Junior Property and Facility Officer (INVENTORY)

Important messages

Giving you the best chance to succeed!
At Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) we are committed to running inclusive and barrier-free recruitment processes.

If you have a limitation that may impact your performance at any steps of the assessment process (such as during a written test or an interview), you may request an accommodation. Assessment accommodations are designed to remove barriers, and to ensure that candidates with limitations can fully demonstrate their abilities. Should you wish to be accommodated, please direct your inquiry to the contact identified at the bottom of this poster. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

For more information on assessment accommodation visit the following website: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/services/assessment-accommodation-page.html

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When you apply to this selection process, you are applying to be considered for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

No cover letter needed! Our online application process includes a specially designed questionnaire that will help you provide all the information we need to fully assess your application. Just complete the questionnaire and attach your CV.

The inventory will be updated every 120 days. You will receive a notice in your applicant account 7 days before the end of your active period to determine whether or not you wish to keep being considered for an additional 120 days.

Duties

Working in the Asset Performance branch of PSPC gives you an opportunity to work with a variety of people, both in and out of the office. You would work as part of a skilled team in liaising with landlords, property managers, contractors and client departments. After initiating work orders for contractors, our team conducts site visits to houses/buildings to assess conditions, completion of repairs, and confirm houses are ready for occupancy. There is also a unique opportunity for internal career progression, with positions at the AS-01, AS-03 and AS-05 level.

Work environment

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗣𝗦𝗣𝗖!
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) helps the Government of Canada serve Canadians. With a strong focus on quality customer service, we provide innovative common services such as real estate and building management, purchasing, banking, pay and pensions, and translation to other government departments, agencies, and boards. By providing these centralized services to departments and agencies, we enable them to focus on what they do best: providing their programs and services to Canadians.

At PSPC, our approach to inclusion is simple: we are committed to achieving a competent and representative workforce that reflects the diversity of the Canadian population we serve, and strive to create a welcoming, respectful, and inclusive environment that enables collaboration and innovation. When you succeed, we all succeed.

Intent of the process

This process will establish a pool of qualified candidates that may be used to staff similar positions with various tenures within PSPC (indeterminate, term, acting, assignment, or secondment).

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)

EDUCATION
A secondary school diploma or employer-approved alternatives

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
- Experience in providing administrative services to clients.
- Experience in working in a team environment.
- Experience in tracking financial information in a business -oriented environment.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE
- Knowledge of Office Administrative Practices
- Knowledge of building operations and service contracts.
- Knowledge of organizational, prioritization, and time management practices and strategies
- Knowledge of financial data and report analysis and reconciliation

COMPETENCIES
- Values and Ethics – Serving through integrity and respect
- Thinking things through – innovating through analysis and ideas
- Engagement – working effectively with people, organizations, partners
- Excellence through results– delivering through own work, relationships and responsibilities
- Client Service – Level 1

Please review the PSPC Client Service Competency (https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/sc-cs/csc-eng.html) for more information.

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

EXPERIENCE
- Experience using financial management information systems such as SIGMA, or SAP database systems, Oracle, etc.
- Experience of Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) Financial coding
- Experience working in a northern environment and /or in a cross-cultural environment, specifically as it relates to Inuit Culture and Values

In support of achieving a diversified workforce, consideration may be given to candidates, who, at the time of application, self-declare* as belonging to one of the following designated Employment Equity groups: Women, Indigenous (Aboriginal) Peoples, Persons with Disabilities and Members of Visible Minorities.

* We therefore encourage you to self-declare during the online application process by selecting the appropriate box under the Employment Equity section.

For further details, please refer to the “Other information” section.

Information on employment equity

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Willingness and ability to travel.
- Possession of a valid driver's license or access to alternate means of transportation.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - Obtain and maintain Reliability Status security clearance.

All employees of the core public administration are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and attest to their vaccination status unless accommodated based on a medical contraindication, religion, or another prohibited ground for discrimination as defined under the Canadian Human Rights Act.

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 exam will be administered.

• Interviews will be conducted.

• Reference checks will be conducted.

• Candidates must obtain the required pass mark for each qualification in order to be given further consideration in the selection process.

• For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail for screening/assessment purposes (including issuing screening results, and sending invitations for written tests and interviews). Candidates who apply on this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and to make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is the candidate’s responsibility to provide any changes to their personal information to the contact indicated on this job advertisement.

• Failure to respond to communications may be construed as a withdrawal from this process.

• In addition to all assessment methods, correspondence and communication in relation to this selection process may also be used to assess certain qualifications.

• A random or top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

• Applicants with disabilities: Should you require a technical aid or an alternative method of assessment to ensure an equitable assessment of your qualifications, please indicate so in your application.

• Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

• Public service employees found qualified in this process may be considered for acting, assignment, deployment or secondment.

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

On October 6, 2021, the Government of Canada announced details of its plans to require vaccination across the federal public service. Link, https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/news/2021/10/backgrounder-covid-19-vaccine-requirement-for-the-federal-workforce.html.

As per the new Policy on COVID-19 Vaccination for the Core Public Administration Including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, federal public servants in the Core Public Administration and members of the RCMP must attest to their vaccination status. The requirement for employees to be fully vaccinated applies whether they are teleworking, working remotely or working on-site. This is a condition of employment and it applies to indeterminate (permanent), determinate (term), casual, and student hiring. Should you reach the point in the selection process where it is necessary to verify terms and conditions of employment then the hiring manager or a human resources representative will contact you in order to complete an attestation. Link, https://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=32694.

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.