Operational Programs Manager

Important messages

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The Government of Canada is committed to building a skilled workforce that is representative of Canada's diversity, which includes the recruitment of Canadian Veterans and releasing Canadian Armed Forces personnel:
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We encourage applicants to identify any abilities, competencies, and/or experiences acquired through employment with the Canadian Armed Forces where applicable.

Work environment

The Northern Forestry Centre is one of five research centres operated by the Canadian Forest Service. The centre is located in a beautiful park-like setting nestled on the edge of the community of Lansdowne in South Edmonton. Employees enjoy an in-house cafeteria as well as close proximity to the Whitemud Freeway, the University of Alberta, Southgate Mall and the South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park LRT station. For 46 years, the Northern Forestry Centre has contributed greatly to the Canadian Forest Service’s forest science research in the areas of wildland fire, climate change, boreal system ecology and land reclamation.

The Operational Programs Manager leads business development and knowledge exchange programs. The successful incumbent will develop relationships with indigenous communities across the Prairies and Northwest Territories to manage contribution programs, which help develop indigenous forestry enterprises. This position will also coordinate other bio-energy initiatives. The Operational Programs Manager is responsible for the regional knowledge exchange program, which focuses on sharing discoveries by Canadian Forest Service scientists with groups such as academia and industry. The successful candidate will also support various projects that could include coordination of environmental impact assessment science feedback, specific development projects, and participation on forestry related committees and boards.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to staff one (1) English essential position that requires a reliability status security clearance.

A pool of fully or partially qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions at Natural Resources Canada with various tenures (determinate period or indeterminate), various linguistic requirements (imperative and/or non-imperative), language requirements (English Essential, French Essential, English or French Essential and Bilingual) and profile(s) (BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC, etc.)), various security requirements, various conditions of employment and for various locations.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 3,000 words (maximum) "NOTE: You MUST provide a cover letter. In this document, you must provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience requirements listed in the essential qualifications and other qualifications section. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties. One effective approach would be to use the wording of each experience criterion as a heading and then write one or two paragraphs demonstrating that you have the required experience and ensure that clear and accurate details are provided. The curriculum vitae may be used as a secondary source to confirm the experience described in the cover letter. APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CANDIDATE MEETS THE SCREENING CRITERIA MAY NOT BE GIVEN FURTHER CONSIDERATION."

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

Graduation from a recognized post-secondary institution with a degree in business administration, commerce, forestry, natural resource management or any other field related to the duties of the position.

Degree equivalency

Experience in developing and maintaining client relations with non-government or government organizations.
Experience in planning and leading resource programs.
Experience negotiating collaborative agreements or business ventures.

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

Graduation with a master's or doctoral degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in a business or science field.

Degree equivalency

Experience dealing with administrative, human resource and financial procedures within the federal government.
Experience implementing natural resource based programs.
Experience using mediation or negotiating techniques to resolve impasses or conflicts with stakeholders.

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

Various language requirements
The position to be staffed immediately require the following language requirement: English Essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge of program or project management principles and techniques.
Knowledge of Indigenous governments and organizational structures.

Create Vision and Strategy;
Mobilize People;
Uphold Integrity and Respect;
Collaborate with Partners and Stakeholders;
Promote Innovation and Guide Change;
Achieve Results;

Ability to produce high quality written documents within short time frames;
Ability to work under pressure;
Ability to communicate effectively in writing;
Ability to communicate effectively orally.

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

Knowledge of the Forest industry in Canada.
Knowledge of the policy and regulatory framework relevant to the forest sector.
Knowledge of technologies relevant to the forest sector.

Natural Resources Canada is committed to establishing and maintaining a representative workforce. This organizational need may be identified as part of the appointment decision. In such cases, qualified candidates who self-declare as members of a visible minority group, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities or women (in non-traditional occupations) could be considered in priority.

Willing and able to travel within Canada (and abroad) including travel by car, rail and air.
Willing and able to travel and stay in remote locations for a few days to a few weeks.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the targeted groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

Reference checks may be sought

An interview may be conducted

A written examination may be administered

All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, may be used to evaluate the candidates.

If you are selected for further consideration, please advise the person who will contact you of any accommodations you may require during the selection process.

Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

Candidates may be required to meet the other qualifications, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

Candidates must meet the conditions of employment and continue to meet these same conditions during their employment.

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.

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

The hiring organization will accept applications on-line only. All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System. To submit an application on-line, please select the button “Apply Online” below. Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

A top down approach may be used to assess and/or appoint candidates.

For this selection process, it is our intention to communicate with candidates via email for screening and assessment purposes. This will include communication of screening results and invitations to written tests and interviews. To that end, candidates must include a valid email address in their application. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure that this address is functional and that it accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is also the candidate’s responsibility to ensure accurate information is provided and updated as required.

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.