About this role
Competition # : 50345
Department: Natural Resources
Location: Flexible
Type of Employment: Permanent
Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG
Closing Date: ¿18-Nov-26 ¿ (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)
About Us
Nova Scotia is rich in natural resources - including biodiversity, forests, provincial parks and the land we manage. Natural Resources is responsible for the development, management, conservation and protection of forests, parks and wildlife resources and the administration of the province's Crown land. Together we are working with Nova Scotians to build a better future through sustainable natural resource management.
About Our Opportunity
The Program Lead is responsible for providing advanced specialized program administrative or management work for programs with province-wide impacts. Responsibilities include overall program administration and coordination of programs. The incumbent will be responsible for identifying and designing future programs as well as developing, reviewing and evaluating proposals requiring government support.
Specifically, the incumbent of this position will provide leadership and coordination for GIS, integrated resource planning, and spatial analysis activities that are currently dispersed across multiple groups.
Primary Accountabilities
- Supervises GIS staff.
- Manages and delivers required outcomes for one or more programs.
- Administers Act(s) and/or its regulations in the province, and may perform and exercise any of the powers, privileges, duties, and functions of the Minister as specified in the legislation and the designation.
- Identifies and designs programs to assist with the evaluation and planning for future direction of p