Program Officer – Collective Process

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

Intent of the process

This selection process will be used to create a Qualified Pool of candidates to fill current or future vacancies of various tenures.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 3 references.

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

Education:
- Successful completion of a secondary school diploma.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
- Experience in researching and analysing information, developing recommendations.

- Experience interpreting and applying regulations or policies.

- Experience in working with business software, including: word processing, spreadsheets and email.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
- Knowledge of project management principles.
- Knowledge of Indigenous issues.

Abilities:
- Ability to communicate effectively orally.
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
- Ability to establish priorities and work under pressure.

Personal Suitability:
- Demonstrates integrity and respect
- Working effectively with others
- Showing initiative and being action-oriented
- Dependability
- Adaptability

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

Education:
- Successful completion of two years of an acceptable post-secondary educational program OR one (1) year of experience in lands, law, business administration, public administration, Indigenous studies or in any other field relevant to the work being performed. You must provide proof of how you meet this qualification.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
- Experience in providing support or services to Indigenous communities, organizations or the general public.

- Experience preparing reporting material, proposals, or briefing notes in support of policies and programs.

- Experience in facilitating workshops, leading meetings, or delivering presentations.

Indigenous Services Canada is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population it serves. In support of our strategy to achieve our employment equity goals, preference may be given to candidates who, at the time of application, indicate that they are belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups (self-declaration): Aboriginal peoples, Women, Visible Minorities and Persons with Disabilities.

Operational Requirements:
- Willing and able to work overtime as required
- Ability to travel as required
- Ability to work remotely
- Maintain a Valid Driver’s License

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

👉ONLY ONLINE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED 👈

🔎 INSTRUCTIONS - When responding to the screening questions, be sure you:

Ⓐ Clearly demonstrate how you meet each criteria (education and experience) by answering the online questions and provide concrete, specific examples of actions that speak directly to the experience sought.

Ⓑ Include when the example took place (month-year to month-year), background of each situation, what you did, how you did it, what your role was in the situation, and what was the outcome.

Ⓒ Focus on what you did. When referring to an experience achieved in the context of a team, set your role apart from the role(s) of others.

❗ Résumés may be used as a secondary source to validate the qualifications described; comments such as "refer to my attached résumé" will not be accepted and may result in your application being rejected. Information provided on your

described experience should be supported by your resume.

❗ Lack of DETAILS may result in your application being rejected as the Assessment Board may have insufficient information to determine whether you meet the qualifications.

📋 ASSESSMENT: Once your application has been retained – 2nd Step 📋
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A variety of assessment tools may be used in the assessment of candidates. All information collected throughout the selection process from the submission of the application until the end of the process could be used to assess the candidates.

During the application or assessment process, both cheating and plagiarism are considered forms of misconduct and are not permitted. Any person found cheating, including those who help others to cheat, may be subject to removal from the selection process.
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📌Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid email address and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users. The lack of response to communications may be interpreted as a withdrawal from this process.

📌Depending on the number of applicants, department needs, and human resources plans, volume management strategies may be used for the purpose of managing candidate applications.

📌Depending of the number of applications received, a selection of candidates based on assets may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

📌Candidates invited for further assessment will be required to provide proof of their education credentials in the form of a diploma or official transcript (original documents only). Candidates with foreign credentials will be asked to provide proof of Canadian Equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International

Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/.

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


1. Reference checks may be sought
2. An interview will be administered.
3. A written exam may be administered.
4. Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications, or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.
5. Achieving a representative workforce has been identified as an organizational need in the merit criteria, and may be applied in this appointment process.
6. Indeterminate employees at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered for deployment. If no deployment is made, applicants from other groups and levels will be considered in the advertised appointment process.
7. The essential qualifications that are listed in the statement of merit criteria are mandatory. A pass mark will be established for each. Applicants must meet each essential qualification to be appointed to the position. An applicant may be appointed to the position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. In the event that there are as many applicants who meet the essential qualifications as there are vacancies, the manager may decide not to assess some or all of the asset qualifications.
8. Candidates will be asked to provide proof of their education credentials and proof of citizenship at the assessment stage of this process. Failure to do so may result in your application not being considered further in the selection process.
9. For this selection process, it is our intention to communicate with candidates VIA E-MAIL and/or PSRS for screening and assessment purposes; this will include communication of screening results and invitations to written tests and interviews. To that end, candidates must include a valid e-mail address in their application. IT IS THE CANDIDATE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT THIS ADDRESS IS FUNCTIONAL AND THAT IT ACCEPTS MESSAGES FROM UNKNOWN USERS (some e-mail systems block these types of e-mail). IT IS ALSO THE CANDIDATE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE ACCURATE CONTACT INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AND UPDATED AS REQUIRED.
10. This selection process may be used to staff similar positions with various linguistic requirements and profiles, various security requirements, various Conditions of Employment and/or various tenures.
11. The masculine gender has been utilized to ensure brevity. It should be interpreted in a generic manner as pertaining to both men and women.

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.