Intellectual Property Officer

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Assessment accommodation

The Government of Canada is committed to building a skilled workforce that is representative of Canada's diversity, which includes the recruitment of Canadian Veterans and releasing Canadian Armed Forces personnel: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/jobs/services/public-service-jobs/canadian-armed-forces-members-veterans.html. We encourage applicants to identify any abilities, competencies, and/or experiences acquired through employment with the Canadian Armed Forces where applicable.

The hiring organization will accept applications on-line only. All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System. To submit an application on-line, please select the button “Apply Online” below. Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

For this selection process, it is our intention to communicate with candidates via email for screening and assessment purposes. This will include communication of screening results and invitations to written tests and interviews. To that end, candidates must include a valid email address in their application. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure that this address is functional and that it accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is also the candidate’s responsibility to ensure accurate information is provided and updated as required.

Intent of the process

Position Location: 580 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON. Telework agreements that allow successful candidates to work from other locations in Canada might be considered.

A pool of (fully or partially qualified) candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions at the CO-02 group and level within Natural Resources Canada with various tenures (determinate period or permanent), various language profiles (English Essential, French Essential, English or French Essential, or Bilingual), linguistic requirements (imperative and/or non-imperative) and profile(s) (BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC, etc.), various security requirements (Reliability status or Secret clearance), various conditions of employment and for various locations.

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:
Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in law, business administration, commerce, marketing, engineering, or other specialty relevant to the duties of the position.

At the manager’s discretion, an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience, that is comparable to a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with specialization relevant to the work to be performed, may serve as an alternative to meet the minimum education standard. Whenever the minimum education standard is met through this alternative, it is met only for the position being staffed, and candidates must be re-assessed for future appointments or deployments where the manager has decided to use this alternative.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
EX1 - Experience in drafting and negotiating collaborative research agreements, fee-for-service research agreements, intellectual property license agreements, or international bilateral agreements

EX2 – Experience in researching and analyzing the market potential for emerging technologies or research outputs

EX3 - Experience in establishing and maintaining effective relationships with clients in federal, provincial, territorial, municipal governments, academia, private sector, not-for profit organizations or foreign stakeholders

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

Asset Qualifications:
AEX1 - Experience in the area of corporate law, engineering, science management, entrepreneurship, business or marketing
AEX2 – Experience in the clean technology, earth sciences, forest science, or other natural resources sectors
AEX3 - Experience in providing advice to clients and senior management (Director or equivalent and above)
AEX4 - Experience in the identification, management, protection, promotion or commercialization of intellectual property
AEX5 – Experience in international trade support or international science and technology innovation collaborations
AK1 - Knowledge of emerging or persistent issues relevant to the forest sector, earth sciences, mining and minerals

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

Various language requirements

Information on language requirements

Knowledge :
K1 - Knowledge of emerging issues, market trends and technological advances in the clean technology and natural resources sectors.

Abilities:
A1 - Ability to communicate effectively in writing
A2 - Ability to communicate effectively orally
A3 - Ability to conduct research, undertake analysis of issues and recommend viable solutions
A4 - Ability to organize work and establish priorities to meet deadlines

Personal Suitability:
PS1 - Thinks things through
PS2 - Works effectively with others
PS3 - Client service oriented
PS4 – Initiative

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

Natural Resources Canada is committed to establishing and maintaining a representative workforce. This organizational need may be identified as part of the appointment decision. In such cases, qualified candidates who self-declare as members of a visible minority group, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities or women (in non-traditional occupations) could be considered in priority.

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

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

You must provide proof of your education credentials. 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/.

Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

Candidates may be required to meet the other qualifications, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

Candidates must meet the conditions of employment and continue to meet these same conditions during their employment.

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.

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.