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CSIS Is Hiring Officers In Canada & You Can Earn Over $70,000 Without A University Degree

You'll monitor and respond to emergencies, ensure the protection of CSIS property, and more.

white government of canada building in ottawa with a canada sign and canadian flag

Government of Canada building on Ottawa.

Senior Writer

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service, which is also known as CSIS, is hiring people to work as officers in B.C. and Ontario.

With these government of Canada jobs, you can get hired and make over $70,000 without a university degree.

CSIS is looking to hire Canadians for Regional Protective Services Officer positions that are related to protection and security.

These CSIS jobs are located in Burnaby, B.C. and Ottawa, Ontario.

Job duties for Regional Protective Services Officers include:

  • monitoring and administering activities in support of access controls
  • monitoring and responding to emergency/safety situations to ensure the protection of life, facility and property by maintaining order, control and safety
  • ensuring the protection of CSIS property and the personal property of employees and visitors by conducting safety and security patrols
  • responding to, assisting with and monitoring all activities related to an evacuation of the complex
  • training and mentoring new officers to the team in cooperation with team members
  • preparing shift, incident and monthly statistical reports related to all safety and security activities
  • conducting random security searches and reporting anomalies
  • responding to telephone lines and National Service Call Center queries and maintaining local call logs

For these positions, the CSIS salary is $51,760 to $62,970 a year or $57,960 to $70,500 a year.

You need to have a college diploma or high school diploma to get hired. No university degree is required.

If you have a college diploma, you need two years of experience related to protective services and security but if you have a high school diploma, you need four years of experience.

That experience must have been from a role that required protecting assets, operations and employees from various security threats.

You must be willing to work 12-hour shifts on a rotational basis and willing to wear a uniform and assigned personal protection equipment.

Also, you have to be eligible to receive an Enhanced Top Secret security clearance.

That process includes a security interview, a polygraph, and a background investigation with credit and financial verifications.

If you want to apply, the closing date for these CSIS jobs is Thursday, December 28, 2023.

Regional Protective Services Officer

Salary: $51,760 to $62,970 or $57,960 to $70,500

Company: Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)

Who Should Apply: You should apply if you want to work as a Regional Protective Services Officer and have a college diploma or high school diploma — no university degree is required.

You need recent experience in protective services and security that includes the protection of assets, operations and employees from various security threats.

If you have a college diploma, two years of experience is required. If you have a high school diploma, four years of experience is required.

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    Lisa Belmonte (she/her) is a Senior Writer with Narcity Media. After graduating with a Bachelor of Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), she joined the Narcity team. Lisa covers news and notices from across the country from a Canada-wide perspective. Her early coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic earned Narcity its first-ever national journalism award nomination.

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