INVENTORY- OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN THE NUNAVUT REGIONAL OFFICE

Important messages

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

* PREFERENCE GIVEN TO INUIT ENROLLED UNDER THE NUNAVUT AGREEMENT.

The inventory will be updated every 90 days. You will receive a notice in your applicant account 15 days before the end of your active period to determine whether or not you wish to keep being considered for an additional 90 days.

Successful candidates may be eligible for crown housing and the reimbursement of relocation costs.

If you have any questions with regard to job opportunities or are unable to submit an application online, application and questionnaire can be dropped off in person, emailed or faxed to:

Lori Tagoona
969 Qimugjuk Building
Iqaluit, Nunavut
Phone: 867-975-4744
Fax: 867-975-4528
Email:

Work environment

WHY CHOOSE INAC? As an Indigenous person, contribute to INAC's interesting and unique mandate by playing a role in supporting services and programs on communities such as education, housing, community infrastructure and social support. Join a workplace committed to reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. You can't find this type of experience anywhere else.

Our Mission :
"Working together to make Canada a better place for Indigenous and northern peoples and communities."

The Nunavut Regional Office (NRO), Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) offers a variety of programs and services and is responsible for a number of key regulatory activities in Nunavut. NRO staff work with Nunavummiut to manage land and water and mineral resources, and to remediate contaminated sites. The NRO also supports the positive and productive relationship shared between the Government of Canada and the Government of Nunavut, and works with a number of territorial stakeholders, such as Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, to implement the Nunavut Agreement.

The NRO welcomes your involvement in working together to respond to the challenges and opportunities in Nunavut.

Streams that may be available but not limited to:

AS – Administrative Services
• Administrative Officer
• Executive Assistant
• Writer / Editor
• Human Resources Support
• Program Support
• Project and Strategic Planning
• Planning

CR – Clerical and Regulatory
• Administrative Assistant
• Human Resources Assistant
• Program Support

CS-Computer Systems

EG - Engineering and Scientific Support Group
• Environmental Health
• Technical Support
• Facilities/Capital

FI –Financial Administration
• Financial Management (Financial Planning, Analysis and Reporting)
• Financial Policy and Systems
• Accounting Services

EC – Economic and Social Sciences
• Policy Analyst
• Program Analysis
• Research Analyst

IS – Information Services
• Communications Officer
• Junior and Senior Communications Officer

PE – Personnel Administration
• Labour Relations
• Human Resources Planning

PM – Program Administration
• Program Development
• Program Delivery
• Product and Service

PC-Physical Sciences
• Contaminated Sites
• Water management
• Geologist
• Environmental Assessment

Positions to be filled: 30

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.

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

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:

Indigenous Peoples: Preference given to Inuit enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Conditions of employment

In accordance with the position being staffed :

• Security Clearance: Reliability or Secret security clearance
• Ability and willingness to travel to small, remote communities via small aircraft (if required)
• Ability and willingness to occasionally work overtime/weekends especially during public hearings (if required)
• Health clearance (if required)
• Oath of Affirmation

Other information

• Please identify clearly for which stream(s) you are submitting your interest.

• As this is an inventory, there may be a substantial amount of time that elapses from when you submit an application to when you are contacted. If your telephone number or email address changes, please be sure to let us know.

• When considering candidates who meet the essential qualifications for a position in Nunavut, the following order of precedence applies :

1. Inuit enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement
2. All other applicants

• Several methods of assessment may be used to assess potential candidates (written exam, interview, reference check, etc.).

• Applicants are entitled to participate in a selection process in the official language of their choice (The interview could also be provided in Inuktitut).

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.