Limited Competition

This job opening is limited to individuals recognized as members and descendants of First Nations, Métis, or Inuit people indigenous to areas of Canada.

Department Information

The mandate of the Department of Environment and Climate Change is to manage land, water, air, wildlife, and forests. This includes promoting, planning, and supporting the wise and sustainable use of natural resources, and protecting, restoring, and stewarding the environment for the social and economic benefit of all Northwest Territories residents.

Job Information

The Assistant Land Use Administrator position is located in Inuvik and reports to the Land Use Advisor.
This position conducts preliminary screenings for all land use applications accepted by the Department,
within specified legislative time frames. These screenings are broad ranging and multi-disciplinary
and usually associated with the oil and gas exploration, mining, forestry, construction,
outfitting and tourism activities.

Critical Knowledge, Skills and Abilities.

• Knowledge of relevant legislation including: the Territorial Land Act and Regulations;
  Commissioner's Land Act and Regulations; Planning Act and Regulations; the Area
  Development Act and Regulations; and the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act
  and Mackenzie Valley Land Use Regulations; Canada Mining Regulations; as well as the
  settled Lands, Resources and Self-government Agreements within the NWT; Interim
  Measures Agreements; and the Devolution Final Agreement. The position also works
  within a Cabinet approved policy framework including the Land Pricing Policy; the Land
  Lease Only Policy; the Land Use and Sustainability Framework; Northern Lands-
  Northern Leadership; Sustainable Development Policy and the Recreational Leasing
  Management Framework.
• General knowledge of methods, techniques and practices of resource development,
  including oil and gas exploration, drilling and production, mineral exploration and
  development, timber harvest, granular and rock quarrying, road construction, pipeline
  construction, hydro-electric development and silviculture.
• Knowledge of theories and practice of environmental assessment, including scoping,
  impact prediction, mitigation, impact evaluation, monitoring, to assist in preparing
  environmental assessment reports and preliminary screenings.
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• Good knowledge of principles of land management to ensure that permits are issued to
  proper right holders and that the rights of others are maintained during the use of the
  permit.
• Skill in interpreting legislation, regulation, policy and correspondence to ensure the
  lawful administration of land use activities.
• Expert knowledge of the documentation processes related to land, land use and quarry
  applications, method of drafting land use permits, storage authorizations, amendments
  and extensions and other land use transaction documents, to make appropriate
  recommendations and decisions and prepare appropriate documents.
• General knowledge of the principals of legal survey and of real property management,
  to assist in making recommendations and decisions related to land use.
• Skills in interpreting technical reports such as biophysical environmental reports, to
  assist in the lawful administration and environmentally appropriate use of land for
  various activities.
• Knowledge of computer software applications to prepare correspondence, formal land
  use permits and environmental assessment reports.
• Knowledge of traditional and current cultural and socio-economic beliefs and practices
  of the northern Aboriginal peoples.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing to the public, industry, stakeholders and
  others.
• Knowledge of the financial system for the purpose of data entry, retrieval techniques
  and paying of invoices according to the Financial Administration Manual.
• Ability to commit to actively upholding and consistently practicing personal diversity,
  inclusion and cultural awareness, as well as safety and sensitivity approaches in the
  workplace.

Critical Typically attained by.

Completion of a diploma in a related field such as Administration, Geography, Planning or
Survey Science with demonstrated proficiency, plus one (1) year of relevant experience

GNWT Inquiries

Inquiries Only:

Inuvik HR Client Service Centre
Department of Finance
Government of the Northwest Territories
1st FLOOR ALEX MOSES GREENLAND BUILDING
BOX 1869
INUVIK, NT X0E 0T0
Tel (867) 678-8071 Ext 15644
Fax (867) 678-6620
jobsinuvik@gov.nt.ca

Note: If you do not receive electronic notification confirming receipt of your application, please follow up via telephone.