Deputy Superintendent – Incident management

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HOW TO APPLY?

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→ Please respond to the screening questions

Candidates must clearly demonstrate how they meet the essential and asset education and experience qualifications listed by answering the screening questions. In your answers we want to know HOW, WHEN and WHERE you acquired your education, experiences and assets. Do not hesitate to improve your explanations with concrete examples. These details will help us fully assess your application. If necessary, we will use your resume to confirm the information provided.

• Provide concrete examples related to the experience.
• Choose examples that illustrate various degrees of complexity and difficulty with sufficiently high implications to allow you to illustrate the extent to which and depth you have gained this experience.
• Examples should include the date or period when the situation occurred, the context, your role and the outcome.
• If you have talked about an experience within a team, separate your role from that of others.

Intent of the process

The current need is to fill one (1) position on a indeterminate basis.

This process could be used to staff similar or identical positions with different profiles and durations at the Canadian Coast Guard for locations in Quebec City (QC) and Sarnia (ON).

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:
➤ A secondary school diploma

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
➤ Experience in managing or supporting the management of financial resources
➤ Experience in human resources management
➤ Experience making recommendations to senior management on operational issues, both orally and in writing (senior management is at the Superintendent level or above)
➤ Experience in the duties performed in emergency management

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

EDUCATION
➤ Degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in a field related to the position

Degree equivalency

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION:
➤ Possession of a Transport Canada marine certificate of competency as a deck officer of the watch, engineering officer or higher
➤ Response Command System 200 or higher
➤ Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) Environmental Response Officer qualification

EXPERIENCE:
➤ Experience performing regulatory, contingency planning or response functions under either the Canadian Marine Pollution Preparedness and Response Regime or the Marine Incident Response Regime
➤ Experience as a member of a control team or as a participant in tabletop or field exercises with other government departments, partners or stakeholders
➤ Experience in entering into contractual agreements during a federal public service emergency

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

Various language requirements
English essential, BBB/BBB

Information on language requirements

SKILLS:
➤ Create a vision and strategy
➤ Mobilize people
➤ Uphold integrity and respect
➤ Collaborate with partners and stakeholders
➤ Promote innovation and lead change
➤ Achieve results

CAPACITIES:
➤ Oral communication skills
➤ Ability to communicate in writing

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

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

➤ Must have a valid and unrestricted driver's license or be able to drive as a licensed driver
➤ Valid medical certificate
➤ Travel on short notice and work overtime

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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COMMUNICATION 📧
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Communication with candidates throughout this process will be sent to your GC Jobs account and/or to your e-mail. We invite you to check your e-mail account frequently as there may be a deadline for responses. It is your responsibility to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required. Please ensure your e-mail address accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). Please note that we will consider that you are not interested in participating in this selection process should you not respond to our communication.

Note that candidates ability to communicate in writing will be assessed using their answers to the screening questions, their résumé and throughout the entire process beginning at the time of application in all communication and documents from candidates.

Persons are entitled to participate in the selection process in the official language(s) of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application

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SELECTION PROCESS
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Please note that achieving the pass mark on any of the assessments used does not mean you will move forward in the selection process. Management may decide to use top-down selection at any stage of the process and/ or invoke an asset(s) at any point of the process.

All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence and telephone conversations, may be used in the assessment of qualifications.

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.