Various Procurement Positions (Operations, Centre of expertise)

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Work environment

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is looking for dynamic candidates to join its procurement team and its Centre of Expertise. As part of the operations team, you will have the opportunity to award contracts for the acquisition of goods, services and construction for both DFO and the Canadian Coast Guard. You will collaborate with the various clients on a regular basis to anticipate and analyze their requirements, develop strategies and options to meet objectives and provide advice on very interesting projects.

For candidates within the Centre of Expertise team, you will have the exciting opportunity to perform tasks such as reviewing and implementing procurement policy documents, preparing procurement reports, providing procurement training, resolving contracting issues, etc.

In addition, DFO offers a working environment where work life flexibility is really important. Depending on personal situations, we offer the opportunity to work both from the office and from home.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff 1 position at the Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB level, on an indeterminate basis.

The intent of this advertisement is to also create an inventory of partially or fully assessed professionals that may be used in the future to staff similar positions within Fisheries and Oceans Canada with various tenures, various linguistic profiles (Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB or Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC, English Essential), various operational requirements and/or various conditions of employment.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

EDUCATION
Secondary School Diploma

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
Recent and significant* experience in executing contracting and procurement for goods, services or construction.
­Recent and significant* experience in assisting clients in developing contractual documents such as: statements of work, evaluation criteria, requests for proposals or resulting contracts.
Recent and significant experience* in conducting analysis and providing advice on procurement issues.

*Recent and significant experience is defined as the depth and breadth of your engagement in the performance of these duties for a period normally associated with two years (2) of experience within the last five (5) years. Please provide details and date ranges.

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

ASSET EDUCATION
A degree* from a recognized post-secondary institution OR graduated with a diploma from a recognized technical institute or college OR obtained a certification from a program related to procurement.

*Degree refers to a baccalaureate as established by educational authorities.

Degree equivalency

ASSET EXPERIENCE
Experience preparing and awarding competitive construction files.
Experience in using PSPC professional services tools such as THS, ProServices, etc.
Experience in awarding complex* contracts.
* Complex is defined as a procurement having at least two (2) of the following elements:
1. Involving multi-million dollar projects;
2. Involving consultations with multiple stakeholders groups;
3. Involving multiple trade agreements;
4. Involving high profile or high risk projects (e.g. scope, security, emergency, departmental priorities, etc.);
5. Involving the negotiation of price or non-standard terms and conditions;
6. Involving the resolution of bid evaluation issues;

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

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

Information on language requirements

If your application is screened in, you will be invited to demonstrate the following competencies via an evaluation process:

ABILITIES
Ability to communicate effectively in writing
Ability to communicate effectively orally

PERSONAL SUITABILITY
Integrity and Respect
Client Service
Business Acumen
Thinking Things Through
Working effectively with others

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

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Willingness and ability to travel, as required
Willingness and ability to work overtime, as required.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status 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

PLEASE APPLY ONLINE: Please submit your application online. We request that you DO NOT email, fax or mail in hard copy documents.

Reference checks may be sought.
An interview may be administered.
A written examination may be administered.

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.

Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position. A candidate may be appointed to a position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications or operational requirements. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

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

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

Candidates invited to an interview will be required to bring proof of their education credentials, in the form of a diploma or official transcript.

For this appointment process, our intention is to communicate with candidates by e-mail for screening/assessment purposes (including sending invitations for written tests and interviews). Candidates who apply to this selection process must include, in their application, a valid e-mail address and make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some e-mail systems block these types of e-mail). If you do not wish to receive your results by e-mail, it is your responsibility to inform us.

Please note that the information provided may be considered in the assessment of any of the essential or asset qualifications, including the ability to communicate effectively in writing.

Please note that candidates can be eliminated by the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS) based on PSRS screening questions.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans first and then to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, 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.