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📍Successful candidates will not be relocated or considered to be on travel status
📍Isolated Post Allowance single rate: $11,514
📍Isolated Post Allowance for those with dependents: $18,833
📍Vacation Travel Assistance single rate: $997
The above rates include taxes and are subject to change.
📧 If you prefer to apply to this process through email, please send 1) your resume and 2) information on how you meet the required educational requirements and experience qualifications to by the application deadline. Please include the process number 2025-CAP-YU-KNPR-EA-20 in the subject line.
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At Parks Canada, we are committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We encourage applications from candidates who represent the diverse communities across Canada, including Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, women, and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community. In support of achieving a diversified workforce, preference may be given at various stages of the selection process to candidates self-declaring as belonging to one or more Employment Equity groups.
Fun activities you may find yourself doing on the job include:
🌍 Travelling across land and water by foot, canoe, packraft, powerboat, and helicopter
🏕️ Preparing for field camps and contributing to camp life
📷 Using monitoring equipment such as remote cameras, GPS, audio recorders, and temperature loggers
🩹 Training in wilderness first aid and incident response
🌄 Experiencing some of the most spectacular scenery in Canada
🤝 Working in a positive team environment with others who are passionate about the outdoors and nature
🗣️ Practicing Southern Tutchone language
Additional office activities you may be involved with:
🛠️ Assembling, maintaining, and preparing equipment
💻 Organizing and entering data collected in the field into a computer
📝 Collaborating with team members to write or update reports
🧑🤝🧑 Learning to work as part of a team to plan fieldwork and ensure safety
🚑 Learning about emergency response services
📞 Taking on Duty Officer shifts as the main contact for staff and park visitors
🗣️ Communicating with the public about our work
The summer work environment in the Kluane region offers a mix of fieldwork and office tasks. Our team is involved in a variety of projects, including monitoring lakes, kokanee salmon, Dall's sheep, and moose, as well as studying the effects of climate change on plant life and ensuring the safety of both staff and park visitors. From June to August, a significant portion of our time is spent collecting vegetation data in forest and alpine environments.
The intent of this process is to hire one (1) full-time term position from May 2025 to October 2025.
This process may be used to create a list of qualified candidates to staff similar positions with various tenures, security levels, or linguistic requirements both within the same region and throughout other parts of the country.
Positions to be filled: 2
Your résumé.
EDUCATION
🎓 Graduation with a degree from a recognized university with specialization in environmental or natural sciences (e.g., biology, ecology, geology) or another discipline relevant to the position, or an acceptable combination of two years of post-secondary education related to environmental and/or natural sciences (e.g., biology, ecology, geology) with training and experience in a field related to the position.
EXPERIENCE
🔷 EG-02 and EG-03
✅ Experience working and/or travelling in varied terrain, weather conditions, backcountry locations and by various means of transportation
✅ Experience collecting data/samples and using a variety of data/sample collection equipment
✅ Experience using a variety of computer applications for data entry, data management, and report writing (e.g., Microsoft Excel, Access, Survey 123 or Field Maps)
🔷 EG-03
✅Experience participating in at least two (2) of the following phases of field research or monitoring projects:
🔹Project design (e.g., planning or revising sample site selection, location, and sample frequency)
🔹Logistics (e.g., planning, preparing, or organizing equipment, travel, or food for field projects or
outdoor activities)
🔹Defining data/sample collection requirements (e.g., developing methods for collecting samples or writing protocols)
🔹Data/sample analysis using statistical software, 'R', or Geographic Information Systems (ArcGIS or QGIS)
🔹Preparing technical or scientific reports (e.g., field protocols, fieldwork report writing, and preparing material for presentation to partners and the public)
English essential
Information on language requirements
KNOWLEDGE
🔷 EG-02 and EG-03
✅ Knowledge of modern land claim agreements and cooperative management obligations and arrangements with respect to Kluane National Park and Reserve
✅ Knowledge of methodologies and procedures for scientific testing and data/sample collection
🔷 EG-03
✅ Knowledge of conservation biology and natural science theories and principles
ABILITIES
🔷 EG-02 and EG-03
✅ Ability to follow procedures and protocols, and adapt as required to meet unexpected conditions (e.g., unexpected weather, challenging backcountry environments, terrain/waterways)
✅ Ability to collaborate and work meaningfully with Indigenous communities and Indigenous government staff
✅ Ability to integrate well into a group and work effectively in a team
✅ Ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally
🔷 EG-03
✅ Ability to conduct data manipulation and analysis of spatial and non-spatial data using various media and software
✅ Ability to assist in the preparation and presentation of technical/scientific reports, and effectively communicate with diverse audiences using a range of techniques
CORE COMPETENCIES
✅ Thinking things through
✅ Showing initiative and being action-oriented
✅ Working effectively with others
✅ Demonstrating integrity and respect
The "Core Competencies" listed above will form the foundation of the assessment process. You will be screened based on your responses to the experience questions, assessed during the interview phase on how you demonstrate these core competencies, and we may use references to confirm core competencies.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
✅ Experience operating both motorized and non-motorized watercraft
✅ Experience travelling or working in the field in various environments, using various means of transportation such as boats and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs)
ADDITIONAL ABILITY
✅ Ability to work effectively as part of a team in response to emergency incidents
✅ Obtain and maintain Reliability Status security clearance
✅ Possess and maintain a valid Yukon class 5 driver's license or equivalent
✅ Undergo and pass pre-placement and periodic medical checks
✅ Valid Standard First Aid Certificate (or equivalent) and CPR certificate
OPERATIONAL REQUIRMENTS
✅ Willingness to wear a Parks Canada uniform and prescribed protective equipment
✅ Willingness and ability to work and/or travel in varied terrain, weather conditions, isolated locations, and by various means of transportation
✅ Willingness to work irregular hours, overtime, weekends and/or statutory holidays and provincial/territorial holidays, when required
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
Please submit your completed application, including your resume. 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.
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.