Regional Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement Officer

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You must clearly demonstrate in your answers to the screening questions HOW you meet the essential education and experience and any applicable asset education and experience factors listed. Please provide a clear, concrete and detailed example(s) which demonstrates how you meet this experience and your position at the time. Provide sufficient details for the Assessment Board to clearly understand your example (do not assume that the Board knows your work or your organization). Details should include: a) Name of the department/organization where the experience was acquired, b) Title of the position occupied, c) duration for which the experience was acquired, d) Specific details of the tasks, projects, and accomplishments demonstrating how the experience was acquired. (maximum 500 words). It is NOT sufficient to only state that the qualifications are met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. If you do not fully answer the screening questions as directed, your application will be screened out. Providing incomplete answers, for example “see resume”, will not be accepted.

The answers to the screening questions will be the main source of information used by the assessment board to determine whether you meet the essential and asset education and experience factors. Your answers to the screening questions should be supported by your résumé. CANDIDATES WILL NOT BE SOLICITED FOR INCOMPLETE OR MISSING INFORMATION. Failure to provide the above information in the format required may result in the rejection of your application.

Duties

1. Conducts compliance promotion activities, inspections, compliance verifications, investigations and enforces the provisions of the applicable acts and regulations using a full range of mechanisms and prepares reports on compliance violations by regulated parties, identifies corrective actions and conducts follow-up inspections to ensure that regulated parties meet compliance requirements.

2. Provides scientific, regulatory and technical advice and information to management and contributes to issue prioritization and the development of compliance and enforcement strategies using risk management approach.

3. Does consultations and workshops with stakeholders to inform and educate with respect to the elements and activities of the Program.

4. Evaluates, verifies and investigates complaints, identifies and analyzes emerging trends in health and safety issues with respect to products, sites and activities and recommends and undertakes appropriate action related to their safety.

5. Participation in meetings and committees to contribute to the development of legislation or regulations, guidelines, policies and standards.

6. Provides scientific, regulatory and technical advice and guidance to stakeholders, regulated industry, health care professionals, academia, other government agencies and the Canadian public using a variety of means including responses to individual enquiries, input into public advisories and the development and presentation of seminars.

7. Represents the department, as a Regional spokesperson when responding to media enquiries and at legal proceedings as part of the compliance and enforcement responsibilities.

Work environment

About Health Canada

Health Canada is the federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health, while respecting individual choices and circumstances.

As one of the biggest employers in the country, Health Canada is mainly known as a Department that provides its employees with an exceptional workplace, opportunities for professional development, access to continued learning throughout their careers and flexible work schedules. From its cutting edge human resources programs to the creation and maintenance of a healthy work environment, Health Canada has been ranked several times as one of the best employers for diversity in Canada.

We look forward to having you join our team where you will be encouraged to share your thoughts and innovative ideas to witness at first hand the positive impact your work has on the health of each Canadian.

Intent of the process

This is an anticipatory selection process to create a pool(s) of qualified candidates to staff
future permanent and temporary vacancies in the Consumer Product Safety Program.

This selection process may be used to create a fully assessed and/or partially assessed pools of qualified candidates with various language requirements and/or various security requirements across Canada on a permanent or temporary basis.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in microbiology, chemistry, mechanical engineering, pharmacy, food science, or some other specialty related 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

Significant* and recent** experience in regulatory inspection, compliance and enforcement

* Significant experience is a minimum of two years
**Recent experience is within the past five years

Significant* and recent** experience liaising with the public or industry.

* Significant experience is a minimum of two years
**Recent experience is within the past five years

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

Various language requirements
English Essential: Hamilton (Ontario), Toronto (Ontario), Winnipeg (Manitoba), Regina (Saskatchewan), Saskatoon (Saskatchewan), Calgary (Alberta), Edmonton (Alberta), Burnaby (British Columbia)

Bilingual Imperative (BBB/BBB): Longueuil (Québec), Québec (Québec)

English Essential or Bilingual Imperative (BBB/BBB) depending upon the position being staffed: Moncton (New Brunswick), St.John's (Newfoundland and Labrador), Halifax (Nova Scotia)

Information on language requirements

Knowledge of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act and Regulations and the Food and Drugs Act and Regulations (Cosmetic Regulations).

Core and Organizational Competencies:
Communication (Oral)
Communication (Written)
Dependability
Respectful of Diversity

Behavioural Competencies:
Initiative
Influence
Analytical thinking
Teamwork and Cooperation
Judgement

Technical Competencies:
Ability to conduct compliance and enforcement activities
Ability to interpret and apply legislation
Ability to provide technical expertise and advice to the public and regulated industry

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

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

Values and Ethics

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - Reliability Status or Secret Security Clearance depending upon the position being staffed.

Possession of a valid Driver's license OR personal mobility to the extent normally associated with the possession of a valid Driver's License.
Travel within the province on a monthly basis.
Travel outside the province several times a year
Occasional overtime on weekends and in the evenings

Please note: Candidates must meet and maintain the above conditions of employment throughout their employment.

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

For this selection process, it is our intention to communicate with candidates via email for screening and assessment purposes. This will include communication of 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.

All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence may be used in the assessment of qualifications.

Acknowledgement of receipt of applications will not be sent. We will only contact those candidates screened into the process.

Candidates should be prepared to provide proof of education (degree, etc.) and citizenship or permanent resident status, driver's license and any other condition of employment.

Candidates with foreign educational credentials are required to provide proof of Canadian equivalency. You may consult The Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials at http://www.cicic.ca for further information.

An assignment/secondment or an acting appointment is a temporary resourcing option. The approval of your substantive supervisor will be required before an offer can be made.

Candidates may be assessed using one or more of the following tools: standardized tests, written exam, interview, simulation exercise and reference check.

In order to manage the number of applications in this selection process, management may use top-down or random selection at various steps in the process to determine the number of candidates who will continue in the process.

Candidates who have been fully assessed and found to have met all essential qualifications except official language requirements may update their second-language evaluation (SLE) results for as long as the pool is/pools are valid. N.B.: Each candidate can only undergo SLE testing one time within the context of an appointment process; any update to a candidate's linguistic profile must be as a result of subsequent SLE testing done outside of this appointment process.

Candidates from outside the Federal Public Service who are invited to interviews MAY be responsible for their own travel and/or accommodation expenses. Requests for reimbursement of limited travel and/or accommodation expenses MAY be considered by the selection board on a case-by-case basis and will require you to obtain approval from the selection board PRIOR TO making any such travel/accommodation arrangements. In some cases, interviews MAY be conducted by telephone or videoconferencing, where Health Canada facilities are available.

Successful candidates from outside the Federal Public Service who are appointed to temporary positions (for a duration less than 1 year) will be required to pay for their own travel and relocation expenses.

Successful candidates from outside the Federal Public Service who are appointed to a position (permanent or of any temporary duration greater than one year) may be authorized for reimbursement of relocation expenses up to $5,000. This will be evaluated on a case by case basis and the candidate needs to obtain prior approval.

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.

Please note that candidates are responsible for submitting their application by the closing date in order to be considered. No applications will be accepted once the deadline has passed.

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.