Wetlands Research Assistant - Research Affiliate Program

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Assessment accommodation

📌To be considered for Research Affiliate Program (RAP) work opportunities, candidates must meet the following criteria:
▶ Be recognized as having full-time PhD student status by a Canadian post-secondary academic institution at which you are currently enrolled. (Proof will be required).
▶ Be the minimum age to work in the province or territory where the job is located.

Duties

◼ The student is expected to contribute to research that will help to quantifying carbon impacts of land-use change and management of salt water ecosystems in Canada. Duties and responsibilities will include compiling existing data and knowledge, collecting new field data, processing samples, analysing results, and preparing manuscripts..

◼ Limited travel may be involved.

◼ The project will open opportunities for student to contribute to greenhouse monitoring and reporting, work with a team of experts in geosciences, land use change and agroforestry.

Work environment

➡ The student will work with the pollutant, inventory and reporting division of Environment and Climate Change Canada to support critical research on greenhouse gas emissions and removals as a result of management and land-use change of coastal wetlands.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter "how you meet the essential qualifications (education and experience)."

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

📌 Candidates must clearly explain in detail how they meet the essential education and experience qualifications by indicating HOW (clearly explain your duties), WHEN and for HOW LONG (date and length of time in months or years), and WHERE (employer and geographic location) this experience was acquired. One approach is to write one or two paragraphs demonstrating, with clear and accurate details, how you meet the criteria.

📚 Education:
The student must be currently enrolled or able to enroll in a PhD program with specialization in saltwater ecosystems (salt marshes) and coastal wetlands in the Department of geography or the department of Environmental Sciences at Saint Mary’s University by 1st December, 2023.

Degree equivalency

💻EXPERIENCE:
1. Experience* in planning field data collection seasons, use of soil greenhouse gas monitoring devices (greenhouse gas autochambers or gas analyzer) required.
2. Experience* in R and modeling required.
3. Experience* in carbon storage dynamics.
4. Experience* with blue carbon and greenhouse gas emissions in salt marshes is required.
5. Experience* modeling Nitrous oxide (N2O) in restored salt marches is considered an asset.

*In the context of student recruitment in the Federal Public Service, the experience can be acquired through the studies, work experience, or volunteer activities.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

English essential

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE :
1. Knowledge on Blue Carbon
2. Knowledge of field data collection
3. Knowledge of restoration practices in salt marshes
4. Knowledge of GHG emissions in salt marshes

COMPETENCIES:
1. Initiative
2. Teamwork
3. Adaptability
4. Communication

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:
◼ Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

Information you must provide:

1) Your résumé.

2) Contact information for 2 references.

3) A list of the courses you have taken as well as any courses that you are taking now, or that you will be taking this academic year.

Qualifications may be evaluated by a wide range of tools and methods. Consequently, a written exam, an interview, reference checks or other evaluation methods may be sought in this process. Applicants need to make a reasonable effort to make themselves available for their evaluation at the appointed time. A passing grade will be established for all evaluated qualifications.

You must provide proof of your education credentials.

Candidates are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

For this selection process, it is our intention to communicate with candidates via email for screening and assessment purposes. This will include communication of screening results and invitations to written tests and interviews. To that end, candidates must include a valid email address in their application. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure that this address is functional and that it accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is also the candidate’s responsibility to ensure accurate information is provided and updated as required.

We thank all applicants for their interest in our position(s). For the purpose of this staffing process, only candidates selected for further assessment will be contacted.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Preference

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.