Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Taxpayer Services and Debt Management Branch

Department Name: Canada Revenue Agency
Location: Ottawa
Classification: EX - 04 for more information
Salary: $135,500 to $159,500 (per year)
Closing Date: November 27, 2006 - 23:59, Pacific Time Useful Information
Reference Number: NAR06J-006857-000013
Selection Process Number: 0607-CRA-ARC-TSD-EC-0093
Employment Tenure: Indeterminate
Vacancies: 1

Website: For further information on the department, please visit Canada Revenue Agency

Who Can Apply:

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• Persons residing in Canada and Canadian citizens residing abroad

This position is also open to the Federal Public Service employees, including Crown Corporations and Agencies.

We thank all applicants for their interest in this position. However, only the candidates who will be retained will be contacted.

Citizenship

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Preference will be given to Canadian citizens. Please indicate in your application the reason for which you are entitled to work in Canada: Canadian citizenship, permanent resident status or work permit.

Language Proficiency

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Applicants must demonstrate in their application that they meet the following merit criteria to be retained for further consideration.

Bilingual Imperative

Education

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• A degree from a recognized university in a field relevant to the position (e.g. business, accounting, or finance), OR a recognized professional accounting designation (CA, CMA or CGA).

Experience

* For outside applicants, preference may be given to candidates with experience in credit management, loans and security.

1. Significant and recent experience at a senior executive level in leading major programs and business transformation initiatives.

2. Experience in consulting, negotiating and building internal as well as external partnerships with senior representatives of various stakeholders, government and international organizations on various program related issues.

3. Experience in giving strategic advice on complex issues to officials at the most senior levels.

4. Significant experience in the management of human and financial resources and of significant capital assets in a large and decentralized organization. (Preference may be given to candidates who have managed annual budgets exceeding $100M and have had prior exposure to service and or debt management related activities.

Statement of Merit Criteria

Applicants who meet the above criteria will also be assessed against the Statement of Merit Criteria for this position.

Challenge

Strategic oversight of files for, or on behalf of the Assistant Commissioner; design and development of policies, programs, systems and processes to support the administration of a number of national tax services and debt management programs and initiatives.

The Job Description is available upon request: Lise.Monette@cra-arc.gc.ca

Additional Requirements / Comments

• Please note that all correspondence related to this process will be sent via e-mail.
• If you are interested in this career opportunity, please submit your résumé and a covering letter, including your e-mail address and your Personal Record Identifier (PRI), by the closing date. This means that your application and all pertinent documents must be received by the closing date to ensure the retention of your candidacy. The onus is on applicants to demonstrate in clear detail that they meet the screening requirements of the position. Please include a list of the position(s) that you have occupied over the last ten years with dates and group and level. Failure to do so will result in being screened out of the selection process.
• Please note that Canada Revenue Agency's classification of the Executive Group has been changed from EX to EC but has retained the same salary scale as the rest of the Public Service.
• As a separate employer of the federal public service, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has its own Human Resources Program. Nevertheless, when a public servant for whom Treasury Board is the employer, accepts an offer of employment with the CRA, the Agency recognizes the years of service accrued and the leave credits accumulated by this person during their public service career. As regards to persons for whom Treasury Board is not the employer, the Commissioner of the CRA has the discretion to recognize years of service with their previous employer for purposes of leave credits. This must be determined before the letter of offer is issued.
• The CRA's Human Resources Program includes recourse provisions for members of the Executive Cadre and candidates for positions in the Executive Cadre. Grounds for recourse are based on specific criteria and, depending on the circumstances, recourse includes individual feedback and may include a managerial review of the administrative decision.
• The CRA promotes a corporate culture which values differences and is committed to having a skilled, diversified workforce reflective of Canadian society.
• Some travel required. Qualified candidates may be placed in the CRA’s Pre-qualified Pool (PQP) for the EC-5 level. Executive positions within the CRA may be staffed from the PQP.

Information to be provided:

When you apply, you must provide the following information or your application will be rejected:

• Your resumé.
• You must ensure that you select at least one employment type when submitting your application: Employment Tenure

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Your resume must clearly demonstrate how you meet the requirements.

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Questions regarding travel and relocation.

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 Public Service Commission or 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.