Internal Audit Principal – Audit Operations / Practice Management

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Assessment accommodation

Work environment

The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is the federal government agency responsible for administering sentences of a term of two years or more, as imposed by the courts. CSC is responsible for managing institutions of various security levels and supervising offenders under conditional release in the community.

In joining the Internal Audit and Evaluation Sector as an Internal Audit Principal, you will contribute to the provision of independent, timely and objective assurance and consulting services to senior management at CSC. We are building a strong, vibrant, and diverse team of professionals.

Intent of the process

Although the immediate intent of this Job Opportunity Advertisement is to staff indeterminately, applicants should be aware that a pool of qualified candidates (fully assessed or partially assessed) may be established and may be used to staff similar positions at this group and level with various language requirements. In addition, this process may be used for various tenures (acting appointments, assignment, deployment, indeterminate, specified period, secondment), security requirements and conditions of employment within the Correctional Service of Canada. As a result of the potential and possible use of the selection process and subsequent pool by hiring managers, we encourage all employees seeking this type of opportunity to apply.

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)

EDUCATION

Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution.

Degree equivalency

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)

Information on language requirements

EXPERIENCE

STREAM A only – Audit Operations
Significant* experience supervising audit teams in the conduct of audit engagements.
Significant* experience leading all phases of audit engagements (planning, examination, reporting).

STREAM B only – Practice Management
Experience in contributing to organization-wide risk-based audit planning.
Significant* experience establishing and maintaining productive collaborative working relationships with various internal and/or external stakeholders.

STREAM A and B (applies to both)
Significant experience* providing advice and/or recommendations to senior management**.
Significant* experience writing and presenting briefing material to senior management**.

*Significant experience is normally associated with the performance of the duties for approximately three (3) years.
** Senior management is defined as director level or above.

COMPETENCIES

Mobilize people
Uphold integrity and respect
Collaborate with partners and stakeholders
Achieve results

ABILITIES

Ability to manage multiple activities and requests, at times concurrent, in a timely manner.
Ability to communicate effectively orally.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

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

EDUCATION

STREAM A and B (applies to both)
A professional internal auditing designation (CIA, CGAP, CISA), or a recognized Canadian professional accounting designation (CPA).

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

STREAM A only – Audit Operations
Experience presenting the findings of audit engagements to Departmental Audit Committee.

STREAM B only – Practice Management
Experience implementing quality assurance and improvement program activities.
Experience implementing management action plan follow-up activities.
Experience conducting evaluations in the federal public sector.

STREAM A and B (applies to both)
Experience conducting internal audits in the federal public sector.
Experience with data analytics and visualization software (e.g. IDEA, PowerBI)
Experience supervising employees***.

*** Employees: applicants must indicate the number of staff they supervised and the duration of this experience.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

STREAM A only – Audit Operations
Willingness and ability to travel.
Willingness and ability to conduct field visits to correctional facilities and remote sites, as required.

STREAM A and B (applies to both)
Willingness and ability to work overtime.

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

Candidates must clearly demonstrate in their responses that they meet the essential education and experience qualifications. It is NOT sufficient to only state that the qualifications are met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Rather you must clearly demonstrate HOW, WHEN, and WHERE the qualification was met through substantiation by examples. Information on your described skills, experience, etc. provided in the screening questions should be supported by your resume. Failure to provide sufficient information will result in the candidate being screened out and rejected from the process.

We may assess the essential and asset qualifications using interviews, written tests (take home assignments or other), references or a combination of these or other assessment methods. Other sources of information (such as performance agreements, work samples, board member knowledge, etc.) may be used to assess the criteria identified on the Statement of Merit Criteria.

Please identify clearly for which position(s) you are submitting an application.

An assignment, secondment, or acting appointment requires approval of your supervisor.

You must be able to provide proof of your education credentials.

Candidates with foreign credentials must 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.

A random and/or top down selection and/or use of an asset may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

For this selection process, we will communicate with you by email. You must provide a valid email address to which you wish to receive communication regarding this selection process. It is your responsibility to inform of any change of address, telephone number and / or email address. You must ensure to check/view your email accounts including spam, promotion or other folders regularly as there may be a deadline for responses. Candidates who respond past the deadline risk being removed from the selection 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.