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Vice-Chairperson, Canadian Transportation Agency,

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We know that our country is stronger and our government more effective when decision-makers reflect Canada’s diversity. Moving forward, the Government of Canada will use an appointment process that is transparent and merit-based, strives for gender parity, and ensures that Indigenous Canadians and minority groups are properly represented in positions of leadership. We will continue to search for Canadians who reflect the values that we all embrace: inclusion, honesty, fiscal prudence, and generosity of spirit. Together, we will build a government as diverse as Canada.

The overarching goal for the Minister of Transport is to ensure that Canada’s transportation system supports our ambitious economic growth and job creation agenda.

The Government of Canada is currently seeking applications from diverse and talented Canadians from across the country who are interested in the following position:

Vice-Chairperson (full-time position)

Canadian Transportation Agency

Headquartered in the National Capital Region, Canada, the Canadian Transportation Agency administers and applies certain federal transportation legislation as an independent, quasi-judicial decision-maker and regulator on air, federal rail and marine, and, in the case of accessibility, extra-provincial bus matters. The Canadian Transportation Agency has three broad mandates:

  • Helping to ensure that the national transportation system runs efficiently and smoothly in the interests of all Canadians: those who work and invest in it; the producers, shippers, travelers and businesses who rely on it; and the communities where it operates;
  • Protecting the human rights of persons with disabilities to an accessible transportation network; and
  • Providing consumer protection for air passengers.

To help advance these mandates, the Canadian Transportation Agency uses three tools:

  • Rule-making: The Canadian Transportation Agency develops and applies ground rules that establish the rights and responsibilities of transportation service providers and users and that level the playing field among competitors. These rules can take the form of binding regulations or less formal guidelines, codes of practice or interpretation notes.
  • Dispute resolution: The Canadian Transportation Agency resolves disputes that arise between transportation providers on the one hand, and their clients and neighbours on the other, using a range of tools from facilitation and mediation to arbitration and adjudication.
  • Information provision: The Canadian Transportation Agency provides information on the transportation system, the rights and responsibilities of transportation providers and users, and the Canadian Transportation Agency 's legislation and services.

As independent decision-makers, Members of the Canadian Transportation Agency, including the Vice-Chairperson, are assigned in Panels by the Chairperson to make decisions, orders and determinations related to dispute and regulatory applications. Although most formal dispute adjudications and regulatory determinations are processed through written hearings, oral hearings may be held. Members of the Agency may also be appointed to act as arbitrators in rail level of service arbitrations and as mediators in a wide variety of transportation-related disputes.

Further details about the organization and its activities can be found on the Canadian Transportation Agency's website.

Candidates must apply online by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on July 17, 2017, via the Governor in Council Appointments website. Your cover letter should be addressed to the Deputy Secretary of Selection Processes, Senior Personnel Secretariat, Privy Council Office, and should be sent only through the online application.

Salary range: $200,900 to $236,300 (GCQ-7)

Position location: National Capital Region (statutory)

Official Languages and Diversity

The Government of Canada will consider bilingual proficiency and diversity in assessing candidates for this position. You are therefore encouraged to include in your online profile your ability to speak and understand your second official language. Preference may be given to candidates who are members of one or more of the following groups: women, Indigenous Canadians, disabled persons, and members of visible minorities.

To be considered for this position, please provide examples from your career that clearly demonstrate how you meet the following requirements in your application:

Education and Experience

  • A degree from a recognized university in the field of transportation, economics, law, public administration, business administration, or commerce, or an acceptable combination of relevant education, job-related training and/or experience;
  • Experience in the interpretation and application of laws, regulations, guidelines and procedures;
  • Experience in one of the federal transportation sectors (air, rail, or marine);
  • Experience in gathering and assessing complex and sensitive information and making decisions and recommendations at a senior level in public or private sector organizations;
  • Experience providing organizational leadership and managing at the senior executive level in private or public sector organizations with multiple mandates;
  • Experience dealing with senior government officials;
  • Experience developing and maintaining successful relationships and partnerships with internal colleagues and external stakeholders;
  • Experience in matters related to accessibility for persons with disabilities, or in the area of consumer protection would be considered an asset; and
  • Experience working in administrative law or with a quasi-judicial tribunal would be considered an asset.

If you are selected for an interview, the following criteria will be assessed:

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Knowledge of the mandate, mission and activities of the Canadian Transportation Agency, as well as the legislative framework within which it operates;
  • Knowledge of one or more of the air sector, the rail sector, the marine sector, accessibility and disability issues, major shipper sectors and issues, and consumer protection, including current trends, issues and developments in Canada;
  • Knowledge of adjudicative practices and processes, arbitration practices and processes, as well as the principles of administrative law and natural justice;
  • Knowledge of the operations of government, including management practices and policies;
  • Financial literacy and knowledge of federal government financial planning and reporting processes;
  • Superior oral and written communication skills, with the ability to write clear and concise reports, analyses and decisions;
  • Ability to interpret and apply the provisions of relevant statutes, regulations, policies, and other documents in a decision-making environment;
  • Ability to analyze differing opinions and complex technical information, as well as to synthesize key information, to make informed, impartial, fair, well-reasoned and timely decisions, while anticipating their short- and long-term consequences, in a rapidly evolving environment;
  • Ability to develop effective and respectful working relationships, work efficiently and effectively with staff and other Members, foster debate and build consensus in a respectful manner; and
  • Ability to manage multiple and conflicting priorities.

Language Requirements

Proficiency in both official languages would be preferred.

If you move on to the next stage of the selection process, we will contact your references to verify how you have demonstrated the Experience requirements and the following Personal Attributes in your current and recently held positions:

  • High ethical standards, integrity and impartiality
  • Sound judgment
  • Superior interpersonal skills, including tact and diplomacy
  • Adaptability and flexibility
  • Strategic thinking

Eligibility Factors and Conditions of Employment

In your application, it will be important that you confirm you meet the following requirements:

  • You must not, directly or indirectly, as owner, shareholder, director, officer, partner or otherwise, be engaged in a transportation undertaking or business; nor have an interest in a transportation undertaking or business, or an interest in the manufacture or distribution of transportation plant or equipment, unless the distribution is merely incidental to the general merchandising of goods (statutory).
  • You must reside in or be willing to relocate to the National Capital Region, or to a location within a reasonable commuting distance (statutory).
  • You must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident within the meaning of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (statutory).
  • You must indicate if you are interested in having your name retained on a roster of Temporary Members.

If you are appointed to this position:

You must comply with the Ethical and Political Activity Guidelines for Public Office Holders throughout your appointment as a term and condition of employment. The guidelines are available on the Governor in Council Appointments website, under Forms and reference material.

You will be subject to the Conflict of Interest Act. Public office holders appointed on a full-time basis must submit to the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, within 60 days of appointment, a confidential report in which they disclose all of their assets, liabilities and outside activities. For more information, please visit the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner’s website.

A link to this notice will be placed in the Canada Gazette to assist the Governor in Council in identifying qualified candidates for these positions. It is not, however, intended to be the sole means of recruitment.

A roster of qualified candidates may be established and may be used for similar opportunities.

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