Department Name: Department of Natural Resources
Location: Ottawa
Classification: EG – 03
Salary: $45,048 to $54,806
Closing Date: March 31, 2009 – 23:59, Pacific Time Useful Information
Reference Number: RSN09J-009106-000087
Selection Process Number: 2009-RSN-EA-0401-131843
Employment Tenure: Position for a specified period of two (2) years (with possibility of extension) to replace person(s) on maternity leave. A pool of qualified persons resulting from this process may be used to fill similar positions with linguistic profiles and/or requirements, as well as tenures, which may vary according to the position being staffed.
Vacancies: 1
Website: For further information on the department, please visit Department of Natural Resources
Who Can Apply:
- Persons residing in Canada and Canadian citizens residing abroad.
Citizenship
Preference will be given to Canadian citizens. Please indicate in your application the reason for which you are entitled to work in Canada: Canadian citizenship, permanent resident status or work permit.
Language Proficiency
English essential
Education
Successful completion of post-secondary education in geomatics or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or work experience.
Other Merit Criteria and Conditions of Employment
- The following merit criteria may be required for this position. Applicants should indicate in their application if they meet the merit criteria.
- Experience in using ArcGIS to create and analyze geographic information.
- OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENT:
Willingness and ability to travel. - CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT:
Reliability Status. This factor is not used at the pre-selection stage. The hiring department is responsible for the security clearance process.
Statement of Merit Criteria
Applicants who meet the above criteria will also be assessed against the Statement of Merit Criteria for this position.
Work Environment
The Canada Centre for Cadastral Management is home to the Surveyor General of Canada Lands, the corporate surveyor for Canada Lands, and as such is a centre of expertise for legal boundaries and property systems. The Centre’s mandate may be split along two primary business lines – the regulation of cadastral surveys on Canada Lands ( Indian Reserves, National Parks, the offshore and the Territories) and the management of large cadastral survey programs. These services are provided primarily to the Government of Canada and the Territorial governments.
Products derived from these services such as official survey documents, maps and digital cadastral data are available to citizens. These products may be useful for deriving value added products such integrated maps and GIS applications.
Challenge
Working in a unit of 11 professional and technical staff, the main challenge is the timely and accurate updating of digital cadastral databases with information supplied to the Surveyor General by Surveyors in the private sector. The supplied information must first be verified and checked for accuracy and compliance with specified standards. It must then be integrated with existing data using specific GIS tools and in accordance with specified standards and tolerences.
Additional Requirements / Comments
- Reference checks will be sought.
- An interview and a written exam may be administered.
Information to be provided:
You must provide the following information when submitting your application:
- Your résumé.
- A covering letter in 500 words (maximum) "that clearly describes how you meet the essential qualifications for this position"
- You must ensure that you select at least one employment type when submitting your application: Employment Tenure
Information that is requested:
- Contact information for the following number of References: 2
Important Messages
The client organization will accept applications on-line only.
All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS). Following are some of the benefits associated with applying on-line:
• Applicants can create a profile and a résumé that can be used when applying for other processes without having to recreate a new application each time.
• Applicants can modify their application/résumé at anytime BEFORE the closing date indicated on the job advertisement.
• Applicants can verify the status of their applications, at any time.
• Applicants can be notified electronically of tests or interviews and results.
• For some jobs, applicants will find important information, namely the job questionnaire and a complete statement of merit criteria that are only available when applying on-line.
To submit an application on-line, please click on the button “Apply Now” below.
Persons with a disability preventing them from applying on-line should contact us at 1-800-645-5605.
Your résumé must clearly demonstrate how you meet the requirements.
We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
Questions regarding travel and relocation.
The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.
The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.