Supervisor, Accreditation

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The House of Commons’ Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms and Corporate Security is currently looking to staff the Supervisor, Accreditation position.

This position requires on-site presence five (5) days per week.

The Supervisor, Accreditation is responsible for overseeing personnel accreditation and personnel security screening program for a diverse range of clients across the Parliamentary Precinct and constituency offices. The position ensures the secure, efficient, and compliant management of personnel access while supporting the organization's overall security objectives. Additionally, the supervisor provides leadership, guidance, and quality assurance to ensure accreditation and screening processes are delivered consistently and in accordance with established policies and procedures.

The supervisor will be providing guidance on accreditation requirements at all levels, and act as a key liaison with internal and external partners.

The role also includes managing workflow and supporting, coaching, and overseeing a team of security screening analysts. The Supervisor is responsible for identifying, reporting, and escalating risks and security-related issues to management, and for providing recommendations to support informed decision-making and risk mitigation.

Top Reasons to Join the accreditation services

By joining this team, you will collaborate with a diverse range of partner while making impactful, high-trust decisions on personnel access and security clearances. You’ll lead and develop a specialized team, contribute to the continuous improvement of security practices, and gain valuable exposure to complex, high-profile operations, all within a collaborative and purpose-driven environment that offers meaningful work and strong career growth.

• Training and development opportunities.
• Work-life balance /35-hour workweek
• 4 weeks’ vacation (minimum)

Education:

• Successful completion of post-secondary education or an acceptable combination of education, training and relevant experience.

Experiences:

• Experience in delivering personnel security screening services and programs.
• Experience providing training, guidance and support to employees on personnel accreditation and security screening processes, policies and procedures.
• Experience using digital equipment, software applications, and information management systems that supports personnel accreditation and security screening services
• Experience briefing management on personnel security accreditation matters, including emerging issues, risks, policy interpretation, and procedural improvement opportunities.
• Experience conducting comprehensive assessments and reviews of complex personnel security screening files and making recommendations based on established policies, procedures, and standards.
• Experience providing leadership, direction, and recommendation to management and stakeholders on personnel accreditation and security screening matters.
• Experience supervising, coaching, mentoring, and developing staff in a service-oriented and security-focused environment.

Assets:

• Experience in analyzing, interpreting, and communicating data; producing reports; and providing debriefs on accreditation service issues.
• Experience delivering identification and access card services.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace by providing a barrier-free recruitment and selection process. If you have an accommodation request, require material in an accessible format, or need additional support with the application process, please contact Recruitment and Selection Services at [email protected].

Each bilingual position is assigned a linguistic profile that identifies the level of second language proficiency for reading comprehension, written expression and oral interaction required. The profile for this position is BBC. Consideration may be given to candidates with other linguistic profiles. 

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Qualified candidates may be considered for future vacancies for this role or for other similar and/or related roles on an indeterminate and/or fixed term basis.

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