Security and Resilience Specialist

In the event a qualified bilingual candidate is not found, a qualified unilingual candidate will be considered. / Dans l’éventualité où un candidat bilingue qualifié n’est pas disponible, un candidat unilingue qualifié sera considéré.

Flexible Work Agreement Type

Posting End Date2024-06-28

Job GradeP3

Pay RangeCommensurate with Experience / Selon l’expérience

Job SummarySafe landings. And take offs.
Enroute or at airports, in clearances or on charts, through radio signals or expertise — we’re always here. Keeping Canada’s skies safe. Join us as a Security and Resilience Specialist within our Corporate Security and Emergency Planning team. In this new and unique role, you will have the opportunity to coordinate and create awareness and training for our employees in the areas of security, risk and resilience as well as manage our online content and align our processes across our various business groups. Through the collection and analysis of data, you will support the Manager, Security and Emergency Programs and Governance by making recommendations and assessments, as well as creating engaging dashboards to communicate and reinforce messaging.

Job Description

What NAV CANADA offers you: 

• Challenging, team-oriented work environment 
• Competitive compensation and flexible benefits 
• Defined benefit pension plan 
• Opportunities for growth and development 
• Flexible work arrangements 
• Diverse and inclusive workforce 

In this role you will: 

• Work with internal partners to define, establish and maintain a culture of vigilance towards security risk and resilience through internal brand imaging.
• Solicit and understand areas of vulnerability, mitigation strategies and best practices in policy, business practices and human behaviour.
• Contribute to the drafting of strategies, policies, standards, guidelines, processes and procedures ensuring incorporation of best-practices, alignment and efficiency.
• Develop content that incorporates security, risk and resilience for various digital platforms that is engaging and encourages interaction from internal stakeholders at all levels.
• Support the development and implementation of comprehensive training programs.
• Contribute to training delivery activities for diverse audiences and using multiple platforms across the organization.
• Evaluate training program effectiveness through assessments, feedback mechanisms and continuous improvement strategies.
• Foster and reinforce security culture principals through awareness campaigns on NAV CANADA internal websites, online communities, and news articles.
• Design, develop and produce monthly dashboards, quarterly score cards and annual reports on key priorities and initiatives, including metrics, trends and measurements of effectiveness.

What you bring to the role:

• College diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Education, Policy, Business Administration or related area of study.
• Alternatively, a high school diploma with a minimum of 5 years’ work experience in a related field, achieving leadership or supervisory roles that highlight creativity, strategic thinking, planning and time management.
• At least 2 years’ experience supporting Program Development or Delivery.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Digital Communications, Marketing, Advertising or Content Development.
• Proven track record supporting awareness campaigns and the development of course curriculum in training programs.
• Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint and OneNote.
• Experience developing and sharing content using Microsoft 365 Suite including SharePoint, Viva Engage, Streams and Forms (or similar platforms).
• Familiarity with Microsoft PowerBI, PowerAutomate and Power Apps would be advantageous.
• Awareness of “Big-S” Security philosophy. Specifically, the umbrella term used when combining and coordinating efforts across multiple disciplines to wholistically protect an organization.
• Knowledge of Security Management Systems (SeMS) objectives, principals, structure and processes; although Safety Management Systems (SMS) experience would be considered a suitable alternative.
• Exposure to ISO 9001 or similar Quality Management Standard frameworks would be beneficial.

How others describe you:

• Self-motivating and driven, able to work autonomously while being part of a larger team.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Solid written, verbal and visual communication skills.
• Able to develop engaging, interconnected storylines with ease.
• Highly creative strategic thinker who is innovative, adaptive, open-minded and goal oriented.
• Familiar with developing long term objective-based plans with structured and progressive milestone targets towards the goal.
• Able to interpret statistics and identify trends, understand their meaning and suggest opportunities for improvement.
• Adept at reading policy, understand the intent and summarize key takeaways in succinct terms using plain language.
• Familiar drafting and reviewing non-technical policies, standards, guidelines, processes and procedures.
• Able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks, including potential competitive and conflicting priorities, time pressures and deadlines.
• Able to work in a fast-paced, agile and dynamic environment.
• Able to foster a climate conducive to an engaged workforce by promoting company values of diversity, respect, excellence and service.

Working conditions

• Ottawa based and eligible for a Hybrid work arrangement.

NAV CANADA is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. If you do not believe that you match every job requirement listed on this job posting, we still encourage you to apply. NAV CANADA encourages a culture of learning and growth, and recognizes that although some technical skills are mandatory, many others can be taught.

Our Company strives to create an inclusive and barrier-free selection process and work environment. If you require accommodations during this competition process, please ensure that you inform the interview coordinator or hiring manager of any accommodation measures you may require. NAV CANADA will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities as required.

The successful candidate must meet the security requirement of the position and be legally able to work in Canada.

We thank all applicants for their interest; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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