Project Manager

Important messages

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Assessment accommodation

Only applications received directly via the System (https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/jobs/services/public-service-jobs.html) will be accepted. If you require accommodation, you must contact the HR Advisor listed below before the closing date.

Applicants must clearly demonstrate how they meet the Education and Experience factors listed in the Essential Qualifications when responding to the questions in the on-line application. Applicants must clearly demonstrate how they meet these factors by providing concrete examples with significant details to explain WHEN, WHERE and HOW you meet each factor. Please note that it is not sufficient to only state that these factors are met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Resumes will be used as a secondary source to validate the experience described when responding to the questions in the on-line application.

If you do not clearly demonstrate how you meet all screening criteria, your application will be rejected. Your application may also be rejected if it has incomplete information. We will not contact you to request information that is missing from your application.

Work environment

At the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), we are working on a top government priority to put in place better rules for the review of major projects such as pipelines, mines, hydroelectric, ports etc. We are a small Agency now, but we are growing and growing fast.

We need top talent, and lots of it to help us achieve our goals.
Will you join us?

We offer a positive work environment where creativity and collaboration is appreciated. You will work alongside other professionals who share your passion for excellence.

Our offices are bright and open, and we offer a stimulating working environment. Team IAAC is friendly and helpful from coast to coast to coast. Our social committee is engaged and creative with multiple activities throughout the year.

Intent of the process

A pool of qualified or partially assessed candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions at this group and level with various language requirements, various security requirements, various conditions of employment, various tenures (acting, assignment/secondment, deployment, term and/or indeterminate), and in various locations within the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC).

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

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:
- Graduation with a degree from a recognized university, with acceptable specialization in physics, geology, chemistry or some other science relevant to the position

NOTE: Candidates must always have a degree. The courses for the specialization must be acceptable and may have been taken at a recognized post-secondary institution, but not necessarily within a degree program in the required specialization. The specialization may also be obtained through an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:
- A minimum of two years’ experience* in leading, undertaking, contributing to, or coordinating impact or environmental assessments**
- A minimum of two years’ experience* providing advice and presenting key information about complex*** environmental issues to management, independent review panels, decision-makers or the public.
- Experience in group facilitation, negotiation, or conflict resolution

* The experience must be acquired over a total of two years, not necessarily consecutive.
Experiences can be gained through professional or personal life experiences, as relevant. This may be in the context of working for, or with, government departments or agencies (federal or provincial), Indigenous groups, environmental non-governmental organizations, environmental consulting firms, or other bodies relevant to the position.
** Environmental and impact assessments refer to assessment processes such as those pursuant to the former Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA 2012) or the Impact Assessment Act. Or similar legislation enforced by another jurisdiction. These are distinct from processes such as site assessments.
*** Complex issues are defined as issues with cross-cutting and multi-dimensional aspects (e.g., science, technology, society, economic and political contexts, stakeholder or Indigenous perspectives).

The following three qualifications will be assessed through your application:
- Thinking things through
- Knowledge of the Impact Assessment Act and its Regulations
- Written communication

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

Various language requirements
English Essential, BBB, Various language requirements

Information on language requirements

Knowledge of the Impact Assessment Act and its Regulations

- Thinking things through
- Working effectively with others
- Showing initiative and being action oriented
- Demonstrating integrity and respect
- Written communication
- Oral communication

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

A Masters or Doctorate degree related to the position

Degree equivalency

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

Information on employment equity

The Agency strives to have a workforce that is reflective of the population it serves and is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the Canadian society. Candidates who self-declare as members to any of the four employment equity designated groups (Indigenous people, including First Nation, Métis or Inuit peoples, persons with disabilities, visible minorities and/or women (especially women in non-traditional occupations) might be considered if the organizational need criterion is used during the appointment process.

- Availability to travel when required.
- Availability and willingness to work extended hours.

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

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.

We will communicate with you about this process by email. As a result, you must update your Public Service Resourcing System profile if it changes. Applicants should use an email address that accepts messages from unknown senders (some email systems block such messages).

If you do not respond to our communications, we will interpret this as your withdrawal from the process.

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

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.