Security Clearance Coordinator

**WSP **is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.

We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.

The excellence we bring to our work and to our workplace has been recognized far and wide. We are among the LinkedIn Top 25 Companies two years in a row, one of the Top 100 Sustainable Companies in the World (and among the Top 10 in Canada), and we earned Platinum Elite Recognition through our participation in more than half of Canada's Top 100 Infrastructure Projects.

At **WSP**:

- We value our people and our reputation
- We are locally dedicated with international scale
- We are future focused and challenge the status quo
- We foster collaboration in everything we do
- We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable

**THORNHILL**:
***The Opportunity**:
We are looking for a Security Clearance Coordinator to work under the WSP Canada Security Services core Team. The Security Clearance Coordinator 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.

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**Why 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.
- Our **Hybrid Work Policy**:

- a combination of in-person and remote working, enables us to purposefully think of how we work, who we need to work with, and where the work should be done.
- 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**

**A day in the life**:

- 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.
- Participates in Contract Security Program (CSP) inspections and, as needed, act as lead ACSO representative in the Queensview Ottawa office during CSP inspections.
- Oversight and management of the High Security Zone - proper management of the High Security zone, its use and the data stored within it, is critical to complying with the requirements of WSP Canada Facility Security Clearance (FSC) and Document Safeguarding Capabilities (DSC) (which allows WSP Canada to maintain Government contracts at the Secret level) including maintaining the Visitor, Access, Media and Data control Logs.
- Coordinates with engagement leaders on which employees require access to Protected/Classified information, assets, or Protected/Classified work sites and ensuring that accurate and complete personnel security screening documentation is submitted for such employees.
- 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 secu