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Administrative Positions
- Commerce
Minimum Education
Standard:
A secondary school diploma or PSC approved alternatives. NOTE: Acceptable
experience and/or training in a field relevant to positions in the
group is required when the education qualification specified for
the position being staffed is a secondary school diploma or approved
PSC alternatives.
Commerce
Officer
Commerce Officers at NRCan may be required to:
- Plan and deliver
business/economic development, competitiveness and sustainable development
programs
- Develop partnerships
to promote, facilitate and negotiate agreements, seek funding and support
for joint projects; keep abreast of issues and assess the significance
and implications of policy positions and strategies
- Research and analyze
emerging technological challenges, infrastructure, operations and performance
of a sector within a competitiveness and sustainable development context;
identify and assess market/competitiveness, productivity improvement,
trade and associated economic, environment and political issues
- Manage files/issues;
analyze the effect of policy strategies and positions on files, issues
and initiatives; analyze policy implications and respond to strategic
issues and associated policy requirements; formulate policy positions,
strategies, options, advice and recommendations
- Prepare reports
and briefing notes for management; identify opportunities and threats,
and formulate recommendations for the resolution of issues; participate
in the development of strategic reports
- Provide advice
and briefings; advise in area of technical expertise and leadership
- Develop and implement
monitoring programs to assess industry/stakeholder compliance with agreements;
monitor agreement signatories; formulate remedial action to facilitate
the implementation and achievement of agreement objectives; lead the
development of regulations, codes or standards
- Represent the interests
of the organization, provide leadership and act as advisor on committees
and at meetings; discuss and promote policy positions and strategies;
negotiate agreements; present papers; plan and organize events and conferences
- Plan and supervise
the work of an organizational unit; establish, lead and coordinate the
work of multi-disciplinary working groups; establish the nature, scope,
analytical methods, objectives, and resource requirements for projects.
Technology/Business
Development Officer
Technology/Business Development Officers at NRCan may be required to:
- Conduct research
on economic sectors to identify and prioritize business development,
marketing and technology transfer opportunities, advise on these opportunities;
prepare program fact sheets
- Establish contacts
with industry, associations and agencies to facilitate the preparation
of agreements and to help identify potential funding sources or client
cost-recovery opportunities; liaise with private sector; prepare promotion
materials, communications and business development tools, present them
at marketing events
- Plan, manage and
develop frameworks and strategies for the long-term management of sector-based
development programs; formulate sector development policies, program
management and delivery strategies; contribute to the identification
and development of priorities and objectives
- Formulate recommendations
and strategies for departmental officials; manage and provide advice
to clients on intellectual property issues; manage and provide advice
to clients on domestic and international business development opportunities
- Negotiate cost
recovery and licensing agreements on behalf of clients; apply intellectual
property and cost recovery policies and standard business practices;
monitor licensees to ensure compliance with the terms and conditions
of licence agreements
- Represent NRCan
and the federal government position at international meetings; develop
bilateral and multi-stakeholder partnerships in pursuit of objectives;
negotiate bilateral and multilateral research and technology agreements
- Plan and manage
financial and human resources; organize and manage staff and budget;
provide leadership in the development and delivery of initiatives; develop
plans, objectives and operational guidelines for business development,
marketing and communications initiatives; measure the effectiveness
of project delivery.
Energy
Efficiency Program Officer
Energy Efficiency Program Officers at NRCan may be required to:
- Analyze and report
on the impact of energy efficiency technologies, standards, labelling,
incentive and voluntary programs in relation to business and program
development initiatives, growth and competitiveness, environmental and
economic policies
- Research and analyze
markets, technologies and trade, energy and consumption patterns of
various industrial, institutional or public sector stakeholders and
of associated regulatory frameworks and issues
- Consult with external
representatives to provide information, advice and guidance on energy
efficiency programs and initiatives and facilitate the development and
implementation of collaborative initiatives and contribution agreements
- Create, manage
and deliver marketing/promotion and business development tools to address
barriers and promote energy efficiency programs and initiatives
- Assess energy efficient
applications and initiatives in relation to economic, trade and sustainable
development issues and business development strategies; identify opportunities
for collaborative agreements; assess, respond to, and recommend proposals
for contribution funding
- Lead and coordinate
the work of project teams and contract resources
- Deliver monitoring
programs to assess industry compliance with standards and regulations;
prepare reports and analyses on incidences of non-compliance and recommend
remedial action; design and negotiate alternative dispute resolution
mechanisms in cases of non-compliance.
- A Manager in this
position may be required to:
- Plan and direct
financial and human resources; provide leadership in the development
and delivery of initiatives; develop strategies, plans, objectives and
operational guidelines for program delivery, marketing and communications
initiatives
- Identify emerging
and strategic program issues; measure effectiveness of program delivery;
contribute to the development of sector energy efficiency business plans,
priorities and objectives; formulate strategies to meet priorities and
objectives
- Lead the consultation,
negotiation and maintenance of collaborative agreements and approve
contribution agreements, contractual relationships or Memoranda of Understanding.
Intellectual
Property Management Officer
Intellectual Property Management Officers at NRCan may be required to:
- Examine invention
disclosures for novelty against known prior art and ensure compliance
with the Public Servants Inventions Act, the Patent Act and Trademarks
Act; assess commercial potential; provide advice on the protection of
the IP
- Provide strategic
advice on all matters pertaining to domestic and international IP management
issues
- Analyze and interpret
changes to regulations, policies and practices affecting technology
transfer and IP management, provide advice on their intent and application
and respond to requests for information
- Plan and direct
the provision of IP management services and advice; provide advice to
clients on complex and strategic IP management and technology transfer
issues
- Formulate departmental
negotiating positions for complex technology transfer initiatives; negotiate
major revenue generating agreements; develop and implement the corresponding
technology protection and transfer plans; negotiate and prepare licence
agreements; participate in the negotiation of international treaties
and agreements covering bilateral R&D activities
- Ensure compliance
by licensee corporations of the terms and conditions of the licence
agreements
- Plan and manage
the operations of the IP Management Office; develop work plans; establish
priorities; plan and manage the budget; provide leadership and direction
to staff; assess performance.
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