Environmental Management Analyst/Advisor

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Duties

🔬Stream 1: PC-02 - Environmental Management Analyst
🔬Stream 2: PC-03- Environmental Management Advisor

The Office of Environmental Coordination (OEC) is the Departmental lead on environmental management and related policy development and is the lead in developing the Department’s National Environmental Management System (EMS). The OEC provides advice, develops frameworks and tools, and coordinates efforts to comply with the Department’s Environmental Policy Statement, environmental regulations, federal policies and industry standard best management practices. There are three different business lines within the OEC: contaminated sites management, sustainable development and plastics, and environmental compliance. The duties associated with each business line are as follows:

🔬Contaminated Sites Management:
Provides advice and guidance to the Regional Offices of Environmental Coordination, sectors of DFO, management and develops national procedures and tools in support of the management of the Departmental contaminated sites portfolio.

🔬Environmental Compliance:
Provides advice and guidance to the Regional Offices of Environmental Coordination, sectors of DFO, and management on the interpretation and application of environmental legislation, creates national procedures and protocols to help ensure compliance with this legislation, and develops, conducts and/or arranges national training on compliance issues.

🔬Sustainable Development and Plastics:
Provides advice and guidance to the Regional Offices of Environmental Coordination, sectors of DFO, management and develops national procedures, and management frameworks in support of the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy and the Greening Government Strategy, including. championing plastic waste reduction across DFO-Coast Guard programs.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to staff 2 positions in Ottawa, Ontario at this time in the Sustainable Development and Plastics stream. However, a pool of candidates will be created and may also be used to staff similar positions across Canada, with various language requirements, security requirements and tenures (casual, term, and indeterminate).

Positions to be filled: 2

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

🎓EDUCATION (ALL STREAMS):
➡Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution, with acceptable specialization in physics, geology, chemistry or some other science relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

🧪EXPERIENCE (STREAM 1):
⤑Minimum one (1) year experience in the coordination and management of a variety of environmental issues, including in one of the following:
»The management of contaminated sites; or
»The conduct of environmental compliance activities, such as audits, compliance promotion and/or the development and implementation of environmental management systems; or
»The development of plans or strategies related to the greening of operations.

🧪EXPERIENCE (STREAM 2):
⤑Recent and significant* experience in the coordination and management of a variety of environmental issues, including in one of the following:
»The management of contaminated sites; or
»The conduct of environmental compliance activities, such as audits, compliance promotion and/or the development and implementation of environmental management systems; or
»The development of plans or strategies related to the greening of operations.

*Recent and significant experience is defined as 3 years of cumulative experience over the past 10 year period.

🧪EXPERIENCE (ALL STREAMS):
⤑Experience in developing departmental inventories or data management, including performance reporting.
⤑Experience coordinating the implementation and monitoring of departmental projects and programs.

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS
🎓EDUCATION (ALL STREAMS):
➡ Master's degree in a related discipline.

Degree equivalency

🧪EXPERIENCE (STREAM 2):
⤑Experience in supervision

🧪EXPERIENCE (ALL STREAMS):
⤑Experience in the implementation of the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan.
⤑Experience in developing and/or implementing an Environmental Management System.
⤑Experience in developing and/or implementing federal initiatives related to greening government operations in the context of the Greening Government Strategy.

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual-imperative CBC/CBC
Bilingual-imperative BBB/BBB
English Essential

Information on language requirements

🧪KNOWLEDGE (ALL STREAMS):
⤑Knowledge of Canada’s legislative framework related to environmental management and assessment.

🧪KNOWLEDGE (STREAM 2):
⤑Knowledge of federal approaches to implementing environmental management and/or environmental programs.
⤑Knowledge of sound project management practices and results-based management.

🧪ABILITIES (ALL STREAMS):
⤑Ability to conduct research, provide analysis and recommendations to senior management on environmental management issues, trends, current events.
⤑Ability to develop strategies, plans and departmental positions on environmental management issues.
⤑Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.

🧪PERSONAL SUITABILITY (ALL STREAMS):
⤑Effective Interpersonal Relationships
⤑Team player
⤑Judgement
⤑Initiative

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

🧪Operational Requirements
⤑Must be willing and able to work overtime.
⤑Must be willing and able to travel in order to conduct site visits.

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance

✨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

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.