Legal Assistant Inventory

Important messages

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

The inventory will be updated every 60 days. You will receive a notice in your applicant account 7 days before the end of your active period to determine whether or not you wish to keep being considered for an additional 60 days.

You will be required to complete an online experience questionnaire when you apply. The information you provide in the questionnaire must be true. You must respond to all statements in all categories in order to proceed to the next steps.

If you are considered for a position, your résumé will be verified before each referral of your application to a hiring manager. You must make sure that all the experience criteria you identified in the questionnaire are included in your résumé. If during the verification of your résumé your experience is not clearly demonstrated, your application may be rejected. Any false and/or fraudulent information will result in the rejection of your application.

Intent of the process

Depending on the needs of the organization, candidates will be randomly selected from the inventory for assessment purposes. A pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar or identical positions with various linguistic profiles and requirements, security profiles and various tenures.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

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

EDUCATION:

Successful completion of two years of a post-secondary program with acceptable specialization in a law-related field; OR

An acceptable combination* of education, training and/or experience.

*Acceptable combination is defined as: Successful completion of post-secondary school training with acceptable specialization in a law-related field or some other specialty relevant to the position, and have relevant work experience (including work placement/practicum).

Degree equivalency

Experience in using a variety of database management and word processing software.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge of the Rules of Civil Procedures.
Knowledge of legal terminology.

Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
Ability to communicate effectively orally.

Thoroughness
Teamwork and Cooperation
Initiative
Judgement
Dependability

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

Experience in performing legal assistant duties.
Experience working with an information management system.

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

The Department of Justice is committed to maintaining a representative workforce reflective of Canadian society. In support of achieving a diversified workforce and our employment equity goals, qualified candidates who self-declare in a staffing process as members of Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities, visible minorities and/or women may be selected for appointment to fulfill organizational needs.

Willingness and ability to work overtime.

Conditions of employment

Reliability and Security: Various - Reliability Status or Secret or Top Secret, depending on the position being staffed.

Other information

We will only accept on-line applications received via the jobs.gc.ca site.

You can also refer to the 'Check your advertisement' on the PSRS Support Centre. This check list will help you ensure your advertisements are complete and ready to publish: http://extranet.psc-cfp.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/support-soutien/module1/index-eng.php?p=15

CANDIDATES WILL NOT BE SOLICITED FOR INCOMPLETE OR MISSING INFORMATION. Your responses may be used to assess your ability to communicate effectively in writing.

Proof of education will be requested at the assessment stage of this process. 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/.

Proof of citizenship will be required.

A written test may be administered.

Interviews may be administered.

Reference checks may be administered.

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 and to update their personal information when it changes. 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).

Time sensitive correspondence may be transmitted via e-mail and it will be the candidate's responsibility to ensure they check their e-mail regularly. Failure to respond to communications may result in elimination from this process.

Testing/interviews will be conducted at locations of the employer's choice and may require candidates to travel to the test/interview location. Please note that candidates (including employees of the Public Service) will not be considered to be in travel status or on government business and that travel costs will not be reimbursed. Consequently, candidates will be responsible for travel costs.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.