Senior Investigator

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Duties

The Senior Investigator is responsible for conducting inspections and investigations related to enforcing the Canadian Transportation Agency's air, rail, accessibility and passenger protection mandates. This includes verifying compliance with the Canada Transportation Act and related regulations and exercising varied levels of enforcement on identified non-compliance. The Senior Investigator is also responsible for providing guidance to various transportation service providers to promote compliance with the Act and its regulations.

Work environment

Come work for the federal government’s first independent regulatory body: The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA).

An important mission: The Canadian Transportation Agency is a small organization with an important mission – to advance Canadians’ economic and social well-being by:

• Helping to keep the national transportation system running efficiently and smoothly;
• Protecting the fundamental right of persons with disabilities to accessible transportation;
• Providing consumer protection for air travelers.

A great place to work:
We are committed to creating a healthy and respectful workplace. Our small size encourages dialogue and collaboration – both between managers and employees, and through inter-branch networks and tiger teams. You will have the opportunity to get to know and collaborate with many colleagues across the Agency.

Intent of the process

This process is to staff two indeterminate positions, one in the Calgary area. Specific work arrangements will be discussed with the manager based on the position and operational needs.

A pool of qualified candidates could be created to staff future positions with various tenures (indeterminate, determinate, deployment, acting, and secondment) with similar requirements, various language requirements and profiles and various security requirements.

Results of this staffing process may be used for similar positions in the Agency and other departments and agencies in the federal government.

Positions to be filled: 2

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION:
Post-secondary school diploma or an acceptable combination of education, training and experience.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:
Experience in interpreting and applying Acts and Regulations.

Experience in dealing with senior officials of regulatory Agency or other government departments.

Experience in preparing reports and correspondence for senior management.

Experience in law enforcement.

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

Various language requirements
English Essential AND Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:
• Knowledge of law enforcement practices in a regulatory environment.
• Knowledge of the Canada Transportation Act and the associated Regulations.
• Knowledge of trends and developments in the Canadian air transportation industry.

ABILITIES:
• Ability to communicate effectively orally.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
• Ability to work well with a minimum of supervision.
• Ability to plan, organize and control activities of a small office.

PERSONAL SUITABILITIES:
• Develop and maintain good interpersonal relationships
• Judgement
• Discretion
• Reliability

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

EXPERIENCE:
Experience gathering and analyzing evidence, interviewing witnesses or suspects.

Experience in giving evidence before a Judge or Jury in administrative or criminal proceedings.

Experience in dealing with representatives of the aviation industry from front line staff to management personnel.

Experience in providing training sessions to staff and the general public on a variety of issues relating to legislation or security.

Experience in regulatory or criminal investigations.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Frequent travel including on small aircraft and float planes.
This is a solitary work environment including travel to very remote parts of Canada.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

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

A written examination may be administered.

An interview may be administered.

Reference checks may be sought.

Please ensure that your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) is included in your application (for internal candidates).

Please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form (for internal candidates).

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

VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE:
It is your responsibility, as an applicant, to clearly demonstrate how you meet each factor of the screening criteria (Experience) for all Essential and applicable Asset Qualifications and that adhere to the stipulated format.

The Asset Qualifications contained in the Statement of Merit Criteria may be used as a screening tool. Candidates must meet all of the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position. A candidate may be appointed to a position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications or operational requirements. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

Communication for this process will be sent via email. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required. Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users, including users from outside the Public Service (some email systems block these types of email).

Indeterminate employees at the same group and level or equivalent could be considered for deployment. If no deployment is made, applicants from other groups and levels will be considered in the advertised appointment process (for internal candidates).

Results of this staffing process may be used for similar positions in the Agency and other departments and agencies in the federal government.

Pass marks will be established for each qualifications. However, achieving the pass mark is not a guarantee of an appointment or that candidates will be put through the next stages of the assessment process. Cut-off scores and/or top-down approach may be used at any stage of the staffing process if there are a sufficient number of candidates to meet anticipated staffing needs.

All of the information collected during the selection process, including behaviour and communication, from the time of application until the end of the process, may be used to evaluate candidates.

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.