Director General,Northern Projects Management Office

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If you enjoy engaging with a variety of stakeholders, partners, and parties from public, indigenous, private and non-government organizations on large scale projects and you want to make a difference leading a team in a small organization with an exciting mandate, this could be the perfect job for you.

The Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency is looking for a Director General to provide executive leadership for its Northern Projects Management Office (NPMO).

In this position, you and your team of approximately thirteen (13) employees located in Yellowknife, Whitehorse and Iqaluit would provide corporate leadership for the initiative to enhance the performance of the Northern regulatory system for major natural resource projects. You would be part of a team that is dedicated to economic development across the North, building partnerships to leverage investments in the North and advocating for the interests of northerners and Indigenous peoples.

You would be an executive in a small organization reporting directly to the Vice-President. You would have frequent interactions with the President, the Minister’s Office and other senior executives at CanNor and provide them with expert advice and recommendations related to all major projects and files moving through the Northern Projects Management Office.

Your office would be located at CanNor’s office in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories*. This is one of Canada’s exciting northern communities. If you really enjoy nature and wildlife and appreciate the beauty and climate of the northern landscape and want to live in a close-knit community, you will thrive in this environment.Due to the unique nature of life in the North, we ask that candidates from outside the North, reflect on this requirement before submitting their application; this location is not the right fit for everyone. We invite you to visit this Yellowknife Tourism link for more information about Yellowknife: http://spectacularnwt.com. This position does qualify for northern allowances for you and your family. Please refer to the information at the end of the poster for more information.

The salary range for this position is: $119,600 - $140,700 plus applicable northern allowances (approximately $11,000 to $25,000/year), as well as vacation travel assistance of approximately $1,000 per person, once a year (for the employee and eligible dependents, including spouse/common-law partner). Rates and conditions are subject to change.

*This position is located at CanNor’s office in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Relocation assistance is available. Under exceptional circumstances, the relocation of the position to one of the other CanNor's northern offices may be considered if requested by the successful candidate.

Duties

Reporting to the Vice-President of Policy, Planning, Communications, the Director General, NPMO is accountable for:

• directing a single point of entry to the comprehensive northern regulatory system for proponents as well as for all other stakeholders, partners and parties involved or interested in major natural resource project reviews North of 60;
• directing the negotiation, development and monitoring of a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) across all federal departments participating in the review and approval of major natural resource project in the North;
• ongoing analysis that leads to the early identification of potential issues or problems and the development of proactive strategies to resolve these situations with involved assessment boards, regulatory departments as well as with the central agencies and external clients, stakeholders and partners;
• directing the provision of support to the Major Projects Management Office Deputy Committee and to Northern Interdepartmental Working Groups to ensure and facilitate the integration of strategic discussions on northern projects and Aboriginal consultation issues and priorities;
• providing corporate and professional leadership and advice in articulating and delivering strategies that promote and advance the understanding and appreciation with other federal departments, project proponents and stakeholders of the NPMO’s role and initiatives; and
• ensuring that the Agency has the competencies to effectively support the Deputy Head and a variety of interdepartmental Deputy level committees.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to fill 1 permanent position. No pool will be established.

INFORMATION YOU MUST PROVIDE

Your résumé and the on-line application.

Contact information for 3 references.

Please submit your résumé and references to this following email:

Please answer the follow question with your application. Can you tell us how you found out about this employment opportunity?

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.

Positions to be filled: 1

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

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION

ED: Graduation with a degree * from a recognized post-secondary institution **.

* Degree: A baccalaureate or higher level degree, as established by educational authorities, unless the type of credential is specified in the relevant Qualification Standard.

** Recognized post-secondary institution: Public or private institution that has been given authority to grant degrees, diplomas, and other credentials by a public or private act of a provincial/territorial legislature or through a government-mandated quality assurance mechanism. For greater certainty, also included are institutions authorized to grant specific academic credentials for specific academic programs. It is the candidate's responsibility to demonstrate that the degree/program held has been approved by a "recognized" Canadian post-secondary institution.

Equivalencies that consist of an acceptable combination*** of education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities may be considered.

***Acceptable combination refers to completion of secondary school with post-secondary studies/courses in a relevant field and progressive experience in a leadership role.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

E1. Recent* and significant* experience in leading, developing and implementing complex projects, programs or initiatives in the Northern Canada.
E2. Significant*experience in providing advice and recommendations to senior management* on sensitive and complex files.
E3. Significant* experience in building and maintaining collaborative partnerships, and in negotiating agreements, with other government departments/agencies and private sector organizations or non-governmental organizations.
E4. Experience in managing financial and human resources for a minimum of two (2) consecutive years.

*Definitions:
-Recent is defined as experience acquired within the last three (3) years.
-Significant is defined as experience normally acquired through work performed on a continuous basis for a minimum period of three (3) years.
-Senior management is defined as officials whose position are equivalent to, or higher than, Assistant Deputy Minister, Vice-President, Board Chair, Executive Director or Chief Operating Officer.

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

English essential

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KNOWLEDGE

K1. Knowledge of economic trends, opportunities, issues and challenges faced by Northern Canada in the international, national and regional (Northern Canada) contexts.
K2. Knowledge of key stakeholders and the role they play in economic and community development in Northern Canada.
K3: Knowledge of Indigenous culture, society or economy in northern Canada.

ABILITIES

A1: Ability to communicate effectively orally.
A2: Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

KEY LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES

LD1: Create Vision and Strategy.
LD2: Mobilize People.
LD3: Uphold Integrity and Respect.
LD4: Collaborate with Partners and Stakeholders.
LD5: Promote Innovation and Guide Change.
LD6: Achieve Results.

For further information on key leadership competency profiles and examples of effective and ineffective behaviours relating to this position, please refer to the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/professional-development/key-leadership-competency-profile/examples-effective-ineffective-behaviours.html

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

EDUCATION

AED: Graduation with a degree * from a recognized post-secondary institution **.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

AE1: Experience in working directly with First Nations, Métis or Inuit organizations.

AE2: Experience in working in a northern, cross-cultural environment.

AE3: Experience providing advice directly to a Minister’s office, Deputy Minister’s Office or central agencies on sensitive or horizontal issues or activities.

KNOWLEDGE

AK1: Knowledge of Government of Canada priorities and their relationship to CanNor.

AK2: Knowledge of project management processes and best practices.

ABILITIES

Ability to communicate in an Indigenous language of northern Canada.

CURRENT AND/OR FUTURE ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:

The Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population we serve. In support of our strategy to achieve a representative workforce, selection may be limited to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following groups: Inuit enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement, Indigenous, women, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Willingness and availability to work overtime.
Willingness and availability to travel.

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance - Secret security clearance

Medical clearance: the incumbent and their dependents (including spouse or common-law partner and children) may be required to obtain Health Canada medical clearance in accordance with the Isolated Posts and Government Housing Directive.

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

When submitting an application to this selection process, you will be prompted to answer some questions regarding your qualifications for this position (e.g. education and experience). It is your responsibility to provide clear and concrete examples in your response to each question. Your responses to these questions will be used to validate the information in your resumé.

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

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview will be administered.

A written examination may be administered.

Various assessment tools may be used.

You will be required to provide proof of your education credentials at a later date. Foreign educational credentials must be assessed by a recognized credential assessment service; guidance may be found at the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC) at http://www.cicic.ca.

The Relocation Directive is available at:
http://www.njc-cnm.gc.ca/directive/nrd-drc/index-eng.php

The Isolated Posts and Government Housing Directive is available at:
http://www.njc-cnm.gc.ca/directive/ipgh-pile/index-eng.php

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.