Developmental Program Officer

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

📢 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.

📢 Applicants must clearly demonstrate in their responses to the screening questions how they meet the Essential Qualifications. Please note that it is not sufficient to only state that the requirement is met or to provide a listing of current responsibilities. You MUST provide concrete examples to illustrate how you meet each requirement.

📢 Failure to provide information in the required format may result in your application being rejected from further consideration in the process.

📢 As announced by the Treasury Board of Canada, Indigenous Services Canada employees are expected to perform their duties from a Government of Canada physical workplace at least 2–3 days each week, or 40–60% of their regular schedule.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff a bilingual imperative (BBB/BBB) position, and anticipated upcoming vacancies with an English Essential language profile.

A pool of partially or fully qualified candidates may be established to staff similar or identical positions at Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) with various linguistic profiles and/or requirements as well as tenures (acting, assignment/secondment, deployment, term and/or indeterminate) and/or security clearance (reliability or secret), which may vary according to the position being staffed.

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)

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🎓 EDUCATION
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✔ A secondary school diploma or an *acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience relevant to this position.

*An acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience is defined as:
1. A satisfactory score on the Public Service Commission test approved as an alternative to a secondary school diploma OR
2. Completion of two (2) years of secondary school AND two (2) years of work experience in a field relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

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💼 EXPERIENCE
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✔ Experience in managing conflicting priorities, multi-tasking and working under time-sensitive conditions.
✔ Experience in maintaining Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.
✔ Experience in responding to inquiries and resolving issues.

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

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💼 ASSET EXPERIENCE
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✔ Experience using a financial system such as SAP.
✔ Experience working with First Nations, Inuit or Metis.
✔ Experience using a scheduling software such as but not limited to UKG Nurse Scheduler (scheduling vacation requests, unexpected leaves, shifts, etc.).

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

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📋 ABILITIES
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✔ Ability to manage and set competing priorities within tight deadlines and work under pressure.
✔ Ability to communicate effectively orally.
✔ Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
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📋 COMPETENCIES
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✔ Thinking things through.
✔ Showing initiative and being action-oriented.
✔ Working effectively with others.
✔ Demonstrating integrity and respect.
✔ Dependability.
✔ Attention to detail.

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

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📋 ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
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Indigenous Services Canada is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population we serve. In support of our strategy to achieve our employment equity goals, selection may be limited to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups: Women, Aboriginal Persons, Visible Minorities and Persons with Disabilities.

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

✔ Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent.

✔ Communication for this process will be sent via email. Applicants MUST check their e-mail accounts frequently as there may be a deadline for responses. 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 (some email systems block these types of email). Please note that we will have to consider that you are no longer interested in participating in the selection process and that you have withdrawn your candidacy should you not provide us with an up-to-date email address or respond to our communications.

✔ Please note that asset qualifications, top-down and/or random selection may be used at any stage of the assessment process to identify which applications will be given further consideration.

✔ All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, will be used to evaluate the candidates.

✔ Various means of assessment may be used (for example: interview, written exam, reference checks, performance assessments, achievement record), depending on the needs of the hiring manager.

✔ Candidates are entitled to participate in the selection process in the official language of their choice.

✔ Successful candidates will have to obtain the required security clearance level prior to being appointed to the position. Personal Information will be required when completing security clearance level documentation.

✔ Successful candidate(s) must meet and maintain the conditions of employment throughout their employment.

✔ Candidates will be required to provide proof of education as part of this selection process. Candidates with foreign educational credentials are required to provide proof of Canadian equivalency. You may consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials at www.cicic.ca for further information.

✔ Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

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.