Cleaner - Inventory (*Amendment*)

Update: * COVID Vaccination requirement removed, effective 2022-June-20.

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

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

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 may establish a pool of qualified candidates that may be used to staff similar positions with various tenures (casual or term).

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:
-Successful completion of two years secondary school.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
-Experience providing cleaning services in a commercial or residential setting.

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

Education Qualifications:
-Training or certification in Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS).
-Training in janitorial services.

Degree equivalency

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

English essential
Language Proficiency

Information on language requirements

Abilities:
-Ability to follow directions.
-Ability to communicate orally.

Personal Suitability:
-Demonstrating integrity and respect.
-Thinking things through.
-Working effectively with others.
-Showing initiative and being action-oriented.
-Client Service – Level 1.

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

Asset Qualifications:
-Experience in providing cleaning services at a CBSA Port of Entry.

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other Conditions of Employment:
-Willingness to work shifts and weekends.
-Willingness to work overtime.
-Must wear approved personal protective equipment as required.
-Must be able to lift and carry items weighing up to 20 kgs in accordance with general safety practices.
-Possession of a valid driver’s license or mobility to the extent of possession of a valid driver’s license within the limits of Treasury Board policy.

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

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.

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.

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.