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About the job
As a Stewardship Youth Ranger (SYR), you will work as part of a team comprised of four Rangers under the direction of one team lead. Rangers work on natural resource management projects in their own communities. Rangers meet at a central work location daily. Most projects will require working outdoors and in a variety of weather conditions.
Positions will be available as noted below:
• 4 Positions in Sudbury - 3767 Hwy. 69 South, Suite 5, Sudbury, ON, P3G 1 E7, North East Region
• 4 Positions in Kenora – 808 Robertson St, PO Box 5080, Kenora, ON P9N 3X9, North West Region
• 4 Positions in Nipigon - 5 Wadsworth Dr, Nipigon, ON P0T 2J0, North West Region
• 4 Positions in Aurora - 50 Bloomington Road, ON, L4G 0L8, Southern Region
• 4 Positions in Owen Sound - 1450 7th Ave. East, ON, N4K 2Z1, Southern Region
• 4 Positions in North Bay - 875 Gormanville Road, ON, P1B 8G3, North East Region
For more information, please visit the Stewardship Youth Ranger program website:
SYR program pagePlease note that transportation and accommodation costs will not be provided for these positions.
What you bring to the team
Mandatory requirements
• You must be born in 2008.
• You must be a student.
• You must be an Ontario resident.
• You must be eligible to work in Canada.
Knowledge, skills and abilities:
Team skills:• You have demonstrated the ability to build and maintain effective relationships working in a team (e.g. at work, at school, in other personal activities) to achieve a common goal.
• You have personal leadership skills (e.g. organization skills, accepts responsibility) to initiate and complete tasks in a timely manner.
• You have oral communication skills to speak with co-workers, supervisors, members of the public, and media.
Natural resource knowledge:• You have knowledge, experience and /or interest in natural resources and the outdoors (e.g. work or volunteer experience, school courses, or personal activities).
Don't meet every qualification?
If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!