Environmental Health Officer

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Candidates must answer the screening questions. The screening questions will be the only tool used for screening in this process. Candidates must also submit a résumé with their application, which will only be used to validate the information provided in their answers to the screening questions. Candidates will not be solicited for incomplete or missing information.

The answers to the screening questions must clearly demonstrate with concrete examples (what, why, how, for who, where, when and for how long) in what ways the candidates meet ALL of the essential experience and education qualifications. Failure to demonstrate how all essential experience and education qualifications have been met will result in the rejection of a candidate's application.

Please note that having the asset qualifications is not mandatory in order to apply to this process. However, asset qualifications could be used either at the screening phase or at the selection of a "right fit" candidate. Therefore, if candidates have one (or all) of the asset qualifications, candidates should also describe in their answers to the screening questions how they meet this (these) qualification(s) using detailed and concrete examples.

Intent of the process

The immediate intent of this poster is to fill an English Essential EG-06 position on a specified period basis. Although the immediate intent of this Job Opportunity Advertisement is to staff one position for a specified period, applicants should be aware that a pool of qualified candidates (fully assessed or partially assessed) may be established and may be used to staff similar positions at this group and level with various language requirements listed in the Language Requirements section. In addition, this process may be used for various tenures, security requirements and conditions of employment within Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada. As a result of the potential and possible use of the selection process and subsequent pool by hiring managers, we encourage all employees seeking this type of opportunity to apply.

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)

Education:
• Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in an environmental health related discipline.

Degree equivalency

Occupational Certification:
• Currently holding a certificate issued by the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors.

Experience:
• Considerable experience in conducting inspections and investigations in the areas of food safety, drinking water safety, and communicable disease control.
• Experience in interpreting legislation, guidelines, standards related to environmental health.
Considerable experience* is referred to as having been obtained over a period of three years within the last five years.

Knowledge:
• Knowledge in the areas of drinking water safety, food safety, and communicable disease control.
• Knowledge of principles and methods utilized in the field of environmental health.

Abilities:
• Ability to review and synthesize information.
• Ability to prepare and present information to various stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

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

Various language requirements
English Essential
Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB
Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC

Information on language requirements

Competencies:
• Effective inter-personal skills
• Client Service orientation
• Team player
• Respectful of diversity
• Initiative
• Judgement

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

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:
The Public Health Agency of Canada is committed to Employment Equity. In order to ensure a diversified workforce, preference may be given to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the four designated Employment Equity groups provided the candidate meets all essential qualifications listed on the job poster and any applicable asset qualification(s): Indigenous Peoples, Persons with a Disability, Visible Minorities, and Women.

Operational Requirements:
• Willingness and ability to occasionally work overtime on short notice.
• Willingness and ability to travel within a designated geographic area and work in remote areas.
• Willingness and ability to use personal protective equipment when required.
• A valid driver’s license in the province of the work location.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Pre-employment medical required.

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

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.

All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence may be used in the assessment of qualifications.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

Candidates must meet all the essential qualifications for the position being staffed. The asset qualifications and operational requirements may have been identified as desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the candidate to be appointed. Therefore, candidates should clearly indicate in their on-line application how they meet all essential qualifications and any applicable asset qualifications. Failure to do so may result in the application being rejected from the selection process.

Candidates must provide, as part of their application, proof that they meet the Educational Certification requirements. Failure to do so may result in being screened out. Candidates will be requested to provide copies of their education credentials throughout their process.

Candidates with foreign educational credentials are required to provide proof of Canadian equivalency. You may consult The Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials at http://www.cicic.ca for further information.

Candidates may be assessed using one or more of the following tools: standardized tests, written exam, interview, simulation exercise and reference check.

Proof of citizenship will be requested if you are considered for a position.

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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 Indigenous 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, 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.