Work environmentParks Canada is a federal government agency responsible for the protection and presentation of Canada’s outstanding natural and cultural resources through a system of national parks, national marine conservation areas and national historic sites in all regions of Canada.
Top 6 reasons to work for Parks Canada:
⚖️ Work-life balance
📅 Paid vacation and leave
📚 Training and professional development
🏞️ Working in beautiful locations
🤝 Diverse and inclusive workplaces
🍁 Contribution to public service
Intent of the process
This is an anticipatory staffing process for Term employment. Term employment is for a specified period of time (also called "specified period employment" or "determinate employment"), which may be full-time, part-time or seasonal or any combination thereof.
A qualifying pool will be established and may be used to staff similar positions of various tenures (temporary, indeterminate, full-time, part-time) and work locations.
Important messages
Tips for applicants:
📢 When submitting your application to this selection process, you will be required to answer screening questions to demonstrate how you meet the Essential Qualifications (Education and all Essential Experiences) as well as any Asset Qualifications (if applicable).
📢 Applicants must clearly demonstrate how they meet the Education and Experience factors listed in the Essential Qualifications when responding to the questions in the on-line application. Applicants must clearly demonstrate how they meet these factors by providing concrete examples with significant details to explain WHEN, WHERE and HOW you meet each factor. Please note that it is not sufficient to only state that these factors are met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Resumes will be used as a secondary source to validate the experience described when responding to the questions in the on-line application. Failure to provide sufficient information may result in your application being screened out of the competition.
📢 The asset qualifications are not essential to the job but would be an asset in carrying out the duties of the position. They may be used in screening, assessment or determining right fit for this selection process.
📢 Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.
📢 For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail for screening/assessment purposes (including issuing screening results, and sending invitations for written tests and interviews). Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.
📢 We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.
The Parks Canada Agency is established as a separate employer in the Federal Public Service under the Financial Administration Act. Persons appointed to the Agency continue to be part of the Public Service. The Parks Canada Agency operates under its own human resources framework outside of the Public Service Employment Act and in line with values of fairness, competence and respect, and its operating principles.
In accordance with paragraph 8(2)(a) of the Privacy Act, information or material, whether provided directly by the candidate or otherwise obtained by the selection board, used during the selection process for the purpose of assessing a candidate may be used as part of the selection review and recourse processes. Such relevant information may be provided to third parties, such as other candidates or their representatives, who have a legitimate reason to be aware of that information.