The Opportunity:
We are looking for a Bilingual (French & English) Alternate Company Security Officer (ACSO) to work under the WSP Canada Security Services core Team. The Alternate Company Security Officer (ACSO) supports the Federal security clearance process, including the processing of high-volume security clearances, monitoring progress of new, expiring and terminated clearances, raising concerns/issues to Company Security Officer (CSO), protection of personal information, training ACSOs, identifying process improvements and changes to Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) policies and procedures and correspondence with PSPC. This role requires internal and external facing relationships and will have significant interaction with onboarding new employees, Partners, and WSP Canada clients.
Why choose WSP?
- We value and are committed to upholding a culture of **inclusion **and **belonging**:
- Our **Flexible **Work Policy - we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours. We will support you on and off the job so you can be fully present in both your work and home lives.
- A **Canadian **success story - we're **proud **to wear the red and white of this beautiful country and show the world what Canada has to offer.
- **Enhance **the world around you - from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada.
- **Outstanding **career opportunities - we're growing and pushing ourselves every day to be greater than yesterday - we're open to **your **ideas and trying **new **things.
- A phenomenal **collaborative **culture and a workforce filled with genuinely **good **people **who are doing humbly important work. Come find out for yourself what it's like to be a part of our journey.
We offer attractive pay, flexible work options, a great corporate culture, comprehensive and employee-focused benefits including virtual healthcare and a wellness platform as well as great savings programs, and a clear vision for the future.
• *WeAre **WSP
What you can expect to do here:
- Ensure compliance pertaining to company security policies.
- Management of the Federal & Provincial security clearance processes, including the processing of high-volume security clearances, monitoring progress of new, expiring and terminated clearances, raising concerns/issues to CSO, protection of personal information, training ACSOs, identifying process improvements and changes to PSPC policies and procedures, and correspondence with PSPC.
- Provides change of circumstance reports for personnel regarding their security screening status as outlined in the Contract Security Program Manual.
- Where necessary, arranges Resolution of Doubt interviews with/for employees when PSPC requests are made.
- Ensures that employees receive a security briefing upon notification of having been granted a Reliability Status or Security Clearance.
- Ensures the Security Screening Certificate and Briefing Form (TBS 330-47) is submitted to terminate the Reliability Status or Security Clearance of those employees who no longer require access to Protected/Classified information and assets or controlled sites in accordance with contractual requirements.
- Ensures that only personnel who have been security screened to the appropriate level and who have a need-to-know have access to Protected/Classified information and assets or controlled sites in accordance with contractual requirements (ie. Security zones in Ottawa).
- Maintains a current list of security screened employees.
- Ensures that personnel security screening files are properly safeguarded. Ensures the proper completion of Request for Visit forms.
What you’ll bring to WSP:
- 2-3 years experience in Security Operations or other work with Security Clearances.
- Strong PC proficiency including MS word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Ability to obtain Canadian Secret Level Security Clearance.
- Secret level Security Clearance is a strong asset.
- Bilingual (French/English), both spoken and written is a requirement for this position.
- Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills with a customer focus
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to pull together data from a variety of sources, generate reports and conduct base level analysis. Must be able to make recommendations to business leaders based on information in data
- Ability to remain efficient and extremely organized while handling a high volume of work
- Ability to prioritize and execute multiple tasks
- Strong communication and listening skills
- Demonstrated initiative and ability to seek out answers to questions and problems
- Extremely trustworthy and capable of handling highly sensitive and confidential information
