Competition # : 45977
Department: Environment and Climate Change
Location: HALIFAX
Type of Employment: Permanent
Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG
Closing Date: 19-May-25 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)
Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change's role is to protect the environment, human health and farm animals through regulatory excellence, conservation, partnership 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 proactively respond to environmental, conservation, farm animal welfare, and human health risks and work to develop programs and deliver services to enhance protection in these areas.
To know more, please visit our website https://www.novascotia.ca/nse/
This is an ideal opportunity to contribute to the development of regulatory programs for the protection of drinking water for all Nova Scotians. The work we do in the Department has a direct impact on providing safe drinking water for all of Nova Scotia, with a particular emphasis on municipal drinking water standards and regulatory oversight of registered drinking water supplies in the province.
Reporting to the Manager of Drinking Water and Water Resources, the Drinking Water Specialist will work in a team to apply principles of science, public health protection, and public policy analysis to develop regulatory programming and support the implementation and delivery of Nova Scotia’s Drinking Water regulatory framework.
As a Drinking Water Specialist within the Water Branch, you will:
The successful candidate will have a minimum of bachelor’s degree and 6 years of experience (preferably environmental science, environmental public health, or relevant engineering). A combination of education and experience related to drinking water may be considered.
Candidates must demonstrate the following key qualifications related to experience and knowledge in their application;
The following are assets:
We may assess the above qualifications using one or more of the following tools: written examination, standardized tests, oral presentations, interview(s), and reference checks.
Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application.
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.
This position is within an office setting, with occasional field work or travel to other offices and may require site visits to construction sites and industrial, commercial, agricultural facilities and other business establishments.
This competition is to fill a Permanent employment opportunity based in HALIFAX.
Pay Grade: PR 17
Salary Range: $3,107.16 - $3,649.33 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.
We are committed to hiring military and Veteran spouses and encourage you to identify your connection with the MSEN when reaching out to us or applying to any of our open roles.
Have questions or want to learn more about us? We would love to hear from you!
Email: competitions@novascotia.ca