Research Scientist - Climate (4 Streams)

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🚩 AREA OF SELECTION SPECIFICITY:
* Sliding area of selection: Should an insufficient number of applicants be identified, within the above "who can apply" section, then persons residing outside Canada will be eligible for consideration in this process. Therefore, we encourage all candidates to apply.

*Definition of sliding area of selection: When it is uncertain where the pool of potential applicants is, a geographic area of selection may be established with an indication that a larger geographic area of selection may be used if there is an insufficient number of applicants from the smaller geographic area.

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🚩SPECIFICITY FOR DETERMINING THE LEVEL OF APPOINTMENT:
**The classification level and rate of pay of the candidate on appointment is based on the candidate’s qualifications, achievements and assessment during the recruitment process by a committee.

👉HOW TO APPLY?
Applicants will be required to answer screening questions for each of the essential criteria as well as for the asset criteria (education and experience) within the electronic application.

When answering the screening questions, remember that the assessment committee cannot make assumptions about your experience. It is not enough to say that you have the required skills or to list the duties you currently perform or have performed in the past. Instead, applicants must demonstrate that they meet the education and experience criteria in the job advertisement by providing CLEAR AND CONCRETE EXAMPLES.

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Your Curriculum Vitae can be used as a secondary source of information and is used strictly to validate the concrete examples you have described.

All information and communications obtained during the selection process, from the date of application to the end of the process, can be used to assess qualifications.

You must meet all essential qualifications to be qualified. Asset qualifications, under the "other qualifications" sections, are not essential, but may be deciding factors at any stages of the process.

Work environment

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is always looking for talented and skilled individuals to join our team. Our success lies in a dynamic workforce that strives for excellence and innovation. Are you looking for an environment that offers many challenges with the opportunity to work on high profile issues? If you wish to contribute significantly by sharing your expertise, knowledge and initiative in the achievement of government priorities, we may have the job opportunity for you.

💼Work will be conducted at ECCC University of Victoria Queenswood, Victoria, British Columbia

Intent of the process

🧪A pool of qualified candidates will be established and used to staff four research scientist positions at the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis (CCCma), and may be used to staff similar temporary or permanent positions with various locations, language requirements and length of employment may vary depending on the position being filled and in various locations within Environment Canada across Canada.

⇢STREAM 1: Global Ocean Modelling Scientist
⇢STREAM 2: Ocean Seasonal to Decadal Prediction Scientist
⇢STREAM 3: Regional Model Downscaling Scientist
⇢STREAM 4: Sea-Ice Modelling Scientist

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter "A covering letter in 8,000 words (maximum). "You must also provide a list of your publications separately""

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

🎓EDUCATION - Criterion for ALL streams:
Graduation with an acceptable doctoral degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in a field of the natural sciences related to the duties of the position.

SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTIVITY/RECOGNITION:
Productivity or recognition is required for all positions in the Research Scientist sub-group (SE-RES) (Revised October 1, 1999).

Productivity or recognition includes developmental work leading to the issue of patents, copyrights, or the creation of improved varieties, functions, or designs, and/or recognition by the professional community of the research environment. It also refers to recognized achievement in the form of authorship and editorship of published or unpublished reports, books, papers, or other communications resulting from:

a) Research, experimental development, or tasking associated with operational equipment and problems;
b) Operational research and scientific analysis;
c) Planning, analysis and evaluation of Canadian and foreign programs in research and development.

If you were educated outside of Canada, you must have your certificates and/or diplomas assessed against Canadian education standards. Click on the link below to contact the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC).

Degree equivalency

👩‍🔬EXPERIENCE - Criterion for ALL streams
-Experience in planning and conducting research.

-Experience in scientific programming (e.g. Fortran90 or later, C, C+, or Python 3), working in UNIX/Linux environment.

YOU ALSO HAVE TO MEET THE FOLLOWING EXPERIENCE FOR THE POSITION(S) YOU ARE APPLYING FOR.

〰️Stream experience 1 (Specific to Global Ocean Modelling) :
Experience developing, implementing and testing ocean physics parameterizations within an ocean model.

〰️Stream experience 2 (Specific to Ocean Seasonal to Decadal Prediction):
Experience in extracting regionally-specific information from large model output datasets and comparing with observational records.

〰️Stream experience 3 (Specific to Regional Model Downscaling):
Experience in the application of regional atmosphere and/or ocean models to address climate change questions.

〰️Stream experience 4 (Sea-Ice Modelling):
Experience in developing and applying numerical sea-ice models, or ocean models including a sea-ice component.

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

Various language requirements
English Essential, Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB, Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC or French Essential.

Information on language requirements

💡KNOWLEDGE:
◼️Crtieria ONLY for stream 2:
Knowledge of the theory and practice of applying coupled climate or ocean models to short-term, sub-seasonal or seasonal to decadal prediction.

◼️Criteria ONLY for stream 3:
Knowledge of dynamical downscaling methods for atmosphere or ocean climate applications.

📝 ABILITIES - Criteria for ALL streams
-Ability to analyze and diagnose the behaviour and outputs of a climate model.
-Ability to conduct climate modelling related research, and publish it in the peer reviewed literature.
-Ability to communicate orally and in writing.

◼️Criteria ONLY for stream 1:
-Ability to lead development and application of the ocean component of a Global Earth System Model.
-Ability to incorporate advances from the global community into our ocean model.

◼️Criteria ONLY for stream 2:
-Ability to coordinate development of a seasonal to decadal ocean prediction system.

◼️Criteria ONLY for stream 3:
-Ability to coordinate development of a regional climate modelling program.

◼️Criteria ONLY for stream 4:
-Ability collaboratively develop the sea-ice component of a climate model.

🤝PERSONAL SUITABILITY - Criteria for ALL streams:
-Working with Others.
-Initiative.
-Judgement.

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

➔ASSET EXPERIENCE - Criteria for ALL streams
-Experience developing software in a collaborative, multi-developer team.

-Experience with git based version control systems.

-Experience with the Canadian Earth System Model (CanESM), its components, or similar climate models.

➔Criteria for ONLY stream 1:
-Experience with the NEMO ocean model.

-Experience integrating an ocean model into a coupled modelling system

➔Criteria for ONLY stream 2:
-Experience with evaluating seasonal and/or decadal predictions from a coupled climate or Earth system model.

-Experience analysing outputs from CCCma climate and/or Earth system models.

➔Criteria for ONLY stream 3:
-Experience in the use and analysis of a chain of climate models (e.g. global, regional, hydrological) for downstream climate-change applications.

-Experience analyzing regional model output to evaluate the value added in a climate context.

-Experience with regional models of the atmosphere and/or ocean (e.g. WRF, NEMO).

➔Criteria for ONLY stream 4:
-Experience coupling sea-ice models into ocean models and coupled climate models.

-Experience with the SI3 model, the CICE model, the NEMO ocean model, or the CanESM coupled model.

➔KNOWLEDGE FOR ALL streams:
-Knowledge of Earth System Modelling,
-Knowledge of the Canadian Earth System Model or other comparable Earth system models.

➔only for stream 2:
-Knowledge of statistical methods applicable to climate science, including forecast post-processing and verification.
-Knowledge of the theory and practice of data assimilation.

➔only for stream 3:
-Knowledge of hydrology and hydrological models as they apply to water related climate-change issues.

Environment 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 one of the following Employment Equity groups: Indigenous peoples, Persons with a Disability, Visible Minorities and Women.

✈️OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
-Occasional travel (within and/or outside Canada).

-Willingness and ability to work overtime or accommodate different work schedules.

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

APPLICATION PROCESS:
All applications must be submitted online through the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS) at www.jobs-emplois.gc.ca.

Applications will not be acknowledged. Applicants will be contacted once the screening process is complete.

We plan to contact candidates by email. You must include a valid e-mail address with your application and ensure that it is always working and that it accepts e-mail from unknown users (some e-mail systems block such messages).

ASSESSMENT PROCESS:
A variety of assessment tools can be used as part of this selection process, such as standardized tests, interviews, references, etc. Other sources of information (performance agreements, talent management placements, work samples, etc.) may be used to assess the factors identified in the Statement of Merit Criteria. Please note that even if you meet the established pass mark for each of the assessment methods, this does not mean that you will be selected to proceed to the next step. Management may decide to use a higher pass mark on any of the assessment methods selected throughout the appointment process. Please note that one, some or all of the asset qualifications could be used in the screening phase.

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY : SELF-DECLARE, BECAUSE YOU MATTER TO US
By completing the employment equity section of your application, you are contributing to the creation of a public service that is diverse, inclusive, and representative of the identities, cultures, opinions and experiences that make up Canada.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE FOR THE PROCESS:
Everyone has the right to participate in an appointment process in the official language(s) of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred language(s) in their application.

EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS:
Candidates called for an interview will be asked to provide proof of their education. It is the applicant's responsibility to demonstrate on the application that the degree(s)/program(s) has/have been approved by a recognized post-secondary institution.

Applicants with foreign degrees will be required to provide proof of their Canadian equivalency.

Failure to do so will result in your application not being considered. For more information, consult the Canadian Information Centre on http://www.cicic.ca/1/accueil.canada

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.