Environmental Management Advisor

Update: Please note the following amendment:

Streams 2 and 3 listed under the "Duties" section should have been reversed to reflect the following:

Environmental Compliance (Stream 2):
Provides advice and guidance to the Regional Offices of Environmental Coordination, sectors, and management on the interpretation and application of environmental legislation, creates national procedures and protocols to help ensure compliance with this legislation, and develops, conducts and/or arranges national training on compliance issues.

Sustainable Development (Stream 3):
Provides advice and guidance to the Regional Offices of Environmental Coordination, sectors, and management and develops national procedures, and management frameworks in support of the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy and the Greening Government Strategy.

Important messages

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Candidates must clearly demonstrate how they meet the education and experience criteria listed in PART I below. It should not be assumed that the screening board has any previous knowledge of your background, qualifications, or work history. You must be specific and provide concrete examples/details for each criteria, as applications will be screened only on the information provided and you will not have an opportunity to provide clarification. Failure to provide the information in the requested format may result in your application being rejected.

Duties

The Office of Environmental Coordination (OEC) is the Departmental lead on environmental management and related policy development and is the lead in developing the Department’s National Environmental Management System (EMS). The OEC provides advice, develops frameworks and tools, and coordinates efforts to comply with the Department’s Environmental Policy Statement, environmental regulations, federal policies and industry standard best management practices. There are three different business lines within the OEC: contaminated sites management, sustainable development, and environmental compliance. The duties associated with each business line are as follows:

Contaminated Sites Management (Stream 1):
Provides advice and guidance to the Regional Offices of Environmental Coordination, sectors, and management and develops procedures and tools in support of the management of the Departmental contaminated sites portfolio.

Environmental Compliance (Stream 2):
Provides advice and guidance to the Regional Offices of Environmental Coordination, sectors, and management on the interpretation and application of environmental legislation, creates national procedures and protocols to help ensure compliance with this legislation, and develops, conducts and/or arranges national training on compliance issues.

Sustainable Development (Stream 3):
Provides advice and guidance to the Regional Offices of Environmental Coordination, sectors, and management and develops national procedures, and management frameworks in support of the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy and the Greening Government Strategy.

The duties of other Environmental Management Advisor positions across Canada may vary.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to staff 1 position in Ottawa, Ontario at this time in the contaminated sites management stream of work. However, a pool of candidates will be created and may also be used to staff similar positions across Canada, with various language requirements, security requirements and tenures (casual, term, and indeterminate).

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)

PART I

EDUCATION
Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution, with an acceptable specialization in environmental science, biology, chemistry, or another science related to the position.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
Recent and significant* experience in the coordination and management of a variety of environmental issues, including in one of the following:
The management of contaminated sites; or
The conduct of environmental compliance activities, such as audits, compliance promotion and/or the development and implementation of environmental management systems; or
The development of plans or strategies related to sustainable development.

*Recent and significant experience is defined as 3 years of cumulative experience over the past 10 year period.

Experience in developing departmental inventories or data management, including performance reporting.

Experience coordinating the implementation and monitoring of departmental projects and programs.

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

PART I

All Streams: Experience in supervision

Stream 1: Experience in the implementation of the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan.

Stream 2: Experience in developing and/or implementing an Environmental Management System.

Stream 3: Experience in developing and/or implementing federal initiatives related to greening government operations in the context of the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy.

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual imperative CBC/CBC
Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB
English Essential

Information on language requirements

PART II

If your application is screened in at PART I, you may be invited to demonstrate your competencies via an assessment process.

KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge of Canada’s legislative framework related to environmental management and assessment.
Knowledge of federal approaches to implementing environmental management and/or environmental programs.
Knowledge of sound project management practices and results-based management.

ABILITIES
Ability to conduct research, provide analysis and recommendations to senior management on environmental management issues, trends, current events.
Ability to develop strategies, plans and departmental positions on environmental management issues.
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY
Effective Interpersonal Relationships
Team player
Judgement
Initiative

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

Master's degree in a related discipline.

Degree equivalency

Operational Requirements

Must be willing and able to work overtime.

Must be willing and able to travel in order to conduct site visits.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - Various security clearance requirements depending on position to be staffed: Reliability or Secret.

Other information

All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to the conclusion of the process, may be used for evaluation purposes.

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.