Administrative Support Clerk

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

‼️*ONLY ONLINE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED*‼️

📧For this selection process, we will communicate with applicants by e-mail. Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and ensure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CANDIDATE TO ENSURE ACCURATE CONTACT INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AND UPDATED AS REQUIRED.

Candidates will be required to pay for their own travel (including travel for assessment purposes), and may be required to pay for their own relocation expenses.

Work environment

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is looking for talented and skilled individuals to join our dynamic team. We offer a diverse, inclusive, respectful and healthy work environment that offers flexible work arrangements to ensure work-life balance. If you value teamwork, challenging assignments and are innovative, collaborative and value high quality service to clients, we want to hear from you!

Intent of the process

This process will initially be used to staff two positions on an indeterminate basis at the Police Dog Service Training Centre in Innisfail, Alberta. A qualified pool of candidates will be established and used to staff these positions and similar positions with various tenures (i.e. indeterminate, term, deployment, acting, assignment and secondment).

❗📍Applicants are encouraged to apply ONLY if they are willing and able to relocate to Innisfail, Alberta.

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: 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
Successful completion of two years of secondary school or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.*
*Proof of education will be required prior to appointment.

Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. See Degree equivalency link below.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
• Experience providing administrative assistance*.
*Administrative assistance can include the following: coordinates and schedules appointments, meetings and teleconferences, prepare agendas and summary minutes, monitors and follows up on the status of initiatives and activities, conducts research and preparing reports, returns and correspondence, preparing reports, photocopying and scanning, maintaining office equipment.
• Experience in data entry.
• Experience in providing records management services such as indexing, cross-referencing, filing, retrieving, retaining, archiving or destroying data.
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite (eg. Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS
Experience providing financial support assistance.**
**Financial support assistance can include the following: monitors and maintains budget data and provides updates/reports, utilizing the Total Expenditure & Asset Management System (TEAM) as one working tool, verifies and processes expenditures and journal vouchers, maintains contingency fund to reimburse expenses, prepares and processes a variety of forms/transactions.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

ABILITIES AND SKILLS
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY
• Attention to Detail.
• Working Effectively with Others.
• Thinking Things Through.
• Showing Initiative & Being Action-Oriented.
• Dependability.

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

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
• Willing and able to work overtime, as required.
• Willing and able to travel for work and/or training purposes using various modes of transportation (including owned or leased government transport).

Conditions of employment

RCMP Enhanced Reliability Status (ERS) security clearance.

Those selected must meet and maintain the above condition of employment throughout their employment.
The process requires a Security/Reliability Interview, a field investigation in matters of credit/finances, education, employment, references, etc.

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

Applicants are responsible for ensuring all information provided on their application is accurate and up to date at the time of application.

Volume Management strategies may be used.

Please note that asset qualifications and/or a top-down approach may be used at any stage of the assessment process to identify which applications will be given further consideration.
What is a top-down selection? It is where only the top scoring candidates will be invited to the next stage of the assessment. Please note that different pass marks and cut-off scores can be used at various stages of the assessment process. Candidates who attain the pass mark might not be further considered in the process if they do not achieve the cut-off score.
Candidates may be assessed using one or more of the following tools: written exam, interview, and reference checks.

Candidates will be asked to provide proof of Canadian citizenship or permanent residency.

Candidates invited to the assessment stage will be required to provide ORIGINAL proof of their education credentials, i.e., their degree or official transcript. Failure to do so may result in you not being considered further in 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.

Contact information

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