Community Program Officer

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

****NOTE: It is your responsibility as a candidate to submit a COVER LETTER, which clearly outlines how you meet each of the screening qualifications (i.e. education, essential experience and asset qualifications) as well as a resumé which is linked to the information provided in your cover letter.

** 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.

**** You must provide CONCRETE EXAMPLES, which illustrate how you meet each qualification.

***For example, the best approach is to use each screening qualification as a heading, and provide a description outlining how that qualification is met. Failure to clearly demonstrate how you meet the screening criteria (education, essential experience and asset qualification) may result in the REJECTION OF YOUR APPLICATION.

****Candidates who are missing information or submit incomplete information could be screened out.

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). Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.

All job applications must be submitted through the www.jobs.gc.ca system.

Testing/interviews will be conducted at locations of the employer's choice and may require candidates to travel to the test/interview location, Sussex, N.B.

Please note that candidates (including persons employed in the Public Service) will not be considered to be in travel status or on government business and travel costs will not be reimbursed. Consequently, candidates will be responsible for travel costs.

** PLEASE ENSURE ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN YOUR WWW.JOBS.GC.CA PROFILE/ACCOUNT IS ACCURATE AND UP TO DATE.

**WE USE THE INFORMATION GENERATED BY THE SYSTEM FOR CONTACT AND SCREENING PURPOSES, NOT INFORMATION THAT IS FOUND ON YOUR RESUME/COVER LETTER.

Duties

Role:
The Community Program Officer designs and implements community-based programs, proactive initiatives and strategies that contribute to the core police role of reassurance policing, prevention and reduction of crime through education, intervention, and sustainable community engagement.

Key duties include:
• Carries out intervention and diversion activities to address risk factors among vulnerable youth and adult offenders in order to prevent recidivism.
• Uses structured interviewing techniques and evidence-based instruments to conduct mental health screening, as well as criminogenic risk screening and assessment.
• Interprets the screening and assessment results for the purpose of developing appropriate interventions and establishing meaningful and proportionate accountability measures according to the level of identified risk.
• Promotes and supports community crime prevention by identifying and recommending evidence based programs and initiatives.
• Delivers education and awareness activities to address various crime and victimization issues.
• Contributes to the RCMP’s partnership with community (local, provincial & federal departments, NGO’s, and First Nations) in order to foster community mobilization and response to crime reduction matters.
• Works with community-based, multi-disciplinary teams to conduct Violence Threat Risk Assessments.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff one position on an indeterminate basis.

A pool of qualified candidates may be established to staff temporary and/or permanent positions, (including acting appointments and deployments).

Should a Civilian Member (CM) be found qualified and selected for appointment, the appointment will not result in a change of status to the Public Service (PS) category for the CM. Information regarding the CM appointment will be sent to all applicable candidates who are within the area of selection and participated in the advertised process.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter "which clearly outlines how you meet each of the screening qualifications (i.e. education, essential experience and asset qualifications)"

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

A secondary school diploma or employer-approved alternatives

Degree equivalency

Experience delivering programs in partnership with other government departments, non-governmental agencies and/or community groups.

Experience in coordinating and engaging stakeholders in the delivery of community-based initiatives.

Experience providing advice to management and staff for decision-making.

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:
Graduation from post-secondary studies (minimum of 2-year program) in a field relevant to the position or acceptable combination of education, training and experience in a field related to the position.

Degree equivalency

Experience conducting client interviews for the purpose of completing and interpreting screening tools.

Experience mobilizing people, organizations and partners.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Communication (Oral and Written)
Effective Interpersonal Skills
Initiative
Strategic Thinking
Judgment

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - of the RCMP.

All applicants for positions within the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will be subject to a thorough security clearance process which includes an interview wherein questions may include (but not limited to), reference checks, previous employment, on-line activities, credit checks, alcohol and/or drug use.

Candidates must be prepared to travel and to work long hours (including evenings, weekends and holidays).
Possession of a valid Driver's license

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

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.