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Parks Canada - Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, National Marine Conservation Area Reserve, and Haida Heritage Site
Skidegate (British Columbia)
FI-02
Indeterminate full-time
$71,009 to $96,329 (plus the applicable Isolated Post Allowance)For further information on the organization, please visit Parks Canada
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Closing date: 15 August 2023 - 23:59, Pacific Time
Who can apply: All persons who have legal status to work in Canada. Please indicate in your application the reason for which you are entitled to work in Canada: Canadian citizenship, permanent resident status or work permit.Apply online
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.
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✔️We also offer
- Isolated Post Allowances: Approximately $9,782 per year to $16,303 per year
- Vacation Travel Assistance: approximately $1,776.44 per year for each eligible member of the household
- Housing: Federal government housing may be available
- Relocation Assistance: Applicants may be eligible for relocation assistance and may wish to review the Relocation Directive: https://www.njc-cnm.gc.ca/directive/d6/en
- Training, Development & Education Opportunities: Multi-year career development plans which include opportunities for education assistance funding and training opportunities
- Pension & Benefits: Advantageous pension regime and health benefits. For more information, see: https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/topics/pension-plan.html
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Parks 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.
Gwaii Haanas is a place of thriving Haida culture evident throughout the middens, village sites and welcoming smiles of the Haida Gwaii Watchmen. Located on the southern third of Haida Gwaii and accessible only by boat or air, Gwaii Haanas is a place of ancient forests and intact ecosystems, protected from the mountaintops to the ocean floor.
The Gwaii Haanas team continues to build on 30 years of cooperative management, founded on an equal partnership between the governments of Canada and the Haida Nation. The team is guided by the Archipelago Management Board (AMB), with members representing the Haida Nation, Parks Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The cooperative governance framework is based on Haida principles and emulated worldwide.
The Gwaii Haanas team office is in Skidegate, on the remote and stunning archipelago of Haida Gwaii, about 600 kilometers north of Vancouver Island and a roughly eight-hour ferry ride (depending on the wind and seas!) from Prince Rupert. Short-haul flights run from Vancouver International Airport to both Sandspit and Masset.
We’re a team of about 40 people year-round, and about 60 in the operating season. Marine and terrestrial conservation and protection work, as well as operations and maintenance support work, is typically done in multi-day field shifts, primarily in the spring and summer.
Are you interested in joining our team?
Gwaii Haanas is looking for a Finance and Administration manager to provide operational, analytical financial, and administrative services. Duties include managing staff, financial planning and reporting, cost analyses, overseeing accounting operations, and provision of administrative services, such as contracting, procurement, and realty services.
Do you have excellent organizational skills, use sound ethics and value-based judgement, possess tact, diplomacy and persuasion, and a strong orientation toward client services? Do you have experience supervising employees and working with a team?
If yes, start your journey to Gwaii Haanas by applying as outlined here.
The intent of the process is to staff one indeterminate full-time position.
This process may be used to create a list of qualified candidates to staff similar positions with various tenures, security levels or linguistic profiles in same or other parts of the country.
Positions to be filled: 1
Your résumé.
Contact information for 3 references.
EDUCATION
Graduation with a degree from a recognized university with acceptable specialization in accounting, finance, business administration, commerce or economics AND experience related to positions responsible for financial management.
OR
Eligibility for a recognized professional accounting designation (i.e. CA, CMA, CGA or CPA) with experience related to positions responsible for financial management.
Degree equivalency
EXPERIENCE
EX1:Recent and significant* experience in at least two of the following financial services:
- Accounting Operations
- Financial Reporting
- Resource Allocation (Planning or Budgeting)
- Forecasting or Financial Performance
- Costing
- Asset Accounting
EX2: Recent and significant* experience providing advice on financial policies and procedures.
EX3: Recent experience establishing and maintaining collaborative/cooperative working relationships with colleagues and clients
- RECENT & SIGNIFICANT is defined as the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with the performance of a broad range of complex duties for a period of approximately two (2) years. Clear and specific examples should be provided by candidates in their application and demonstrate evidence of accountabilities and deliverables.
English essential
Information on language requirements
ABILITIES
A1: Ability to interpret policy and financial information to provide advice on financial and administrative matters
A2: Ability to provide leadership in delivering a complex financial and administrative program, including financial planning, resource utilization analysis and forecasting techniques
A3: Ability to supervise and direct the work of others
A4: Ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally
A5: Ability to work in an inclusive and culturally respectful manner
A6: Ability to influence without authority
PERSONAL SUITABILITY ATTRIBUTES
PS1: Takes responsibility
PS2: Exercises sound judgement
PS3: Demonstrates integrity
PS4: Makes things happen
PS5: Contributes to a respectful and inclusive workplace
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
AEX1: Experience preparing, analyzing and interpreting financial management reports.
AEX2: Experience conducting financial analyses, budgeting, forecasting, or costing.
AEX3: Experience providing leadership in delivering a complex** financial and administration program;
AEX4: Experience managing budget for capital assets.
AEX5:Experience in managing human resources (i.e. supervising staff, assigning work, managing and assessing performance).
** A COMPLEX program is comprised of at least two (2) of the following characteristics: multidimensional, sensitive, confidential, affecting many partners or stakeholders, precedent setting or having a major impact.
Reliability Status security clearance - Obtain and maintain Reliability security clearance and credit check.
May require a pre-placement medical, as per the Isolated Post Policy;
Pre-employment screening by Gwaii Haanas Archipelago Management Board;
Possession and maintenance of a valid provincial driver’s license;
Willingness to wear a Parks Canada uniform when required;
Willingness to work irregular hours, overtime, weekends and/or statutory holidays and provincial/territorial holidays, when required;
Willingness to travel; including overnight and off-site.
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
Please submit your completed application, including all of the above-mentioned documentation. Failure to do so may result in your application being rejected.
Résumés will be used as a secondary source to validate the education and/or experience described in the screening questions.
Tips for applicants
- Please provide complete and thorough details of your education and experience.;
- Do not assume that the screening board has any previous knowledge of your background, qualifications, or work history. You must be specific and provide concrete examples/details for each Experience element, as applications will be screened only on the information provided;
Failure to provide sufficient information may result in your application being screened out of the competition.
Applicants will not be solicited for incomplete or possible missing information.
Proof of education and references information must be submitted at the interview.
A written exam may be administered.
Interviews and reference checks will be conducted.
Successful candidates must meet and maintain the Conditions of Employment throughout their employment.
Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.
Please note that 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.
Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent.
Persons who have a priority entitlement as defined by the Parks Canada Agency Priority Policy and Guidelines will be considered first.
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.
Parks Canada is committed to the principles of diversity and employment equity under the Employment Equity Act, and strives to ensure that our workforce reflects the diverse nature of Canadian society. We encourage women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and members of a visible minority group to self-identify in their application.
Persons who have received pay in lieu of unfulfilled surplus period, a Transition Support Measure (TSM) or an Educational Allowance and are re-appointed to the Parks Canada Agency are required to reimburse an amount corresponding to the period from the effective date of such reappointment or hiring, to the end of the original period for which the TSM and education allowance was paid. Please contact your Human Resources Manager if you are one of these individuals to find out how this applies to your particular situation.
Persons who are in receipt of a Canadian Government Public Service pension and are considering this employment opportunity with the Parks Canada Agency, should contact the PWGSC Public Service Pension Centre (1-800-561-7930) in order to determine the impact of an appointment on their pension benefit entitlements.
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.
We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
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