Hiring Policies
The Northwest Territories
Power Corporation depends on recruiting and keeping qualified and motivated
people to be a safe, efficient and progressive energy provider.
Appointments to
and within the Corporation will take into consideration:
- education, experience,
knowledge, skills and/or professional or technical credentials which
may be legally required for the job
- suitability
as evidenced by personal traits and characteristics
- performance as
demonstrated by past work record
- the Affirmative
Action Policy. Appointments to positions within the Power Corporation
are subject to the Public Service Staffing Appeals Regulations
Screening of Applications
and Interviews:
The Department of
Personnel screens applications to assess qualifications and skills in
accordance with the job requirements and the Affirmative Action Policy.
The Department will
arrange for interviews. If the applicant is from outside the community
where the job is located, a telephone interview will normally be conducted.
Reference checks will be conducted on the most suitable candidate(s)
after the interviews.
The Affirmative Action
Policy:
Hiring
preference depends on the type of competition and has the following
priorities:
Competitions for
Management or Non-Traditional Occupations:
Priority 1: Indigenous
Aboriginal Persons
Priority 2: Resident Women
Priority 3: Indigenous Non-Aboriginal Persons or Resident Disabled
Persons
Priority 4: All other applicants
All Other Competitions:
Priority 1: Indigenous
Aboriginal Persons
Priority 2: Indigenous Non-Aboriginal Persons or Resident Disabled
Persons Priority 3: All other applicants
Indigenous Aboriginal
Persons: is any Dene, Metis or Inuit person who was born in the NWT
or Nunavut. An indigenous aboriginal person is also any Canadian aboriginal
person who has lived more than half their life in the NWT and/or Nunavut,
or who is the descendant of an aboriginal person born in the NWT or
Nunavut.
Indigenous Non-Aboriginal
Persons: are non-aboriginal persons born in the NWT or Nunavut or who
have lived more than half their lives in the NWT and/or Nunavut.
Resident Women:
are women who have lived in the NWT and/or Nunavut for at least one
year before their application and who now reside in the NWT or Nunavut.
Resident Disabled
Persons: are persons who have lived in the NWT and/or Nunavut for at
least one year before their application and who are at a disadvantage
because of a medically certified learning, mental, emotional or physical
disability.
