Junior Geomatics Officer

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

Please apply online and complete the Screening Questionnaire pertaining to this advertised process. You MUST provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience requirements listed in the essential qualifications and/or asset qualifications section.

The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your education and/or experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties. Applications that do not clearly demonstrate that the candidate meets the screening criteria may not be given further consideration.

Duties

This position reports to the Spatial Information Management (SIM) Coordinator within Real Property Geomatics. Duties include project management and the provision of professional advice, products and services in geomatics sector disciplines including cadastral, geodetic, hydrographic, photogrammetric and geospatial data management to support and represent the interests of internal and external clients in the effective and efficient management of their real property programs.

Work environment

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) helps the Government of Canada serve Canadians. With a strong focus on quality customer service, we provide innovative common services such as real estate and building management, purchasing, banking, pay, pensions and translation to other government departments, agencies and boards. By providing these centralized services to departments and agencies, we enable them to focus on what they do best: providing their programs and services to Canadians.

As an organization, PSPC strives to give all its employees opportunities to achieve organizational, professional and personal goals in a respectful and inclusive workplace, mobilized and supported by leadership at all levels. For more information on
PSPC's People Management Philosophy and Our Commitments please see the following link: https://www.tpsgcpwgsc.gc.ca/apropos-about/pe-pc-eng.html

Intent of the process

The intent of this appointment process is to fill one immediate vacancy and to establish a fully assessed pool of qualified candidates that may be used to staff identical or similar positions of various tenures and various locations in PSPC.

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 with acceptable specialization in land survey theory and practice or another Geomatics related field.

Degree equivalency

Occupational Certification
Eligible for membership as a Professional Ontario Land Surveyor in the Branch of Geographic Information Management.

Experience in the delivery of Geomatics and geospatial information

Experience in two of the following Geomatics disciplines:
a) Geographic Information Management
b) Geodetic Surveys
c) Photogrammetric Surveys
d) Cadastral Surveys
e) Engineering Surveys and Hydrographic Surveys

Experience in the provision of expert technical advice in land surveying to clients.

Experience using commercial or open-source Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) software in a real property application.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge of geospatial data management
Knowledge of geospatial data standards
Knowledge of database theory
Knowledge of cadastral surveying
Knowledge of project management

Competencies
Values and Ethics
Thinking Things Through
Leadership
Excellence Through Results
Client Service – Level 1
Oral Communication
Written Communication

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

Current member of a Geomatics organization, such as:
Association of Ontario Land Surveyors (AOLS), Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG), The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), Geospatial Information & Technology Association(GITA) or similar organization.

Experience in providing services related to Real Property such as: space measurement, Geographic Information Systems, CAD drawing management.

Experience in participating on Geomatics committees.

Willing and able to travel on occasion.

Conditions of employment

Security: Reliability status

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.

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.

You must be prepared to provide the original, or a certified copy, of your educational credentials.

Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates who apply on this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and to make sure that 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.

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
Aboriginal 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.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; only candidates successful in the screening process 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.