Senior Real Estate Transaction Officer

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Duties

Environment and Climate Change Canada’s real property portfolio includes over 7000 sites that support the department’s work, including research buildings and laboratories, environmental, hydrological, and weather monitoring stations, weather radars, National Wildlife Areas, as well as other special purpose installations. The responsibilities of the Senior Real Estate Transaction Officers include drafting and negotiating agreements, licenses, and leases, land acquisitions and disposals, and providing advice to clients and portfolio managers on real estate transactions and the interpretation of real estate legal instruments. Senior Real Estate Transaction Officers have autonomy on their files and interact routinely with a variety of Government of Canada partners, municipal, provincial, and territorial governments, as well as businesses and private citizens. Client service orientation and sound stewardship of public funds and assets to ensure the best value for all Canadians are at the heart of the Senior Real Estate Transaction Officer’s duties.

Intent of the process

The intent of this selection process is to staff one (1) bilingual BBB/BBB position on an indeterminate basis and one (1) bilingual BBB/BBB position for a specified period. A pool of qualified or partially qualified candidates may be established to staff identical or similar positions within Environment and Climate Change Canada with various linguistic profiles or requirements (English/French Essential, BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC), various security level requirement (reliability or secret) as well as various tenures (indeterminate, specified period).

Positions to be filled: 2

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

***IMPORTANT*** In addition to the screening questions relating to the essential and asset criteria in terms of education and experience, the ability to assess client needs and make recommendations, the ability to research information and the ability to show initiative and be action-oriented will also be assessed at the time of application. Make sure you allow enough time to answer all the questions included in the online application process.

If you answer all the questions for which you qualify, you will considerably increase your chances. For those who meet the screening criteria, you will be invited to other assessments. The following tools will be used : such as an interview and the reference checks could be verify.

EDUCATION:

- Successful completion of two years of an acceptable post-secondary educational program with acceptable specialization in paralegal studies or in a law-related field OR an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience in a field relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:

- Experience in negotiating and drafting legal instruments, including but not limited to purchases and sales, licenses, leases, contracts, or easements.

- Experience working in a client service environment and interacting directly with clients.

- Experience in project management.

ABILITIES:

- Ability to assess client needs and make recommendations.

- Ability to communicate effectively in writing

- Ability to research information.

COMPETENCY:

- Showing initiative and being action-oriented.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)

Information on language requirements

COMPETENCIES:

- Demonstrating integrity and respect.

- Thinking things through.

- Working effectively with others.

ABILITY:

- Ability to communicate effectively orally.

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

ASSETS QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION (ASSET):

- A degree from a recognized post-secondary institution (Bachelor’s degree or higher) with an acceptable specialization in paralegal studies, in a law-related field or in the real estate field;

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE (ASSET):

- Experience negotiating real estate transactions and drafting legal real estate instruments.

- Experience working in a real property leasing or real property transaction environment in the federal government.

- Experience managing real estate or facilities-related projects or initiatives in the federal government.

- Experience working on complex projects with multiple stakeholders.

- Experiencing working with information management systems.

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

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent. We will contact candidates when the screening process is completed. Our intention is to communicate with the candidates by email. Candidates who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid email address and make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

TIPS FOR APPLICANTS: When answering the screening questions ensure that you provide complete and thorough detail. You must be specific and provide concrete examples/details for each criteria, as applications will be screened only on the information provided. Failure to provide sufficient information may result in your application being screened out of the competition.

Depending on the number of applicants, the needs and/or Human Resources plans, volume management strategies such as random selection, top-down approach and/or establishing cut-off scores to determine who will continue in the staffing process, may be used for the purpose of managing applications.

Several methods of assessment may be used to assess potential candidates (screening questions, text questions, interview, reference check, etc.). Candidates are expected to make a reasonable effort to make themselves available for assessments as scheduled.

Please note that any information provided through this selection process may be considered in the assessment of any of the essential and asset qualifications, including the ability to communicate effectively in writing.

If you are already working for the Public Service, please clearly identify your substantive group and level, your employment status, and PRI on your application.

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.

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.