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.
In order to have your application considered, all screening questions must be answered. Candidates must provide CONCRETE EXAMPLES that demonstrate how they meet the education requirement and the experience factors listed in the essential qualifications. Please note that it is not sufficient to only state that the requirement is met or to provide a listing of current responsibilities.
⭐FOR EACH EXPERIENCE CRITERIA, please provide the following MANDATORY information:
1️⃣- Name of the department or organization where the experience was acquired;
2️⃣- Title of the position occupied and the period(s) in which you performed the functions (M-Y to M-Y); and
3️⃣- Specific details of tasks or projects demonstrating how the experience was acquired, and provide concrete examples.
❗ FAILURE TO CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE IN THE SCREENING QUESTIONS HOW YOU MEET THE SCREENING CRITERIA WILL RESULT IN THE REJECTION OF YOUR APPLICATION.
❗CANDIDATES WILL NOT BE SOLICITED FOR INCOMPLETE OR MISSING INFORMATION.
❗The ability to communicate effectively in writing will be assessed throughout your application. Any use of generative artificial intelligence in the completion of your application is considered a violation of the assessment process. Should the selection committee suspect the use of generative artificial intelligence, your candidacy may be subject to immediate disqualification.
Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/.
As a Human Resources Assistant working in staffing, you may be asked to:
✔ Maintain electronic staffing files, ensuring that all required documentation is on each file
✔ Draft advertisements and notifications to staff positions using the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS) (what you are looking at right now!)
✔ Draft and issue letters of offer, email notifications and other staffing related documents
✔ Coordinate with candidates on selection processes (just like this one!) such as sending invitations to exams, interviews, etc., and responding to accommodation and rescheduling requests
✔ Prepare and maintain assessment board reports in Excel to track the assessment results from selection processes
✔ Liaise with clients to request documentation and information
✔ Collaborate with the Human Resources Advisor to support the client’s staffing needs
✔ Complete data entries in a Human Resources Information Management System
📢 Do you want to get your career started in HR? Now is the opportunity to do so!
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is looking for talented and skilled individuals to join our dynamic Human Resources team. We offer a diverse, inclusive, respectful and healthy work environment. If you value teamwork, challenging assignments, and are innovative, collaborative, and value high quality service to clients, we want to hear from you!
Successful candidates will need to be organized, demonstrate flexibility, be detail oriented, possess the ability to work effectively with both clients and colleagues and be able to work under pressure.
The Human Resources staffing unit is currently located in downtown Edmonton, AB, but it is anticipated that the unit will be moving to Sherwood Park, AB in 2026.
This is an anticipatory staffing process designed to create a pool of qualified candidates for the Staffing Unit in Edmonton. 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 Alberta Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Please note that hybrid opportunities may be available, depending on the position to be staffed. Virtual employment will not be considered.
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.
Positions to be filled: 1
Your résumé.
Successful completion of two years of secondary school, or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.
Experience using Microsoft applications Outlook, Word, and Excel.
Experience with inputting, reviewing, and extracting data/information from databases or files.
Experience in managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Experience providing administrative support services to clients.
Successful completion of post-secondary education in office administration or office assistant program.
Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in human resources management, labour or industrial relations, psychology, public or business administration, organizational development, education sciences, social sciences, sociology, or in any other field relevant to the work to be performed.
Experience maintaining a Human Resources Management System, such as PeopleSoft, beyond self-service.
Experience providing administrative support services related to human resources (Staffing, compensation, Labour Relations, or in any other HR discipline).
Advanced* experience using word processing software such as Microsoft Word
* Advanced may include using mail merge, envelopes, headers, footnotes, formatting page layout, and table of contents
Advanced** experience using spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel
**Advanced may include using data tables, pivot tables, sorting, filtering, and using various functions and formulas
Experience applying policies or procedures
English essential
Information on language requirements
Ability to communicate effectively orally.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
Ability to adapt to change
Being Organized
Thoroughness
Dependability
Demonstrating integrity and respect
Thinking things through
Working effectively with others
Showing initiative and being action oriented
Ability and willingness to work overtime as required.
Willingness and ability to work onsite in Edmonton, AB.
Reliability Status security clearance
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
✅ Volume management strategies may be used.
✅ All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence and telephone conversations, may be used in the assessment of qualifications.
✅ 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.
✅ Your responses to the screening questions will be used as the primary source in determining whether you meet the screening requirements. If you do not fully complete the screening questions as instructed, you may be screened out.
✅ Persons who cannot apply online or persons with disabilities preventing them from applying online are asked to inform the contact persons responsible for this process prior to the closing date.
✅ Testing/interviews will be conducted at locations of the employer's choice and may require candidates to travel to the test/interview location. Please note that candidates (including persons employed in the Public Service) will not be considered to be on travel status or on government business and travel costs will not be reimbursed. Consequently, candidates will be responsible for travel costs.
We thank all those who apply.
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.