Market Analyst

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The Federal Public Service is stronger and most effective when we reflect the diversity of the Canadian population we serve. The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) is dedicated to building and promoting a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce, representative of all Canadians regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender expression, socio-economic background or lived experience.

The Canada Energy Regulator works to keep energy moving safely across the country. We review energy development projects and share energy information, all while enforcing some of the strictest safety and environmental standards in the world. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta with regional offices in Montréal, Vancouver and Yellowknife, the CER has approximately 500 employees.

The CER is recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in a national competition to determine which employers lead their industries in offering exceptional workplaces for their employees.

Duties

Accountable to the Director, Energy Outlooks, the Market Analyst participates in energy system modeling, data collection and manipulation, monitoring of a wide variety of energy system drivers, and communicates analysis in verbal and written formats, largely in support of the CER’s Canada Energy Future series and other energy information publications.

Duties are normally undertaken in a collegial team environment with direction and coaching from more experienced staff, and include:

• As part of a project working group, utilize energy system modeling tools to help develop long-term projections of energy supply and demand in Canada as part of the CER’s Canada’s Energy Future series of publications.
• Gather, manipulate, clean, and analyse data from a wide variety of sources to support modeling activities and energy analysis.
• Monitor and research a wide variety of factors, including energy supply, demand and pricing trends, climate and energy policies, and technology developments, with the goal of informing the CER’s energy outlook and assessing market developments and implications for the CER and Canada.
• Organize and participate in industry, government and other stakeholder consultations and conferences.
• Assist in the research and writing of internal and external reports including Energy Market Information Products, briefing notes, CER website updates, Executive speeches, and presentations.
• Participate in the review of regulatory applications for pipelines or international power lines with respect to markets and supply, including drafting information requests; providing advice to Commissioners; and drafting CER decisions.
• Work in or lead project working groups to research and analyzes gaps, problems and drivers of change that affect the CER and its Energy Information Core Responsibility and develop, recommend, and implement solutions.
• Act as an assistant project manager of the CER’s Canada Energy Future series and other energy information publications.

Intent of the process

Qualified candidates may be used to staff other similar positions at an equivalent or lower level on a term, indeterminate or acting basis.

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: Graduation with a degree from a recognized post secondary institution in a field related to the duties of the position.

Degree equivalency

Experience:

E1. Progressive* and considerable* experience applying quantitative techniques to conduct energy analysis, including applying energy modeling techniques to gain insights into future energy trends.

E2. Considerable experience in conducting qualitative energy analysis (e.g., energy demand, natural gas, electricity, natural gas liquids, crude oil), including the impact of various climate and energy policies and/or technology developments on energy systems.

E3. Considerable experience presenting analysis and advice orally and in a variety of written formats, including through visuals.

*Progressive is defined as having worked on, and taken to completion, several tasks/assignments of increasing responsibility.
*Considerable experience refers to approximately 3 - 7 years of relevant experience, where the activities were the focus of the candidate’s work and were neither temporary nor ad hoc. The candidate’s employment background indicates experience sufficient for recognition as fully functional in that field.

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

English essential
The current vacancies are for English Essential however, we are looking to create a list of qualified candidates which may be used to staff Bilingual imperative (BBB/BBB) positions in the future.

Information on language requirements

Organization-wide and Business Competencies:

OC1 Leadership & Teamwork
(Apply) Establishes effective working relationships and shares knowledge in a team environment.

OC2 Accountability & Results Orientation
(Apply) Pro-actively identifies potential problems and vulnerabilities, and considers risks in decision
making and action.

OC3 Process and Project Management
(Apply) Independently organizes, prioritizes and schedules own work activities and, when appropriate, that of others in the group.

OC4 Communication (Verbal)
(Apply) Adapts style, mode and tone based on audience needs and reactions, and the issues being addressed. Communicates clearly, concisely and effectively. Communicate complex matters in lay terms to various stakeholders.

OC5 Communication (Written)
(Apply) Able to draft high-quality documents, that meets desired results and audience needs. Communicates clearly, concisely and effectively. Communicate complex matters in lay terms to various stakeholders.

Technical Competencies:

TC1 Market Analysis
(Apply) – Conducts analysis of market data, draws conclusions, and effectively reports on findings by highlighting matters of most relevance to the Board’s mandate. Produces briefing notes, sections for Reasons for Decision, and sections of Energy Market Analyses (public reports).

TC2 Quantitative Analysis
(Apply) - Regularly interprets raw data sets, drawing inferences about relationships and trends in energy markets. Relationships identified will be both within an energy commodity and across commodities: e.g. relationship of light oil to heavy oil prices; natural gas to electricity prices; natural gas to NGL prices, etc.
(Apply) - Regularly uses available data sources and applies new uses to the data. Searches out and obtains new information sources as required to complete analyses.

Competency Level Definitions

Apply is defined as demonstrating sound understanding of the competency and ability to apply and contribute.

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

Asset Qualifications: Qualifications that are not essential to perform the work, but that would benefit the organization or enhance the work to be performed currently or in the future.

AQ1 Postgraduate degree from a recognized university related to the duties of the position.

AQ2 Experience using knowledge of energy supply or markets in North America and abroad, energy economics, energy technologies and/or energy analysis to provide advice to senior management

AQ3 Experience using Python, R or other programming languages as part of your employment or as an integral part of Master’s or Doctoral thesis work.

AQ4 Experience analyzing natural gas markets in Canada and North America and providing information to audiences such as senior management, external stakeholders and the public.

AQ5 Project management experience.

Conditions of employment

Conditions of Employment

1) Willingness to undergo, successfully pass and maintain a reliability status security clearance.

2) Compliance with the CER’s Code of Conduct is required.
Note: It is strongly recommended that potential applicants read and consider the CER’s Code of Conduct prior to applying. This document is available on the CER Website http://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/code-of-conduct.

3) Must be willing and able to travel and to work overtime when required.

4) Must be willing to move within and between business units and teams, based on operational requirements and/or as individual development needs are identified.

5) Compliance with the CER Policy on COVID-19 Vaccination is required.

Note: All employees 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

Other Information:
1. On October 6, 2021, the Government of Canada announced details of its plans to require vaccination across the federal public service. Link: www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/news/2021/10/backgrounder-covid-19-vaccine-requirement-for-the-federal-workforce.html

As per the new CER Policy on COVID-19 Vaccination, all employees of the CER 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.

2. The CER has a classification system that differs from the greater public service. This NEB-09 position is similar to a CO-02 in terms of salary range only. The benefits offered, including relocation assistance, may be significantly different than those offered in the greater public service. This position is subject to CER’s Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada Collective Agreement.


3. Salary: Effective 1 November 2021 NEB-09, $88,853 to $108,098

The CER has the following forms of additional compensation that are separate from base salary, the eligibility for which is determined, in accordance with the provisions in the collective agreement or terms and conditions of employment for the duration period specified:
• a Calgary Allowance in the amount of 4.95% of base salary may be paid on a bi-weekly payroll basis depending on work location
• annual performance pay which includes elements of individual performance (60% of payout) and corporate performance (40% of payout)
• annual market allowance which applies only to specified operational positions applies to this position; the allowance is paid in two semi-annualized payments

4. Application Requirements: Applicants must submit, by the closing date, a resume clearly demonstrating how they meet the essential qualifications of education and experience. Applicants are strongly encouraged to demonstrate how they also meet the asset qualifications. Asset qualification(s) may be used at any point in the selection process (screening and/or assessment). Failure to provide sufficient information will result in applicants being screened out.

Applicants must provide a valid e-mail address which is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users. Our intention is to communicate with applicants by e mail for assessment purposes including sending invitations for written tests, interviews and issuing selection process results.

Candidates will need to provide proof of their education prior to appointment. Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at https://www.cicic.ca.
NOTE: Equivalencies granted by the Canadian provincial authorities with respect to Applied (Bachelor's) Degrees by colleges and technical institutes (i.e. in Ontario, British-Columbia, Alberta & Manitoba) must always be accepted as equivalent to Bachelor Degrees granted by universities in the provinces concerned.

5. Job Development Ladder: These) position(s) are part of a job development ladder and future promotion may occur upon successful completion of the training and development requirements and provided they meet the merit criteria and conditions of employment for each level of the job development career ladder without an advertised staffing process.

6. Head Office Location – Calgary, AB: 210, 517 10th Avenue SW

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.