About the role

Supervised by: NORDIK Institute's Director of Operations (who is also the Water Team Lead)

Location: Based out of 390 Bay St., Sault Ste. Marie, ON; and/or 1520 Queen St. E., Sault Ste. Marie, ON; will be required to periodically be at various monitoring sites across Sault Ste Marie as well.

Supervises: None

Wages: $17.60 per hour, 30 hours per week

Duration of employment: 8 weeks

Anticipated start date: Immediately preferred (two positions)

Responsibilities:

• Coordinating water quality monitoring.
• Train community members in water quality monitoring using Water Rangers Testkits
• Manage Water Ranger Testkits, supplies, maintenance and calibration cycles.
• Organize community and youth events for water quality information, training and recruitment (one per week)
• Maintain inventory of supplies.
• Contribute to a community -based science newsletter
• Create a community field guide
• Collect water quality data from northern Great Lakes waters
• Analyze data collected – trends etc.
• Create technical report for community water quality data – showing trends and findings
• Create and present findings to community members

Eligibility (all are REQUIRED per our funder, Canada Summer Jobs):

• You MUST BE a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident, or someone who has been officially granted refugee protection in Canada. International applicants are NOT eligible and need not apply.
• Legally entitled to work in Canada (which means you must have a valid Social Insurance Number)
• You are between 15 and 30 years of age
• Need to work on-site from the office and/or field, as directed

Qualifications:

• STRONGLY PREFERRED: Have a G2 or G class driver's license
• PREFERRED: Access to a reliable vehicle
• PREFERRED: Early career worker

Application deadline: Open until filled.

Other information: Funded by Canada Summer Jobs

About NORDIK Institute

The Northern Ontario Research, Development, Ideas and Knowledge (NORDIK) Institute is an innovative community-based research institute affiliated with Algoma University. It is committed to the practice of holistic community development and has established strong links with other research institutes, universities, and colleges. NORDIK is committed to building local research capacity by working closely with its community partners and providing mentorship to new researchers and community development practitioners. For more information, please visit www.nordikinstitute.com.

Work status

All applicants must have proof of legal working status in Canada. At this time, we do not identify or sponsor international applicants who do not already have working status.

Priority hiring

We are an equal opportunities employer; however, where qualifications are equal and selection must be made, domestic applicants (citizens, permanent residents, refugees) are given preference over international candidates.