Protected Area Planner

2 months ago

Halifax, Canada Province of Nova Scotia Full time

**Department**:Environment and Climate Change

**Location**:Flexible

**Type of Employment**: Permanent

**Union Status**: NSGEU - NSPG

**Closing Date**:01-Oct-24 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

**Additional Information**:
**This hiring pool is being established to fill future permanent, term or temporary Planner 1(A)-(B)-2 vacancies across the province. ECC has regional offices in Bedford, Truro, Amherst, Sydney, Port Hawkesbury, Antigonish, Pictou, Kentville, Bridgewater and Yarmouth. Work location will be determined at time of offer.**

**About Us**:
Our goal is to educate, inspect and enforce to ensure compliance with legislation and regulations. We also proactively respond to environmental, conservation, animal, and human health risks and work to develop programs and deliver services to enhance protection in these areas.

Protected Areas | Protected Areas (novascotia.ca)

**About Our Opportunity**:
Reporting to the Manager, Nature Agreement you will be responsible for implementing various elements of a two
- year, multi-million-dollar, partner-based conservation project.

**Primary Accountabilities**:
As a Conservation Planner, you will contribute to key biodiversity conservation programs such as the creation of new protected areas on crown land, the protection of private land, restoration of ecological connectivity, or identifying and reporting Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures. To do so, you may facilitate collaborative conservation planning and action, undertake targeted ecological inventory, analysis, and prioritization work.

You will work in a team environment with staff from this and other provincial departments, municipalities, Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq representatives, lands trust partners, and various contractors and conservation groups. You may also interact with industry and non-government partners, community groups, conservation and recreation organizations, and others to advance project goals.

Additionally, you will be involved in stakeholder and public partnerships and consultations, developing public communication materials, preparing reports and negotiating and overseeing contracts. You may also be involved in policy development as required.

**Qualifications and Experience**:
To be successful in this role, you will have a bachelor’s degree in Planning or related area of concentration such as Environmental Studies or Management, Ecology, Land Conservation, Natural Resources, etc.

Experience working in land conservation, protected areas planning and management, or natural resource management will be considered an asset as will possession of some knowledge of provincial legislation and programs relevant to protected areas establishment and management or private land conservation in Nova Scotia.

Additional assets include project management experience or experience with collaborative conservation planning, stakeholder engagement or the facilitation of partnerships as well as working familiarity with geographic information systems.

**Equivalency**:
**Benefits**:
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.

**Other Considerations**:
You must be willing and able to travel throughout Nova Scotia and work irregular hours when deemed necessary.

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.

**What We Offer**:

- Career development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career
- Engaging workplace: our employees feel valued, respected, connected, and tuned in, we have forward-thinking policies and strategies
- Countless career paths
- Department specific flexible working schedules

**Pay Grade**: PR 08 - PR 14

**Salary Range**: $2,084.99 - $3,231.58 Bi-Weekly

**Employment Equity Statement**:

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