Head, Geomatics Services

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Public Service and Procurement Canada is committed to Employment Equity. In order to ensure a diversified workforce, preference may be given to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one or more of the following Employment Equity groups: aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minority groups provided the candidate meets all essential qualifications listed on the job opportunity notice and any applicable asset qualification(s).

NOTE: The candidates must provide a cover letter. In this document, you must provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience requirements listed in the essential qualifications and asset sections (below). The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience. It is not sufficient to assert 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. The curriculum vitae may be a secondary source to confirm the experience described in the cover letter. Applications that do not clearly demonstrate that the candidate meets the screening criteria will not be given further consideration.

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Work environment

Geomatics Services provides expert advice and services for a variety of disciplines involved in the collection, management and analysis of location-based data related to physical assets such as buildings, infrastructure and properties. As a professional surveyor you will provide expert advice and services to Public Services Procurement Canada, as well as other government departments, in the areas of: Legal land surveys; Real Property geospatial data management and analysis; legal property records management.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to establish a pool of partially qualified candidates that will be used to staff identical or similar positions within Public Services and Procurement Canada with various linguistic profiles, various security profiles, various tenure or various locations across Canada.

This pool will also be shared with other organizations within the core public administration (http://www.psc-cfp.gc.ca/plcy-pltq/rfli-lirf/index-eng.htm) in order to facilitate appointments of candidates from the pool to their respective organizations.

Current need: 1 indeterminate (permanent) position (Bilingual) in Ottawa*.
*Work is currently being done from home until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 5,000 words (maximum)

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

Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)

Information on language requirements

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, geodetic sciences or remote sensing.

PROFESSIONAL LICENSE
The candidate must be a member of the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors (AOLS) in the Cadastral Surveying discipline or be a member of the “Ordre des arpenteurs-géomètres du Québec” (OAGQ).

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCES
Recent* and significant** experience in providing Land Surveying Services:

EXP1 - Experience in performing Cadastral Surveying
EXP2 - Experience in managing complex Land Surveying projects
EXP3 - Experience in managing Human Resources

*Recent experience is defined as experience acquired within the last three (3) years.
**Significant experience is defined as having managed projects of varying degrees of complexity and type for a minimum of five (5) years.

COMPETENCIES
C1 - Communication (oral and writing)
C2 - Uphold integrity and respect
C3 - Collaborate with Partners and Stakeholders
C4 - Create Vision and Strategy
C5 - Achieve Results
C6 - Client Service, level 2

Please review the PSPC Client Service Competency for more information.
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)

ASSET QUALIFICATION
OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION
Member in good standing of the Association of Canada Lands Surveyors (ACLS).
Member in good standing of the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors (AOLS) in the discipline of “Geodetic Surveying”.

ORGANIZATION NEEDS
Public Services and Procurement Canada is committed to establishing and maintaining a representative workforce.
In order to ensure a diversified workforce, preference may be given to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one or more of the following Employment Equity groups: women, aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minority groups provided the candidate meets all essential qualifications listed on the job opportunity notice and any applicable asset qualification(s).

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Willingness and ability to work in and around construction sites and wearing protective equipment.
Willingness to travel and work overtime.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Security clearance: 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.

Information on employment equity

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language(s) of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language(s) in their application.

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

Depending on the number of applicants, department needs and HR plans, volume management strategies such as top-down approach and/or cut-off scores may be used for the purpose of managing candidate applications.

A variety of assessment tools may be used in the assessment of candidates such as written examination, candidate assessment, interviews and reference checks. Note that the examples provided in your application and assessment methods may be verified through your references.

Qualifications indicated on this advertisement may be assessed and/or validated throughout the selection process effective from the time you submit your application and includes correspondence (written or oral) with HR or Management.

You 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. Meeting one or many of the asset qualifications may be a deciding factor in appointing a particular candidate amongst the qualified candidates. Please note that one, some or all of the asset qualifications could be used at any stage of the staffing process.

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.