Personnel Security Program Assistant – Various Levels

About CSE

The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) is Canada’s agency responsible for foreign signals intelligence, cyber operations and cyber security. Learn more about our mission.

CSE is committed to fostering a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion. This isn’t just an ideal, it’s crucial to our mission. Find out about our workplace culture, including our diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Become part of our team and you’ll understand why CSE is the most important organization you’ve never heard of.

Job summary

Join our dynamic client service team responsible for initiating security screening requirements, where you will learn the importance of security screening and be trained to conduct initial screening requirements and external verifications that are used to assess eligibility to hold the requisite clearance needed to work at CSE.

We are looking for passionate people from a diverse range of backgrounds, who thrive working in an open-minded environment and who value the different perspectives of others. Our ideal candidate is someone who works well with others as part of team but is self motivated and can work independently.

As a member of the Personnel Security Screening team, you will collect candidate and employee information for the purposes of initiating security screening of new applicants to CSE, conducting security updates of CSE employees and be responsible for a variety of other internal security actions.  

This is a client focused team requiring good communication skills, teamwork, agility, adaptability, attention to detail, self-motivation, and the ability to problem-solve in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and tight timelines.

Salary

To find out more about our salary scale, vacation allowances and benefits (health, dental & pension plans, etc.) visit the Compensation page on our website.

Area of selection

Open to Canadian citizens who reside in the National Capital Region.

Location

Ottawa, Ontario.  All jobs require full-time onsite, five days per week, presence in one of our two accessible facilities. 

Conditions of employment

A valid Enhanced Top Secret (ETS) security clearance is a condition of employment that must be met before an offer can be made.

More information about our hiring and security processes can be found on our website.

Essential qualifications

In order to be considered, your cover letter must clearly explain how you meet the following education and experience requirements.

Education

• You must have a high school diploma.

 

Note: The educational program must be recognized in Canada, and you must be able to provide proof of education credentials.

Experience

• Client facing services including the provision of advice and guidance on policies, processes, procedures, troubleshooting issues and proposing solutions.
• Initiating and processing requests for administrative services
• Experience working on a team towards a common objective
• Experience consulting with clients, and other stakeholders to obtain information and confirm requirements.
• Experience conducting preliminary review and analysis of issues, recommending options and plans for the provision of specific services.

Official language requirements

Various linguistic requirements:

English essential; OR

Bilingual imperative: BBB/BBB

Competencies

The following technical, behavioural and leadership competencies will be assessed at a later date. You do not need to include information about them in your application. 

Technical competencies

• Planning and Organizing
• Information Gathering and Analysis
• Knowledge of Administrative Tools and Technologies
• Application of Policy and Procedures

Behavioural competencies

• Interactive communication
• Service
• Working in a Team

Leadership competencies

• Achieving results
• Integrity, respect and awareness

Assets

Assets are “nice-to-have” expertise and skills we are interested in. They may be used to identify which team you could best compliment, or they may be invoked as a volume management strategy.   

Please demonstrate on your application if you meet or possess the asset education or asset experience listed below.

Asset education

• A post-secondary degree, diploma, or certificate in a field related to the position.

 

Note: The educational program must be recognized in Canada, and you must be able to provide proof of education credentials.

 

Asset experience

• Working in the personnel security field.*

 

* For the purpose of this selection process, personnel security is defined as the assessment of the conduct, integrity, judgment, loyalty, reliability, and suitability of individuals for duties and responsibilities.

Operational requirements

Overtime and standby duty may be required.

How to apply

You may submit your candidacy online by selecting “Apply” at the top or bottom of this page.

If you cannot apply online or have a disability preventing you from applying online, please inform us by email at careers-carrieres@cse-cst.gc.ca prior to the closing date of this hiring process.

Important information

We ask you to not discuss your application with others (including on social media) besides your partner, or close family members - who should also be reminded about the need to be discreet.

Assessments of candidates are conducted in the official language of their choice.

To address CSE’s current representation gaps, priority may be given to persons who self-declare as belonging to one, or more, designated employment equity groups: women; Indigenous peoples, including First Nations who are status, or registered and non-status, or non-registered, Inuit and Métis; persons with disabilities, including people with a mental health condition and neurodivergent people; and persons from racial or ethnic groups. 

Please note the Employment Equity Act, which is under review, uses the terminology Aboriginal peoples and visible minorities.

CSE offers an assessment process that will accommodate any reasonable measures you require to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Those measures are available to all candidates during our processes. Information you provide will be addressed confidentially.

All communications with CSE relating to this process, including email messages and telephone conversations, may be used in the assessment of qualifications.

The intent of this process is to fill vacant positions at CSE. The process may also be used to establish a pool of qualified candidates which could be used to staff similar or identical positions with various tenures.

Due to the nature of CSE’s mandate certain roles may expose employees to content that is difficult to process. Mental health is a priority at CSE and if any personnel feel they require assistance to preserve their mental wellbeing, they have access to services, tools and other resources to help them in both their personal and professional lives.

We thank you for your interest in CSE. However, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.