This Job Opening is limited to employees with the GNWT/WSCC in indeterminate and term positions.
Employees must apply through HRIS / Employee Self-Service. For instructions please see:
https://www.gov.nt.ca/careers/en/submit-application-gnwt-employee

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.

The Manager, Land Use Planning (Manager) is responsible for providing management and oversight in the development and review, and advice to the Department and to other Government of Northwest Territories (GNWT) departments on the implementation of regional land use plans, and program guidelines, standards procedures related to the management, sustainable use, and administration of Territorial Land and Commissioner's Land.
The Manager is responsible for setting the strategic framework for land use planning throughout the NWT, which is a geographic area of over one million square kilometers. Extensive scientific knowledge and experience is needed by the Manager in order to ensure Land Use Plans in the NWT meet the often conflicting needs of land users throughout the NWT. How land is used and managed requires in depth skills and experience in demographic analysis and modeling, social and economic analysis and modeling, conflict management and issues management. These specialized skills are vital to the job of the Manager, Land Use Planning given the cross-departmental and cross governmental nature of land use in the NWT.
The Manager is also responsible for ensuring that GNWT obligations related to regional land use planning are fulfilled, including planning, managing, and overseeing the development, review, renewal, coordination, approval of regional land use plans pursuant to Lands, Resources, and Self-Government Agreements.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Knowledge of Departmental Acts, Agreements, frameworks, strategies and policies as they relate to the management, sustainable use, and administration of NWT public lands including the Northwest Territories Lands Act and Regulations, Commissioner’s Land Act and Regulations; Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act, Canadian Environmental Assessment Act; Canadian Mining Regulations; Area Development Act; Planning Act; Species at Risk Act; Settled Lands, Resources and Self-Government Agreements; Interim Measures Agreements; Interim Land Withdrawals; Respect, Recognition, Responsibility; Devolution Final Agreement; Land Use Sustainability Framework; Northern Lands – Northern Leadership; GNWT Ecological Representation Network Plan; Sustainable Development Policy (GNWT and Canada); Mineral Development Strategy; Economic Opportunity Strategy; Water Stewardship Strategy; Lease Only Policy; Land Pricing Policy, and Recreational Leasing Policy.
• Knowledge of principles and practices related to public sector management, socio-economic research and analysis, strategic analysis, policy development, evaluation and negotiation.
• Knowledge about diverse practices, processes and issues relating to the Department's mandates, roles, and objectives and those of co-delivery partners in GNWT Departments (e.g., ITI) and agencies.
• Knowledge of international initiatives, strategies and conventions (e.g., American and Canadian Planning Associations) to take advantage of current planning practice as it relates to resource and land management, sustainable development and conservations planning.
• Knowledge of the history, culture, political and economic aspirations of Indigenous people and other Northerners and of land rights and land use.

Typically, the above qualifications would be attained by:
A Graduate Degree in Natural Resource Management, Environmental Studies, Environmental Science, Planning, Geography, Economics or similar relevant disciplines along with five(5) years of experience in planning or legislative and policy analysis and development, and project management, including at least five years supervising the work of others.

Inquiries Only:

Department of Finance
Government of the Northwest Territories
YELLOWKNIFE CENTRE 5TH FLOOR
BOX 1320 YELLOWKNIFE NT X1A 2L9
Tel (867) 767-9154 Extension 14106
Fax (867) 873-0445
jobsyk@gov.nt.ca
Note: If you do not receive electronic notification confirming receipt of your application, please follow up via telephone.