Are you passionate about our local environment, sustainable agriculture, and working with local landowners and Boards? Interested in being more involved with our local Communities and Boards with a focus centered around conservation, water, agricultural best management practices and education programs? Are you great at building rapport and developing relationships and improving communications in our rural environment?

This exciting and rare opportunity might just be for you!

Required Qualifications:

• Post-secondary degree [Agriculture or Environmental Sciences related] and up to 3 years previous municipal-related experience, or post-secondary diploma [Agriculture or Environmental Sciences related] and up to 5 years previous municipal-related experience.
• Working level understanding of environmental protection legislation [ie. Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act, Water Act, Fisheries Act, Land Stewardship Act];
• Occupational Health & Safety legislation, regulation, code.
• Class 5/Drivers’ Abstract.
• Sound understanding of natural resource management issues within the local region.
• Demonstrated well developed oral, written and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work with and develop community groups, including group facilitation, action planning and mediation skills.
• High level of project planning, project management, record keeping and report writing.
• The ability to build partnerships with government agencies, non-government agencies, community groups, landowners, education, and external consultants.
• Ability and willingness to be flexible on working hours to contact landowners and attend community group meetings; and,
• Work cooperatively and collaboratively with superiors, peers and other staff of the County.

Preferred Assets:

• Pesticide Applicators’ License [asset];
• Current First Aid/CPR Certification [asset];

Starting salary: $47.26/hour [Monday to Friday, 40 hrs/week]

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Sustainable Agriculture & Conservation Supervisor,

Agriculture & Community Services

How to Apply:

Submit your resume, including a cover letter and the name of 3 references, (word or pdf format ONLY) to hrapplications@clearwatercounty.ca.

Position open until filled.

Due to email security reasons, we encourage applicants to apply using a non-Hotmail email address.

Clearwater County thanks all applicants for their interest; however, only those candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.