These Government Of Canada Jobs Pay You To Shop & You Could Make Over $90,000 A Year

Positions are being hired for in 19 cities across Canada!

Senior Writer

There are so many Government of Canada jobs hiring right now that will pay you to shop and you could make over $90,000 a year!

Public Services and Procurement Canada is hiring procurement officers to be buying specialists for the federal government and that means you could be purchasing everything from military uniforms and tanks to tablets and smartphones.

With this posting, there are 40 positions to be filled and the salary ranges from $80,539 to $92,033 a year.

Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Victoria, Winnipeg, Moncton, Saint John, St. John's, Halifax, Kingston, Ottawa, Petawawa, Toronto, Charlottetown, Gatineau, Montreal, Quebec City, Saint-Hubert and Saskatoon are all listed as locations for these jobs.

There are some requirements to be hired, including a completed secondary school education or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience relevant to the position.

Also, recent and significant experience in the development of procurement strategies and plans, preparation and finalization of procurement documents, issuing solicitation documents and awarding contracts, conducting bid evaluations and negotiating, and managing contracts is required.

There are various language requirements depending on the position. Some need you to be bilingual in English and French while others need just English.

If you want to get the job, you have to be available to work overtime, often on short notice, and to travel within Canada and abroad.

Also, there are various security clearances that may be required, like Reliability, Secret or Top Secret.

The federal government requires employees in the core public administration to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they have an accommodation based on a medical, religious or another prohibited ground for discrimination.

The closing date for this posting is July 13, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. PT.

Buying specialists

Salary: $80,539 to $92,033

Company: Public Services and Procurement Canada

Who Should Apply: Someone with a completed secondary school education along with recent experience with procurement.

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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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