Breeding Program Coordinator

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

The intent of this process is to staff a position on a indeterminate basis at the Police Dog Service Training Centre in Innisfail, Alberta, and create a pool of qualified candidates. The pool of qualified candidates may be used to staff similar positions with various tenures (i.e. indeterminate, term, deployment, acting, assignment and secondment) within the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

❗📍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: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

EDUCATION:
• A secondary school diploma or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience*.
*Proof of education and/or training 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 support services.*
*Administrative Support Services can include: Maintaining administrative files, Tracking expense claims, Tracking action plans, Following-up on file diary dates, Data entry and tracking, Preparing summary reports or statistics
• Experience communicating with clients to support a project or activity.
• Experience providing financial support services.**
**Financial Support Services can include: Identifying cost effective spending options for equipment and or services; Provide input for expenditure forecasting; Reviewing, monitoring and entering expenses; etc.
• Experience using a database.

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 orally.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
• Ability to manage time and work demands in an environment of multiple priorities.
• Ability to collaborate within a team environment.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:
• Showing Initiative and being action-oriented
• Thinking things through
• Working effectively with others
• Attention to Detail
• Dependability

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS - KNOWLEDGE:
• Knowledge of dog breeding concepts.
• Knowledge of working dogs.

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS - ABILITIES AND SKILLS:
• Ability to analyze and evaluate data to make recommendations, establish procedural protocols or identify issues or trends.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
• Willingness and ability to lift and carry for short distances up to 80bs.
• Willingness and ability to travel for work and/or training purposes using various modes of transportation (including owned or leased government transport).
• Willingness and ability to work outside of normal working hours.
• Willingness and ability to obtain and maintain a valid driver’s license.

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.

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 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.

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

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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