Competition Status: Application Screening
Fewer than thirty individuals applied for this opportunity.
We are screening ALL applications received on or before the closing date and rating them against the qualifications outlined in the job ad. Applicants whose resume and cover letter best demonstrate how they meet the qualifications to do the job will be invited to continue in the hiring process.
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PROBATION & PAROLE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT CLERK - BILINGUAL
Organization:
Ministry of the Solicitor General
Division:
Probation and Parole Offices
Job Term:
1 Temporary assignment/contract for 18 months with possibility of extension
Job Code:
C08OAD - Office Administration 08 (COR)
Salary:
$24.04 - $27.95 Per Hour*
*Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement.
Are you an administrative professional looking for an exciting opportunity to serve a diverse community? If so, join our team where you will collaborate with criminal justice partners and community organizations while providing clerical, administrative, and reception support services.
What can I expect to do in this role?
In this role you will:
• provide reception duties and maintain standards for customer service
• prepare, distribute and request a variety of documents such as court reports, pre-parole reports, community information, and court documentation
• compose and type routine correspondence ensuring accuracy and proper distribution
• receive and direct telephone calls and communicate with clients with diverse needs
• receive and distribute mail
• maintain files and retention schedules
• perform sentencing calculations
• enter, update and correct information in the Offender Tracking Information System (OTIS)
How do I qualify?
Mandatory
Oral and written French at the advanced level is a requirement for this position.
Administrative Skills
• Knowledge of office practices and procedures to provide efficient administrative services - to follow appropriate procedures and manuals - apply sections of procedures manuals concerning client
• Knowledge of administrative filing systems, confidentiality protocols, information distribution, and formatting letter/report
• Ability to utilize mail distribution systems, provide reception support, respond to routine inquiries and direct telephone calls from clients and visitors
• Ability to maintain office equipment by reporting malfunctions/issues and arranging service calls as required
• Ability to maintain inventory of office supplies
Communication and Technical Skills:
• Oral and interpersonal skills to respond to inquiries in a tactful and diplomatic manner
• Ability to provide comprehensive explanations, convey information to clients, colleagues, courts, police and community stakeholders
• Written communication including computer skills to compose routine/standard correspondence and to ensure accuracy of content, grammar, spelling and punctuation when keyboarding/typing documents
• Ability to take and transcribe minutes
• Ability to operate computer equipment and related word processing/software programs to transcribe correspondence, reports, probation and parole documents
• Ability to use database applications to enter, track and update client data
Analytical, Reasoning and Organizational Skills:
• Proven analytical and reasoning skills to determine what information can be provided to inquiries
• Organizational skills to determine and realign priorities and to resolve competing priorities and conflicting meetings
• Ability to determine and realign own priorities in order to respond to competing deadlines
• Ability to prioritize and manage workload flow to use sound judgement when making decisions
Additional Information:
Address:
- 1 Bilingual Temporary, duration up to 18 months, 190 Larch St, Sudbury, North Region, Criminal Record Check
Compensation Group:
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Schedule:
3-7
Category:
Administrative and Support Services
Posted on:
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Note:
- This ad is also available in French.
- This competition may be used to create an eligibility list of qualified candidates to fill upcoming opportunities.
- In accordance with the Ontario Public Service (OPS), Employment Screening Checks Policy (ESCP), the top candidate(s) may be required to undergo a security screening check. Refer to the above to determine the screening checks that are required for this position.
Required security screening checks along with your written consent, will be sent to the Transition and Security Office (TSO), Talent Acquisition Branch (TAB), HR Service Delivery Division (HRSDD) to evaluate the results. If applicable, the TSO, with your written consent, will request and obtain any additional employment screening checks that were not obtained directly by you.
A record under the Criminal Code and/or other federal offence record(s) does not automatically mean you will be ineligible for the position. The employment screening check(s) will only be reviewed and evaluated by the TSO for the purpose of making a security clearance decision. The details of an individual's employment screening check(s) will be considered in specific relation to the duties and responsibilities of the position being filled. Employment screening check records will be maintained by the TSO and kept strictly confidential. - N-CL-156753/20
Please be advised that the results of this competition may be used to form an eligibility list of qualified candidates to potentially fill future vacancies represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). In accordance with the Collective Agreement, eligibility lists are shared with OPSEU representatives. By applying to this competition, you are providing consent that your name may be shared with OPSEU representatives.
All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely). The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.
Remember: The deadline to apply is Thursday, November 26, 2020 11:59 pm EST. Late applications will not be accepted.
We thank you for your interest. Only those selected for further screening or an interview will be contacted.
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