Director and Deputy Surveyor General Northern Region

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

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.

*Isolated Post Allowances (as of 01/08/2019):

►For Yellowknife:
*Maximum Annual Isolated Post amounts based on full time year-round employment
• With Dependents – Private Accommodation: $25,393.00
• Without Dependents – Private Accommodation: $18,375.00

Vacation Travel Assistance (As of 01/10/2019):
* Vacation Travel Assistance - Once per year
• Employee: $990.00
• Employee with Dependents: $990.00/ adult & $990.00/child

►For Whitehorse:
*Maximum Annual Isolated Post amounts based on full time year-round employment
• With Dependents – Private Accommodation: $5,799.00
• Without Dependents – Private Accommodation: $3,558.00

Vacation Travel Assistance (As of 01/10/2019):
* Vacation Travel Assistance - Once per year
• Employee: $697.00
• Employee with Dependents: $697.00/ adult & $632.00/child

Duties

The Director and Deputy Surveyor General Northern Region exercises delegated responsibilities of the Surveyor General under the Canada Lands Surveys Act and various other legislation and manages the delivery of Canada's Survey Program and delegated responsibilities for the Surveyor General for the Northern Region. He/She directs the activities of the Northern Region operational units which includes: managing Other Government Department (OGD) geomatics programs, related to: Aboriginal land claims and self-government initiatives, National Parks, regional marine issues and support for the devolution of land management responsibilities to the territorial governments. The Director and Deputy Surveyor General Northern Region is responsible to ensure effective and efficient processes are in place for a wide variety of legal survey plans required to support land and resource development and to ensure that Canada's Survey Registry and cadastral data enable land transactions in support of economic development and that jurisdictional boundaries are well defined in support of effective land administration and to avoid conflict.

Director and Deputy Surveyor General Northern Region is an expert land surveyor and works closely with key clients in the North towards the development of operational plans for legal survey services. He/She provides the leadership to support devolution and modernization of land management systems as well as providing local liaison in the north for the Lands and Minerals Sector (LMS).

Director and Deputy Surveyor General Northern Region translates vision and policy into concrete direction and champions the change management projects required to transform and modernize the Canada Lands Surveys System and the various land registries in the north.

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.

Intent of the process

The intent is to staff one position at the EN-SUR-06 group and level, on a permanent basis, located in either Whitehorse, Yukon or Yellowknife, North West Territories, at the discretion of the responsible manager. A pool will not be created from this selection process.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 5,000 words (maximum) "In your covering letter, you must provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION, EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE requirements, as applicable, listed in the essential qualifications and other qualifications sections. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties. One effective approach would be to use the wording of each experience criterion as a heading and then write one or two paragraphs demonstrating that you have the required experience and ensure that clear and accurate details are provided. APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CANDIDATE MEETS THE SCREENING CRITERIA MAY NOT BE GIVEN FURTHER CONSIDERATION."

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

►A Canada Lands Surveyor's commission AND licence to practice issued by the Association of Canada Lands Surveyors OR a licence or authority to practice as a land surveyor in any province in Canada.

Note: If this condition is met by having a licence or authority to practice as a land surveyor in a province, then the successful candidate must obtain a Canada Lands Surveyor's commission AND licence to practice within 2 years of appointment to the position.

►Significant* and recent* experience in partnership development with multiple levels of government, academia, industry and non-government organizations. This could include federal, other government departments, agencies, provinces, territories and professional associations.
►Experience in providing strategic advice, making recommendations, writing and presenting briefing material to senior management** on complex*** land management issues.
►Significant* and recent* experience in the planning and managing of human**** and financial***** resources.

* Significant and recent experience means a minimum of two years within the last three years at the EX minus 02 or above (Private sector equivalent = Director level or above, responsible for managing multi-disciplinary geomatics projects) dealing with a broad range of complex activities.

** Senior management is defined as Director General (Private sector equivalent = Senior Director, owner, CEO, etc) level and above

*** Complex is defined as subject matter that involves multi-layered consideration, broad and horizontal impacts, and multiple stakeholders/players who have conflicting, competing and complimentary priorities (for example, jurisdictional issues, land transfer boundary issues, devolution activities, etc.)

**** Human Resources Management is defined as: applicants must clearly demonstrate that they have supervised staff, assigned work, managed and assessed performance and developed or contributed to the development of staffing plans. Applicants must indicate the number of staff they supervised. Clear and specific examples should be provided by candidates in their application and demonstrate evidence of accountabilities, deliverables and level of complexity.

***** Financial management is defined as: applicants must show evidence of managing and being accountable for a budget. This experience is defined as being responsible for sound financial planning, forecasting and reporting. Applicants must also indicate the size of the budget they managed directly. Clear and specific examples should be provided by candidates in their application and demonstrate evidence of accountabilities, deliverables and level of complexity.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

►Knowledge of NRCan’s mandate, priorities, issues and challenges.
►Knowledge of current and past Cadastral and Geodetic Surveying theories and practice.
►Knowledge of key government policy objectives particularly for the North.

►Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
►Ability to communicate effectively orally.

Key Leadership Competencies:
►Create Vision and Strategy
►Mobilize People
►Uphold Integrity and Respect
►Collaborate with Partners and Stakeholders
►Promote Innovation and Guide Change
►Achieve Results

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

►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, geodetic sciences or remote sensing.
►Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with a Master’s degree or Doctorate in a related field of study.

Degree equivalency

Occupational Certification:
►A Canada Lands Surveyor's commission AND licence to practice issued by the Association of Canada Lands Surveyors.

►Significantⱽ experience in managing professional and/or technology focused organizations.
►Significantⱽ experience in planning and conducting cadastral and geodetic operations.
►Significantⱽ experience in cadastral surveying in Canada’s northern territories.
►Significantⱽ experience managing northern or remote Canadian land survey operations in government or the private sector.
►Experience resolving jurisdictional boundary issues.

ⱽ Significant experience is defined as 2 years of experience in the last 5 years.

►Knowledge of Canadian and international lands modernization initiatives.

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

Organizational needs:
►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.

Operational requirements:
►Ability and willingness to travel.
►Ability and willingness to work overtime.

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance - This factor is not used at the screening stage. The hiring department is responsible for the security clearance process.

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

We thank all applicants for their interest in our position(s). For the purpose of this staffing process, only candidates selected for further assessment will be contacted.

All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, may be used to evaluate the candidates.

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/or 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.

If you are selected for further consideration, please advise the person who will contact you of any accommodations you may require during the selection process.

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.

An interview will be conducted.

Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/.

Those selected for an interview should be prepared to provide the names of their references. Some or all of these individuals may be contacted. References must have an in-depth and direct knowledge of your work, and must be able to answer specific questions pertaining to your achievements and strengths.

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

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.