Various Recent Graduate Opportunities - Prince Edward Island

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The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is recognized as one of the best tax administrations in the world—and much of that success is a reflection on its dedicated and talented staff. The CRA is an organization that takes great pride in having a diverse workforce with wide-ranging skill sets. Not only does it provide employees, including students and veterans, with variety, mobility, flexibility, and continuous learning but it also offers career advancement opportunities through meaningful and valuable work.

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

The job duties will vary depending on the position.  Duties may include, but are not limited to:

SP-03 ($52,954 to $58,453)
Receives, reviews, and analyses returns, enquiries, and reports to identify and resolves accounts requiring corrective action and determines the course of action required to resolve the problem and update the account.

SP-04 ($58,076 to $65,363)
Receives, reviews, analyzes, and researches taxpayer information from internal and external sources to identify and resolve taxpayer accounts requiring corrective action such as misallocated payments, or compliance action, requirements to file, and issuing assessments.

The pool established from this staffing process may be used to staff similar positions with various language requirements.

Please note that this process will be used to staff various temporary positions at the Prince Edward Island Tax Centre/Tax Services Office (PEI TC/TSO) in Summerside and Charlottetown only.  If you are a candidate from the general public, you will be responsible for any relocation costs if you receive an offer of employment from this process. Virtual reporting may be possible, if operational requirements permit.  

Qualified members and former members of the Canadian Forces who receive an offer of employment are not entitled to relocation costs from the CRA. They may, however, be entitled to a final relocation from the Department of National Defence.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, public health recommendations and restrictions are in place across Canada and may change as circumstances evolve. You may be required to temporarily work remotely (e.g. from home). Further information will be provided if you are selected for a position.

Persons living in Canada and Canadian citizens living abroad who were a recent graduate* from a recognized post-secondary institution (e.g. college, CEGEP, university) by May 2021.

* A recent graduate is anyone who has graduated within the last 5 years.

Are you ready to apply? Before applying, make sure you meet all requirements.

Essential Staffing Requirements

To be eligible, you'll need to meet the following requirements.

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

Education

Degree, applied degree or diploma, obtained by May 2021, from a recognized post-secondary* institution (e.g. college, CEGEP, university)

* A recognized post-secondary institution is defined as a Canadian public or private institution that is recognized or authorized to grant degrees, diplomas, and other credentials by a public or private act of the provincial/territorial legislature or through a government-mandated quality assurance mechanism. The institution must be listed in the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials.

CRA will accept foreign credentials as long as they are considered acceptable by a recognized Canadian educational institution.  Candidates with foreign education credentials are required to provide proof of Canadian equivalency.  Any applicable fees are the responsibility of the candidate.  For more information, you may refer to the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials.

Note: As well as your online application, you must upload into your Candidate Profile your essential education credentials (degree, applied degree or diploma), including transcripts, and resume demonstrating that you meet the essential education requirements for the position(s) being staffed.  If your education credentials are not uploaded by closing date of this notice, your application will not be considered further - No exceptions..

Experience

No experience required.

Candidates will be screened on an ongoing basis.  If you meet the staffing requirements, you will be invited to an assessment.  If you are considered further, we will notify you in writing of the next step in this staffing process.

Essential

• Reliability/Security - Reliability Status
• Second Language Evaluation* (for bilingual positions only)

*Second language evaluation testing is essential only for candidates requesting consideration for bilingual positions.

Asset

Asset staffing requirements may also be assessed during the staffing process and may be used to identify candidates for positions. You will be notified in advance of any asset requirements to be evaluated.

• Experience*
• Employment Equity

*The experience criteria listed on this notice of job opportunity may be further defined when making appointment decisions from this staffing process.

NOTE: Any essential or asset requirement used in this staffing process may be used to identify a candidate for a position.

Second Language Self-Assessment

In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your written expression or reading comprehension in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:

Self-Assessment Tests

Assessments may occur at any time after applications are submitted. You are expected to check your Candidate Profile periodically to review correspondence related to this process.  Throughout the staffing process, it is your responsibility to make yourself available for all testing dates for which you are invited.  If you fail to attend any of the scheduled testing you will be deemed to be no longer interested in this selection process and as a result, you will not be considered further.

We may limit the number of candidates to be considered further in this staffing process by using a top-down approach to select candidates with the best results achieved on assessments conducted within this process.

Conditions of employment

• Reliability/Security - Reliability Status
• Willingness to take and successfully complete training
• Willingness to work shifts or a flexible schedule
• Physically work in Prince Edward Island

Further conditions of employment may be determined at the time of appointment.

We encourage you to read Important information on staffing at the CRA to find out more about staffing processes and how to apply.

The CRA is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. To find out more, consult Employment equity, diversity and inclusion at the CRA. We encourage you to complete the Employment Equity (EE) Staffing questionnaire as part of your application if you wish to be considered for staffing actions using the EE staffing requirement in this process. Your questionnaire response will be retained on file for the duration of the staffing process. If you do not complete the questionnaire, you will not be considered for any staffing actions using the EE staffing requirement in this process. If you decide to modify your response or fill out this questionnaire at a later date, please notify the contact listed at the bottom of this notice of job opportunity.

CRA employees support the economic and social well-being of Canadians, and build public trust. We have high expectations, and our employees are held to the standards of conduct outlined in our Code of integrity and professional conduct and Directive on conflict of interest, gifts and hospitality, and post-employment.

Information regarding the status of your application will be communicated via the candidate profile on the CRA Careers site. We strongly encourage you to verify the email address attached to your profile and to check your messages regularly for any updates.

Throughout this staffing process, you should regularly check your email inbox, including your junk folder, as well as your Candidate's Profile for any correspondence from us.

The closing date and time indicated on this notice of job opportunity may change; we may extend it if we do not have enough candidates apply or shorten it if we have a large number of candidates apply.  Therefore, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Name: Atlantic Staffing Team
Email address: ATL_Staffing_Dotation@cra-arc.gc.ca