Forest Project and Program Coordinator

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 specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Assessment accommodation

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 specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.
Assessment accommodation
Only online applications will be accepted. Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line should contact 1-800-645-5605.

Candidates must respond to the screening questions by providing concrete examples which illustrate how they meet the essential and asset qualifications. For this selection process, please do not include/submit a covering letter. Candidates must provide their resumé when submitting their application on GC jobs (Public Service Resourcing System - PSRS).

Please note that candidates will NOT be solicited for incomplete or missing information.

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.

Work environment

At Natural Resources Canada, a Federal government job means developing leadership skills, fostering teamwork, and supporting creativity and innovation. We know it takes people from diverse pools of talent to make this happen. That is why we are looking for people like you. As an employee at Natural Resources Canada you can enjoy diverse employment opportunities, a range of career development programs, and a learning culture that supports you to learn on an ongoing basis. We support balancing your work and private life by offering the benefits of flexible work arrangements.

Natural Resources Canada seeks a dynamic, creative, and resourceful team player to join the Canadian Wood Fibre to coordinate technology transfer including the management of collaborative agreements. The Canadian Wood Fibre Centre (CWFC) is a science organization dispersed by design comprising researchers and forestry professionals located in Canadian Forest Service (CFS) centres across the country whose mission is to provide sustainable wood fibre solutions to Canada’s forest sector. You will join a collaborative team integrated with the national research programs of both the CFS and FPInnovations, and strongly oriented to the needs forest sector stakeholders.

Intent of the process

**Amendment**
This process will be used to fill one (1) position on an indeterminate basis.
A pool of partially qualified candidates will be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions at Natural Resources Canada and in the Public Service with various tenures (determinate period or indeterminate), various linguistic profile(s) (BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC), various security requirements (Reliability or Secret), various conditions of employment and various work locations.
We encourage all those interested to apply, regardless of their current work location.

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)

Graduation with a degree in a related science from a recognized post-secondary institution combined with acceptable experience.

Degree equivalency

Experience in collaborative work with forest sector stakeholders in at least three of the following groups: forest industry; provinces; academia; forest management enterprises; forest-dependent communities; Indigenous groups.
Experience in providing strategic written and verbal advice to an executive decision-making level (senior management) in an organization.
Experience in communicating scientific or technical information to non-scientists.
Experience in managing human and financial resources.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

Experience in the delivery of collaborative agreements or contribution (transfer payment) agreements according to federal or provincial government programs
Experience planning and conducting field or laboratory-based forest research activities
Experience in forest management planning or forest operations

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

Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)

Information on language requirements

Knowledge of current issues that impact Canada’s forest sector
Knowledge of the roles of the federal government, provincial governments, and forest industry in responding to current issues that impact Canada’s forest sector

Ability to develop and deliver effective approaches for transferring research results to forest practitioners
Ability to communicate effectively orally
Ability to communicate effectively in writing

Flexibility
Initiative
Judgement
Leadership
Team player

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Valid driver’s licence
Willing and able to travel
Willing and able to work flexible hours and 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

A written examination may be administered

An interview may be conducted

Reference checks may be sought

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

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.

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.

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.

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.
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.

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.