Land Reclamation Technologist/Specialist

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

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: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/jobs/services/public-service-jobs/canadian-armed-forces-members-veterans.html

We encourage applicants to identify any abilities, competencies, and/or experiences acquired through employment with the Canadian Armed Forces where applicable.

Intent of the process

A pool of fully or partially qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions at Natural Resources Canada at the EG-04 group and level with various tenures (determinate period or permanent), various linguistic requirements (imperative and/or non-imperative), language requirements (English Essential, French Essential, English or French Essential and Bilingual) and profiles (BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC, etc.), various security requirements (Reliability Status, Secret), various conditions of employment and for various locations.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

A secondary school diploma

Degree equivalency

Recent (i.e. within the last 2 years) experience in performing forestry or natural sciences related field work.
Experience with vegetation survey.
Experience in lab sample preparation and basic analyses.
Experience in data summary and interpretation.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge of plant community, tree and soil development in natural, reclaimed or agroforestry ecosystems.

Ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally.
Ability to identify common boreal and wetland plant species.
Ability to set up experimental plots and deploy field monitoring equipment
Ability to summarize data and perform statistical tests.

Effective interpersonal skills
Problem solving skills and resourcefulness
Dependability

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

Successful completion of an acceptable degree from a recognized university in forestry, land reclamation, biology or physical sciences.

Degree equivalency

Experience in developing and maintaining large databases.
Experience using ArcGIS and R Statistical Software.
Experience working with short rotation woody crops.
Experience with seed collection in the field.
Understand carbon accounting methods for agroforestry.

Valid Class 5 Driver’s License.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - This factor is not used at the screening stage. The hiring department is responsible for the security clearance process.

Willingness and ability to work in the field for extended periods (2 weeks).

Medical clearance in accordance with Treasury Board Occupational Health Evaluation Standards for field work.

Willingness and ability to work overtime.

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 designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

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.

Reference checks may/will be sought
An interview may/will be sought
A written examination may/will be administered

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

Achieving a representative workforce has been identified as an organizational need in the merit criteria, and may/will be applied in this appointment process. Consequently, only applicants who have indicated on their application that they are a member of the designated group(s) specified in the merit criteria will be considered.
Natural Resources Canada is committed to employment equity and building strength through diversity. We welcome applications from qualified people and encourage members of the designated groups (Aboriginal Peoples, Persons with Disabilities, Visible Minorities and Women) to apply and to self-identify.

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.

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.

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, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.