Opportunities: Fisheries Inspector (Intelligence) - Inspector (Specialist) 3

About Us

The Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture has a legislated mandate to manage, promote, support, and develop the fishing, aquaculture, and seafood buying and processing industries that contribute to the economic, environmental and social prosperity of Nova Scotia’s coastal and rural communities. We work to promote Nova Scotia as Canada’s premier fish and seafood province.

About Our Opportunity

As a Fisheries Inspector (Intelligence), you will play a key role in the Province's intelligence-led compliance and enforcement program. Reporting to the Fisheries Compliance and Enforcement Supervisor, you will collect, analyze, and disseminate intelligence to support investigations, inspections, audits, and enforcement initiatives across Nova Scotia's fisheries sector.

This position combines intelligence analysis, regulatory compliance, investigations, records auditing, and enforcement activities. You will work closely with Fisheries Inspectors and a wide range of provincial, federal, and law enforcement partners to identify emerging risks, uncover organized illegal activity, and support strategic enforcement priorities.

The Fisheries Inspector (Intelligence) holds the necessary appointments (e.g., Inspector, Special Constable).

Primary Accountabilities

As the Fisheries Inspector (Intelligence), you will:

• Collect, evaluate, analyze, and disseminate tactical, operational, and strategic intelligence related to fisheries, aquaculture, marine plants, seafood processing, fish buying and selling, and associated supply chains.


• Develop intelligence products, risk assessments, compliance profiles, trend analyses, offender profiles, and investigative reports.


• Identify emerging compliance risks, organized illegal activity, repeat offenders, and vulnerabilities within the fisheries sector.


• Conduct inspections and investigations involving fish buyers and processors, marine plant harvesters, aquaculture operations, and recreational fisheries.


• Conduct surveillance activities, target profiling, intelligence gathering, and evidence collection.


• Perform records audits and compliance examinations involving harvesting, purchasing, processing, inventory, transportation, licensing, financial, and taxation records.


• Identify indicators of illegal commercialization, under-reporting, fraudulent records, product laundering, and other regulatory violations.


• Prepare occurrence reports, court documents, Crown briefs, legal information packages, and other enforcement-related documentation.


• Execute enforcement authorities including searches, seizures, interviews, statement-taking, and evidence management activities.


• Assist Crown Counsel and provide testimony during court and administrative proceedings.


• Develop and maintain intelligence-sharing relationships with federal, provincial, municipal, and international enforcement partners.


• Contribute to the development of operational procedures, enforcement strategies, intelligence products, and risk-based compliance programs.

Qualifications and Experience

• High school plus formal technical training in law enforcement and intelligence gathering and analysis plus 7 years of commercial fisheries-related compliance and enforcement experience such as conducting inspections, investigations, analyzing evidence, laying charges and supporting legal proceedings.


• Collecting, synthesizing, analyzing, and producing evidence including statements and testimonies.


• Demonstrated analytical and self-directed ability in fisheries related areas such as intelligence gathering, regulatory compliance, and enforcement principles.


• Adept in case management including evaluating complex records and producing actionable intelligence as it pertains to commercial fisheries enforcement.


• You must be able to demonstrate you can work both independently and as a member of a compliance and enforcement team, exhibiting collaborative behaviors.


• Ability to exercise professional discretion and manage competing interests.


• Strong communication skills are essential for building and sustaining a diverse network of relationships, i.e. public, legal authorities. You must be able to understand, interpret and explain legislation in plain language terms for clients.


• Proficiency in various computer programs i.e. Microsoft Office.


• You have access to a reliable motor vehicle and a valid driver’s license.

Offer of employment is contingent on an appropriate background and criminal records check.

Equivalency

An equivalent combination of training, education and experience will be considered. Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application.

Benefits

Based on the employment status and union agreement, the Government of Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Health, Dental, Life Insurance, General illness, Short and Long Term Disability, Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs.  For information on all our Benefit program offerings, click here: Benefits for government employees.

Working Conditions

Normal work is 35 hours/week, 7 hours/day, Monday to Friday. However, you must be able to work irregular hours, including evenings and weekends. May be required to work overtime. This position requires the wearing of identifiable clothing.

This position will be required to travel regularly throughout the province and therefore, the incumbent must have access to a reliable vehicle and hold a valid driver’s license. Field work may include loading gear in boats, carrying boxes of files, moving totes/containers, and other activities that require moderate physical effort. May occasionally operate boats.

What We Offer

• Career development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career


• Engaging workplace: our employees feel valued, respected, connected, and tuned in, we have forward-thinking policies and strategies


• Countless career paths


• A Dynamic, client-focused office environment where service excellence and teamwork are our focus.