Work environmentThe Royal Canadian Mounted Police invites qualified professionals to join our team as an Occupational Safety Officer (OSO). In this pivotal role, you will safeguard the health and well‑being of all RCMP personnel, ensuring that every operation—from training exercises to operational deployments—meets the highest safety standards. OSOs serve as trusted advisors and foster a culture of vigilance across all jurisdictions. This position offers a unique blend of analytical rigor, strategic leadership and provides an exceptional and rewarding career. If you are driven by a commitment to public service, possess strong problem‑solving skills, and thrive in dynamic, high‑stakes environments, the OSO role presents an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful difference.
Working with the RCMP, a world-renowned innovative organization, you will experience meaningful work and have a real impact on the daily operations as well as job satisfaction knowing you are making a real difference. The RCMP hires public service employees in a wide variety of disciplines to support our police officers at detachments and offices. Public service employees play a critical role in delivering services to our communities and supporting our local, provincial and national policing priorities. For every successful police operation, there is a team of public service employees providing administrative support in order to help police officers and investigators to accomplish their mandate. These employees play a critical role in delivering services to our communities and supporting our local, provincial and national policing priorities. By hiring the best candidates to staff our public service positions, we are helping police officers accomplish their law and order enforcement mandate. If you wish to provide essential operational support to the RCMP, be a part of our TEAM and have an impact on the way we conduct our business, please submit your application!
This position is located in a law enforcement environment which includes regular contact with uniformed and armed police officers.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT ON-LINE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED VIA THE Canada.ca SITE. If you are unable to apply online, you are asked to contact the individual noted at the bottom of this advertisement.
If you do not fully complete the screening questions as instructed, you may be screened out. It is not acceptable to put “see resume” in the space provided to answer the questions. You MUST clearly demonstrate in writing how you meet the Essential Education, and Experience requirements. Provide examples and describe the work/duties you have performed. Failure to do so may result in your application not being considered further during the screening process.
Original proof of your education will be requested and must be provided during the selection process, in order to verify that candidates meet the education requirement. Candidates who are unable to provide proof that they meet this essential qualification as requested may be eliminated from the process. Also note, if the name on your education credentials does not match the name on your current photo identification, you will need to provide proof of your name change.
Education obtained outside of Canada must be evaluated. Please contact The Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials as soon as possible to initiate the evaluation process http://www.cicic.ca/
Random selection may be used to identify which applicants will be assessed or appointed in this appointment process.
Top-down selection may apply.
Incorrect or fraudulent information provided by a candidate during the application or assessment process will result in elimination from the process.
Any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements, and organizational needs may be used for the screening of applications. If you meet these criteria, please clearly demonstrate how you meet them in writing. Provide examples and describe the work/duties you have performed. Failure to do so may result in your application not being considered further during the screening process.
Successful candidates will require a valid RCMP security clearance prior to appointment and throughout the tenure of their employment. The process to obtain an RCMP security clearance may involve, but is not limited to, a security/reliability interview, a field investigation regarding matters of criminal activity, verification of credit/financial status, reference checks, education, employment history, online activities, alcohol and/or drug use, etc., and may require certain residency requirements.
Please refer to Appendix “B” and “D (4)” of the Treasury Board Standard on Security Screening for more information - https://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=28115.
Once established, the qualified pool will be valid for a period of 12 months and may be extended.
Those selected for assessment should be prepared to provide the names and contact information of recent references (recent is defined as within the last: 3 years).
References must be available, have an in-depth knowledge of your work/projects, and must be able to answer specific questions pertaining to your experience, achievements and strengths. You must include a reference from your current supervisor.
Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent. We will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.
Candidates must meet the conditions of employment and continue to meet these same conditions during their employment.
PLEASE NOTE: Where an e mail address is provided, the Selection Board may choose to communicate with candidates by e mail to provide/request information and to invite candidates to attend any portion of the assessment. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required.