Environmental Assessment Officer (Physical Science Officer)

Intent of the process

The intent of this selection process is to staff one (1) indeterminate english essential and reliable position in Yellowknife. Please note that a pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff identical or similar positions within Environment and Climate Change Canada in Yellowknife with various tenures (Indeterminate, Determinate, Deployment, Acting, Assignment and extensions) and with various security profiles (Reliability or Secret).

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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)

EDUCATION

ED1 - Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution, with acceptable specialization in physics, geology, chemistry or some other science relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

EXP1 - Experience in researching or providing technical advice in relation to environmental studies or environmental assessments or environmental programs.

EXP2 - Experience in preparing reports or presentations.

EXP3 - Experience in collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION

AED1 - Advanced degree from a recognized university in in a field related to the position.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

AEXP1 - Experience in managing complex or controversial issues.

AEXP2 - Experience in conducting Indigenous or stakeholder consultations.

AEXP3 - Experience with federal, provincial, and/or territorial environmental assessment processes.

AEXP4 - Experience with federal, provincial, and/or territorial regulatory permitting processes.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE

K1 - Knowledge of Environment and Climate Change Canada’s plans and priorities relating to environmental protection.

K2 - Knowledge of environmental protection legislation administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada.

K3 - Knowledge of environmental issues related to industrial and commercial development activities.

K4 - Knowledge of environmental assessment processes in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

COMPETENCIES

COMP1 - Team Player.

COMP2 - Flexibility.

COMP3 - Judgement.

COMP4 - Dependability.

ABILITIES

A1 - Ability to communicate effectively orally.

A2 - Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

A3 - Ability to analyze information and make recommendations.

A4 - Ability to effectively organize and prioritize in order to meet objectives.

Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Security: Reliability Status.

- Must be willing and able to travel; this may include travel to industrial facilities and remote field sites and travel to remote locations by charter aircraft and on small boats.

- Must possess a valid driver’s license (class 5 or equivalent).

- Must be willing and able to work overtime and irregular hours; this may include weekends, statutory /territorial holidays.

-A pre-employment medical.

Other information

Candidacies must be submitted online otherwise they will not be considered. Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605. Also, when applying online, you will be asked to provide an answer to pre-screening questions assessing your education and experience. Failure to provide an answer to each pre-screening question will result in your candidacy being eliminated from this selection process.

Furthermore, please note that your competency to communicate effectively in writing may be assessed in part by the answers provided to the pre-screening questions. It is therefore important to ensure you provide complete answers to each of these questions.

Candidates may also be assessed using the following tools: written exam, interview and reference check.

A pass mark will be established for each qualification. However, achieving the pass mark is not guarantee of an appointment or that candidates will be put through the next stages of the assessment process. A cut-off score (in other words, establishing a higher threshold than the pass mark and selecting only the candidates who meet this threshold) and a top-down approach (in other words, establishing a maximum number of candidates who can proceed to the next assessment stage) may be used at any step if there is a sufficient number of candidates to meet immediate and anticipated staffing needs.

Asset qualifications may be used in the screening process. Therefore candidates must clearly demonstrate in their application how they meet the asset criteria for education and experience.

Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates who apply on this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is the candidate's responsibility to provide any changes to their personal information to the contact indicated on this job advertisement. Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent.

If you are a federal public service employee, please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your application form.

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/.

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.

Environment and Climate Change Canada is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population we serve. In support of our Engagement Strategy to achieve employment equity goals, selection may be limited to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups: Women, Aboriginals, Persons with a Disability or visible minority.

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.