Senior Advisor or Section Leader (EC-07, PC-04)

Important messages

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request special accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Information on accommodation for persons with disabilities

Some qualifications will be assessed through your responses to the screening questions you will be asked in your online 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 answering the screening questions, you must clearly demonstrate with concrete examples how you meet each essential education and experience qualification, as well as any asset experience qualifications. Your résumé will only be used as a secondary source to validate the information provided in your answers to the screening questions. Candidates will not be solicited for incomplete or missing information. Please note that responses such as "See CV" or "Refer to résumé" are unacceptable responses to any of the questions. Failure to clearly demonstrate how you meet the essential screening criteria will result in the rejection of your application.

You must meet all essential qualifications listed below in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

Work environment

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) is looking for candidates who want to play a role in shaping the future of federal impact assessment. Successful candidates will lead teams of like-minded, passionate individuals in implementing the federal impact assessment process, focusing on areas such as environmental, social, health and economic impact assessment and gender-based analysis and working with various stakeholders and Indigenous groups.

Team CEAA is a small government Agency, but we are growing and growing fast. As a result of these exciting changes, we need top talent to help us achieve our goals. Will you join us? If you do, we offer a positive work environment where creativity and collaboration is appreciated. You will work alongside other professionals who share your passion for greatness.

Intent of the process

The Agency’s intent is to staff positions with experience in socioeconomic and biophysical disciplines at the EC-07 and PC-04 levels respectively. The EC-07 positions are currently under review.

As a result of this process a pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar EC-07 and PC-04 positions with different tenures (specified period, indeterminate, assignment, secondment, acting), various linguistics profiles and various security clearance requirements within the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency.

Positions to be filled: 10

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

EDUCATION
EC-07: Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in economics, sociology or statistics

Note:
1. Candidates must always have a degree. The courses for the specialization must be acceptable and may have been taken at a recognized post-secondary institution, but not necessarily within a degree program in the required specialization. The specialization may also be obtained through an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience. Candidates must clearly demonstrate in their application how they meet one or more of the specializations outlined in the education requirement (i.e. listing successfully completed courses, training and/or providing a description of related work experience).

2. An indeterminate incumbent of a former ES position on June 30, 1967 who became an EC on June 22, 2009, who does not possess the minimum level of education as indicated for Part A above is deemed to meet this minimum educational standard based on his/her education, training and/or experience.

OR

PC-04: Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution, with acceptable specialization in physics, geology, chemistry or some other 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
-Experience leading multi-stakeholder working groups, committees or projects.
-Experience preparing briefings and providing advice on complex issues* to senior management.
-Experience consulting** with Indigenous groups or a variety of stakeholders (e.g. government, private sector, academia, non-governmental organizations, Indigenous organizations).
-Experience supervising staff or leading teams***.

*Complex issues mean those that require cross-cutting, multi-facetted considerations (e.g. science, technology, social, economic and political context, stakeholder perspectives).
**Consultation experience should be in relation to the development of policies or programs or in relation to soliciting input from stakeholders or Indigenous groups on projects to inform decision-making.
***The experience in leading teams could be in the form of a project manager or other role where you lead the outputs of colleagues (from within and/or outside of the organization with which you may have been employed) to deliver on a complex multidisciplinary project.

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

Various language requirements
The results of the selection process may be used to staff positions with one of the following language requirements: English essential, Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB or Bilingual imperative CBC/CBC.

Information on language requirements

COMPETENCIES
-Showing Initiative and Being Action Oriented
-Effective written communication
-Effective oral communication
-Working Effectively with Others
-Thinking Things Through
-Demonstrating Integrity and Respect
-Adaptability

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

EDUCATION
Graduation with a post-graduate degree (Masters, Doctorate, etc.) from a recognized post-secondary institution with a specialization in a field relevant to the position

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
-Experience in environmental or impact assessment.
-Experience in undertaking Indigenous consultation.
-Experience in the development of programs or policies, or in the formation of work units/teams.
-Experience managing financial resources.

KNOWLEDGE
-Knowledge of key Government of Canada policies and priorities governing Indigenous and stakeholder consultation.
-Knowledge of Government of Canada processes and priorities in the area of environmental assessment or impact assessment*.

*Environmental Assessment or Impact Assessment means a formal, evidence-based process to predict and assess the economic, social, health and environmental consequences of a proposed project before it is carried out. It does not include other environmental studies, such as:
-Environmental site assessments that are used to identify the nature and extent of contaminants at a contaminated site; or
-Environmental audits that are used to evaluate the environmental management and regulatory compliance of an existing operation.

ABILITIES
-Ability to undertake consultation, collaboration or negotiation.
-Ability to undertake social, health, economics, or gender based analysis.
-Ability to conduct policy analysis and make policy recommendations to management
-Ability to undertake or demonstrate expertise in environmental policy, environmental science, or environmental law

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages women, Aboriginal persons, persons with a disability and members of visible minority groups to apply.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Available and willing to travel frequently and for extended periods, when required.
Available and willing to work extended hours, when required.

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance - Various levels of security clearance may be used.

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 and written examination may be administered.

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

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications.

You must provide proof of your education credentials.

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.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent. Please note that we will only contact candidates who meet the education and the experience criteria once the screening process is completed.

A top-down selection may be used at certain stages of the assessment or when selecting the right fit.

Employees of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency who are at level may be considered first for appointment.

Our intention is to communicate with the candidates by email. Candidates who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid email 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).

LEAVE OR ABSENCES DURING THE SELECTION PROCESS: It is the responsibility of the candidate to notify us of any pre-approved leave throughout the duration of the selection process in order to facilitate scheduling of evaluations. Also, only one alternate date will be offered to the candidate if requested for the following exceptional reasons: 1) Medical reasons with doctor’s certificate; 2) Death in your immediate family; 3) Confirmation of pre-approved travel plans or training plans (made before the advertisement posting date); or 4) Religious reasons.

Notifications related to this process will be posted on jobs.gc.ca. Applicants are responsible to refer to jobs.gc.ca for any and all announcements deriving from this process.

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.