Program Manager, Environmental Services

Important messages

Please note that you must send a copy of your educational credentials BEFORE the closing date of the poster at the following email address: .

Duties

The incumbent of the position will be responsible for planning, developing and managing a significant subject-matter program tailored to the needs of federal government departments and agencies, and partner organizations in support of compliance with government legislation and policy with a view of promoting greening government operations and meeting clients’ expectations.

Work environment

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Intent of the process

A pool of partially qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions within the public service with various tenures such as temporary or permanent. The pool can be used to staff positions with various linguistic requirements and various security requirements.

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)

****IMPORTANT**** You must clearly demonstrate in your answers to the screening questions how you meet the education and experience criteria. You must clearly demonstrate WHEN, WHERE and HOW you acquired each qualification by giving examples. Failure to provide the above information may result in your application being rejected.

EDUCATION:

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

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCES:

Experience in providing strategic advice to senior management** on environmental issues.

Significant* and recent* experience in the management of human and financial resources.

Significant* and recent* experience in working with clients to develop environmental programs or services.

Significant* and recent* operational experience in developing complex*** environmental programs or services.

Note:
*Significant and recent experience is defined as the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with the full-time performance of duties over a period of one fiscal year within the last five years.
**Senior Management: Director level and above or equivalent.
***Complex: comprising multiple aspects and partners.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

KNOWLEDGE:

Knowledge of key federal environmental acts and regulations which apply to environmental management and real property.

Knowledge of the principles and practices of management systems standards (i.e. ISO) and risk management.

KEY LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES:

Values and Ethics
Management Excellence
Strategic Thinking
Engagement

Client Service Competency - Level 3

NOTE: For information on the Key Leadership Competencies, please visit the following website: https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/professional-development/key-leadership-competency-profile/effective-behaviours.html#manager

NOTE: For information on the Client Service Competency, please visit the following website: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/sc-cs/csc-eng.html

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

ASSETS QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience in environmental compliance.
Experience in Health and Safety in Real Property.
Experience in managing sustainable buildings.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Willingness and ability to work overtime, often on short notice.
Willingness and ability to travel, on occasion.

Other information

You must be prepared to provide the original or a certified true copy of your educational credentials.

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

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent.

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 to 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.

Candidates from outside the public service may be required to pay for travel and relocation costs associated with this selection process.

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.