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Senior Heritage Presenters are part of a dynamic team that delivers world class heritage programming within Southwestern Ontario Field Unit Historic Sites.
This position gives you the opportunity to interact with visitors from around the world to deliver education programs, guided tours, and dialogic or conversational interpretation. You will also get to demonstrate historic activities, all with the unique advantage of being dressed in historic clothing/uniform.
🏆 Parks Canada is proud to be recognized by Forbes as one of Canada's Best Employers (2025)🏆
Parks Canada is a federal government agency responsible for the protection and presentation of Canada’s outstanding natural and cultural resources through a system of national parks, national marine conservation areas and national historic sites in all regions of Canada.
Top 6 reasons to work for Parks Canada:
⚖️ Work-life balance
📅 Paid vacation and leave
📚 Training and professional development
🏞️ Working in beautiful locations
🤝 Diverse and inclusive workplaces
🍁 Contribution to public service
This is an anticipatory process, with the goal of building a qualified pool of candidate to draw from as vacancies arise. We will continue to access the inventory as required to maintain a pool of candidates to ensure operational requirements.
Term and/or Seasonal – 0.5 FTE (26 weeks) between April and October.
In support of achieving a representative workforce, preference may be given to qualified candidates who self-identify as Indigenous.
This process (will OR may) be used to create a list of qualified candidates to staff similar positions with various tenures, security levels or linguistic (profiles OR requirements) in same or other parts of the country.
Positions to be filled: Number to be determined
Your résumé.
Contact information for 3 references.
🎓Education
ED: A minimum of 2 years post-secondary education or acceptable combination of education, training, and experience.
For Example: Acceptable combination of education, training and experience means:
Two years of secondary school or PSC approved alternatives; AND
- Successful completion of a minimum of one (1) course relevant to the duties of the position (e.g., courses taken through continuing education facilities, colleges, universities, professional or governmental organisations or employers including training provided by Aboriginal elders or group that may include but not limited to courses in heritage interpretation, communications, public speaking, performing arts); AND/OR
- A minimum of three (3) months experience working in the fields of education, interpretation and/or outreach communications.
💼Experiences
EX1: Experience working and/or volunteering in one of the following fields for the purpose of education, engagement, entertainment and/or motivation:
- interpretation
- public presentation
- communications
- guiding tours
- informal and formal education
- leading day camps
- theatre performance
Various language requirements
Bilingual Imperative (BBB/BBB) and English Essential
Information on language requirements
🕮Knowledge
K1: Knowledge of Parks Canada and its mandate;
K2: Knowledge of communication, presentation and/or interpretive techniques such as storytelling, demonstration, theatre programs or guided tours.
📋 Abilities
A1: Teamwork: Working collaboratively with others to achieve organizational goals;
A2: Adaptability: Adapting in order to work effectively in ambiguous or changing situations, and with diverse individuals and groups;
A3: Client Focus: Providing service excellence to internal and/or external client;
A4: Communication: Listening to others and communicating effectively to a wide variety of audiences in an engaging and informative manner.
⭐ Personal Suitabilities
PS1: Exercises sound judgment
PS2: Personally connects with others
PS3: Takes responsibility
PS4: Makes things happen
💼Asset experience
AEX1: Experience working at a heritage site or institution;
AEX2: Experience and knowledge of interpretive skills. Examples: delivering school programs, guided tours, historic demonstrations, and/or camps;
AEX3: Experience handling cash/working with a Point of Sale (POS);
AEX4: Experience in mentoring staff or volunteers;
Reliability Status security clearance
• Possession of a valid class G driver’s licence
Operational Requirements:
The position requires the incumbent to:
• Work shift-work, and/or weekends, and/or statutory holidays and provincial/territorial holidays;
• Wear a Parks Canada uniform as per the uniform policy and/or dress in period costume as per Parks Canada requirements;
• Work and/or travel in varied weather conditions;
• Stand/walk/march for prolonged periods in warm, heavy wool historic uniforms / clothing;
• Handle historic weapons and black powder.
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
For tips to navigate the application process step by step, refer to the following site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GW7P3g9hhI .
Parks Canada is committed to the principles of diversity and employment equity under the Employment Equity Act, and strives to ensure that our workforce reflects the diverse nature of Canadian society. We encourage women, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities and members of a visible minority group to self-identify in their application.
Please submit your completed application, including all of the above-mentioned documentation. Failure to do so may result in your application being rejected.
The Parks Canada Agency is established as a separate employer in the Federal Public Service under the Financial Administration Act. Persons appointed to the Agency continue to be part of the Public Service. The Parks Canada Agency operates under its own human resources framework outside of the Public Service Employment Act and in line with values of fairness, competence and respect, and its operating principles.
In accordance with paragraph 8(2)(a) of the Privacy Act, information or material, whether provided directly by the candidate or otherwise obtained by the selection board, used during the selection process for the purpose of assessing a candidate may be used as part of the selection review and recourse processes. Such relevant information may be provided to third parties, such as other candidates or their representatives, who have a legitimate reason to be aware of that information.
Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.
Travel cost for individuals who are not Federal Public Servants will not be covered.
You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.
We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.