Manager, Environmental Sustainability and Climate

6 months ago


Bible Hill, Canada Province of Nova Scotia Full time

**Department**:Agriculture

**Location**:BIBLE HILL

**Type of Employment**:Term

**Union Status**:Exclusion - Non Union - NSPG

**Closing Date**:30-May-24 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

**About Us**:
The Department of Agriculture helps support and grow agriculture and agri-food throughout the province. This is done through the development of programs, services and polices to help farming in rural and urban communities be more competitive, sustainable and profitable

**About Our Opportunity**:
As the Manager of Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change, you will lead a team of professionals to support environmental sustainability and climate change mitigation and adaptation for the agriculture sector. The Manager supports the achievement of departmental and government priorities and is responsible for the program recommendations on agri-environmental best management practices; keeping current on environmental tools, approaches and methodologies; exploring potential sources of funding for addressing environmental and climate change issues; developing presentations and discussions papers on environmental and climate change impacts; communicating departmental positions at the Federal and Provincial levels, providing advice and recommendations on policy, ministerial briefings, and support to the Director on various federal/provincial forums dealing with environment and climate change.

**Primary Accountabilities**:

- Lead engagement, alignment and reporting associated with Agri-Environmental and Climate Change Strategies and initiatives.
- Research, evaluate and recommend strategies, beneficial management practices, programs and action plans most effective and adaptive to complex environmental and climate change challenges impacting agriculture.
- Anticipate the impacts of facing a rapidly changing climate by continuously building the Section’s capacity and knowledge of agriculture best practices, biodiversity, and climate smart farming practices.
- Manage a team of professionals responsible for staying up to date on the latest engineering, science, technical analysis and being original and proactive in developing recommendations and programming on agri-environmental beneficial management practices.
- Engage, build, and enhance collaborative relations with external experts, third party delivery agents, government departments and agencies, academia and partners on emerging findings and priorities.
- Improve communication on Agri-Environmental topics.
- Coordinate and collaborate with internal and external partners to provide functional guidance or options necessary to identify, address and resolve specific environmental and climate change issues, and challenges and opportunities.
- Coordinate and collaborate with internal and external partners to lead the delivery, review and enhancement of environmental programming.

**Qualifications and Experience**:
To be successful in this role, you must have a University degree in Environmental Sciences, Agriculture, Engineering, or a related field of study, including training related to two or more of the following areas: climate change, engineering, environmental management, soil science, sustainability. You must have an understanding of the following priority areas in relation to the NS agricultural sector: biodiversity, soil health, water management, climate change mitigation and adaptation and resilience. You are an excellent communicator with a talent for building strong and lasting relationships as well as able to work well in a team environment.

A minimum of either (7) years of related work experience in environmental or agronomy services, agri-environmental conservation, and climate change mitigation or adaptation. An equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered.

**You also possess the following skills and experience**:

- Membership with the Nova Scotia Institute of Agrologists (Professional Agrologist) is an asset.
- Time management, project and program development, human resource management, and prioritizing and delegating work under tight timelines.
- Communication skills, including report writing, proposal development, and briefing materials; as well as facilitation and presentation skills.
- Experience in leading multi-disciplinary teams of professionals.
- ArcGIS experience and training is an asset.
- Membership as a Professional Engineer with Engineers Nova Scotia is an asset.
- Implementing, and monitoring performance indicators to support outcomes-oriented decision making.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Written and spoken competence in English is required.
- A valid class 5 driver licence as issued by the Province of Nova Scotia, or equivalent is required.

Competencies: Strategic Orientation Effective Interactive Communication Partnering & Relationship Building Intercultural Diversity Proficiency Decisiveness Developing Others Team Leadership Self-Awareness & Perso



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