About the role

Supervised by: Water Team Co-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

Duration of employment: 8 weeks

Anticipated start date: Immediately (no later than July 6)

Responsibilities:

• Be primarily responsible for outreach with schools
• Under the guidance of the supervisor, lead the development of curriculum-based and other activities and resources for engaging members of the public (including internal guides for executing the activities)
• Under the guidance of the supervisor, contribute to planning and lead the development of materials and resources for focused campaigns(e.g., in 2025, two campaigns: microplastics and road salts)
• With the support of NORDIK Institute's team, be primarily responsible for populating the Water Team's social media accounts
• Contribute to general outreach and communications for the Water Team
• Be aware of funding agreement obligations and contribute to their tracking and achievement
• Be trained on the Saturna system for the analysis of plastics, to use in community/school engagements
• Be primarily responsible for developing presentations for ongoing outreach activities
• Assist with stocking and managing the inventory of monitoring supplies
• Collaboratively achieve outreach/education-related deliverables per our funding agreements
• Assist with managing shared Google folders for outreach presentations, instructions, media, and other related resources
• Be trained in water monitoring and undertake periodic monitoring
• Other duties as assigned

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:

• REQUIRED: Strong ability to engage with members of the public (camp, coaching, or similar experience is an asset)
• • No science background is needed (we will teach what you need to know)!
• 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.