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Communications Security Establishment Canada | Centre de la sécurité des télécommunications Canada

Fall 2026 - Student Opportunities in Human Resources/Automne 2026 - Possibilités d’emploi pour les étudiantes et les étudiants en ressources humaines

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Ottawa, Canada

Internship

29-12-2025

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Research Training Organization HR Management Recruitment

Job Specifications

Salary: $23.79 - $38.62

Closing Date: 2026-01-25

Reference number: RF-15387

About CSE

The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) is Canada’s agency responsible for foreign signals intelligence, cyber operations and cyber security. Learn more about our mission.

Student positions at CSE are unlike most others. We offer both practical and developmental work experience and allow students to be part of meaningful, exciting, projects, with the hope that they will want to join us full-time following their studies.

CSE is committed to fostering a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion. This isn’t just an ideal, it’s crucial to our mission. Find out about our workplace culture, including our diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Become part of our team and you’ll understand why CSE is the most important organization you’ve never heard of.

Job summary

CSE is seeking students to assist the Human Resources Group in support of the different disciples such as Staffing and Recruitment, Labor Relations, Classification. Here is a list of some of the activities to be performed within the various teams:

Staffing and Recruitment

Provide advice, guidance, and support to hiring managers in identifying current and future staffing needs.
Ensure that methods utilized to staff positions are based on HR principles such as fairness, equity, and transparency.
Develop HR tools and procedures to ensure an efficient HR service delivery to clients.
Research innovative ways to recruit resources.

Classification

Provide classification advice and information to clients and participate in project teams and work groups (e.g., drafting of model descriptions).
Research and analyze human resources policy and service delivery issues, maintain statistics and related reports.
Contribute to the development of training materials and coordinates and assists in the presentation of information and training sessions.

Learning and Development

Contribute to the planning of activities and programs for learning and career development.
Assist in the coordination of learning activities.
Conduct research and analysis related to learning and career development (could include analyzing data, consulting with clients and partners, preparing documentation etc.).

Labour Relations and Negotiations

Provide basic advice, guidance, and recommendation to CSE managers and supervisor on the interpretation of the collective agreement.
Conduct research and analysis related to labor relations issues (analyzing data, jurisprudence, statistic, consulting with clients and partners, preparing documentation etc.).
Provide administrative support related to Labor Relations (exclusion, leave without pay process, essential services).

Human Resources Information Systems

Student are needed to work in Human Resources (HR) in the area of Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS), mainly PeopleSoft (PS). HR is currently using Oracle’s PeopleSoft HR Management System which is the official system of record for human resources information. In the near future, CSE (as the whole Government of Canada) is preparing to move to a new version. The candidate must like to work with systems/technology and must want to learn PeopleSoft.

Salary

To find out more about our student salary scale visit the Compensation page on our website.

Area of selection

Open to Canadian citizens.

Location

Ottawa, Ontario. All jobs require onsite presence in one of our two accessible facilities.

Learn more about where we work.

Conditions of employment

A valid Enhanced Reliability Status (ERS) or an Enhanced Top Secret (ETS) security clearance is a condition of employment that must be met before an offer can be made.

For more information about our hiring process, visit our hiring process and security page on our website.

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Salaire : $23.79 - $38.62

Date limite : 2026-01-25

Numéro de référence: RF-15387

À propos du CST

Le Centre de la sécurité des télécommunications (CST) est l’organisme canadien responsable du renseignement électromagnétique étranger, des cyberopérations et de la cybersécurité. Apprenez‑en plus sur notre mission.

Les postes pour étudiantes et étudiants au CST ne sont pas comme les autres. Nous offrons à ces personnes une expérience de travail et de perfectionnement pratique, en leur permettant de participer à des projets intéressants et significatifs, dans l’espoir qu’ils voudront se joindre à nous à temps plein après leurs études.

Le CST s’engage à promouvoir une culture misant sur l’équité, la diversité et l’inclusion. La promotion de cette culture n’est pas qu’un idéal : c’est une nécessité pour notre mission. Renseignez‑vous sur notre culture en milieu de travail et sur nos initiatives de diversité et d’inclusion pour en savoir plus.

Joignez‑vous à notre équipe et découvrez pourquoi le CST est l’organisme le plus important dont vous n’avez jamais entendu parler.

Résumé des fonctions

Le CST recherche des étudiantes et des étudi

About the Company

The Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSE) is one of Canada's key security and intelligence organizations. We work tirelessly to protect Canada and Canadians against threats by providing valuable foreign signals intelligence. We also develop and provide sophisticated and advanced cyber security services to protect Canada's most important systems and information. Careers: www.cse-cst.gc.ca/careers-carrieres Notice: https://cse-cst.gc.ca/en/corporate-information/terms-and-conditions#social_media This is a bilingual... Know more