Senior Financial Clerk

Important messages

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Assessment accommodation

Are you interested in working at a cutting-edge organization that values both your physical and psychological health and wellness, provides rich career development opportunities and rewards innovation? Health Canada is among Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2022 in addition to being recognized as Top employer for Young People since 2015 and as Best Diversity Employer since 2010! Don’t miss your opportunity to not only enjoy the unparalleled benefits of the public service, but to get so much more on our award-winning team!

Health Canada is committed to increasing representation of Black employees and other racialized groups, Indigenous People, women and persons with disabilities. Health Canada would like its workforce to be reflective of the population it serves. Therefore, we encourage candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a member of one of these groups.

Give yourself the best chance to succeed! Contact us if you need assistance in completing and submitting your application. If you are invited to an exam or interview, we will provide you with additional information on the assessment format so that you can determine if you may require an accommodation (such as a different test format, an adaptive technology, or additional time).Assessment accommodations are designed to remove the obstacles without altering the criteria being assessed so candidates with functional limitations can fully demonstrate their abilities.

Health Canada welcomes applications from Veterans. We recognize your contribution to Canadians and would like to offer you the opportunity to continue your career in an environment where multi-talented employees with diverse skills are appreciated and supported.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME
Health Canada and the Public Health Agency are dedicated to building an inclusive workforce that comprises individuals who have an array of identities, abilities, background, culture, skills, perspectives, and experiences that are representative of Canada's current and evolving population. We are passionate about fostering a workplace where all people feel welcome, can reach their full potential, and contribute their unique perspectives and experience to the success of the team.

BRING YOUR WHOLE SELF TO WORK
We encourage all qualified candidates to apply, regardless of race, colour, religion, sex (including gender identity and/or expression), national origin, sexual orientation, civil union or relationship status, disability, age, parental status, military service, or other status protected under federal law.

CANDIDATES MUST APPLY ONLINE.

Candidates are not required to submit a cover letter. Instead, candidates will be asked to answer screening questions for each essential and asset criteria (education and experience) through the electronic application. Candidates will have to provide concrete examples for each screening question demonstrating how they have acquired the education and experience criteria in one or two paragraphs. Please note that it is not sufficient to only state that the qualification is met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. The answers to the questions may also be used to assess the ability to communicate effectively in writing.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
As this process may be used to fill multiple positions, additional factors (asset qualifications, operational requirements, organizational needs) may be used to choose from among qualified candidates for specific positions. If you have any of those asset qualifications, please answer "yes" to the relevant question in your application and ensure you clearly demonstrate with specific and concrete examples how you meet the asset qualification.

Resumes will be used as a secondary source to validate your answers to the screening questions. Failure to clearly demonstrate in your answers how you meet the screening criteria may result in the rejection of your application.

Work environment

Health Canada is committed to improving the lives of all of Canada's people and to making this country's population among the healthiest in the world as measured by longevity, lifestyle and effective use of the public health care system.

Health Canada offers opportunities for qualified employees seeking new challenges and career advancement. It is important to us that our employees have the opportunity to lead healthy, balanced lives. Depending on the type of work performed, managers can allow employees to work flexible hours, telework, work a compressed work week and/or work from a satellite office.

Intent of the process

A pool of qualified candidates will be established and may be used to staff identical or similar positions within Health Canada with various tenures such as indeterminate, specified period, acting, assignment/secondment, or deployment.

Indeterminate employees at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered first for deployment.

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:
• A secondary school diploma, OR an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
• Experience using word processing and spreadsheet software.
• Experience in providing financial services.
• Experience providing service to internal or external clients via email and telephone.

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB
English Essential

Information on language requirements

Abilities:
• Ability to work as a team member.
• Ability to communicate orally.
• Ability to communicate in writing.*
• Ability to plan, organize and establish priorities.

* The Ability to communicate in writing will be evaluated throughout your application.

Personal Suitability:
• Judgement
• Dependability
• Attention to detail
• Respectful of diversity
• Initiative
• Client Service Orientation
• Effective Interpersonal Relations

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

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENT

Willingness and ability to work overtime on short notice may be required.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

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

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview may be administered.

A written examination may be administered.

Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

Your résumé must clearly demonstrate how you meet the requirements.

Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed. Meeting one or many of the asset qualifications may be a deciding factor in appointing a particular candidate amongst the qualified candidates. Please note that some or all of the asset qualifications could be used at the screening phase.

Please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form if already employed in the federal public service.

An assignment/secondment or an acting appointment is a temporary resourcing option. The approval of your substantive supervisor will be required before an offer can be made.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

Please note that in addition to all assessment methods such as the application, exam, interview, correspondence and communication in relation to this selection process may also be used to assess certain qualifications

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

CANDIDATES WILL NOT BE SOLICITED FOR INCOMPLETE OR POSSIBLY MISSING INFORMATION.

Candidates are advised that their exam or interview will only be rescheduled under these exceptional circumstances:

- Medical reason with certificate
- Pre-arranged travel with proof
- Pre-scheduled training with proof
- Pre-arranged exam/interview for another Government of Canada staffing process with proof
- Pre-approved vacation with proof
- Death in the family
- Other exceptional reason deemed acceptable by the Selection Board (e.g. Jury Duty, etc.)

All candidates that apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid email address and ensure that this address is functional at all times and that it accepts messages from unknown users. Failure to do so may result in important messages not being received.

Communication for this process will be conducted via the e-mail address provided in your application. It is your responsibility to ensure that you check for messages regularly.

If you required technical support to apply for this position, please contact jobs.gc.ca at: http://emplois-jobs.gc.ca/centres/contact-contactez/index-eng.php

Please note that candidates are responsible for submitting their application by the closing date in order to be considered. No applications will be accepted once the deadline has passed.

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: The PSRS system will time out after 60 minutes of inactivity which may result in your inability to save your work or loss of data. It is recommended that you draft ALL RESPONSES in another document on your PC which may be saved (e.g. in MS Word or WordPerfect) and copy/paste into the PSRS system when completed. HEALTH CANADA IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SYSTEM PROBLEMS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF DATA AND/OR INCOMPLETE OR NON SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS.

ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED ONLINE THROUGH THE PSRS SYSTEM. Do not e-mail, fax, or mail in hard copy documents.

Please note that the oral proficiency assessment completed for this appointment process may only apply to positions being staffed by this pool. If your application is considered for other positions (other than a very similar or identical positions) in the organization that also require B-level oral proficiency, a new assessment will be conducted. You will be assessed with either the SLE - Test of Oral Proficiency, administered by the Public Service Commission, or with the Position-Specific Assessment for Oral Proficiency at the B Level, the same tool used for this 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.