Closing date Extension -Wildlife Research Technician – Social sciences and ethnobiology

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Assessment accommodation

📢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.

⭐️Using the STAR method can help you fully illustrate your examples.
S- situation
T- task
A- action/activity
R- results

🚩Your resume 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.

Work environment

🌳We are hiring a Wildlife Research Technician in the Wildlife Research Division of Environment and Climate Change Canada to provide research coordination, technical and administrative support for an applied social sciences and ethnobiology research program. This program fosters the conservation and protection of Canada’s natural environment through the mobilization and weaving of Indigenous and Western sciences and knowledge systems. We offer a work environment that supports diversity, inclusion, and employment equity, while delivering innovative, community-engaged and action-oriented research for the conservation and sustainable use of species at risk, migratory birds, and their habitats.

Intent of the process

⭐The purpose of this selection process is to staff one (1) bilingual essential indeterminate (permanent) position in Montreal, Quebec.

Appointment opportunities may be for either full time or part-time positions. Through this process, a pool of qualified candidates may be established and used to staff similar positions across Canada with various tenures (casual employment, part-time worker, acting, assignment/secondment, deployment, term and/or indeterminate), language profiles, security requirements and/or operational requirements.

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:
A secondary school diploma or employer-approved alternatives in a field of the social or natural sciences directly related to the duties of the position.

Degree equivalency

🧪Experience:
EX1 :Experience in planning, organizing or conducting social sciences or ethnobiological research related to wildlife or the environment
EX2: Experience in conducting research in partnership with Indigenous communities or Indigenous organizations
EX3: Experience in managing or analyzing social sciences research data
EX4: Experience in preparing scientific reports or publications

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

Various language requirements
Other official language information:
Social sciences and ethnobiology research related to wildlife and the environment, technician positions - Bilingual essential
This selection process may be used to staff similar positions with linguistic profiles such as Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC or CCC/CCC as well as English Essential or French Essential.

Information on language requirements

💡Knowledge:
• Knowledge of Indigenous knowledge systems related to the environment
• Knowledge of knowledge mobilization techniques
• Knowledge of the ecology and conservation of terrestrial and marine biota of Canada

📝Abilities/skills:
• Ability to synthesize research
• Ability to set and manage priorities and workload to attain results
• Ability to communicate effectively orally
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing

👩‍🔬Personal suitability:
• Effective interpersonal skills and relations
• Judgment
• Autonomy

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

〰️Graduation with an acceptable master’s degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in a field of the social or natural sciences directly related to the duties of the position.

Degree equivalency

〰️Experience in the implementation of qualitative or quantitative social sciences research methods (including community-based participatory research).

〰️Experience in using NVivo (or other qualitative data analysis software) or geospatial data analysis or database management.

〰️Knowledge of ethical standards and protocols specific to research with Indigenous peoples

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, consideration may be given 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:
• Willing to work for prolonged periods at a computer.
• Willingness to undertake program travel by various modes of transportation (car, airplane, helicopter, boat, all-terrain vehicle, snowmobile).
• Willingness to conduct and supervise fieldwork in adverse environmental conditions and remote areas.
• Willingness to work irregular hours and on weekends.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

🥼 Pre-employment medical.
🚗 Valid driver’s license.

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, selection committee members, 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.
equivalence in Canada. 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.