Competition # : 45856
Department: Environment and Climate Change
Location: HALIFAX
Type of Employment: Term
Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG
Closing Date: 13-May-25 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)
Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change's role is to protect the environment and human health 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, 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 and educational programs that support the protection of Nova Scotia’s water resources.
Reporting to the Manager of Environmental Health and Food Safety, the Watershed Planner will work in a team to apply the principles of science, resource protection and public policy analysis to support source water protection, watershed planning and drinking water management for the Department. The position requires extensive contact with municipalities and water utilities across the province.
As a Watershed Planner you will work within the Sustainability and Applied Science Division as part of a team to:
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 is a TERM employment opportunity with an anticipated end date of May 31, 2026. However, the position status (“term”, “temporary” or “casual”) is dependent on the start date of the successful candidate.
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.