Careers

Protection

Protection Officers are armed personnel responsible for protecting the Parliament Buildings so that parliamentarians and employees can carry out their legislative duties in a safe and secure environment. They also balance security and access to promote a safe and positive experience for visitors.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Facilitating and controlling access to Parliament Hill and the Parliamentary Precinct buildings from assigned posts
• Recognizing suspicious behaviours through direct observation or by the use of CCTV
• Responding to incidents that may present a threat
• Monitoring for potentially hazardous materials and situations
• Conducting security patrols
• Protecting and securing incident/accident scenes
• Providing first aid as a first responder
• Carrying a firearm, radio, baton, and other protective equipment
• Conducting physical searches of designated areas
• Writing security incident reports
• Operating alarm control panels and responding to alarms

Positions

• Protection Officer
• Protection Supervisor
• Protection Manager

Please consult individual job postings for more information. 

Detection

Detection Specialists play a critical role in the security screening process by detecting and preventing physical security threats to the Parliament of Canada.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Identifying questionable, prohibited, and restricted items through detection and reporting during the scanning process in designated buildings
• Enforcing scanning regulations with visitors seeking access to the Parliament of Canada, and detecting and preventing questionable, restricted, and prohibited items from entering the Parliament Buildings
• Receiving and directing visitors through the electronic screening equipment

Positions

• Detection Specialist
• Detection Supervisor
• Detection Manager

Please consult individual job postings for more information. 

Administration

The expertise of our corporate team is critical to fulfilling our mission.  

Our employees provide essential corporate services and ongoing operational support to ensure that the Service operates smoothly and efficiently. We aim to attract and retain the best talent: employees who are keen to work in a dynamic and challenging parliamentary environment.

Where can you contribute most? 

PPS offers a vast array of positions within its growing administration. Our parliamentary clients and partners rely on the experience and expertise of our corporate team. 

Our Sectors

• Office of the Director
• Finance Sector
• Human Resources Sector 
• Technology and Information Services Sector 
• Operations Sector
• Planning Sector

More information

Salaries for management and non-management roles vary depending on skills and experience.

Our salaries are competitive with public sector roles.

All positions are compensated within defined salary scales according to their job classification. Please consult individual job postings for more information. 

Teams

We offer many options for employees within our Operations Sector to develop their skills. Investing in the careers of our operational staff by offering exceptional training and expanding the list of opportunities within PPS is one of our ongoing priorities.

Internal opportunities

• Protection Operations
• Detection Operations
• Planning and Event Management Unit
• Protective Intelligence 
• Operational Training 
• Operational Deployment
• Operations Administration
• Operations Support Centre