Program Liaison Officer - Anticipatory

Work environment

This position, which reports to the regional director of Environmental Enforcement, is crucial in ensuring a well-run and operational enforcement unit. The position is responsible for the planning and coordination of training, managing officer safety issues and equipment, work planning, and various reporting and policy requirements for the work unit. This position works closely with enforcement officers and operations managers throughout Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Nunavut and NWT, and in coordination with the other regions and headquarters. For more information on the enforcement program please visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-enforcement.html.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to create a pool to staff positions with various tenures (indeterminate, specified period, deployment, acting, acting extensions, assignment, secondment), language requirements/linguistic profiles (English Essential, Bilingual imperative (BBB/BBB)) and/or security status (Reliability or Secret) within Environment and Climate Change Canada in the Prairie and Northern Region.

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)

EDUCATION:
A secondary school diploma.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:
- Experience collating, reviewing, analyzing information and communicating results and conclusions in the form of briefing notes, presentations or discussion papers.

- Experience managing or coordinating multifaceted projects.

- Experience in coordination and providing advice on training, procurement, health and safety, policies or asset management.

- Experience reviewing and developing policies, programs or procedures.

- Experience writing reports, presentations, articles, newspapers or briefing notes.

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

Various language requirements

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:
- Knowledge of public administration and approaches to administrative policy development.
- Knowledge the mandate of Environment and Climate Change Canada’s enforcement programs.

ABILITIES:
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
- Ability to communicate effectively orally.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and manage competing priorities.
- Ability to effectively brief decision-makers.
- Ability to critically review and interpret policies, and provide actionable advice based on policies.
- Ability to work effectively with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

PERSONNAL SUITABILITY:
- Judgement
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Thoroughness
- Critical Thinking
- Teamwork
- Initiative

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:
- Graduation from a recognised university with a degree in public administration, business administration, human resources, criminology, commerce or some other specialty relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

- Experience in managing staff.
- Experience in asset management.
- Experience working in a law enforcement environment.
- Experience working in an environmental (pollution) enforcement program.

Other information

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.