specified period (including term, acting, secondment or assignment) basis, with various bilingual linguistic profiles and various RCMP security clearances.

Should a Civilian Member (CM) be found qualified and selected for appointment, the appointment will not result in a change of status to the Public Service (PS) category for the CM.

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Positions to be filled: 2

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

A bachelor of Law degree (JD/LL.B/B.C.L./LL.L.) from a recognized post-secondary institution.

Degree equivalency

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE:
EX1. Recent* and significant** Experience in administrative law principles and practice;
EX2. Recent* and significant** Experience coordinating and conducting legal research including analyzing and documenting information; and
EX3. Recent* and significant** experience in preparing, drafting or formatting correspondence, reports or other documents that include the analysis of legal issues.

NOTE:
*Recent is defined as experience normally associated with performing the duties of the position within the last five (5) years.

**Significant is defined as the depth and breadth of experience normally acquired with having directly performed the functions on a continuous basis for approximately two (2) years.

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

ASSET EXPERIENCE
A/EX1. Experience in adjudication and decision-making in an administrative law context;
A/EX2. Experience in conducting critical analysis of records submitted for a decision by a quasi-judicial tribunal;
A/EX3. Experience working with the RCMP Act, and Regulations (including the Commissioner’s Standing Orders) as they related to grievance and conduct matters;
A/EX4. Experience in drafting decisions, at time extensive, with reasons supported by applicable legislation, policy and jurisprudence;
A/EX5. Experience in drafting legal decisions pertaining to labour and administrative law in the context of policing;
A/EX6. Experience with one or more of the following: RCMP conduct process, a legislated grievance process, Canadian Human Rights Act, Privacy Act, Treasury Board Secretariat Policy on Prevention and Resolution of Harassment in the Workplace, duty to accommodate, administrative law, principles of natural justice and procedural fairness, judicial review; and
A/EX7. Experience in providing advice to Director (EX-01 / Superintendent) levels or higher.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CCC/CCC)

Information on language requirements

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE:
K1. Knowledge of general labour law and human rights principles applicable to
Government of Canada employees;
K2. Knowledge of legal research principles and practices;
K3. Knowledge of the RCMP Act R.S.C., 1985, C.R-10, of the RCMP Regulations, 2014, of the Commissioner's Standing Orders (Grievances and Appeals), of the Commissioner’s Standing Orders (Conduct), of the RCMP Administration Manual II.3 (Grievances and Appeals) and of the RCMP Administration Manual XII.1 (Conduct); and
K4. Knowledge of the mandate and role of the RCMP.

ESSENTIAL ABILITIES:
A1. Ability to analyze complex information as well as legal issues, identify options and make recommendations;
A2. Ability to communicate effectively orally;
A3. Ability to communicate effectively in writing at an advanced level;
A4. Ability to work alone with minimal supervision; and
A5. Ability to interpret jurisprudence.

ESSENTIAL PERSONAL SUITABILITIES:
PS1. Flexibility
PS2. Initiative
PS3. Dependability
PS4. Attention to detail
PS5. Judgement
PS6. Developing self
PS7. Client Service Orientation

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

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Willing and able to work overtime as and when required and on short notice to meet operational requirements.
Willing and able to travel as and when required.

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance - All applicants for positions within the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will be subject to a thorough security clearance process which includes an interview wherein questions may include (but not limited to), reference checks, previous employment, on-line activities, credit checks, alcohol and/or drug use.

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

Candidates must meet all essential qualifications to be appointed to a position. This will be determined through the use of various evaluation tools.

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

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

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.

Indeterminate employees at the same group and level, or equivalent may be considered for deployment, assignment/secondment prior to the assessment of other applicants.

Please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form.

Our means of communication with applicants is via 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.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

HOW TO APPLY:
You will be required to answer screening questions to demonstrate how you meet the Essential Qualifications (Education and all Essential Experiences).

When answering the screening questions, it is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current or past responsibilities. Rather, you must provide concrete examples of tasks you have accomplished with significant details to explain the WHAT, WHEN, WHERE and HOW you acquired each qualification.

For each experience criteria, please provide the following information:
1- Name of the department or organization where the experience was acquired;
2- Title of the position occupied, group and level and the period(s) in which you performed the functions (M-Y to M-Y)
3- Specific details of tasks or projects demonstrating how the experience was acquired (Situation/Challenge, Tasks, Action and Result)

Should your responses to the screening questions contain insufficient details to demonstrate that you meet the screening criteria, your application will not be given further consideration in this process. Candidates will not be solicited for incomplete or possible missing information.

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.