Planning Officer

Department Name: National Energy Board
Location: Calgary
Classification: NB - 06
Salary: $45,387 to $55,350 (per annum)
Closing Date: November 21, 2006 - 23:59, Pacific Time Useful Information
Reference Number: ENR06J-006707-000047
Selection Process Number: 06-ENR-EA-400-0021
Employment Tenure: One indeterminate appointment will be made from this process. A qualified pool of candidates may be created. This pool may be used to staff other positions on a term, indeterminate or acting basis. Appointment from the pool will be based on the results of the essential or essential and asset qualifications assessment results and with regard to breadth and depth of experience.
Vacancies: 1

Website: For further information on the department, please visit National Energy Board

Who Can Apply:

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• Persons residing in Canada and Canadian citizens residing abroad

Citizenship

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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

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Applicants must demonstrate in their application that they meet the following merit criteria to be retained for further consideration.

English essential

Education

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Graduation with a degree from a recognized university with an acceptable specialization in planning, business, management or another speciality relevant to the duties of the position.

Your resume must clearly demonstrate how you meet the educational requirements.

Experience

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS
Experience is required in EACH of the following areas:

. Experience in supporting results-based planning and performance processes.
. Experience with coordinating projects involving interdisciplinary teams.
. Experience in researching and analyzing information, and in writing and presenting reports and related communication materials.
. Experience using Microsoft Office suite of products.

Other Merit Criteria and Conditions of Employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
• Willingness and ability to work overtime and travel.
• Willingness to undergo and successfully pass a reliability status security clearance.
• Willingness and ability to comply with the National Energy Board’s Code of Conduct is required. Note: It is strongly recommended that potential applicants read and consider the NEB’s Code of Conduct prior to applying. This document is available on the NEB Website. http://www.neb-one.gc.ca/aboutus/2005CodeConduct_e.htm
• Willingness and ability to move within or between business units and teams, based on operational requirements and/or as individual development needs are identified.

• The following merit criteria may be required for this position. Applicants should indicate in their application if they meet the merit criteria.
  • Master’s degree in planning.
  • Experience in supporting the development and implementation of strategic plans.

Statement of Merit Criteria

Applicants who meet the above criteria will also be assessed against the Statement of Merit Criteria for this position.

Challenge

Reporting to the Planning & Reporting Coordinator, provides support to the planning and reporting functions, including: assisting in the development and implementation of planning and reporting processes; supporting the development of a results-based planning approach (including scorecards); coordinating environmental scans, including gathering stakeholder input; providing guidance to Business Units on planning and reporting; summarizing and communicating planning session outcomes; coordinating working groups to produce quarterly reports; assisting in the development and preparation of planning and reporting documents; and documenting planning-related Quality Management System processes.

Additional Requirements / Comments

• Applicants must submit, by the closing date, a resume and cover letter (or electronic application) which clearly demonstrates how they meet the essential qualifications of language, education and experience. Applicants are strongly encouraged to demonstrate how they also meet the asset qualifications. Failure to provide sufficient information will result in applicants being screened out.
• Assessment: You may be assessed using one or more of the following tools: written examination, oral presentation, interview(s), performance appraisals, reference checks(s)
• This position has been allocated to the bargaining unit represented by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC).

Information to be provided:

When you apply, you must provide the following information or your application will be rejected:

• A Cover Letter.
• Your resumé.
• You must ensure that you select at least one employment type when submitting your application: Employment Tenure

Only online applications are accepted.

If you do not have Internet access in your home or through friends, relatives or neighbours, here are some suggested alternate locations: campus career centres, libraries, community centres, Internet cafés, Canada/Student Employment Centres, and Public Service Commission (PSC) regional offices. You may also call 1-800 O-Canada (1-800-622-6232) or TTY/TDD 1-800-926-9105, for information on the nearest public internet access location. If after trying these options you still cannot access the Internet, please call the toll-free number 1-888-780-4444; or toll-free TTY/TDD 1-800-465-7735 (telecommunications device for the hearing impaired and speech impaired persons); or the nearest PSC office.

Important Messages

Interested persons must meet each essential qualification to be appointed to the position. A person may be appointed to the position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements or organizational needs. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

Your resume 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.