Biomonitoring Technician

**Join our team We’re hiring a**
**Biomonitoring Technician**
**Title of Position**:Biomonitoring Technician

**Term of Employment**:March 1st, 2023 - October 31st, 2023 with potential for permanent employment

**Wage**:$52,000/year pro rata

**Location**:Anywhere in Canada, with preference close to a major airport

**Deadline to Apply**:January 6th, 2023

**Hours**:40 hours/week, FTE 1

**About our Organization**:Join our growing team who are all incredibly dedicated and passionate about all things water Living Lakes Canada bridges the gap between science and action, to foster citizen-based water stewardship. Our mandate is to help
Canadians understand the intimate connections between water quantity, water quality, land-use, climate change, biodiversity, and healthy human communities by building a water stewardship ethic that we can be proud of.

**Job Summary**:Living Lakes Canada is seeking a Biomonitoring Technician
Lakes Canada team, the project team, and external partners on a regular basis.

The Biomonitoring technician will support the following programs:

- iTrackDNA
- CABIN
- STREAM
- Eastern Slopes Community-Based Aquatic Monitoring Collaborative

**Responsibilities**:Reporting to the Program Manager, the responsibilities will include:

- Training/monitoring: _
- Deliver extensive field work training that can require irregular/long hours, often in remote locations
- Travel nationally to training locations during the spring, summer, and fall months (March - October)
- Build and maintain positive and collegial relationships with multi-sector external partners
- Generate Memorandum of Understandings to support external partnerships
- Upload, transcribe, report, and analyze data
- Build and maintain appropriate Indigenous relationships
- Work with Applied Reconciliation for Indigenous pre-engagement, ethics, and protocol training
- Complete field work logistics planning including travel, accommodation, food arrangements
- Allocate, organize, and ship equipment
- Assist with training material development
- CABIN Train-the-Trainer_
- Assist with CABIN courses
- Assist with external partners with CABIN monitoring
- Co-Lead CABIN course
- Lead CABIN Audit course with ECCC
- Complete CABIN Train-the-Trainer program
- Lead STREAM/CABIN trainings at national level
- Fundraising_/Administration
- Contribute to fundraising database
- Complete funding reports
- Communications_
- Develop monthly blog/reflections for work completed to share with LLC network
- Develop social media content for multiple platforms - Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Twitter
- Support development of training recap videos
- Update websites with training dates, locations, and details

**Core Competencies**:

- Field work experience
- Teaching experience
- Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritize work
- Knowledge and experience working with Google Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, Zoom, DocuSign preferred
- Typing skills
- Attention to detail and problem solving skills
- Communicates effectively, both verbally and in writing
- Adaptable, capable of handling a large amount of information and data

**Qualifications**:

- Certified in the Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN) protocol
- Experience with field collection of environmental DNA
- An undergraduate or Master’s degree in a related field
- 1-2 years experience working in environmental monitoring and/or program delivery
- Reliable, self-motivated and independent with a demonstrated ability to collaborate well within a team
- Demonstrated ability to support multiple projects, set priorities, meet deadlines and support others to do the same
- Understanding of NGO operations, including fundraising, finances, administration, human resources, strategic planning and team building
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Commitment to Living Lakes Canada’s mission

**To Apply**:

- Priority will be given to Eco Canada eligible applicants. Please note in your cover letter whether you are eligible and approved.
- Please submit a resume and cover letter with references no later than January 6th, 2023 at 5:00pm PST.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted by January 20th, 2023.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 8 months

**Salary**: $52,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Work Location: On the road

Application deadline: 2023-01-06
Expected start date: 2023-03-01