Regional Manager, Real Property and Environment

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Assessment accommodation

The Government of Canada is committed to building a skilled workforce that is representative of Canada's diversity, which includes the recruitment of Canadian Veterans and releasing Canadian Armed Forces personnel: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-servicecommission/jobs/services/publicservice-jobs/canadian-armed-forcesmembers-veterans.html

We encourage applicants to identify any abilities, competencies, and/or experiences acquired through employment with the Canadian Armed Forces where applicable.

Duties

One (1) position to be filled within Portfolio Management Division located in Edmonton, AB, and a pool to be created for future vacancies. This position is responsible for overseeing the real property and environment activities, including facility and workplace service management at selected facilities. The incumbent will lead client relationships in the region, providing key strategic advice, and integrating direction from senior management. The position will have managerial responsibilities.

Work environment

At Natural Resources Canada, a federal government job means developing leadership skills, fostering teamwork, and supporting creativity and innovation. We know it takes people from diverse pools of talent to make this happen. That is why we are looking for people like you. As an employee at Natural Resources Canada you can enjoy diverse employment opportunities, a range of career development programs, and a learning culture that supports you to learn on an ongoing basis.

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. 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.

Employees are encouraged to actively participate in a number of communities, such as: the Pride Network, the Indigenous Employee Network, which has launched a Circle of Nations Learning Centre, where all NRCan employees, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, 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

The intent of this process is to staff one (1) indeterminate position. Additional positions may become vacant.

A pool of (fully or partially qualified) candidates may be established through this process to staff with identical or similar positions within Natural Resources Canada with various tenures, various language requirements (English Essential, French Essential, English or French Essential, or Bilingual), linguistic requirements (imperative and/or non-imperative) and profile(s) (BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC, etc.), various security requirements (Reliability status or Secret clearance), various conditions of employment and for various locations.

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.

The employer-approved alternatives to a secondary diploma are:
- An acceptable combination or education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
•Significant and recent * experience in at least three (3) categories of the real property domain, listed below:

-Facility Management
-Facility Operations
-Facility Maintenance
-Accommodations planning
-Accommodations management
-Real Property project management

•Significant and recent * experience in managing and supervising a team of employees. This includes, but is not limited to establishing work objectives, managing HR issues and needs, labour relations issues, training, and development, evaluating performance and performance management. Could also include managing employees in different locations.
•Significant and recent experience* in financial forecasting, monitoring budget expenditures and providing strategic advice and recommendations to management.
•Experience in providing strategic advice (reports, presentations, and briefing notes) to senior management** within the real property domain, listed above.
•Experience facilitating effective engagement and coordination among different stakeholders during a planning process.
•Experience in implementing, and/or administering policy initiatives, programs, or projects related to real property domain, listed above.

* Significant and recent is defined as depth and breadth of experience normally associated with the performance of those duties for a minimum of 5 years in the last 10 years.
** Senior management refers to an executive level position (director level and equivalent and above)

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 degree from a recognized university or college with acceptable specialization in a field relevant to the duties of the position such as business administration, commerce, urban planning, engineering, or architecture. 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.
•Certification or training from a recognized real property association such as IFMA, BOMA, AAIC, REIC, or other.

Degree equivalency

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE:
•Experience in developing Building Management Plans and commissioning supporting studies such as Building Condition Reports and Investigation and Analysis Reports.
•Experience in real property analysis and asset benchmarking in support of broad portfolio management objectives.
•Experience in life cycle management and/or real estate investment analysis (e.g. valuation, revenue forecasts, rate of return, asset benchmarking/performance measurement).
•Experience in working at a science or research facility.

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

English or French

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE
• Knowledge of the legislation, regulations and policies of the federal government pertaining to real property management including Canada Labour Code, health and safety, and environmental requirements.
• Knowledge of real property management trends and recent developments.
• Knowledge of real property project management, risk management, and project leadership practices.

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 and in writing.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with sector clients and service providers.

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

Employees of the Federal Public Service currently at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered for deployment before the other candidates.

The hiring organization will accept applications on-line only. All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Government of Canada jobs website. To submit an application on-line, please select the button “Apply Online” below. Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact the person named below.

It is our intention to communicate with candidates via email for assessment purposes. This will include communication of invitations to written tests and interviews. To that end, candidates must include a valid email address in their application. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure that this address is functional and that it accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is also the candidate’s responsibility to ensure accurate information is provided and updated as required.

Candidates 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.

Candidates from outside the public service may be required to pay for travel and relocation costs associated with this selection 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. 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.

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.