Research Officer

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Work environment

The position is located at the Pacific Forestry Centre in Victoria, B.C., where you will be joining a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team that is responsible for Canada’s National Forest Inventory and National Forest Information System. We work closely with provincial and territorial governments. Your job will involve collaboration with professional colleagues across Canada to address challenging forestry data issues. You will be working with other new hires on the establishment of a new, national forest field plot dataset, integrating field plot data collected across Canada by various agencies into a single, analysis-ready, open data resource, which will be used for forest research and cumulative impact assessments.

Intent of the process

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

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 2,000 words (maximum) "VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Applicants must clearly demonstrate in their cover letter how they meet the education and experience factors listed in the essential qualifications. Applicants should clearly demonstrate in their cover letter how they meet the asset experience qualification, if they have this experience. Applicants having the asset qualification(s) may be given priority over applicants who do not."

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

A graduation with a degree in forestry or wood science from a recognized post-secondary institution, or a graduation with a degree in a related science from a recognized post-secondary institution combined with acceptable forestry experience.

Degree equivalency

Experience compiling and analyzing forest field plot data;
Experience using SAS, R or equivalent to analyze forest field plot data;
Experience preparing technical documentation, reports or papers for publication.

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 forest mensuration in a Canadian context;
Knowledge of programming languages for data analysis;

Ability to analyze forestry plot data;
Ability to communicate effectively orally;
Ability to communicate effectively in writing (this ability will be assessed via the application cover letter)

Teamwork and cooperativeness;
Thoroughness;
Initiative;

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

Asset Qualification
Experience combining forest field plot data from multiple sampling programs into a dataset for statistical analysis;

Knowledge of relational database management systems;

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Willing and able to work overtime occasionally;
Willing and able to travel, sometimes on weekends

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

*PLEASE NOTE, ONLY ON-LINE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.*

You must provide proof of your education credentials. 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/.

An interview may be conducted.

A written examination may be administered.

Reference checks may be requested.

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 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 and relocation costs associated with this selection process.

We thank all applicants for their interest in our position(s). For the purpose of this staffing process, only candidates selected for further assessment will be contacted.

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.