Regional Discipline Manager, Geomatics - Inventory

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Assessment accommodation

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

The inventory will be updated every 180 days. You will receive a notice in your applicant account 30 days before the end of your active period to determine whether or not you wish to keep being considered for an additional 180 days.

Work environment

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Intent of the process

A qualified pool of candidates may be established from this process to staff identical or similar positions within the Department of Public Services and Procurement Canada in Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary and Edmonton with various tenures (Indeterminate, Acting, Term, Deployment, Assignment, Secondment)

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)

Education:
Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in land survey theory and practice or other related field such as geomatics, geosciences or remote sensing.

Degree equivalency

Certification:
- Eligible for a license to practice land surveying with a professional land surveying regulatory body in Canada.

Experience:
- Recent and Significant experience* in the provision of a full range of Geomatics services in executing Real Property** projects with various degrees of complexity and magnitude.

- Experience in managing human and financial resources

- Experience in planning and managing the delivery of Geomatics products and/or services

- Experience in providing expert technical and strategic advice to client organizations and/or senior management in areas related to surveys, spatial and/or geospatial data management.

*Recent and significant experience is defined as having provided geomatics services for real property projects of varying degrees of complexity and type for a minimum of eight years within the last 12 years including at least five years of Canadian experience.

**Real Property projects are defined as new construction or renovations (e.g. interior fit-up) for buildings, structures, improvements, and other utilities on, above, or below the surface of the land.

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

Asset Qualifications:
- Holds a license to practise cadastral surveying on Canada Lands

- Experience in developing corporate-level policies, standards, processes or best practices for delivery of Geomatics products and services.

- Experience in developing and implementing procurement strategies for the services of professional consultants in surveys and spatial information management.

- Experience in the application of information management policies and practices as it relates to Real Property spatial information holdings.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of Geomatics including surveying, spatial databases and/or land administration.
- Knowledge of information management policies and/or practices as it relates to Real Property spatial information holdings.
- Knowledge of data management and/or quality assurance

Key Behaviours:
- Values and Ethics – serving through integrity and respect
- Strategic thinking – innovating through analysis and ideas
- Engagement – mobilizing people, organizations, partners
- Management Excellence– delivering through action management, people management, financial management
- Client Service Level 2

Please review the Key Leadership Competencies (manager level) and PSPC Client Service Competency for more information.

Key Leadership Competencies: https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/professional-development/key-leadership-competency-profile/effective-behaviours.html#manager

PSPC Client Service Competency: https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/sc-cs/csc-eng.html

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

Operational Requirements:
- Willingness and ability to travel.
- Possession of a valid driver's license.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

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

All job applications must be submitted through GC Jobs. Do not fax, email or mail hard copy documents as these will not be accepted. To submit an application online, please click on the button "Apply online".

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.

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.

Applicants with disabilities: Should you require a technical aid or an alternative method of assessment to ensure an equitable assessment of your qualifications, please indicate so in your application.

You must provide proof of your education credentials. If you were educated outside of Canada, you must have your certificates and/or diplomas assessed against Canadian education standards. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at https://www.cicic.ca/

A written exam will be administered.

Interviews will be conducted.

Reference checks will be conducted.

Essential qualifications and asset qualification will be evaluated against depth and breadth of activities.

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

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

Public service employees found qualified in this process may be considered for acting, assignment, deployment or secondment.

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

Due to the high volume of applications, inquiries related to the status of assessments will not be answered.

Assessment deadlines for exams and interviews will be set. If you are contacted and unable to make yourself available for assessment by the deadline, you will not be considered further at that time, but may be considered again in the future.

Candidates from outside the Federal Public Service will be required to pay for their own travel expenses for various phases of testing/assessment.

A random or top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

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.