Water Quality Expert/Environment Effects Monitoring - Anticipatory

Important messages

ONLY APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED ON-LINE USING THE 'APPLY ON-LINE' BUTTON ABOVE WILL BE CONSIDERED.

Persons with disabilities or residing in locations that prevent them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

Intent of the process

ANTICIPATORY. A pool of qualified candidates will be established and may be used to staff similar positions with various language requirements and linguistic profiles, security requirements and/or tenures (indeterminate, determinate, deployment, assignment, secondment, acting and extensions) within Environment and Climate Change Canada in Edmonton (Alberta), Winnipeg (Manitoba), Yellowknife (Northwest Territories) or Regina (Saskatchewan).

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

ED1. Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in ecology, toxicology or another science relevant to the position.

Note:
1. The courses for the specialization must be acceptable and must have been taken at a recognized post-secondary institution, but not necessarily within a degree program in the required specialization.

Degree equivalency

Experience

EX1. Recent experience* leading or working in a team regarding the implementation or coordination of an environmental program, study, or project.

EX2. Recent experience* drafting written briefings, presentations or correspondence.

EX3. Recent experience* in collaborating with officials from the federal government, provincial/territorial government, Indigenous governments, municipal government, or industry on environmental protection issues.

EX4. Recent experience* in the design of, implementation of, review of, or provision of technical advice on aquatic science studies, or environmental management plans/programs.

EX5. Recent experience* in the analysis and interpretation of scientific, technical or biological monitoring data.

*Recent experience is defined as at least 1 year within the last 5 years.

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

Asset Qualification - Education

AED1. Post-graduate degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in a natural, physical or applied science with a specialization in a field relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

Asset Qualifications - Experience

AEX1. Experience in supervision.
AEX2. Experience in Indigenous or stakeholder consultations.
AEX3. Experience in contributing to the development of environmental policy and / or guidance documents.
AEX4. Experience in working with legal instruments related to environmental protection.
AEX5. Experience with environmental assessment or management for developments such as mining, municipal, oil sands, or other energy projects.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge

K1. Knowledge of priorities and programs of Environment and Climate Change Canada relating to environmental protection.
K2. Knowledge of key federal environmental protection legislation, regulations, and policies such as the Fisheries Act.
K3. Knowledge of methods, procedures, and techniques used to conduct aquatic science studies.
K4. Knowledge of the biology and ecology of pristine and effluent-impacted freshwater aquatic ecosystems.
K5. Knowledge of basic statistical analyses

Competencies

C1. Effective interpersonal relationships
C2. Leadership
C3. Judgment
C4. Initiative

Abilities

A1. Ability to communicate effectively orally
A2. Ability to communicate effectively in writing
A3. Ability to analyze information and provide recommendations
A4. Ability to work under pressure and within tight timelines

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

Asset Qualification - Knowledge

AK1. Knowledge of pulp & paper and metal mining effluent chemistry, and their impact on the aquatic environment

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other Conditions of Employment
• Willing and able to travel for business requirements as needed on short notice.
• Must be available to make on-site visits to industrial facilities and remote field sites.
• Possession of a valid Driver’s license.
• Willing and able to work overtime; and at times work weekends, statutory/provincial/territorial holidays and irregular hours.
• Willing and able to obtain a pre-employment medical and maintain periodic medical clearance as required.

Other information

Candidacies must be submitted online otherwise they will not be considered. Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605. Also, when applying online, you will be asked to provide an answer to pre-screening questions assessing your education and experience. Failure to provide an answer to each pre-screening question will result in your candidacy being eliminated from this selection process.

Furthermore, please note that your competency to communicate effectively in writing may be assessed in part by the answers provided to the pre-screening questions. It is therefore important to ensure you provide complete answers to each of these questions.

The candidates knowledge and competencies will also be assessed using a combination of tools, such as a written exam, an interview and a reference check.

A pass mark will be established for each qualification. However, achieving the pass mark is not guarantee of an appointment or that candidates will be put through the next stages of the assessment process. A cut-off score (in other words, establishing a higher threshold than the pass mark and selecting only the candidates who meet this threshold) and a top-down approach (in other words, establishing a maximum number of candidates who can proceed to the next assessment stage) may be used at any step if there is a sufficient number of candidates to meet immediate and anticipated staffing needs.

Depending on the requirements of the position(s) being staffed from this process, for current or future vacancies, any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements, and organizational needs may be applied at the time of staffing. Candidates may be contacted and assessed against these criteria at any time during this process.

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 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.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent.

If you are already employed within the Federal Public Service, please specify your substantive group and level, your employment status, and your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) in your application.

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/.

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.

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.