Senior Surveyor, Yukon Region

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You must provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the occupational certification and experience requirements listed in the essential qualifications and other qualifications sections. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties. APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CANDIDATE MEETS THE SCREENING CRITERIA MAY NOT BE GIVEN FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

Isolated Post Allowances (as of 01/08/2016) for Whitehorse:
*Maximum Annual Isolated Post amounts based on full time year-round employment
• With Dependents – Private Accommodation: $6,118
• Without Dependents – Private Accommodation: $3,774

Vacation Travel Assistance (As of 01/03/2017):
* Vacation Travel Assistance / per year
• Employee: $752.00
• Employee with Dependents: $752/ adult & $680/child

Duties

Consulting with officials of clients such as Government of the Yukon, Aboriginal Affairs, Parks Canada, and First Nations to determine their survey, needs, to explain products and services available from or through the Surveyor General Branch.

Investigating and research (in the field and in the office) survey projects requested by clients to determine the necessity, nature and amount of work involved and, preparing proposals for cadastral related projects, including schedules, deliverables, costs, and methods of completion.

Preparing Requests for Proposals (RFP's) detailing technical specifications, developing assessment criteria and assessing bids, and making a recommendation in the case of multiple bidders.

Conducting monitoring of progress on projects, including on-site inspections, providing reports to clients, mediating agreement on modifications to the terms of the project, reviewing contract returns for compliance with contract specifications, and recommending payments.

Negotiating Memoranda of Understanding with clients for the provision of survey services, detailing the specific products and services to be provided for, and submitting the proposed agreement to the Regional Manager for review.
Issuing Survey Instructions and approving survey plans in accordance with legislation and agreements.

Providing professional survey advice to clients, land surveyors, lawyers, and others on the Canada Lands Surveys and provincial systems, on present and historical survey practices, and interpretation of survey evidence in resolving boundary disputes, including making visits to sites of trespass or dispute, and proposing solutions to those involved.

Providing information to clients on survey processes and recommending courses of action to facilitate acquisition, disposal and development of Canada Lands, and to administer aspects of land management.

Liaising with other government agencies concerning the content and production of legal descriptions for use in orders in council to create or to effect changes to the extent of Canada Lands.

Work environment

At Natural Resources Canada, a Federal government job means developing leadership skills, fostering teamwork, and supporting creativity and innovation. We know it takes people from diverse pools of talent to make this happen. That is why we are looking for people like you. As an employee at Natural Resources Canada you can enjoy diverse employment opportunities, a range of career development programs, and a learning culture that supports you to learn on an ongoing basis. We support balancing your work and private life by offering the benefits of flexible work arrangements.

Intent of the process

Immediate need is to staff one position (permanent) in Whitehorse. A pool of fully or partially qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions at Natural Resources Canada in Yellowknife, Whitehorse or Iqaluit only, at the EN-SUR-03 group and level with various tenures (determinate period or permanent), various language requirements (English Essential, French Essential, English or French Essential and Bilingual), various methods for staffing a bilingual position (imperative and/or non-imperative), and various profiles (BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC, etc.), various security requirements (Reliability Status, Secret), and with various conditions of employment.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 3 references.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION:
►A Canada Lands Surveyor’s Commission or a licence to practice by the Association of Canada Lands Surveyors or a licence or authority to practice as a land surveyor in any province in Canada.

NOTE: If this requirement is met by having a licence or authority to practice as a land surveyor in a province, then the successful candidate must obtain a Canada Lands Surveyor's Commission and licence to practice within 1 year of appointment to the position.

EXPERIENCE:
►Experience in providing legal survey services and advice to various client groups.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

English essential

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:
►Knowledge of the Canada Lands Survey System, including Acts and Regulations.

ABILITIES AND SKILLS:
►Ability to communicate effectively orally.
►Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
►Ability to decipher and create legal land descriptions.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:
►Effective interpersonal relationships.
►Demonstrated leadership abilities
►Initiative and willingness to take risks
►Client service
►Good judgement

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

EXPERIENCE:
►Experience in land surveying in remote areas or in Northern Canada.
►Experience in working with, collaborating with, or providing services to Indigenous Communities.

KNOWLEDGE:
►Knowledge of First Nations Self-Government initiatives.

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:
►Natural Resources Canada is committed to establishing and maintaining a representative workforce. This organizational need may be identified as part of the appointment decision. In such cases, qualified candidates who self-declare as members of a visible minority group, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities or women (in non-traditional occupations) could be considered in priority.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
►Ability and willingness to work overtime.
►Ability and willingness to travel and supervise field work as required.
►Valid driver’s license.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - This factor is not used at the screening stage. The hiring department is responsible for the security clearance process.

Other information

For this selection process, it is our intention to communicate with candidates via email for screening and assessment purposes. This will include communication of screening results and invitations to written tests and interviews. To that end, candidates must include a valid email address in their application. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure that this address is functional and that it accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is also the candidate’s responsibility to ensure accurate information is provided and updated as required.

A written examination may be administered.

An interview may be conducted.

Reference checks may be sought. References must have an in-depth and direct knowledge of your work, and must be able to answer specific questions pertaining to your achievements and strengths.

All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, may be used to evaluate the candidates.

You must provide proof of your education credentials. Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/.

You must indicate on your application if you require a technical aid for testing or an alternative method of assessment.

A random and/or top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

The breadth and depth of experience may/will be considered when making selections from the qualified pool.

Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

Candidates may be required to meet the other qualifications, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

Candidates must meet the conditions of employment and continue to meet these same conditions during their employment.

We thank all applicants for their interest in our position(s). For the purpose of this staffing process, only candidates selected for further assessment will be contacted.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.