Head, Real Estate Transaction Services

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

ONLY APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED ON-LINE USING THE 'APPLY ON-LINE' BUTTON ABOVE WILL BE CONSIDERED since in addition to the essential and asset education and experience criteria screening questions, the "Ability to communicate effectively in writing" as well as the "Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously" as well as the "Achieve Results" leadership competency will also be evaluated at the time of application. Please ensure to plan 1-2 hours (if your resume is already written) to answer all the questions that are included in the online application process.

We are aware that there are a lot of questions to answer, but these will improve the overall selection process efficiency. If you answer all the questions for which you meet the requirements, you will significantly increase your chances. Failure to answer the questions will result in your application being rejected.

TIPS FOR APPLICANTS: When answering the screening questions ensure that you provide complete and thorough details of your experience. Do not assume that the screening board has any previous knowledge of your background, qualifications, or work history. You must be specific and provide concrete examples/details for each Experience element, as applications will be screened only on the information provided. Failure to provide sufficient information may result in your application being screened out of the competition.

Duties

Environment and Climate Change Canada’s real property includes over 7000 sites encompassing research buildings, scientific stations and National Wildlife Areas. The responsibilities cover, but are not limited to, negotiating and drafting agreements covering weather installations, laboratories, National Wildlife Areas and other special purpose facilities needed to deliver the department’s mandate.

Intent of the process

The intent of this selection process is to staff immediately one (1) Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC position on a temporary basis for 1 year with possibility of a permanent appointment. A pool of qualified candidates may be established to staff identical or similar positions within Environment and Climate Change Canada in the National Capital Region with various linguistic profiles and/or requirements, various security clearance levels as well as various tenures (indeterminate, specified period, deployment, acting, secondment, assignment) according to the position being staffed.

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: Successful completion of two years of an acceptable post-secondary educational program with acceptable specialization in paralegal studies or in a law-related field OR an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience in a field relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

►EXPERIENCE:

EX1: Minimum of 5 years of experience* in negotiating commercial real estate transactions and drafting commercial legal real estate instruments, including but not limited to: purchases, sales and leases. (Applicants MUST demonstrate this experience by providing information including but not limited to addresses of properties, type of transactions, type of space, size, and type of clients).

EX2: Minimum of 2 years of experience* in the supervision of a work unit or a multidisciplinary team.

*Note: Experience means having performed a broad range of related activities, which could normally be acquired by performing the duties regularly (on daily or weekly basis) over the minimum period of time specified.

►KEY LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES (Supervisor Level):

C1: Achieve Results: You align people, work and systems to achieve program and policy efficiencies and results.

►ABILITIES:

A1: Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
A2: Ability to communicate effectively in writing

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

►ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:

AED1: A degree from a recognized post-secondary institution (Bachelor’s degree or higher) with an acceptable specialization in paralegal studies, in a law-related field or in the real estate field.
AEX1: Experience working in a real property leasing or real property transaction environment.
AEX2: Experience providing paralegal support services to a lawyer or notary related to real estate transactions.

Degree equivalency

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)

Information on language requirements

►KNOWLEDGE:

K1: Knowledge of commercial real estate contracting.

K2: Knowledge of federal government real estate transaction according to:
- Federal Real Property and Federal Immovable Act;
- Treasury Board Secretariat: Policy on Management of Real Property;
- Treasury Board Secretariat: Guide on Management of Real Property.

►KEY LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES (Supervisor Level):

C2: Mobilize People: You create a sense of common purpose and direction in the organization.

►ABILITIES:

A3: Ability to analyze complex issues and recommend courses of action;
A4: Ability to communicate effectively orally.

►PERSONAL SUITABILITIES:

PS1: Discretion;
PS2: Reliability.

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 having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population we serve. In support of our Engagement Strategy to achieve employment equity goals, selection may be limited to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal peoples, Persons with a Disability, Visible Minorities and Women.

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

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

The hiring Department will only accept on-line applications. All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS). The following are some of the benefits associated with applying on-line.
• Applicants can create a profile and a resume that can be used when applying for other processes without having to recreate a new application each time.
• Applicants can modify their application/resume at any time BEFORE the closing date indicated on the job advertisement.
• Applicants can verify the status of their applications, at any time.
• Applicants can be notified electronically of tests or interviews and results.
For some jobs, applicants will find important information, namely the job questionnaire and a complete statement of merit criteria that are only available when applying on-line.

It is your responsibility to ensure that your email and contact information are maintained with the Assessment board AND in your Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS) account. As all of the communication for this process will be conducted via the email address provided in your application AND via your PSRS account, it is your responsibility to ensure that you check for messages regularly and to ensure that your email address accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email or filter them to a junk mail folder). Failure to respond to key messages may result in your being eliminated from this process.

Depending on the number of applicants, the needs and/or Human Resources plans, volume management strategies such as random selection, top-down approach and/or establishing cut-off scores to determine who will continue in the staffing process, MAY BE USED for the purpose of managing applications.

Please note that any information provided through this selection process may be considered in the assessment of any of the essential or other qualifications, including the ability to communicate effectively in writing.

Persons are entitled to participate in the selection process in the official language of their choice.

An assignment/secondment or an acting appointment is a temporary resourcing option. The approval of your substantive supervisor will be required before an offer can be made.

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.