About the position
DutiesLooking for a career where your work has a visible impact? This could be your opportunity to bring your expertise to Canada's North. The NWT is looking for talented people to join our team in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
Working in the North offers a unique opportunity to build relationships, contribute to meaningful files, broaden your professional experience and experience a part of Canada that few people get to know through their work
DUTIES | WHAT YOU WILL DO
✔️Inspection Planning and Management: lead, plan and coordinate the inspection program with support from inspection staff. Monitor project progress and compliance in the field or through meetings with developers. Provide technical advice where appropriate to assist developers in maintaining compliance with regulatory authorizations and legislative requirements
✔️ Financial: assist in the establishment of annual O&M budget for the inspection program
✔️ Regulatory Review: review land use permit, water licence, and quarry permit applications, including associated management plans for proposed projects on or near federal lands within the Northwest Territories. As applicable, provide technical review comments and advice related to best environmental management practices, and on the terms and conditions of regulatory authorizations. Monitor project progress through the regulatory process
Work environment► Contribute to CIRNAC’s interesting and unique mandate by playing a role in supporting a renewed nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government relationship with Indigenous Peoples. Leave your mark on Canadian history, as you work with a team that is leading the government’s work in the North. Join a workplace committed to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. You can’t find this type of experience anywhere else.
WHAT MAKES THE NORTH DIFFERENT?
• PURPOSE: Contribute to work that supports northern priorities, communities and partners.
• IMPACT: Work on files where your advice and decisions can have tangible results.
• GROWTH: Develop specialized experience and perspectives that can strengthen your career in the federal public service.
• CONNECTION: Build relationships with a diverse range of colleagues, communities, governments, organizations and partners.
• NORTH: Experience working in a unique environment with opportunities that may not exist elsewhere in Canada.
WHAT WE OFFER!
- The Federal Public Service offers competitive rates of pay, benefits, pension packages and flexible work schedules that promote work-life balance.
✨ Pension – For more information on pensions and insurance benefit visit: 🔸https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/pension-plan/prospective-members.html
🔸https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/benefit-plans/prospective-employees-public-service-group-insurance-benefit-plan-members.html.
✨ For more information on what the Government of Canada has to offer as an employer, read the Top 10 Reasons to Join Canada’s Public Service!
🔸 https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/site/proudly-serving/top-10-reasons-join-public-service.html.
Intent of the process
📢 The immediate intent of the process is to staff indeterminately one position at Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
A pool of partially qualified candidates may be established, which could be used to staff temporary, and/or permanent positions, with similar qualifications, various linguistic profiles, various security requirements, and/or various tenures at Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, within the Northwest Territories. Conditions of employment may vary according to the positions to be staffed.
The position is located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. If not already a resident in Yellowknife, NT, the selected candidate will have to relocate to Yellowknife. The remote work is not possible.
⚠️ Candidate information will not be shared with federal departments outside Northwest Territories to fill vacancies elsewhere across Canada.
Positions to be filled
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Important messages
👉 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.
👉 Please note, the use of Artificial Intelligence to answer questions at any stage of this process is strictly prohibited. If such use were proven, you would automatically be eliminated from the process.
👉 You will be required to complete an online questionnaire when you apply. You must respond to all statements in all categories in order to proceed to the next steps. You must indicate "NO" if you do not have experience in performing a task related to a specific field.
👉 Candidates must clearly demonstrate in their answer(s) to the screening question(s) how they meet the essential criteria listed. Please note that stating that the requirement has been met or listing past or current responsibilities does not represent adequate substantiation. Rather, you must provide concrete examples with significant details to explain WHEN, WHERE and HOW to clearly illustrate how you meet the requirement. Failure to clearly demonstrate in your responses how you meet the screening criteria or inconsistencies in the application package could result in the rejection of your application. Candidates will not be solicited for incomplete or missing information.
👉Please note that having the asset qualifications is not mandatory in order to apply to this process. However, the asset qualifications may be invoked at any time of the selection process including the screening stage. Therefore, if candidates have the asset experience qualifications, candidates should also clearly describe in their answers to the screening questions how they meet these qualifications using detailed, concrete example(s).
👉 It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that information in their profile is kept completely up-to-date and to advise the hiring organization of any change to their status by contacting the generic address: .
👉 Please note, for this selection process, our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail. 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.
👉 Applicants are entitled to participate in the staffing process in the official language of their choice and are required to indicate their preferred official language in their application profile.
You need (essential for the job)
Your application must clearly explain how you meet the following
EDUCATION
A secondary school diploma or employer-approved alternatives which may include a combination of education, training and/or experience.
Learn more about degree equivalency.
EXPERIENCE
EX1: Experience conducting inspections, investigations or other compliance related activities under regulatory authorizations such as a land use permits or water licences.
EX2: Experience preparing clear inspection reports based on field inspection findings, and providing technical and scientific advice to clients for compliance with regulatory authorizations.
EX3: Experience analyzing technical and environmental information to support evidence-based decision-making and recommend practical solutions related to environmental protection, regulatory compliance, and corrective actions to internal and external clients*.
EX4: Experience using software applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and Adobe Acrobat to perform work-related tasks.
Definition:
*Internal and external clients may include permit/licence holders[MD1.1], contractors, senior management, and other regulatory agencies.
Applied / assessed at a later date
ABILITIES
A1: Ability to plan and organize work, manage conflicting priorities, and work under time sensitive conditions to meet deadlines.
A2: Ability to coordinate the logistics, procurement and for multiple field inspections in remote locations each season.
A3: Ability to direct and supervise employees.
A4: Ability to manage financial resources.
A5: Ability to communicate effectively orally.
A6: Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
PERSONAL SUITABILITY
PS1: Exercises sound judgment.
PS2: Uphold integrity and respect.
PS3: Adaptability.
PS4: Showing Initiative.
You may need (asset qualifications)
May be applied / assessed at a later date
ASSET QUALIFICATIONS
• Valid qualifications to handle and use firearms (will only be required for certain locations).
ASSET QUALIFICATIONS
AEX1: Experience working within a land and resource co-management regime, particularly in the Northwest Territories or other northern jurisdictions.
AEX2: Experience working in a Northern Environment.
AEX3: Experience conducting environmental inspections or field work.
ASSET QUALIFICATIONS
AK1: Knowledge of the acts, regulations and guidance applicable to land and resource management in the Northwest Territories.
AK2: Knowledge of mineral exploration and mining operations, oil and gas activities, quarrying, or infrastructure development in northern regions.
ORGANIZATIONAL NEED
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada is committed to having a skilled and diverse workforce representative of the population it serves. In support of our strategy to achieve our Indigenous employment objectives, preference may be given to candidates who, at the time of application, indicate that they are an Indigenous person (self-declaration).