Protected Area Planner (Planner 1(A)-(B)-2)
Competition # : 44003
Department: Environment and Climate Change
Location: Flexible
Type of Employment: Permanent
Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG
Closing Date: 01-Oct-24 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)
Additional Information
This hiring pool is being established to fill future permanent, term or temporary Planner 1(A)-(B)-2 vacancies across the province. ECC has regional offices in Bedford, Truro, Amherst, Sydney, Port Hawkesbury, Antigonish, Pictou, Kentville, Bridgewater and Yarmouth. Work location will be determined at time of offer.
About Us
Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change’s role is to protect the environment, human health and animal health through regulatory excellence, conservation, partnerships, and promotion. To achieve this, we strive to develop legislation, regulations and policies, process notifications, applications, and approvals for regulated activities based on sound scientific knowledge and expertise.
Our goal is to educate, inspect and enforce to ensure compliance with legislation and regulations. We also proactively respond to environmental, conservation, animal, and human health risks and work to develop programs and deliver services to enhance protection in these areas.
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About Our Opportunity
Reporting to the Manager, Nature Agreement you will be responsible for implementing various elements of a two- year, multi-million-dollar, partner-based conservation project.
Primary Accountabilities
As a Conservation Planner, you will contribute to key biodiversity conservation programs such as the creation of new protected areas on crown land, the protection of private land, restoration of ecological connectivity, or identifying and reporting Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures. To do so, you may facilitate collaborative conservation planning and action, undertake targeted ecological inventory, analysis, and prioritization work.
You will work in a team environment with staff from this and other provincial departments, municipalities, Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq representatives, lands trust partners, and various contractors and conservation groups. You may also interact with industry and non-government partners, community groups, conservation and recreation organizations, and others to advance project goals.
Additionally, you will be involved in stakeholder and public partnerships and consultations, developing public communication materials, preparing reports and negotiating and overseeing contracts. You may also be involved in policy development as required.
Qualifications and Experience
To be successful in this role, you will have a bachelor’s degree in Planning or related area of concentration such as Environmental Studies or Management, Ecology, Land Conservation, Natural Resources, etc.
Experience working in land conservation, protected areas planning and management, or natural resource management will be considered an asset as will possession of some knowledge of provincial legislation and programs relevant to protected areas establishment and management or private land conservation in Nova Scotia.
Additional assets include project management experience or experience with collaborative conservation planning, stakeholder engagement or the facilitation of partnerships as well as working familiarity with geographic information systems.
Equivalency
Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application.
Benefits
Based on the employment status and union agreement, the Government of Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Health, Dental, Life Insurance, General illness, Short and Long Term Disability, Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs. For information on all our Benefit program offerings, click here: Benefits for government employees.
Other Considerations
You must be willing and able to travel throughout Nova Scotia and work irregular hours when deemed necessary.
Offer of employment is conditional upon the completion of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials, the results of which must be satisfactory to the employer.
What We Offer
- Career development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career
- Engaging workplace: our employees feel valued, respected, connected, and tuned in, we have forward-thinking policies and strategies
- Countless career paths
- Department specific flexible working schedules
Pay Grade: PR 08 - PR 14
Salary Range: $2,084.99 - $3,231.58 Bi-Weekly
Employment Equity Statement:
Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the citizens we serve. The Government of Nova Scotia has an Employment Equity Policy, and we welcome applications from Indigenous People, African Nova Scotians and Other Racially Visible Persons, Persons with Disabilities and Women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented. If you are a member of one of these equity groups, you are encouraged to self-identify on your electronic application.
This is a bargaining unit position initially restricted to current civil service employees represented by the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union (NSGEU). If applying from outside a government office, employees must apply correctly via this link:
Failure to apply correctly means that your application will not be given first consideration as a bargaining unit applicant, and will only be included if external applications are pursued.
External applicants and current casual employees will only be considered if there are no qualified civil service bargaining unit candidates. PLEASE NOTE: Candidates will not be considered for an interview if applications are incomplete or are missing information.
Offer of employment is conditional upon the completion of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials, the results of which must be satisfactory to the employer. We thank all applicants for the interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. All questions and concerns may be directed to Competitions@novascotia.ca.
