Program Officer

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be placed into the pool, and the asset qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

In preparing your application, take the time to demonstrate how you meet all of the essential education and experience qualifications as well any of the asset education and experience that you meet. Provide as much detail and examples as possible. Be specific about initiatives you have worked on; where (occupational title, organization)? When (from, to)? What was your role? What were the tasks involved, actions taken? Clear and concrete examples are defined as descriptions in which you explain in detail the considerations you had, the actions and steps you undertook as well as the final outcome/results, in order to gain the experience you are describing. Lack of concrete examples and details may result in your application being disqualified and you will not be solicited for incomplete or missing information.

Work environment

The Program Officer position works in a collaborative, fast paced team environment for the delivery and administration of publicly-directed programs, projects and initiatives such as the Environmental Damages Fund (EDF), the EcoAction Community Funding Program, and/or any other publicly-directed program within the Strategic Policy Branch. The successful candidate will participate in negotiations and consultations, promotion of programs, ensuring compliance with legislation, as well as provide advice and recommendations on programs, policy and operational issues.

Intent of the process

A pool of qualified candidates will be established from this process which will be used to staff positions within the Regional Director General Offices within the Strategic Policy Branch. The pool may also be used to staff similar positions within Environment and Climate Change Canada, with various language requirements and profiles, security levels and employment tenures which may vary according to the position being staffed.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A response to a text question addressing the following:

• These screening text questions will assess the following merit criteria:
  • K1-Knowledge of current and emerging environmental issues in Canada
  • K2-Knowledge of ECCC’s mandate and funding programs
  • C1-Communication (written)
  
  INSTRUCTIONS for the screening text questions :
  • Responses should not exceed 500 words per question.
  • You are required to respond to these questions alone. You are permitted to consult external resources, however, you are required to cite your sources.
  • Please note that copy and paste of information from an external source (such as from a web site) will not be accepted and will result in a score of zero, and your disqualification from the process.

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 a field relevant to the position or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
Ex1: Experience contributing to the planning and delivery of funding programs OR experience as a recipient of funding, with responsibility including but not limited to application development, negotiating agreements and reporting.
Ex2: Experience working with or developing partnerships with stakeholders.
Ex3: Experience synthesizing information from multiple sources into reports or presentations to inform decision making.

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

Various language requirements
- Bilingual Imperative (BBB/BBB) or (CBC/CBC)
- English Essential
- French Essential
- English or French Essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
K1: Knowledge of current and emerging environmental issues in Canada.
K2: Knowledge of ECCC’s mandate and funding programs.

Abilities and Skills:
C1: Communication (written)
C2: Communication (oral)
C3: Demonstrating integrity and respect
C4: Thinking things through
C5: Working effectively with others
C6: Showing initiative and being action oriented
C7: Client service

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

Asset Qualifications:
AEX1: Experience in managing projects that restore ecological integrity to ecosystems.

Organizational Needs:
ECCC is committed to attaining a representative workforce reflective of Canadian society. In support of achieving a diversified workforce and our employment equity goals, qualified candidates who self-declare in the staffing process as members of Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and/or visible minorities may be considered or selected for appointment first to fulfill organizational needs. This organizational need may be invoked at any stage of the selection process.

Operational Requirements:
1. Willing and able to work overtime.
2. Ability to travel in Canada.

Conditions of employment

1. Security Clearance: Reliability status security clearance.
2. Valid Driver’s Licence
3. Required to visit work sites which may involve walking over rough terrain.

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

1. All applications must be submitted online through the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS).

2. Please note that C1 - Communication (written), K1 – Knowledge of current and emerging environmental issues in Canada, and K2 – Knowledge of ECCC’s mandate and funding programs will be assessed through the two (2) text questions in your online application. You are required to answer these questions in addition to the essential qualification screening questions (education and essential experience).

3. Candidates are permitted to consult external sources in order to formulate their responses to the two (2) text questions. However, copy and paste from any source will not be accepted and will result in disqualification. Candidates are required to cite their sources.

4. Only candidates who satisfy the essential screening qualifications (education and experience) will be assessed on the two (2) text questions.

5. Following the pre-screening and evaluation of the two (2) text questions, an online interview, and reference checks will be conducted as part of the assessment strategy of this selection process.

6. Candidates must meet the minimum pass mark determine for each criteria in order to be found qualified and considered for appointment or to be placed in the pool.

7. Candidates are strongly encouraged to indicate if they meet any of the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed. Meeting one or many of the asset qualifications may be a deciding factor in appointing a particular candidate amongst the qualified candidates. Please note that one, some or all the asset qualifications could be used at any stage of the staffing process.

8. Communication for this process will be sent via email. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required; Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

9. Applicants are entitled to participate in the staffing process in the official language of their choice and are required to indicate their preferred official language in their application profile.

10. Depending on the number of applicants, ECCC needs and Human Resource plans, volume management strategies such as random selection, application of one (1) or more assets, top-down approach, and/or cut-off scores may be used for the purpose of managing applications/candidates.

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.