Adjudicative Assistant

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

Work environment

Could this be the change you’ve been looking for?

Do you like working in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment that values service excellence? Are you looking for a chance to make your mark in a small organization that plays a big role in providing justice to Canadians? If so, then consider a career at the Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada (ATSSC).

You’ll be able to benefit and learn from being closer to management and having the opportunity to be exposed to a variety of files. We’re also committed to supporting a healthy life-work balance and to creating an inclusive and respectful work environment, so we hope that this is something that is important to you as well.

Like many public servants, we’ve been working fully remotely since the pandemic began and employees have access to tools and processes to conduct most aspects of their Work remotely.

And if there is one last thing to note that is impactful for our employees, it's the fact that we have our own internal compensation and benefits Advisors and a dedicated information technology team.

Intent of the process

A fully or partially assessed pool may be created and may be used to staff similar positions at an identical or equivalent group and level with various linguistic requirements, tenures and security clearances within the Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada (ATSSC).

Positions to be filled: 5

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter "*CAPACITY TO COMMUNICATE IN WRITING will be ASSESSED through a cover letter (Attach your covering letter with your resume). "IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS TO FOLLOW: Candidates must submit a cover letter providing CONCRETE EXAMPLES WHICH ILLUSTRATE how they meet the education requirement and the experience factors listed in the essential qualifications and asset qualifications. FOR EACH EXPERIENCE CRITERIA, please provide the following MANDATORY information: 1 - Name of the department or organization where the experience was acquired. 2 - Title and level of the position occupied and duration for which the candidate exercised its functions. 3 - Specific details of tasks, projects or accomplishments demonstrating how the experience was acquired. Resumes will be used as a secondary source to validate the experience described in the cover letter. FAILURE TO CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE IN YOUR COVER LETTER HOW YOU MEET THE ESSENTIAL SCREENING CRITERIA (Education and Experience) WILL RESULT IN THE REJECTION OF YOUR APPLICATION. APPLICANTS WILL NOT BE SOLICITED FOR INCOMPLETE OR POSSIBLE MISSING INFORMATION. "N.B. We will be evaluating candidate applications at the pre-selection stage based on the following essential criterion: education, experience and the ability to communicate effectively in writing.""

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

EDUCATION:

High school diploma or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

EXPERIENCE

Experience providing service to clients

Experience researching and preparing (includes cross-referencing, preparing quotes, formatting, and proofreading) various types of written documents (e.g., tables, headers, and footers).

Experience working with Microsoft environment

Degree equivalency

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

Various language requirements
Various language profiles : C/C/C, C/C/B, C/B/B, B/B/B

Information on language requirements

ABILITIES

Ability to manage workload, changing and conflicting priorities
Ability to follow instructions
Ability to communicate effectively orally.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

PERSONAL SUITABILITIES

Attention to detail
Working effectively with others
Showing initiative and being action-oriented
Judgement
Autonomy

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

EXPERIENCE

Experience in a quasi-judicial or legal environment (such as Tribunal, Court, Commission, Board, Law firm)
Experience in data entry and data validation in a case management system
Experience working with SharePoint, OneNote, PDF, FoxIt, and Excel

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - CONDITION(S) OF EMPLOYMENT

Hours of work between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Must be willing and able to work overtime on short notice.

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

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.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed. For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with the candidates by email.

Candidates who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid email address and make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

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.