Stream 1 - Environmental Emergencies Officer / Stream 2 - Senior Environmental Emergencies Officer

Update: Amendment to closing date.

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

Stream 1 : Environmental Emergencies Officer, Preparedness and Response (PC-02).
Stream 2 : Senior Environmental Emergencies Officer, Preparedness and Response (PC-03).

Please submit a RÉSUMÉ with your application. It is your responsibility, as a candidate, to clearly demonstrate how you meet each of the essential and asset screening criteria for Education and Experience. Please note that it is not sufficient to only state that the qualification is met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Rather you must provide concrete examples with dates as to when these experiences were gained for each experience criterion.

Intent of the process

Positions to fill : 4 (PC-02:1;PC-03:3)

The intent of this selection process is to staff positions with various linguistic requirements depending on location (Vancouver, Montreal, Dartmouth, Mount Pearl) being staffed.

Please note that a pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions at Environment and Climate Change Canada (In Vancouver, Montreal, Dartmouth or Mount Pearl), with various tenures (Assignment, Secondment, Acting, Indeterminate, Deployment and extensions), various linguistic requirements and profiles (BBB or English Essential) and security levels according to the position to being staffed.

Positions to be filled: 4

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

Essential Qualification
► Education - Common to both streams:
• Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution (university bachelor’s degree), with acceptable specialization in physics, geology, biology, chemistry, engineering, environmental science or another science relevant to the position. If specialization is in another field not relevant to the position, an acceptable combination of education, training and experience will be considered.

Degree equivalency

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

Various language requirements
Various language profiles:
- Bilingual Imperative: BBB/BBB in Montreal and Dartmouth.
- English Essential in Vancouver, Dartmouth and Mount Pearl.

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

► Experiences - Stream 1 (PC-02):
1. Experience in working collaboratively on environmental issues or projects with stakeholders (such as the federal government, provincial or territorial governments, indigenous groups, municipalities, non-governmental organizations, academics or industry).
2. Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams or working groups on environmental issues or projects.

► Experiences - Stream 2 (PC-03):
3. *Significant and recent experience working collaboratively on environmental issues or projects with stakeholders (such as the federal government, provincial or territorial governments, indigenous groups, municipalities, non-governmental organizations, or industry).
4. *Significant and recent experience providing scientific or technical advice or recommendations on environmental issues, programs or projects.
5. Experience leading or coordinating working groups or multi-disciplinary teams on environmental issues, programs or projects.

*Significant and recent experience is defined as the depth and breadth of the experience normally associated with having conducted a range of activities over a minimum period of three (3) years within the past ten (10) years.

► Knowledge: - Common to both streams:
1. Knowledge of environmental emergency management principles, legislation, roles and responsibilities of government agencies and industry in Canada.
2. Knowledge of risks and consequences of oil and chemical spills, and spill response techniques.

► Abilities - Common to both streams:
1. Ability to communicate effectively orally.
2. Ability to communicate effectively in writing**.
3. Ability to work in a team / with others.
4. Ability to analyze, interpret, and synthesize complex information and make recommendations.

**All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, may be used to evaluate the Ability to effectively communicate in writing.

► Personal Suitability - Common to both streams:
1. Work under pressure
2. Judgement
3. Flexibility / Adaptability
4. Initiative / Action-orientation

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

Asset Qualifications
► Education - Common to both Streams:
Graduation with an advanced degree (advanced diploma, Master’s, Doctorate) in a field relevant to the duties of the position.

► Experience - Stream 1 (PC-02):
1. Experience creating scientific or technical advice, documents or recommendations for various audiences (e.g. the public, indigenous groups, industry, governmental or non-governmental organizations).

► Experience - Common to both streams:
2. Field experience responding to environmental incidents.
3. Experience in the analysis, development and implementation of projects, preparedness activities or planning activities related to environmental protection or emergencies.
4. Experience working on the development, implementation, compliance, or enforcement of federal or provincial regulations or standards on chemical accidents, environmental emergencies, or workplace chemical hazards.

► Experience - Stream 2 (PC-03):
5. Experience supervising staff.
6. *Significant and recent experience preparing briefing materials for management on scientific, technical, program, or operational issues.

*Significant and recent experience is defined as the depth and breadth of the experience normally associated with having conducted a range of activities over a minimum period of three (3) years within the past ten (10) years.

Conditions of employment

► Common to both streams:

1. Secret (PC-03) and Reliable (PC-02) security clearance.
2. Available to work overtime and travel when necessary, including to remote locations and/or industrial facilities.
3. Available to be on stand-by (24/7) as required
4. Willingness to work in rotation in an Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) and in an Incident Command Post (ICP).
5. Hold a valid driver’s license.
6. Medical requirement: must comply with occupational health requirements throughout his/her period of employment and periodically undergo an occupational health assessment.
7. Willingness and ability to work and travel in boats and small aircraft.
8. Willingness and ability to perform fieldwork.
9. 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

Asset qualifications may be used in the screening process. Therefore candidates must clearly demonstrate in their application which of the asset criteria for education and experience they possess.

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

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.

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.

A pass mark will be established for each qualification. However, achieving the pass mark is not guarantee of an appointment or that candidates will be put through the next stages of the assessment process. A cutoff score and a top-down approach may be used at any step if there is a sufficient number of candidates to meet immediate and anticipated staffing needs.

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

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview may be administered.

A test may be administered.

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.