Various Positions in Personnel and Physical Security and Project/Program Management

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Assessment accommodation

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You may save your application as a draft and return to it at a later date. Your application must be completed and submitted in order to be considered. Partially completed applications, or those in draft cannot be considered. You can make modifications to your submitted application at any time, but once your application has been selected for screening, you will no longer be able to make modifications and your submission will be considered final.

Work environment

Indigenous Services Canada’s Security and Emergency Services Directorate can offer you:

• A fast-paced, dynamic culture

• A superior work environment that will challenge and motivate you

• Opportunities to work on interesting projects

• Opportunities for mentoring, professional development, and advancement

Intent of the process

Intent of the process :

The immediate intent of this process is to staff eight (8) positions within Indigenous Services Canada Headquarters Region. A pool of partially and/or fully qualified candidates will be established and may be used to staff similar positions with various tenures and/or various linguistic profile requirements and/or various security profiles in different work locations within Indigenous Services Canada and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada.

The intent is to staff eight (8) positions on an indeterminate basis located in Gatineau, Qc with the Chief Finances, Results and Delivery Officer sector at Indigenous Services Canada (ISC). If you are found qualified and opportunities become available, you could be considered to staff similar or identical positions at Indigenous Services Canada with various locations and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, linguistic profiles, requirement as well as tenures and/or the security clearance, which may vary according to the position being staffed.

Stream 1: Contract Security Assistant / Personnel Security Assistant / Contract Security Officer/ Security Screening Officer – AS-01 and AS-02

Stream 2: Security Officer / Physical Security Officer – AS-01 and AS-02

Stream 3: Program/Project Officer – AS-02

Positions to be filled: 8

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

FOR ALL POSITIONS:

EDUCATION:

• A secondary school diploma or employer-approved alternatives

The employer-approved alternatives to a secondary school diploma are:

o A satisfactory score on the Public Service Commission test approved as an alternative to a secondary school diploma; or

o An acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCES:

Experience providing administrative support services.

Experience in gathering and analyzing information.

Experience in providing service to clients. (This could include, but is not limited to: answering telephone calls, providing assistance to customers, serving the public, etc.).

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

ASSET - EDUCATION (STREAM 1 ):

Successful completion of two years of an acceptable post-secondary educational program in a security-related program, such as: Security Management, Police Foundations, Community and Justice Practices, etc.)

ASSET - EDUCATION (STREAM 2):

Successful completion of two years of an acceptable post-secondary educational program in a security-related program, such as: Security Management, Police Foundations, Community and Justice Practices, etc.)

ASSET - EDUCATION (STREAM 3):

Project Management Professional (PMP) or other relevant project management certifications/designations.

Degree equivalency

ASSET - EXPERIENCE (STREAM 1):

Experience in the application of the Treasury Board Secretariats’ Standard on Security Screening.

Experience in Security Screening.

Experience in Security in Contracting.

ASSET - EXPERIENCE (STREAM 2):

Experience in emergency management.

Experience in Physical Security.

Experience in the redaction of incident reports.

Experience in using security software and technologies.

Experience in using he Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Harmonized Threat and Risk Assessment methodology.

ASSET - EXPERIENCE (STREAM 3):

Experience in project management including time spent in any phases of a project such as project conception and initiation, planning, execution, performance monitoring/control and/or close-out.

Experience in program development or implementation or management.

Experience in use of project management software.

ALL STREAMS

Experience in the field of Security (public or private sector)

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

Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)

Information on language requirements

COMPETENCIES:

Client Oriented

Thoroughness

Ability to organize

Ability to work in a team

Persuasion

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:

Action oriented

Integrity and respect

Working effectively with others

Thinking things through

Initiative

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

Asset - Knowledge (Stream 3):

Knowledge of Design Thinking

Asset - Competencies (Stream 3):

Problem Solving

Collaboration and Partnering

ORGANISATIONAL NEED:

Indigenous Services Canada is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population we serve. In support of our strategy to achieve our employment equity goals, selection may be limited to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups: Women, Aboriginal Persons, Visible Minorities and Persons with Disability.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENT(S):

Candidate may be asked to work overtime with a short notice.

Travel on an occasional basis.

Conditions of employment

Secret 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

Meeting the stream specific asset(s) is highly desirable and may be the deciding factor in selecting the person to be appointed in a position.

Any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements, and organizational needs may be used for the screening of applications. If you meet these criteria, please clearly demonstrate how you meet them in writing. Provide examples and describe the work/duties you have performed (please provide name of reference that can validate the experience described). Failure to do so may result in your application not being considered further during the screening process.

Random selection may be used to identify which applicants will be assessed or appointed in this appointment process.

Top-down selection may apply.

Various forms of assessment may be used

Use of third party service provider will be used,

All communication relating to this process, including e-mail correspondence and telephone conversations may be used in the assessment of qualifications of the candidate.
Where an e-mail address is provided, the Selection Board may choose to communicate with candidates by e mail to provide/request information and to invite candidates to attend any portion of the assessment. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent.

To be considered for a Bilingual Imperative position, you must be willing to undergo Second Language Evaluation testing OR you must already have Second Language Evaluation results (proof will be required).

If you have undertaken Second Language Evaluation by the PSC, you can obtain a copy of the SLE results, by requesting it at the following website: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/corporate/about-us/contact-us.html#sle
For more information on SLE, visit the following web-site: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/services/second-language-testing-public-service.html

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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.

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.