Recruitment Campaign for Careers in Biology for Persons with Disabilities (Information Page for Candidates)

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Our Goals

The Government of Canada is launching a Canada-wide recruitment campaign that aims to recruit the very best talent in various fields of biology.

As a scientist in the Government of Canada, you can play a key role in improving the quality of life of Canadians, protecting our citizen’s health, or providing them with cutting-edge research to support and protect our environment and industries.

You can visit the Job Profiles tab for more details on the various jobs in Biology the Government of Canada has to offer.  

Did you know?

Our Public Service is proud of its diversity and strives to be representative of the population it serves. Our vision is to make Canada’s public service the most accessible and inclusive in the world and we have an Accessibility Strategy that aims to identify, prevent, and remove barriers to participation for persons with disabilities.

This recruitment campaign is a part of this Strategy, as we aim to recruit persons with disabilities with a variety of scientific training and match them with a variety of positions in the Biological Sciences across Canada.

Our Candidates

Through this campaign, we aim to recruit the brightest minds from a variety of scientific education and training, who also self-identify as a Person with Disabilities, for positions in the Biological Sciences from coast to coast to coast.

According to the Employment Equity Act, Persons with disabilities have a long-term or recurring physical, mental, sensory, psychological or learning impairment.

Examples of disabilities, whether visible or non-visible, could include:

• co-ordination or dexterity (difficulty using hands or arms, for example, grasping or handling a stapler or using a keyboard)
• mobility (difficulty moving around, for example, from one office to another or up and down stairs)
• blind or visual impairment (unable to see or difficulty seeing)
• deaf or hard of hearing (unable to hear or difficulty in hearing)
• speech impairment (unable to speak or difficulty speaking and being understood)
• other disability (including learning disabilities, developmental disabilities and all other types of disabilities)

For more information on self-declaration, please visit our website.

Our Recruitment Process

1. Application Stage:
   • Before you apply, you will need to create an account on GC Jobs if you don’t already have one.
   • Once your account is created, you can apply directly on the Campaign’s poster by submitting your resume and answer screening questions regarding your qualifications.
   • If you are having difficulties in creating a personal GCJobs account or in applying, please contact us through our email below and someone from our team will be glad to assist you.
2. Screening and Assessment Stage:
   • Your application will be reviewed.
   • Those retained for further assessment will be invited to complete a take-home written exam in January 2023.
   • If you are successful in the written exam, congratulations! Your name is then added to a pool of partially qualified candidates to be matched with hiring teams from across the public service.Successful
3. Qualification and Matching Stage:
   • As a partially qualified candidate, you will be matched to hiring teams according to your qualifications, experience, and interest.
   • Selected candidates will be invited to meet with hiring team and may be requested to complete additional assessments to assess fit for the intended role.

More details can be found in the FAQ on the GCWiki page

Our accommodation process: For you to perform at your best

We offer various assessment accommodation measures that aims to remove barriers to a fair assessment and allow candidates to fully demonstrate their competency. The accommodations can be a change made to an assessment procedure, format or content, without altering the qualification being assessed nor the proficiency level required,

Most of the people who request assessment accommodation do it on the basis of a disability. However, accommodation can be requested for any legitimate need relating to one of the 13 prohibited grounds for discrimination set out in the Canadian Human Rights Act.

To be accommodated based on a disability, you will need to provide us with information related to your functional limitations, which can be temporary, visible or invisible. In many cases, you may only need to fill out a simple form. You won’t need to provide us with your exact diagnosis, just information on how your functional limitations may affect the assessment.

If you have a disability-related functional limitation or a personal situation that may impact your performance during the selection process, such as a test or interview, we encourage you contact us through the mailbox listed below. We will work with you to determine the most appropriate accommodations for your needs.

Contact Information

Would you like to receive more information on something we did not cover on this page? Please reach out to us at:

GC Recruitment Team: cfp.monprochainemploi-mynextjob.psc@canada.ca

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