Administrative Positions at the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (CR-05, AS-01 and AS-02)

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The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) is looking for administrative talent to join our team! If you are passionate about economic development and want to be part of a great organization that gets things done for Atlantic Canada, you want to work here.

We are hiring for positions that can be located in any of ACOA’s offices in New Brunswick: Fredericton, Moncton, Saint John, Grand Falls, Campbellton, Bathurst and Edmundston. While you may be working remotely from home, you will be required to report to one of the above work locations as required when the decision is made for employees to return to the workplace.

• INFORMATION SESSIONS ON HOW TO APPLY

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Work environment

Do you want to be a key player in an organization that ranks as one of the best places to work in the federal government? Do you want a career working alongside people who enjoy their jobs? Where there are opportunities to grow, learn and develop? Then keep reading – you may be who we are looking for!

At the ACOA, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We want our employees to be who they are – people with a variety of ideas, abilities and lived experiences. Our differences are what make us strong and innovative.

We are also committed to your well-being and work-life balance. As a federal organization, we offer:
• Flexible work arrangements
• Excellent benefits, including a pension, and medical and dental plans
• Opportunities for growth, and skill and career development.

As an administrative professional with ACOA, you will:
- accomplish work that allows you to use your organizational and leadership skills;
- support the delivery of ACOA's programs and activities to the public and business community; and
- plan and coordinate the administrative workflow within a unit.

That's who we are. If that's who you want to be, then ACOA could be the place for you. Come build a stronger Atlantic economy with us!

Intent of the process

We intend to create a pool of candidates to staff various administrative positions (CR-05, AS-01 and AS-02 levels) with various language requirements and job tenures within the Atlantic Canada Opportunity Agency (ACOA) in Fredericton, Moncton, Saint John, Grand Falls, Campbellton, Bathurst and Edmundston (New Brunswick). This pool may also be used by other federal government departments seeking to fill similar positions.

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)

If you have the following education and experience, these jobs might be for you. You must meet all of the essential qualifications to be considered for these positions. You will be asked to describe your experience in the online screening questions when you apply.

Education:
Secondary school diploma or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
• Experience* in providing service to internal and/or external clients
• Experience* in performing various administrative duties such as: managing schedules, making travel arrangements, organizing meetings and events, and preparing various documents (correspondence, memos, and reports)
• Experience* using Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint or other software with similar functions

* To qualify for the CR-05 and AS-01 positions: Experience is defined as performing these duties for at least one year within the last seven years.
* To qualify for the AS-02 position: Experience is defined as performing these duties for at least two years within the last seven years.
📢 Note: Experience could be acquired through work experience, committees or volunteer work.

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

Various language requirements
📢 There are English positions, French positions, and bilingual (English and French) positions. Testing will be done at a later date to determine your level of bilingualism.

Positions may require a variety of linguistic profiles, including:
• English Essential
• French Essential
• Bilingual Imperative – Level: BBB/BBB, BBC/BBC, CBC/CBC

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 competencies are essential for all positions. They will be assessed at a later date.

Competencies
• Client Focus
• Initiative
• Teamwork
• Judgment
• Oral and Written Communication
• Attention to Detail
• Adaptability

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

📢 The following qualifications have been identified as “nice to have” for some of our positions. These qualifications are not required for you to be successful in the process. However, because these could be beneficial for some positions, they could be used to select candidates for appointment.

If you have any of these qualifications, you will be asked to provide that information in the online screening questions when you apply.

Education:
• Completion of a post-secondary degree from a recognized university with acceptable specialization in accounting, public administration, economics, law, business administration, commerce, finance, or some other specialty relevant to the position.
• Recognized professional accounting designation

Degree equivalency

Experience:
• Experience** in the administration of government grants and contributions
• Experience** in preparing reports or presentations for management
• Experience** in the verification of financial information or contractual conditions
• Experience** in reporting – coordinating, extracting and compiling data and information from corporate systems for reports
• Experience** in data integrity – monitoring data quality and making recommendations on data quality and management.
• Experience** in training – providing one-on-one coaching and group training on work processes or related functions.
• Experience** in supervision – planning, organizing, supervising the activities of a client service team
• Experience providing administrative services in the office of an executive (Director, Director General, Assistant Deputy Minister or Deputy Minister)

** Experience is defined as performing these duties for at least one year.

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
In support of achieving a skilled and diverse workforce, current or future organizational needs may require that consideration be given to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups: women, visible minorities, persons with disabilities, and Indigenous people.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
• Willingness and ability to work overtime as needed, sometimes on short notice.
• Willingness to travel for meetings or training as needed

Conditions of employment

Security: Reliability Clearance or Secret

Ability to work remotely from home within Canada with access to Internet in one’s residence.

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

• VACCINATION REQUIREMENT
On October 6, 2021, the Government of Canada announced details of its plans to require vaccination across the federal public service.

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.

• HOW TO APPLY
Your application must be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System. To submit your application, please select the link “Apply Online” shown above. If you have a disability that prevents you from applying online, please contact the Public Service Commission at 1-800-645-5605. Only applicants meeting the initial screening requirements (Education and Experience) will be contacted for further assessment.

• ONLINE SCREENING QUESTIONS
When you apply online, you will be asked to answer several screening questions about your education and qualifications. You are encouraged to review all of the screening questions prior to completing your application so you have time to gather the necessary information and the specific examples that you would like to share. We recommend that you save your answers in a text editing software, and then copy-paste them into your job application. It is good practice to regularly save your answers as you fill them in to avoid losing your work should you encounter a connection problem.

• WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
You must provide specific examples in your answer to each screening question. We encourage you to describe in detail when, where and how you gained the experience. If you have less work experience, you can include school-related projects or coursework, volunteer work or summer work experience that demonstrates relevant information.

The screening board will not make any assumptions about your experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties. Your resumé will only be used as a secondary source to confirm the experience you provide in response to the screening questions. If you do not clearly demonstrate how you meet the screening criteria, your application will not be given further consideration and you will not be asked to provide incomplete or missing information.

• PROOF OF EDUCATION
You will be asked to provide proof of education credentials at the time of assessment. Candidates with foreign credentials will be asked to provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca. Please note that foreign documents must be translated prior to their submission as proof of education

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS:
• We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free hiring process. If you require accommodation at any stages in the selection process, including technical aid to ensure an equitable assessment of your qualifications, please use the contact information below.
• To submit your application, please select the link “Apply Online” shown above. Only applicants meeting the initial screening requirements (Education and Experience) will be contacted for further assessment.
• You must meet all essential qualifications to be qualified. Asset qualifications, under the "other qualifications" sections, are not essential, but may be deciding factors at any stages of the process.
• When communicating with us, you may use the official language (English or French) of your choice.
• We will be reaching out via email. You must include a valid email address in your application. Be sure to check your spam folder.
• If you currently work in the Public Service of Canada, please state this in your application. Please indicate your substantive group and level and your employment status.

INFORMATION ON THE PROCESS:
• Applicants will be screened-in based on the content of their initial submission (online application form and resumé). Afterwards, the performance of screened-in candidates will be assessed through a self-assessment, a written exam, a video and at least three (3) references.
• Random and/or top-down selection may be used to decide who will be assessed further.
• You are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of your choice. You are asked to indicate your preferred official language in your application.
• All communication during the process may be used to evaluate you.

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.