VARIOUS PROCUREMENT POSITIONS (OPERATIONS, CENTRE OF EXPERTISE)

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification, including dates/date ranges. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

Work environment

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG)work in over 400 locations across Canada on 4 core responsibilities.

DFO and CCG has one of the largest procurement portfolios in the federal government with over 1 Billion Dollars a year in procurement spend.

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 participate in interesting projects for the acquisition of goods, services and construction for both DFO and CCG. You will collaborate with the various clients on a regular basis to anticipate and analyze their requirements, develop strategies and options to meet their objectives.

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 and employee development 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 6 (six) positions. This process may be used to staff similar positions at an identical or equivalent group and level with various official language proficiency (Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB, Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC, English Essential), various security profiles (Reliability Status, Secret), various tenures (Indeterminate, Term, Acting, Deployment, Secondment, Assignment) at Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

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
- 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.

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

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)

Asset Qualifications

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 authoritie

Degree equivalency

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;

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

Conditions of employment

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

POLICY ON COVID-19 VACCINATION
The Policy on COVID-19 Vaccination for the Core Public Administration Including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police requires you to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and that you attest to your vaccination status prior to the date of your appointment unless accommodated based on a medical contraindication, religion, or another prohibited ground for discrimination as defined under the Canadian Human Rights Act. You can find more specific information on the collection and use of your personal information when you submit your attestation.  

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ASSESSMENT
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Candidates must meet all the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.
 
You may be assessed using a variety of assessment tools, such as, but not limited to: standardized tests, written exams, interviews, simulation exercises, reference checks, recent and past performance evaluations, self-assessments, candidate achievement record, etc.
 
Please note that your overall conduct and communications, including email correspondence, throughout the entire process may be used in the assessment of qualifications and competencies.
 
You must provide proof of your education credentials.  If you were educated outside of Canada, you must have your certificates and/or diplomas assessed against Canadian education standards. For more information please click on “Degree Equivalency” in the Education section above. 
 
Please note that achieving the pass mark on any of the assessments used does not mean you will move forward in the selection process. Management may decide to use a score that is higher than the pass mark on any of the evaluations used throughout the selection process. Management may also decide to use top-down selection at any stage of the process.
 
Management may choose to invoke an asset(s) at any point of the process.
 
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OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
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Persons are entitled to participate in the selection process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.
 
Official language proficiency could be assessed and required solely upon appointment. Each candidate can only undergo SLE testing one time within the context of an appointment process. Also, a person who initially failed linguistic testing could be introduced into the pool of qualified candidates during the pool’s validity period if he/she is assessed again through another selection process or following linguistic training.
 
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COMMUNICATION
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Communication for this process will be sent via email. Applicants MUST check their e-mail accounts frequently as there may be a deadline for responses.It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required. Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). Please note that we will have to consider that you are no longer interested in participating in the selection process and that you have withdrawn your candidacy should you not provide us with an up-to-date email address or respond to our communications.
If you need to communicate with us during any stage of this process, please indicate the selection process number in the subject field of your email.
 
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OTHER INFORMATION
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Please ensure that your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) is included in your application.
 
Acknowledgement of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.
 
Indeterminate employees at the same group and level or equivalent could be considered for deployment. If no deployment is made, applicants from other groups and levels will be considered in the advertised appointment process.

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.