Business Development Officer

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Work environment

At Natural Resources Canada, a Federal government job means developing leadership skills, fostering teamwork, and supporting creativity and innovation. We know it takes people from diverse pools of talent to make this happen. That is why we are looking for people like you. As an employee at Natural Resources Canada you can enjoy diverse employment opportunities, a range of career development programs, and a learning culture that supports you to learn on an ongoing basis. We support balancing your work and private life by offering the benefits of flexible work arrangements.

Intent of the process

A pool of fully or partially qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff with identical or similar positions within Natural Resources Canada with various tenures (determinate period or indeterminate), various language requirements, various security requirements, various conditions of employment and for various locations.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 2 references.

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

Education
• Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university with a specialization in business administration, public administration, commerce, management, or other specialty relevant to the position or an acceptable combination of education, work experience and training in a field relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

• Experience undertaking quantitative and qualitative research and analysis
• Experience researching, interpreting, and analysing information from a variety of sources
• Experience providing advice, developing strategies or options, preparing basic business cases or briefing materials for presentation to senior management
• Experience working with clients and stakeholders
• Experience promoting and marketing of technologies

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

Asset Experience
• Experience in technical writing
• Experience in event planning, coordination and delivery
• Experience developing stakeholder engagement strategies
• Experience marketing and promoting the adoption of new technologies
• Experience in the development of materials for use in social media platforms and/or other web-based applications.
• Experience working with contracts and providing assistance in project management

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)

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

Knowledge
• Knowledge of project management tools, principles and practices
• Knowledge of marketing and promotional techniques in both traditional and electronic formats
• Knowledge of consultation strategies and event planning

Abilities
• Ability to analyze, interpret and synthesize information from a wide variety of sources and present options and/or solutions
• Ability to use word-processing, spreadsheet and project management application software
• Ability to work in an environment characterized by multiple demands and tight deadlines
• Ability to communicate effectively orally
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing
• Ability to coordinate business development activities
• Ability to review communications materials for accuracy and consistency

Personal Suitability
• Judgement
• Initiative
• Effective interpersonal relationships
• Client-oriented focus

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

Asset Knowledge:
• Knowledge of the Canadian mining industry and related technologies
• Knowledge of the techniques of conducting market studies and analysis

Operational Requirements:
• Willingness and ability to work overtime on short notice.
• Willingness and ability to travel on occasion

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

For this selection process, it is our intention to communicate with candidates via email. 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.

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 essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

Candidates may be required to meet the other qualifications.
All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, may be used to evaluate the candidates.

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

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.