Senior Environmental Assessment Coordinator

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Assessment accommodation

Intent of the process

A pool of qualified candidates may be created and may be used to staff identical or similar positions requiring various linguistic requirements (English essential, French essential or Bilingual) and profiles (BBB/BBB and CBC/CBC), various security requirements (reliability or secret status) and various tenures ( Indeterminate, determinate, deployment, assignment, secondment, acting and extensions) within Environment and Climate Change Canada.

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
ED1. Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in biology, physics, geology, chemistry, or some other science relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
E1. Recent and significant* experience leading or working in a team tasked with the implementation or coordination of an environmental program or project.

E2. Recent and significant* experience in providing scientific and technical advice, presentations, or briefings to senior managers, colleagues, or work teams on environmental programs or projects.

E3. Recent and significant* experience in collaborating with officials from the federal government, provincial government, Indigenous groups, municipalities, or industry on environmental issues.

E4. Recent and significant* experience in critically reviewing scientific or technical reports (e.g. may include ecological / human health risk assessments, air, water, or soil / sediment quality reports).

* “Recent and significant” is defined as the depth and breadth of experience associated with having performed a broad range of complex activities related to this task over a period of approximately two years or more within the last five years.

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

Asset Education:
AED1. Graduation with a Master’s or Doctoral degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with an acceptable specialization relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

Asset Experience:
AEX1. Recent and significant experience* reviewing or conducting environmental assessments.

AEX2. Experience participating in environmental assessment hearings before tribunals, boards, regulatory bodies or panels.

AEX3. Experience participating in consultations, negotiations or facilitating discussions with Indigenous groups or organizations.

AEX4. Experience supervising subordinates.

* “Recent and significant” is defined as the depth and breadth of experience associated with having performed a broad range of complex activities related to this task over a period of approximately two years or more within the last five years.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
K1. Knowledge of key environmental protection legislation administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada.
K2. Knowledge of principles and practices used in the conduct of environmental impact assessments such as the identification of mitigation measures.
K3. Knowledge of environmental issues related to industrial and commercial development activities.

Abilities:
A1. Ability to communicate effectively orally.
A2. Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
A3. Ability to analyze complex information, identify issues of key relevance and provide recommendations.
A4. Ability to effectively organize and prioritize in order to meet objectives.

Personal Suitability:
PS1. Working effectively with others
PS2. Initiative
PS3. Thinking things through
PS4. Demonstrating integrity and respect

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

Organizational Needs:
Environment and Climate Change Canada is committed to ensuring a fair and equitable representation and distribution of women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and visible minorities reflective of their representation in the Canadian workforce.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Available to work occasional overtime, including weekends.
Able and willing to travel in a variety of conditions and modes of transportation, sometimes in remote locations, including north of 60.
Possess a full passenger-vehicle driver’s license (e.g. Class 5, Class G) or personal mobility to the degree normally associated with possession of a driver’s license.

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 will be administered.

Reference checks will be sought.

Asset qualifications could be used at the screening stage. Please ensure that your application and resume clearly indicates how you meet these qualifications.

In order to manage the number of applications in the selection process, management may use top-down consideration of scores at various steps in the process, to determine the number of candidates who will be further considered in the process.

Candidates may be required to pay for their travel expenses when attending the required test(s) and interviews.

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

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.

To facilitate the administrative process, current employees of the Government of Canada should indicate their personal record identifier (PRI) and ensure that their employment status, substantive group and level, language results and security clearance are also included.

For this process, we find that email is the most efficient way to communicate with you. Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts emails from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). If you do not wish to receive results by email and if you change your email address during the process, it is your responsibility to inform us.

Candidates invited to an interview will be required to bring proof of their education credentials, in the form of a diploma or official transcript (original documents only).

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.