Environmental / Senior Environmental Assessment Officer

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Assessment accommodation

ONLY APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED ON-LINE USING THE 'APPLY ON-LINE' BUTTON ABOVE WILL BE CONSIDERED.

Please clearly identify the stream(s) that you are applying for:
Stream A: Environmental Assessment Officer - PC-02
Stream B: Senior Environmental Assessment Officer - PC-03

Candidates may apply for Stream A (PC-02 Environmental Assessment Officer), Stream B (PC-03 Senior Environmental Assessment Officer), or both, and must demonstrate in their application how they meet the essential education and experience criteria for their selected stream(s). Knowledge, abilities, and competencies may be assessed through a written exam, interview, and reference checks and evaluated based on the criteria identified in this document that are relevant to each stream.

Duties

Environmental Assessment Officers (PC-02) and Senior Environmental Assessment Officers (PC-03) coordinate the department’s engagement in environmental impact assessments in the region, including those being assessed under Canada’s Impact Assessment Act, BC’s Environmental Assessment Act 2018, and/or the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act. Environmental Assessment Officers collaborate with technical experts throughout the department to develop technical, scientific, and/or regulatory input, pursuant to departmental mandate, and engage with external stakeholders, other federal authorities, provincial and territorial governments, proponents and Indigenous groups. The work includes project management and the need to work in a fast-paced environment, often under tight legislative timelines. Other responsibilities include developing and/or contributing to the development of guidance and policy for the Environmental Assessment Program, briefing senior management, chairing meetings, supervising staff and general program delivery.

Intent of the process

This is an anticipatory process, the purpose of which is to develop a pool of qualified candidates for positions in Environment and Climate Change Canada in Vancouver, BC and/or Whitehorse, YT only. The positions may have various tenures and security requirements. The selected candidate must be willing to relocate to Vancouver or Whitehorse.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

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 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:

All Streams:
EX-01: Recent and direct experience* reviewing, evaluating or preparing scientific or technical data, information or documents in the context of assessing environmental impacts and risks from industrial projects (e.g., infrastructure, energy, mining).

EX-02: Recent and direct experience* providing written scientific or technical advice or recommendations on environmental issues, programs or projects.

EX-03: Recent and direct experience* collaborating** on environmental issues with officials from the federal government, provincial or territorial governments, Indigenous groups, municipalities, non-government groups, or industry.

*Recent and direct 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:
• Stream A: one (1) year within the past three (3) years.
• Stream B: three (3) years within the past five (5) years.

**Collaborating means working jointly on an activity, especially to produce or create something. Applicants must demonstrate their role was to collaborate and not just participate or attend.

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

Asset Qualifications:
NOTE: Asset Qualifications may be used for initial screening purposes

Education:

All Streams:
AED-01: Graduation with an advanced degree (Master's or Phd) from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in a field relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

Experience:

All Streams:
AEX1. Experience*** in Indigenous or stakeholder consultations.
AEX2. Experience*** contributing to development of environmental policy or guidance material
AEX3: Experience*** with scientific techniques and methods used to assess, predict, mitigate and monitor environmental impacts.
AEX4. Experience*** applying federal, provincial, or territorial environmental assessment or other environmental regulatory processes.
AEX-05: Experience*** leading or working in a team developing, coordinating, or implementing environmental studies, projects or programs.

Stream B (Senior Environmental Assessment Program Officer):
AEX6: Experience*** supervising staff.

*** Experience will be evaluated in relation to duration, relevance, complexity and level of responsibility of the tasks that were carried out (depth and breadth). As such, it is important that the candidate clearly identify their role and involvement in examples cited.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:

K-01: Knowledge of Environment and Climate Change Canada’s mandate and legislation.
K-02: Knowledge of key environmental issues related to development and operation of industrial projects (e.g. infrastructure, energy, mining) and other anthropogenic activities.
K-03: Knowledge of environmental assessment practices.

Abilities:

All Streams:
A-01: Ability to communicate effectively orally.
A-02: Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
A-03: Ability to work well under pressure.

Stream A:
A-04: Ability to analyze and synthesize science-based information.

Stream B:
A-05: Ability to analyze and synthesize science-based information and provide recommendations.

Personal Suitability:

PS-01: Initiative
PS-02: Dependability
PS-03: Effective Interpersonal Relationships
PS-04: Judgement
PS-05: Flexibility

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

Organizational Needs:
Environment and Climate Change Canada is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population we serve. In support of our Engagement Strategy to achieve employment equity goals, selection may be limited to candidates self-identifying as belonging to the following Employment Equity designated groups: Members of visible minorities, Persons with disabilities, Aboriginal peoples, Women.

Operational Requirements:
Willingness to travel including to remote communities and locations.
Willingness to work extended hours occasionally.
Willingness to conduct field visits.
A valid Canadian driver’s license, or mobility similar to a driver’s license, is required depending on the position being staffed.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

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

A written examination may be administered.

An interview will be administered.

Reference checks will be sought.

Asset qualifications could be used at the screening stage. Please ensure that your application and resume clearly indicates how you meet these qualifications.

In order to manage the number of applications in the selection process, management may use top-down consideration of scores at various steps in the process, to determine the number of candidates who will be further considered in the process.

Candidates may be required to pay for their travel expenses when attending the required test(s) and interviews.

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

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.

To facilitate the administrative process, current employees of the Government of Canada should indicate their personal record identifier (PRI) and ensure that their employment status, substantive group and level, language results and security clearance are also included.

For this process, we find that email is the most efficient way to communicate with you. Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts emails from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). If you do not wish to receive results by email and if you change your email address during the process, it is your responsibility to inform us.

Candidates invited to an interview will be required to bring proof of their education credentials, in the form of a diploma or official transcript (original documents only).

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.