Unit Head, Environmental Assessment North

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The Environmental Protection Branch is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians it serves. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.

Work environment

• Do you have a passion for environmental protection and conservation?
• Do you enjoy being part of a team of leaders, experts, and partners collaborating to predict and mitigate the environmental effects of major projects?
• Do you want to work where advancing reconciliation and Indigenous leadership and partnership are a part of your day-to-day work?

If you answered yes to all the above, then please think about sharing your passion for the environment and your ‘need to lead’ with the Environmental Protection Operations Directorate in Yellowknife.

As the Unit Head / Supervisor for the Environmental Assessment (North) program, you will be tasked with leading a team of multi-disciplinary professionals to bring the scientific and regulatory advice of the department to bear on the assessment of proposed major projects across the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

Position Duties include:
-Providing leadership and management of the human, financial, and information resources of the Environmental Assessment North unit, including supervising as many as 6 or more staff.
-Establishing, maintaining and participating in partnerships, committees and working groups with federal and territorial government departments, Indigenous organizations and/or non-government organizations on initiatives related to wildlife and environmental assessment.

Joining our team will mean working with others to make a bona fide difference to environmental protection and conservation, by providing recommendations and science-based advice at the outset of development projects.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to staff one indeterminate full-time position in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Remote work will not be considered. Relocation may be available.

A pool of qualified candidates may be established from this process which may be used to staff similar PC-04 positions within Environment and Climate Change Canada in Yellowknife, with various linguistic profiles and/or requirements, various security requirements, conditions of employments as well as tenures (Term, Assignment, Secondment, Acting, Indeterminate, Deployment), which may vary according to the position being staffed.

Positions to be filled: 1

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 which could include, but is not limited to, engineering, biology, ecology or environmental sciences.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
• Experience consulting, negotiating and building partnerships with various stakeholders (e.g., government, private sector, academia, non-governmental organizations, Indigenous organizations), working groups, or committees in relation to project management or project assessment.
• Experience in preparing briefings and providing advice to senior management** on complex issues*
• Experience in leading and delivering a program in the field of environmental sciences.

*Complex issues have at least two (2) of the following characteristics: multi-dimensional, sensitive or confidential, impact several partners or stakeholders, have a major impact on the public service or Government of Canada agenda, or could yield potential for significant media coverage.
**Within the public service, “senior management” means director level and above; outside the public sector, it would include any type of executive-level decision-making person.

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION:
Graduation with a master’s or doctoral degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with a specialization in a field relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE :
• Experience managing human resources and/or financial resources
• Experience managing and developing people, including mentoring, appraising performance and managing workload.
• Experience in synthesizing and presenting scientific environmental information in the assessment or regulatory review of projects at hearings before a public administrative tribunal or review board.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:
• Knowledge of initiatives shaping the Government of Canada’s environmental agenda priorities.
• Knowledge of key environmental issues related to industrial, commercial or infrastructure projects (e.g., major mineral or energy developments, highways, municipal infrastructure).

ABILITIES:
• Ability to develop strategic recommendations.
• Ability to lead and motivate a multi-disciplinary team of individuals
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing
• Ability to communicate effectively orally.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:
• Showing initiative and being action oriented
• Demonstrating good judgment
• Demonstrating integrity and respect
• Working effectively with others.

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

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
• Willingness and ability to travel occasionally.
• Willingness and ability to make on-site visits to facilities, communities and sometimes remote locations by charter aircraft or smaller boats, as required.
• Willingness and ability to work overtime occasionally.

Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
• Secret security clearance
• Health Canada pre-employment medical declaration

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

You must meet all essential qualifications to be appointed to a position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

To apply for this process:
• Provide your resume (no cover letter needed); and
• Answer a questionnaire online.

When you respond to the questionnaire you will be asked a series of screening questions based on the education and experience criteria below. When answering the screening questions, you must provide:
• concrete and detailed examples to demonstrate how you meet the qualifications. The information provided must enable the Selection Board Members to understand HOW (clear explanation of your specific contribution and duties), WHEN and for HOW LONG (date and length of time in months or years), and WHERE (employer and geographic location) the experience was acquired.

We cannot make any assumptions about your experience. Simply saying you have the required qualifications or listing your current duties is not enough. We will only use your résumé as a secondary source of information. The depth and breadth of experience of an applicant may be considered as part of screening or selection of a candidate, which is why you are required to describe your experience in detail. The screening questions are the primary source of information the screening board will use, and your resume will only be used as a secondary source to verify information.

Only on-line applications received via the Public Service Jobs site will be accepted. Further documentation and applications emailed to the poster contact will not be accepted. Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent. You will only be asked for further documentation if you are contacted for further assessment.

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A written test(s) may be administered.

An interview(s) may be administered.

Reference checks may be sought.

Asset qualifications may be used in the screening or selection process. Therefore, candidates must clearly demonstrate in their application how they meet the asset criteria for education and experience.

A pass mark will be established for each qualification. However, achieving the pass mark is not guarantee of an appointment or that candidates will be put through the next stages of the assessment process. A cut-off score and a top-down approach may be used at any step if there is a sufficient number of candidates to meet immediate and anticipated staffing needs.

Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/.

You must provide proof of your education credentials when requested.

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.

All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence may be used in the assessment of qualifications.

Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates who apply on this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and make sure that it is functional and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is the candidate's responsibility to provide any changes to their personal information to the contact indicated on this job advertisement. Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent.

General inquiries may be sent to the poster contact, see contact information below.

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.