Senior Program Officer (Anticipatory)

Important messages

The hiring organization will accept applications on-line only. All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System. To submit an application on-line, please select the button “Apply Online” below. Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

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.

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

A pool of (fully or partially qualified) candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions at the CO-02 group and level within Natural Resources Canada with various tenures (determinate period or permanent), various language requirements (English Essential, French Essential, English or French Essential, or Bilingual), linguistic requirements (imperative and/or non-imperative) and profile(s) (BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC, etc.), various security requirements (Reliability status or Secret clearance), various conditions of employment and for various locations.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

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)

Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in a discipline relevant to the duties of the position or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

An acceptable combination is a college diploma and 5 years of work experience or a High School diploma and 7 years of work experience

Degree equivalency

Significant* and recent** experience in the delivery, promotion or marketing of a program to stakeholders or clients
Significant* and recent** experience maintaining partnerships and providing advice to external groups or clients
Significant* experience in project management
Experience writing reports, memos, briefing notes, or policy documents intended to recommend a decision to management
Experience conducting or facilitating agreements or business transactions with clients

*Significant is defined as having 3 years or more of full-time experience in a leadership role
**Recent is defined as having taking place over the last five years.

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

Various language requirements

Information on language requirements

Ability to plan and organize work with competing priorities
Ability to undertake strategic analysis and make recommendations to management
Ability to manage a team
Ability to communicate effectively orally
Ability to communicate effectively in writing
Ability to manage a complex project

Effective interpersonal relationships
Client-service oriented
Initiative
Judgment
Reliability

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

Experience developing or delivering energy efficiency initiatives or programs
Experience developing or delivering programs related to energy using equipment or to one or more of the following sectors: commercial and institutional buildings, residential buildings, industry, transportation
Experience with the federal regulatory process
Experience with compliance and enforcement programs
Experience in marketing and communications, or managing publication plans
Experience in developing content for the Web, and with Web content accessibility standards and multi-media
Experience developing content for social media
Experience conducting research, monitoring and analyzing market situations, technological challenges, the infrastructure, operations or performance of an industrial sector
Experience leading teams
Experience managing a budget

Ability to make and deliver presentations

Willingness and ability to work flexible hours including overtime
Willingness and ability to travel when required

Conditions of employment

Various security requirements

Other information

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

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/.

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. References must have worked with you for at least six (6) months within the last five (5) years.

An interview may be conducted.

A written examination may be administered.

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.

Random selection and/or top-down selection may be used at any time during the process to identify which applicants will be further assessed.

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.

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.