Senior Advisor, Real Property and Environment

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VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Applicants must clearly demonstrate how they meet the education and experience factors listed in the essential qualifications.

Resumes may be used as a secondary source to validate the experience described in your application. Failure to clearly demonstrate, using concrete examples in your application, how you meet the essential criteria (Education and Experience) will result in the rejection of your application. Applicants will not be solicited for incomplete or possible missing information.

Duties

One (1) position is to be filled within the Director General’s Office, as the Senior Advisor subject matter expert. The incumbent will be providing key strategic advice, coordinating and planning the horizontal integration of the branch’s activities, engage with other custodial departments on key files, and lead sensitive files. This position will have managerial responsibilities.

Up to four (4) positions are to be filled within the Portfolio Planning Division. Two (2) positions are in the Business Intelligence team and two (2) positions are in the Strategic Planning team. These positions have managerial responsibilities and duties including developing strategic plans, acquiring portfolio information and intelligence through various studies and analysis, modernizing information management systems, monitoring portfolio performance (condition, usage, financial), developing dashboards, leading the development of portfolio strategies and implementation plans, and conducting various analysis, such as Investment Analysis Reports.

Work environment

NRCan is the centre of action for government research and policy regarding energy, mining, forestry, and earth sciences. It has an exciting mandate that is central to Government of Canada priorities. Our organization is dynamic, creative, and innovative. NRCan is a great environment for employees, where everyone is celebrated!

The Real Property and Environment Branch (RPEB) is a dynamic and forward-looking corporate services organization that aims to ensure that NRCan has optimal real property assets that enable the delivery of world class science programs while balancing sustainability and affordability. In order to respond to the Horizontal Fixed Asset Review, RPEB has embarked on an ambitious change agenda that involves leading NRCan through significant real property transformation as well as modernizing business practices, processes and systems. The organization is well connected to the Real Property Institute of Canada and works collaboratively with other government departments to share best practices, work collaboratively and problem solve together.

NRCan has embraced the Hybrid work model in leading many innovative transformations in its workforce management, workplace, and technology. Significant efforts have been made in its headquarters space to modernize both space and technology. All positions are based in Ottawa, at 580 Booth Street.

Employees are encouraged to actively participate in a number of communities, such as: the Pride Network, the Aboriginal Employee Network, which has launched a Circle of Nations Learning Centre, where all NRCan employees, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, come together to participate in traditional ceremonies; and the Visible Minority Advisory Council, with the vision to achieve a harmonious and inclusive workplace that is free of discrimination. NRCan is also a strong promoter of women in science and participates each year in numerous activities that promote women in the workforce.

Intent of the process

A pool of fully qualified candidates may be established and used to staff similar EC-06 positions within NRCan and other government departments across Canada with various tenures (Assignment/ Secondment, Deployment, Indeterminate).

Positions to be filled: 5

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in economics, sociology or statistics.
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

1. Significant* experience in at least three (3) categories of the real property and environment domain, listed below:
a. Real Property Policies
b. Real Property Transactions
c. Strategic Portfolio Planning
d. Strategic Land Use Planning
e. Owner/Investor
f. Facility Management
g. Facility Operations
h. Facility Maintenance
i. Accommodations planning
j. Accommodations management
k. Real property project management
l. Environmental Management
m. Greening Operations

2. Significant* experience in providing strategic advice (reports, presentations, and briefing notes) to senior management** within the real property and environment domain, listed above.

3. Significant* experience facilitating effective engagement and coordination among different stakeholders during the planning process***.

4. Significant* experience conducting research, which could include collecting, extracting analyzing and interpreting information or large data set from multiple sources.

5. Experience in planning and/or implementing, and/or administering policy initiatives, programs, or projects related to real property and environment domain, listed above.

Definitions:
* Significant is defined as depth and breadth of experience normally associated with the performance of those duties for a minimum of 3 years.
** Senior management refers to an executive level position (director level and equivalent and above)
*** The planning process is a process used to develop objectives, develop tasks to meet objectives, determine needed resources, create a timeline, determine tracking and assessment, finalize the plan, and distribute the plan to the team. This is normally prior to the execution phase.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)

Information on language requirements

Key Leadership Competencies:
Create Vision and Strategy
Mobilize People
Uphold Integrity and Respect
Collaborate with Partners and Stakeholders
Promote Innovation and Guide Change
Achieve Results

Abilities:
Ability to communicate effectively orally.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

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

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

Information on employment equity

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance.
Secret security clearance.
Ability and willingness to travel.
Ability and willingness to work overtime occasionally.

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

A random and/or top-down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.
A written test will be administered.
An interview will be administered.
Reference checks will be conducted.
You must provide proof of your education credentials.
Application process - How to submit

*** ONLY ONLINE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED ***

All job applications must therefore be submitted through the jobs.gc.ca site. To submit an application online, please select the button "Apply Online" below.
Persons who cannot apply online or persons with disabilities preventing them from applying online are asked to inform the contact persons responsible for this process and to contact 1 800-645-5605 prior to the closing date.

Some of the benefits associated with applying on-line:
- Applicants can create and manage their accounts and apply to job opportunities as long as an internet connection is available.
- Applicants can create a profile and retrieve stored application(s) (personal information, covering letter and résumé) previously submitted and modify them, if necessary, before submitting the application.
- Applicants can modify their application/resume at any time BEFORE the closing date indicated on the job advertisement.

Instructions
When responding to the screening questions, be sure you:
- Clearly demonstrate how you meet each of the requirements by answering the online questions and provide concrete, specific examples of actions that speak directly to the experience sought.
- Choose examples with sufficient complexity, impact and degree of difficulty that will allow you to illustrate to what extent and depth you have shown the behaviours expected for each qualification.
- Include when the example took place (month-year to month-year), background of each situation, what you did, how you did it, what your role was in the situation, and what was the outcome.
- Focus on what you did. When referring to an experience achieved in the context of a team, set your role apart from the role(s) of others.
Résumés may be used as a secondary source to validate the qualifications described; comments such as "refer to my attached résumé" will not be accepted and may result in your application being rejected.
Lack of DETAILS may result in your application being rejected as the Assessment Board may have insufficient information to determine whether you meet the qualifications.

Assessment:
Please ensure that you read ALL points listed below, as this section contains important information about the application process. Failure to read these notes and follow these instructions could result in your application missing required information which may result in your application being eliminated from this selection process.
- A variety of assessment tools may be used in the assessment of candidates, such as: written test, practical test, situational exercise, oral interview, simulation, presentation, role play, work samples, performance appraisals, reference checks, and/or assessment board member personal/direct knowledge of candidates’ qualifications.
- Some assessments may be conducted remotely, including teleconference or videoconference assessments.
- All written and verbal communication obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, may be used to evaluate the candidate.
- During the application or assessment process both cheating and plagiarism are considered forms of misconduct and are not permitted. Any person found cheating, including those who help others to cheat, may be subject to removal from the selection process.
- Based on the position being staffed, additional essential qualifications, asset qualifications, organizational needs, operational requirements and/or conditions of employment may be identified and applied during the assessment and/or selection of candidates.

Proof of education:
Candidates must provide proof of education credentials upon request.
Candidates with foreign education credentials are required to provide proof of Canadian equivalency.
Foreign certificates and/or diplomas must be assessed against Canadian education standards. The federal public service will accept any Foreign Educational Credentials as long as they are deemed comparable to Canadian standards, determined by a recognized credential assessment service.
All applicable fees are the responsibility of the candidate and must be paid by the candidate.
The Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC) assists persons who wish to obtain an assessment of their educational, professional, and occupational credentials by referring them to the appropriate organizations.
You can access the CICIC website at: https://www.cicic.ca/. This website provides links to a number of Canadian organizations that provide equivalency assessments.

Communication:
Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent.
Once the screening of applications has been completed, only candidates proceeding to the next stage will be contacted.
NOTE: Our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail for screening/assessment purposes. It is imperative that you provide a valid email address that accepts e-mail from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). Candidates are strongly encouraged to check their email on a regular basis. It is entirely your responsibility to inform us at all times of any changes regarding your contact information.

Travel status or cost:
Please note you will not be considered to be in travel status or on government business and travel costs will not be reimbursed. Consequently, you will be responsible for travel costs.

Official Languages:
Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Applicants will be asked to indicate in their on-line application their preferred official language for each of the following: a) correspondence, b) written exam, and c) interview.

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.