Audit Professional, Performance Audit

Posting details

• Reference number: AUD26J-176819-000042
• Selection process number: 2026-AUD-G-OTT-EA-299
• Who can apply: Persons residing in Canada, and Canadian citizens and Permanent residents abroad.
• Level: AP-01

Work environment

At the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG), we serve Canadians with the intention of supporting their trust in our public institutions and continued excellence of our public service, one audit at a time.

The OAG employs over 750 people at its head office in Ottawa and regional offices in Vancouver, Edmonton, and Montréal. These dedicated employees are brought together to transform Canada’s future and to serve Canada through leadership and partnerships. Specifically, we conduct independent audits and studies that provide objective information, advice, and assurance to Parliament, territorial legislatures, boards of Crown corporations, government, and Canadians.

Intent of the process

This process may be used to establish a pool of qualified candidates to staff similar or identical positions with various security requirements, language requirements, and tenures (indeterminate (full time, part time), specified period (full time, part time), deployment, acting, and assignment).

Important messages

You must provide proof of your education credentials, and a list of courses may be required.

If you hold foreign credentials, you must provide proof that these credentials are equivalent to Canadian standards. Any applicable fees must be paid by you. Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC): https://www.cicdi.ca/1/home.canada↗

You must complete the assessment independently without external help, including unauthorized internet resources or Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools (for example, Copilot, ChatGPT or any other form of AI). You may be asked to explain or elaborate on your answers in a follow-up interview. Any violation may be investigated and result in serious consequences, including the rejection of your application.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

A random and/or top-down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

The staffing process may include screening questions, written assessments, an interview, and reference checks.

Written communication may be assessed throughout the staffing process, including through your application, responses to screening questions, written exercises or submissions, and all communications related to the process.

Qualifications and competencies may be assessed at any stage of the process, including through interactions with the Human Resources team and hiring managers

For this selection process, it is our intention to communicate with candidates via email for screening and assessment purposes (including issuing screening results and sending invitations for written tests and interviews). To that end, you must include a valid email address in your application. It is your responsibility to ensure that this address is functional and that it accepts messages from unknown users. It is also your responsibility to ensure accurate information is provided and updated as required. Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact you when the screening process is completed.

We thank all applicants for their interest in our position(s). For the purpose of this staffing process, only candidates selected for further assessment will be contacted.

Language requirements

Various language requirements and/or profiles