Compliance Promotion Officer (Anticipatory)

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Assessment accommodation

Intent of the process

This is an anticipatory selection process.

A pool of fully or partially qualified candidates may be established from this process which may be used to staff similar positions within Environment and Climate Change Canada, with various linguistic profiles and/or requirements (such as English essential, English or French essential, bilingual imperative BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC or CCC/CCC), various security requirements (Reliability, Secret), various conditions of employment as well as tenures (Term, Assignment, Secondment, Acting, Indeterminate, Deployment), which may vary according to the position being staffed.

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)

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS

Education:
- Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with an acceptable specialization in physics, geology, chemistry or some other science relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
- Experience participating on teams or working groups responsible for environmental program delivery and outcomes.
- Experience working with, and consulting internal and external stakeholders for environmental program delivery and outcomes.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
- Knowledge of environmental protection legislation administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada.
- Knowledge of the principles and processes of assessing environmental impacts of projects and activities.

Abilities:
- Ability to review scientific and technical information to assess environmental impacts, provide recommendations or determine compliance with legislation.
- Ability to communicate effectively orally.
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

Personal Suitability:
- Interpersonal relationships
- Teamwork
- Flexibility
- Results Orientation
- Initiative

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

Education:
- A post-graduate degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with a specialization in science, economics, business administration or public administration.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
- Experience in leading teams.
- Experience in working within one or more of the following areas:
o Regulatory program delivery such as compliance promotion, environmental assessment or environmental effects monitoring
o Expert or technical support to an environmental protection program.
o Experience in developing or implementing strategies or plans aimed at improving compliance to regulations.
o Experience with environmental assessment project reviews.

Operational requirements:
- Willing and able to work overtime on occasion.
- Requirement for periodic travel by various modes, including air and government/rented vehicles, including to remote locations.

Conditions of employment

Security level: various

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

A test may be administered.

An interview may be administered.

Reference checks may be sought.

You must provide proof of your education credentials.

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

Our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail for screening/assessment purposes. Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is the candidate’s responsibility to provide any changes to their personal information to the contact indicated on this job advertisement. Candidates should be aware that confidential information such as assessment results will be communicated via the provided email. Please ensure that you check your e-mail regularly.

Acknowledgement of receipt of applications will not be sent. We will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

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.

Employees at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered for deployment.

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.