Environment Coordinator/Specialist (ISC) & Environmental Policy Analyst (CIRNAC)

Update: The posting period has been extended until January 18, 2022. If you have already applied, you can modify your application until January 18, 2022.
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Important messages

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Assessment accommodation

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In order to manage the number of applications in this selection process, management may use top-down or random selection at various steps in the process to determine the number of candidates who will continue in the process.

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The intent of this process is to staff the immediate need within Indigenous Services Canada for one (1) position located in Yellowknife, NT, with an English essential language requirement, on an indeterminate basis. Additionally, this process will be used to establish a pool of partially qualified candidates.

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Duties

The position within Indigenous Services Canada is the Program Manager of the Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program, for First Nations North of 60 and Inuit. This program supports First Nations and Inuit across the three territories and all of Inuit Nunangat to lead adaptation solutions in their communities. This role provides an exciting opportunity to support climate action in the north, as well as advance solutions to issues facing Indigenous communities and reconciliation as a whole.

The program manager will be directly responsible for the management and delivery of the Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program across the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, and would support program delivery in Nunavik and Nunatsiavut. The program utilizes a number of best practices to directly support communities and Indigenous organizations in accessing the program.

The program manager will work collaboratively with other federal programs, community climate change liaisons and Indigenous organizations to develop, review, and fund adaptation projects. The program manager will support existing governance structures to inform program management and proposal review, as well as look for opportunities to adapt and improve governance.

The program manager will work directly with Indigenous organizations to understand climate change impacts on health and wellbeing in the North, and culturally relevant adaptation solutions to reduce these impacts. The program manager will support partnership development with Indigenous partners across the North and within the federal government to ensure Indigenous priorities surrounding health and climate change are being received, understood, and communicated broadly through existing and new communication channels, including numerous working groups.

The program manager will utilize their expertise on the subject of climate change, environmental and health impacts and issues, northern geography and politics, and Indigenous relationships and history to support program implementation and health policy development to advance Indigenous priorities in the North.

Work environment

Indigenous Services Canada works collaboratively with partners to improve access to high-quality services for First Nations, Inuit and Metis. Our vision is to support and empower Indigenous peoples to independently deliver services and address the socio-economic conditions in their communities. The Northern Region of Indigenous Services Canada has offices in Ottawa, ON, Yellowknife, NT and Whitehorse, YT, and serves the Indigenous communities of the three territories. Opportunities for travel between these offices and to remote communities in the north are expected.

Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada provides you with the tools you need to develop valuable skills that will promote your future success, with opportunities to achieve organizational, professional and personal goals in a respectful and inclusive workplace, mobilized and supported by leadership at all levels.

The Federal Public Service offers competitive rates of pay, benefits, pension packages and flexible work schedules that promote work-life balance. Pension For more information on pensions and insurance benefit visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/pension-plan/prospective-members.html and https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/benefit-plans/prospective-employees-public-service-group-insurance-benefit-plan-members.html.

For more information on what the Government of Canada has to offer as an employer, read the Top 10 Reasons to Join Canada’s Public Service!
https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/site/proudly-serving/top-10-reasons-join-public-service.html.

Intent of the process

Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) immediate need is to staff one (1) position located in Yellowknife, NT, with an English essential language requirement, on an indeterminate basis.

The process is anticipatory for Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), and qualified or partially qualified candidates in the process may be drawn from to staff future environmental policy analyst positions within CIRNAC, located in Gatineau and other locations.

The selection process will be used to establish a pool of partially-qualified candidates, which could be used to staff similar or identical positions with various locations, linguistic profiles and requirements, tenures and/or security requirements at ISC and at CIRNAC.

Management may consider offering remote work opportunities, from an ISC or a CIRNAC office across Canada, based on a case-by-case analysis.

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)

When you apply you will be asked a series of screening questions based on the education and experience criteria below. When answering the screening questions, please provide:
- Concrete and detailed examples to demonstrate how you meet the qualifications;
- Where, when and how the experience was acquired.

EDUCATION
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.

Note: The courses for the specialization must be acceptable and must have been taken at a recognized post-secondary institution, but not necessarily within a degree program in the required specialization.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
Experience with program or project management. This could include : planning, financial administration of grants and contributions, reporting and managing external relationships with funding recipients, such as project leads or consultants.

Experience in providing strategic advice or recommendations on complex policy and program issues, as they relate to First Nations and Inuit populations (such as the health or the environment, or the social determinants of health or of the environment).

Recent (in the last five years) experience working on or with Indigenous and/or Northern issues, governance, relationships and/or policies.

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

Various language requirements
English essential
Bilingual BBB/BBB

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge of the field of climate change, health related to scientific evaluation, risk assessment or clean energy. This could include but not limited to: familiarity to different theories, principles, procedures, techniques, practices or methodologies in use in those areas.

ABILITIES
Ability to communicate effectively orally.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
Ability to work effectively with a wide-range of partners and stakeholders.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY
Respectful of diversity
Judgement
Thoroughness
Initiative

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

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
Indigenous Services Canada and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada are committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population they serve. In support of our strategy to achieve our employment goals for Aboriginal peoples, preference may be given to candidates who, at the time of application indicate that they are an Aboriginal person (self-declaration).

Conditions of employment

The following conditions must be met on taking up the position and maintained throughout the 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.

- The incumbent of the position in the North and their dependents* must obtain Health Canada medical clearance in accordance with the Isolated Post and Government Housing Directive.
* This includes incumbent’s spouse or common-law partner and children.

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

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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. 

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1. You will be required to complete an online questionnaire when you apply. You must respond to all statements in all categories in order to proceed to the next steps. You must indicate "NO" if you do not have experience in performing a task related to a specific field.

2. All applications must be submitted online through the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS). Do not email, fax or mail in applications, as these may not be accepted. No acknowledgement of receipt will be sent for your request. We will contact you as soon as the screening process is completed.

3. 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. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

4. Candidates are strongly encouraged to indicate if they meet any of 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.

5. Communication for this process will be sent via email. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required; Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

6. If your primary communication email address changes during the process, it is your responsibility to update your contact information in the GC Jobs application, as well as to inform the Hiring Manager of the process by contacting the generic address:


7. A variety of assessment tools may be used in the assessment of candidates, such as: * written test, practical test, situational exercise, * oral interview, simulation, presentation, role-play, work samples, performance appraisals and/or * reference checks. Some assessment tools may be administered electronically, others, in-person. (* Indicates those tools that will most likely be used in this process.)

8. Online assessments may be scheduled and applicants will be invited to participate in these assessments via email. Applicants MUST make themselves available within the time span of the testing phase. The written/online exam MAY be administered outside of regular working hours including evenings and weekends.

9. If you are unavailable for the scheduled assessment session, you must inform us immediately. Applicants will be only be rescheduled on a case-by-case basis. Supporting documentation may be required at the time of your request to be re-scheduled.

10. Applicants are entitled to participate in the staffing process in the official language of their choice and are required to indicate their preferred official language in their application profile.

11. NOTE: The PSRS system will time out after 60 minutes which may result in your inability to save your work or loss of data. It is recommended that you draft all responses as well as your CV/résumé in another document on your PC that can be saved (e.g. in MS Word or WordPerfect) and copy/paste into the PSRS system when completed. ISC and CIRNAC are not responsible for system problems, which may result in loss or data and/or incomplete or non-submitted applications.

12. ISC and CIRNAC are 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 ISC or CIRNAC 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.

13. Depending on the number of applicants, ISC and CIRNAC needs and HR plans, volume management strategies such as random selection, application of one (1) or more assets, top-down approach, and/or cut-off scores MAY be used for the purpose of managing applications/candidates.

14. Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/

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.