ANTICIPATORY- Community Program Officer

Duties
Role:
The Community Program Officer designs and implements community-based programs, proactive initiatives and strategies that contribute to the core police role of reassurance policing, prevention and reduction of crime through education, intervention, and sustainable community engagement. Key duties include:
• Carries out intervention and diversion activities to address risk factors among vulnerable youth and adult offenders in order to prevent recidivism.
• Uses structured interviewing techniques and evidence-based instruments to conduct mental health screening, as well as criminogenic risk screening and assessment.
• Interprets the screening and assessment results for the purpose of developing appropriate interventions and establishing meaningful and proportionate accountability measures according to the level of identified risk.
• Promotes and supports community crime prevention by identifying and recommending evidence based programs and initiatives.
• Delivers education and awareness activities to address various crime and victimization issues.
• Contributes to the RCMP’s partnership with community (local, provincial & federal departments, NGO’s, and First Nations) in order to foster community mobilization and response to crime reduction matters.
• Works with community-based, multi-disciplinary teams to conduct Violence Threat Risk Assessments.

Intent of the process
"The immediate need is to create a pool of qualified candidates to staff temporary and/or permanent positions, (including term, acting appointments and assignments). This pool may also be used to staff similar positions, with various language and security requirements.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. 

Important messages
"All job applications must be submitted through the https://emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/applicant/page2440?fromMenu=true&toggleLanguage=en system. Testing/interviews will be conducted at locations of the employer's choice and may require candidates to travel to the test/interview locations.Please note that candidates (including persons employed in the Public Service) will not be considered to be in travel status or on government business and travel costs will not be reimbursed. Consequently, candidates will be responsible for travel costs. **PLEASE ENSURE ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN YOUR https://emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/applicant/page2440?fromMenu=true&toggleLanguage=en PROFILE/ACCOUNT IS ACCURATE AND UP TO DATE. **WE USE THE INFORMATION GENERATED BY THE SYSTEM FOR CONTACT AND SCREENING PURPOSES, NOT INFORMATION THAT IS FOUND ON YOUR RESUME/COVER LETTER.Candidates must meet all essential qualifications to be appointed to a position. This will be determined through the use of various evaluation tools. Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed. You must provide proof of education credentials. If you completed your education outside Canada, it is your responsibility to demonstrate the equivalency. Please refer to the following link for more information: http://www.cicic.ca Please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form. Our means of communication with applicants is via e-mail. Please ensure to include a functional e-mail address, which will accept messages from unknown users (some e-mail systems block these types of e-mails). It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required.The Indigenous Career Navigators Program, among others, is designed to provide Indigenous peoples with advice and guidance through the application/hiring process. To Indigenous peoples seeking individual support related to your application or during the assessment phase, please contact our RCMP Indigenous Career Navigator (ICN): **The use of AI is prohibited.You must complete your application and future assessments independently without external help, including unauthorized internet resources or Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools) (for example, Copilot, ChatGPT, or any other form of AI.)You may be asked to explain or elaborate on your answers in a follow-up interview. Any violation may be investigated and result in serious consequences, including the rejection of your application. "

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Reliability Status security clearance - of the RCMP. All applicants for positions within the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will be subject to a thorough security clearance process, which includes reference checks and an interview wherein questions may include (but are not limited to) previous employment, on-line activities, credit checks, alcohol and/or drug use. Willing and able to travel
Willing and able to work flexible hours (including evenings, weekends) and some overtime when required.
Possession of a valid driver's license.

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EDUCATION
A secondary school diploma or employer-approved alternatives.Note:
The employer-approved alternatives to a secondary school diploma are: A satisfactory score on the Public Service Commission test approved as an alternative to a secondary school diploma; or
An acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience. Candidates who already meet both of the following criteria must be accepted as meeting the secondary school diploma requirement:a. Candidates who have achieved a satisfactory score on the Public Service Commission test approved as an alternative to a secondary school diploma; and
b. Candidates who have been appointed or deployed for an indeterminate period to a position in the PM classification. The opportunity to be assessed by at least one of the two employer-approved alternatives must be offered to candidates who have not previously met the secondary school diploma requirement.Candidates who were appointed or deployed on an indeterminate basis using an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience meet the secondary school requirement for the PM classification only and must be reassessed for entry to other classifications on the basis of this alternative.

EXPERIENCE
Experience delivering programs in partnership with other government departments, non-governmental agencies and/or community groups.

Experience in coordinating and engaging stakeholders in the delivery of community-based initiatives.

Experience providing advice to management and staff for decision-making.

COMPETENCIES
-Communication (Oral and Written)
-Effective Interpersonal Skills
-Initiative
-Strategic Thinking
-Judgment

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Applied / assessed at a later date

Various language requirements - Bilingual Imperative BBC/BBC, BCC/BCC, CBC/CBC, English essentialIf no candidate meets this requirement, the position may be staffed on a non-imperative basis. Non-bilingual candidates are therefore encouraged to submit their applications.

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A post-secondary degree from a recognized university or college in social sciences.

Experience conducting client interviews for the purpose of completing and interpreting screening tools.

Experience mobilizing people, organizations and partners.

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Preference will be given to veterans first, followed by Canadian citizens and permanent residents, with the exception of jobs located in Nunavut or Yukon. For positions located in Nunavut, qualified Inuit enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement will be appointed first. For positions located in Yukon, qualified Yukon First Nations will be appointed first, followed by qualified Indigenous persons.

Learn more about preference to veterans.

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