Notice of job opportunity

SP-06 Security Specialist, Finance and Administration Division, Prairie Region (Open to CRA employees and to Veterans & Members of the Canadian Forces)

Region: Prairie
Location: Prairie Region
Contract type: Perm/Temp - Acting,Lateral Move,Permanent,Promotion,Term
Classification: SP-006
Linguistic profile: English Essential
Salary range: $74,887 to $84,283
Closing date: February 23, 2017 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Requisition Number: 51666890

Who can apply

Employees of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) who are working and occupying a substantive position in Winnipeg, MB, Regina, SK, Saskatoon, SK, Calgary, AB, or Edmonton, AB.

AND eligible veterans, members and honourably released former members of the Canadian Forces with at least three years of service and who are not already permanently employed in the CRA or federal public service.

The area of selection includes individuals with preferred status who live or work within the general rule of minimum distance of the position(s) being staffed.

Duties

• Conducts threat and risk assessments, performs security sweeps, monitors the security posture of various regional facilities, prepares analytical reports and ensures that corrective action is carried out.
• Conducts security inspections to assess security requirements, identifies security weaknesses, and recommends corrective measures to the manager, to ensure that security requirements are being followed.
• Investigates major security violations, breaches of security and other incidents, interviews involved personnel, gathers evidence, analyzes all information, consults with law enforcement officials and internal affairs in HQ and prepares recommendations and reports of findings.
• Develops Emergency Preparedness Plans, Business Resumption Plans and building evacuation plans for regional facilities, plans tests and related activities when required.
• Develops and delivers a Security training and education program for Security Officers, regional Agency staff and the Emergency Team, to ensure they are familiar with security procedures.
• Researches new security systems and tools, tests them in the regional environment and makes recommendations on their use, if applicable.
• Participates in the development of/interprets Agency security policies, standards, guidelines and procedures, ensures their application at regional facilities and provides security advice to clients and liaises with HQ Security to resolve site specific problems and provide advice on the development of security policies, procedures and standards.

Staffing Requirements to apply

You must clearly demonstrate on your online application how you meet the essential staffing requirements to apply.
SCREENING FOR PREREQUISITES

You must clearly demonstrate on your candidate profile how you meet the essential staffing requirements required at the prerequisites stage.

Education – Essential requirement

A secondary school diploma or CRA-approved alternatives.

Experience – Essential

For CRA employees:

*Recent and significant experience working in a Canada Revenue Agency Security office, performing all aspects of the Security Officer duties including but not limited to applying, creating, communicating, and/or administering physical security standards and policies, emergency management policies, security incident policies, and providing training and awareness to clients on Security Policy Instruments and related information.
*Recent and significant experience is defined as experience gained over a continuous period of 12 months within the last 3 years
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For qualifying Veterans:

**Recent and significant experience performing all aspects required of a Security Officer by applying, creating, communicating, and/or administering physical security standards and policies, emergency management policies, security incident policies, and training and awareness to clients on Security Policy Instruments and related information.

**Recent and significant experience is defined as experience gained over a continuous period of 12 months within the last 5 years.

The onus is on the candidate to demonstrate that they meet the experience requirement. Insufficient information may result in your application not being given further consideration.

Candidates must have obtained the significant experience by the closing date of this notice.

Competencies – Essential requirement

You must possess, in Employee Self-Service (ESS) or in hand, assessment results for the following competencies by the closing date and time indicated on this notice of job opportunity.

• Service Excellence – Level 2
• Effective Interactive Communication – Level 2

If your results do not appear in ESS, you must submit your results by scanning and attaching the following documents to your online application:
• the signed attestation report for competency results you obtained through Observe and Attest (these results will be validated)
• the signed assessment report for competency results you obtained through other standardized tools

The report must clearly show that you obtained your competency results before or on the closing date and time shown on this notice of job opportunity.

Members and honourably released members of the Canadian forces who do not possess the required competency levels for Service Excellence and Effective Interactive Communication at the screening for prerequisite stage will be given the opportunity to be assessed on these two competencies as part of the assessment stage of this staffing process, as long as all other staffing requirements for the prerequisite stage are met.

Language Requirements

English Essential

Staffing requirements to be assessed/applied

Any essential staffing requirements indicated below will be assessed/applied at a later date. Any discretionary staffing requirements indicated below may be applied/assessed at a later date.

ASSESSMENT

You must notify the manager/staffing board of any leave plans and any change of address or contact information that may occur during this staffing process.

All interactions throughout this process, including email correspondence, may be used in the assessment of the qualifications listed.

Essential Qualifications/Competencies

Interpersonal Skills
Pass mark : 70%

Dependability
Pass mark : 70%

Organizational Fit
Pass mark : 70%

Ability to Communicate Verbally in English
Pass mark: 70%

Asset (Discretionary) Qualifications/Competencies

Problem Solving Multiple Choice Test (D800) Level 2
Planning, Organizing and Monitoring
Initiative
Ability to Communicate Effectively in Writing
Ability to conduct research of CRA Security and/or related policy instruments using information gathering techniques
Ability to assess information objectively in order to make a judgement or decision

Results from locally developed assessment tools are not portable to other staffing processes except for the staffing process 50160430.

Asset (Discretionary) Experience

• Experience in assessing, monitoring, reporting, and recommending corrective actions on the physical security posture of various regional facilitates
• Experience implementing and monitoring security corporate initiatives
• Experience interpreting Security and/or related Corporate Policy Instruments
• Experience in investigating, analyzing, and reporting on security violations/breaches/incidents
• Experience in developing, planning, and practicing emergency preparedness plans
• Experience in developing, planning, and monitoring business resumption plans and/or business continuity plans
• Experience in developing and delivering security training and education programs
• Experience researching new security systems and tools including testing and recommendations for potential use in the field
• Experience in identifying gaps and providing recommendations on the development of Security and/or related Corporate Policy Instruments

CRA standardized tools

Candidates who have valid test results from assessments using the CRA standardized tools are not required to be reassessed, but may request to be reassessed to improve their level(s) provided the time period restrictions for retesting are met.

Note: For some standardized assessment tools, only the most recent result is valid, regardless if it is higher or lower than your previous result. As a result, this could impact your eligibility for an appointment in this and any other staffing processes, where applicable.

Essential requirements

• Performance

The required performance levels for appointments from this staffing process are:

For temporary or permanent lateral moves or appointments to a lower level

Candidates must have achieved a performance level of « Results mostly meet expectations » or « Level 2 » or higher on the most recent finalized performance report.

For acting or permanent promotions

Candidates must have achieved a performance level of « Results meet expectations » or « Level 3 » or higher on the most recent finalized performance report.

Candidates who are not CRA employees must meet their current work expectations.

If a candidate is a member or a honourably released member of the Canadian Forces or a member of the Canadian Forces released for medical reasons attributable to service, he must meet the expectations of his current employment.

If a candidate does not have the required performance level, the candidate will not proceed further in the staffing process.

Asset (Discretionary) Requirements

• Budget considerations
• Duration of appointment
• Start date
• Availability throughout the duration of a temporary appointment
• Minimize business disruption
• Employment Equity

We may use employment equity at the appointment stage of this staffing process according to the CRA's employment equity plans and business requirements.

If Employment Equity is used as a staffing requirement to appoint from this staffing process, all candidates and all individuals with preferred status will have to meet this staffing requirement in order to be considered for appointment.

If you want information about how employment equity is used in a staffing process, please go to Procedures for Staffing (Staffing Program).

Conditions of employment

• Reliability/Security - Reliability Status
• Overtime Required
• Travel Required
• Valid Driver's License or personal mobility to a degree normally associated with the possession of a driver's license

General information

For information on how to apply, communication during the staffing process, foreign credentials, employment equity, accommodations during assessment, security status or clearance, and our code and conflict of interest requirements refer to the general information page http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/crrs/srch/tps-eng.html.

CRA employees are dedicated to serving in the public interest and have worked hard to earn the trust of Canadians. The Code of integrity and professional conduct and the Directive on conflict of interest, gifts and hospitality, and post-employment are important documents that outline the expected standards of conduct for CRA employees. We strongly recommend that you take the time to review these documents before you consider an employment opportunity with the CRA. Please note that a conflict of interest arises whenever an employee's private interests and/or outside activities impair, or could be perceived to impair, their ability to make decisions with integrity, impartiality, honesty, and in the best interests of the CRA and the Government of Canada.



Before submitting an application, potential candidates should take notice of the requirements of this job opportunity to determine if they are eligible to apply.

Applicants from the general public who do not meet the criteria required to apply on this staffing process will not be considered and will not be contacted.

You have until 11:59 PM, Eastern Time, of the closing date to submit your online application.

Candidates can view the status of their application by logging into their Candidate profile on our Careers at the CRA site.


Pool

We will create a pool of eligible candidates for this staffing process.

Upon your acceptance of a permanent offer of employment, you will no longer be eligible for appointments from this staffing process.

Please note that this staffing process will be run in collaboration at the assessment stage with staffing process number 50160430. Candidates applying on these processes will be assessed only once on common assessments.

This staffing process may be used to staff similar or lower level positions.

Note: As well as your online application, you must upload your essential education credentials in the education section of your Candidate Profile by the closing date and time of this notice of job opportunity, demonstrating that you meet the essential education requirements for the position(s) being staffed. Failure to do so may result in your application being rejected.

Veterans Hiring Act (VHA)

The VHA allows current and honourably released Canadian Forces (CF) members to continue serving Canadians by granting them access to employment opportunities within the federal public service. In order to be considered, these current and honourably released CF members must have at least three years of service and must not already be permanently employed in the CRA or federal public service.

In support of the VHA, the CRA has committed to allowing members and honourably released members of the CF access to apply on internal CRA staffing processes (open to CRA employees only) and CRA's interdepartmental staffing processes (open to CRA and federal public service employees). As a result, internal CRA job opportunities are posted on CRA's external Careers website for this purpose.

Current and honourably released members of the CF applying to this staffing process are required to include the details of the Member's Personnel Record Resume (MPRR) or other official documents or pieces of identification (for example, a copy of their release letter), which are documents issued by the Department of National Defence (DND) with their application to confirm their eligibility to apply.

How to obtain an MPRR:

1. For serving CF members (Reg F, P Res, COATS, Cdn Rgrs) – contact your own administrative resources (Unit Orderly Room or equivalent) to request a copy of your MPRR. DCSM will not provide MPRRs for members still in service.

2. For CF veterans who have been released within the last five (5) years – contact Director Casualty Support Management (DCSM) to request a copy of your CF Member's Personnel Record Résumé (MPRR): DCSM-DGSB@forces.gc.ca

3. Supplementary Reserve – personnel may send their request for an MPRR to DND.SuppRes-ResSupp.MDN@forces.gc.ca, or telephone 613-995-0793. DCSM will not provide MPRRs for members still in the Supp Res.

4. For CF veterans who have been released for more than five (5) years – To obtain a copy of your MPRR or any other CF personal information or documentation, you must request it through Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP). Please use the following link for DND ATIP requests: Request forms.


Employment Equity

If Employment Equity is used as a staffing requirement to appoint from this staffing process, all candidates and all individuals with preferred status will have to meet the staffing requirements identified on this NOJO in order to be considered for appointment.

Appointment

Before proceeding with appointments from this staffing process, the manager will give priority for appointment to individuals with CRA preferred status.

Appointments made from this staffing process will be based on one or more of the staffing requirement(s) identified on this notice.

Contact

Name: Tracy Larocque
Email Address: Tracy.Larocque@cra-arc.gc.ca