Position: Summer
Interpreter Position – Quadra Salmon Eco Centre
Type: summer job / summer student position
Organization: Quadra Island Salmon Enhancement Society
Location: Quadra Island, British Columbia
Position: an interpreter/environmental educator for the Quadra Island
Salmon Enhancement Society EcoCentre. The EcoCentre provides a variety
of educational displays and interactive activities focused on salmon
and the healthy watersheds necessary for their survival.
This contract position is for 10-weeks: late June through August 2015,
for 30 hours per week (5 days/week, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm) at $13.50 per
hour.
No experience is necessary as training and supervision will be provided.
Applicants are evaluated according to the following criteria:
• Should be a creative and enthusiastic communicator, with a strong
interest in natural history and conservation. Preferably should have
local knowledge of Quadra and/or the Discovery Islands.
• Be comfortable and motivated when working alone in a rural setting.
• Be willing to take on a range of tasks in support of maintaining and
developing the EcoCentre and grounds and educational programming.
• Have a reliable form of transportation (the Eco Centre is
approximately 6km from Heriot Bay).
• As this position is HRDC funded, applicants also need to be between
15 and 30 years of age, have been registered as a full-time student
this last academic year, and be returning to school on a full-time
basis in the next academic year.
Please send your resume to Quadra Island Salmon Enhancement Society by
June 15, 2015, and tell us why you would like to be considered for
this position:
Quadra Island Salmon Enhancement Society
PO Box 413, Quathiaski Cove, BC V0P 1N0
or via email at:
asbeattie@telus.net
