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Delegation Questions and Answers

Training

Q. Do all persons exercising sub-delegated appointment and appointment-related authorities need to be trained?

A. The Appointment Delegation and Accountability Instrument requires that the deputy head ensure that those to whom appointment and appointment-related authorities are sub-delegated are and remain competent to exercise those authorities. Each deputy head has the discretion to decide how competence will be determined. He/She must also ensure that persons who have sub-delegated appointment and appointment-related authorities have access to the necessary training and support.

Treasury Board has however established that managers must attend mandatory training and successfully complete the Authority Delegation Online Assessment. Details may be obtained from the Leadership and Talent Management Sector of the Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer.

Q. How will deputy heads ensure the competence of persons who may be exercising sub-delegated appointment and appointment-related authorities on an acting basis?

A. Deputy heads will need to address this issue in the instrument of sub-delegation, so as to ensure that persons exercising sub-delegated authorities are competent to do so. The deputy head may require that another person exercise appointment and appointment-related authorities until such time as the acting appointee is deemed competent (e.g., a person at a higher level in the same part of the organization).

Q. Who provides training on sub-delegation to managers and human resources specialists?

A. The Canada School of Public Service offers a series of courses about modernization and the Public Service Employment Act¹ (PSEA).

Departments/agencies are responsible for the design, development and delivery of training programs to meet their own specific organizational needs.

Q. Is there a PSC Staffing Certification Program under the Public Service Employment Act¹ (PSEA)?

A. No. The Public Service Commission (PSC) ended its Staffing Certification Program on December 31, 2005, as announced in the Letter to Heads of Human Resources 05-23.

The PSEA is different from the previous one and therefore the knowledge portion of the former PSC Staffing Certification Program is not transferable to the PSC Appointment Framework.

Under the PSEA, the PSC introduced a new condition of delegation whereby deputy heads must ensure that their sub-delegated officials have access to human resources specialists whose expertise in the PSC's Appointment Framework has been validated by the PSC. The PSC designed the Appointment Framework Knowledge Test (AFKT) for validation purposes. The AFKT is therefore tied to delegation and does not replace the PSC Staffing Certification Program.

1. PSEA 2003, c. 22, ss. 12, 13. This Act came into force on December 31, 2005.

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Date Modified:

2011-04-20