Regional Incident Command System (ICS) Support Officer

Important messages

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Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Canadian Coast Guard seek to hire candidates that reflect Canada’s diversity and are committed to fostering a public service culture grounded in diversity, inclusiveness and accessibility.

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By completing the Employment Equity section in your application, you help create a Public Service that is diverse, inclusive and representative of identities, cultures, perspectives and experiences that make up Canada.

Duties

Regional Incident Command System (ICS) Support Officers have a role in regional readiness to respond to incidents. They contribute to the advancement of knowledge and understanding of ICS by supporting the delivery of ICS training, exercises, workshops, working groups, etc. They also support the development of incident management tools, such as contributing to the development of contingency plans, methodologies, or compiling lists of qualified personnel to assume roles in an ICS structure in the event of an incident.

When a response occurs, ICS Support Officers serve as subject matter experts. They support the establishment of the regional incident management structure to ensure consistent application of ICS in the conduct of regional incident management.

Work environment

The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) owns and operates the federal government's civilian fleet, and provides key maritime services to Canadians. As a Special Operating Agency of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), the CCG helps DFO meet its responsibility to ensure safe and accessible waterways for Canadians. The CCG also plays a key role in ensuring the sustainable use and development of Canada's oceans and waterways.

Intent of the process

From this selection process, it is expected that one (1) Incident Command System (ICS) Support Officer position will be staffed immediately and on a permanent basis, in Dartmouth, NS. A pool of qualified candidates will also be established and may be used to fill future vacant positions that are the same or similar, of different tenures, security and language profiles, based on operational requirements.

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:
• A high school diploma or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience related to the position.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:
• Experience in emergency management;
• Experience as a team member that includes multiple different stakeholders;
• Experience in providing advice and recommendations based on analysis;
• Recent* experience with Office Suite software such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, etc.

*Recent experience refers to experience 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

ABILITIES:
• Ability to identify and adapt to changing priorities and to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines;
• Ability to work in a team;
• Ability to plan a project;
• Ability to collect, analyze and consolidate data and documents;
• Ability to communicate orally;
• Ability to communicate in writing.

PERSONAL SUITABILITIES
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Effective interpersonal relationships
• Thinking things through
• Show initiative and be action-oriented

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

Depending on the position being staffed, any of the following qualifications may also be deemed as an essential qualification and only candidates and persons with a priority entitlement who possess those qualifications will be considered for that specific vacancy.

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION:
• Successful completion of a post-secondary program with specialization in Emergency Management Training

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE :
• Experience in contributing to the development and maintenance of operational plans, policies or procedures;
• Experience in facilitation, coordination and organization;
• Experience as a trainer/instructor;
• Experience in business continuity planning and/or emergency management planning.

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

Information on employment equity

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.

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance

• Willing and able to work overtime;
• Willing and able to travel upon short notice;
• Willing and able to work on a variety of Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) assets including helicopters, small boats or large vessels;
• Willing and able to wear and maintain a uniform as per CCG’s standards, inclusive of CSA approved Safety Footwear, and maintain job related personal protective equipment.

All employees of the core public administration are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and attest to their vaccination status unless accommodated based on a medical contraindication, religion, or another prohibited ground for discrimination as defined under the Canadian Human Rights Act.

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

You will be required to demonstrate how you meet the education, experience and other qualifications (essential and asset) by answering online screening questions. When answering the screening questions, please provide details as to how, when and where the qualification was met and substantiate with examples. Résumés will be used as a secondary source to validate the education and experience described in your answers. Failure to provide this information may result in your application being rejected.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

Depending on the number of applicants and the human resources needs and/or plans, volume management strategies may be used for the purpose of managing applications to determine the candidates who will continue in the next steps of the staffing process. Such volume management strategies might include: random selection, top-down approach and/or establishment of cut-off scores.

All communication related to this process could be used to assess qualifications, including ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.

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

DFO recognizes and values the important contribution volunteer work offers in developing employees' experience, skills, etc., as well as enriching our organization and communities. Throughout this selection process, you are encouraged to demonstrate how any relevant volunteer work (e.g., working on committees, union activities, employee networks, community work, etc.) has contributed to the development of your experience, skills, personal suitability, etc., as they relate to this position.

On October 6, 2021, the Government of Canada announced details of its plans to require vaccination across the federal public service.

As per the new Policy on COVID-19 Vaccination for the Core Public Administration Including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, federal public servants in the Core Public Administration and members of the RCMP must attest to their vaccination status. The requirement for employees to be fully vaccinated applies whether they are teleworking, working remotely or working on-site. This is a condition of employment and it applies to indeterminate (permanent), determinate (term), casual, and student hiring. Should you reach the point in the selection process where it is necessary to verify terms and conditions of employment then the hiring manager or a human resources representative will contact you in order to complete an attestation.

Backgrounder: COVID-19 vaccine requirement for the federal workforce:
https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/news/2021/10/backgrounder-covid-19-vaccine-requirement-for-the-federal-workforce.html

Policy on COVID-19 Vaccination for the Core Public Administration Including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police:
https://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=32694

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans first and then to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, 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.