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Position Type:             Full-Time (CO-OP)

CO-OP Work Term:     January 6, 2025 – May 2, 2025 (with the possibility of extension to August 29, 2025)

Organization:              Canada Border Services Agency – Pacific Highway District, Vancouver International Airport, & Metro Vancouver District

Location:

Pacific Highway District: Boundary Bay POE (#4 56th Street, Delta, BC), Douglas POE (220 Highway 99, Surrey, BC), Pacific Highway Operations (#28-176  Street, Surrey, BC), Aldergrove POE (10 Highway 13, Aldergrove, BC), Abbotsford POE (10 Highway 13, Abbotsford, BC)

Vancouver International Airport: 3211 Grant McConachie Way, Richmond BC

Metro Vancouver District: 1611 Main Street, Vancouver BC

Hourly rates of pay:     To be determined based on Treasury Board student rates of pay

(http://publiservice.tbs-sct.gc.ca/lrco-rtor/collective/lru-mnc/student-etudiants-eng.asp)

Open to:  Full-time, post-secondary students enrolled in a PSC-approved CO-OP Program at the following educational institution: Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia, Douglas College, BCIT, University of the Fraser Valley, Trinity Western University

Preference: Preference will be given to Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents.

Closing Date:  October 20^th, 2024 – 23:59 Pacific Time

If you are interested and have questions regarding this this co-op opportunity, please contact Wai-Ling Li; CBSA.Student_Employ_Central_West-Empl_Etudiant_Centre_Ouest.ASFC@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca

Eligibility requirements:

• you must be enrolled as a full-time student in post-secondary co-op/internship program that is on our list of validated institutions and programs list of validated institutions and programs
• your work term must be mandatory for graduation
• you must meet the minimum age required in the province/territory of work

Job Description for Administrative Positions:

• Answers telephone and counter inquiries relating to general client services and revenue related questions. Process revenue payments for the travelling public.
• Prepares and processes entries for casual and commercial importers.
• Completes a series of mandatory cash controls (verifying cash floats at the beginning and end of shift and end of accounting period) and maintains the security of revenue under established cash control procedures.
• Completes cash reconciliation procedures including balancing revenue to reports and preparing banks deposits and documents.
• Performs and coordinates a variety of other administrative activities including maintaining and ordering of office supplies, filing, photocopying, computer generated reports and general assistance to the Management team.
• Assist Management with scheduling related duties and verifications of hours.
• Review and input accurate records in an automated system and maintain associated files of all District transactions
• Respond to internal and external inquiries and time-sensitive requests from management and administrative staff
• Initiate, coordinate and monitor transactions with supplies and vendors
• Provision of various administrative duties in support of management: data entry, scheduling and booking meetings, managing generic email inboxes, maintaining office equipment.

Statement of Merit Criteria

Essential Qualifications

Academic Level: Post-Secondary

Experience:

• Experience in the use of various software programs such as Excel, Microsoft Word, and Outlook. Experience gained in an academic setting is acceptable.

Abilities and Skills:

• Ability to communicate effectively orally.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

Personal Suitability:

• Integrity
• Dependability
• Effective interpersonal relationships
• Judgment

Official Language Proficiency:  English Essential

Conditions of Employment 

• Obtain and maintain a Reliability security clearance.
• Work various shifts on rotation, evenings, weekends and statutory holidays.
• Work overtime as required.
• Valid Driver’s License
• Willing and able to operate a government vehicle.
• Travel locally as required.

Important Information

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate on their application their preferred official language for each of the following: a) written correspondence, b) written assessment, and c) oral assessment.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Candidates will be required to submit their proof of education documents at the time of assessment.

A top down approach of scores may be used to assess and/or appoint candidates.

A pass mark will be established for each essential qualification. Candidates must meet each essential qualification to be appointed to the position.

Candidates are responsible for paying their own travel expenses incurred to attend any assessments. Please note that no relocation expenses will be reimbursed if the candidate moves as the result of the offer of CO-OP student employment.

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Websites:

For further information on careers in CBSA, please visit: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/job-emploi/menu-eng.html.

For further information on Public Service Commission’s approved CO-OP programs, please visit: https://www5.psc-cfp.gc.ca/coop/noitcanoitutitsnimargorphcraes.do;jsessionid=TppQJkbJCVlzqXvzYQy4JbFb1YgjzXTNzk6hJJhjJ0v0lCSD4JgG!808958820