Instructor, Aquatics Fish

**Competition Number**
- P17043

**Posting Title**
- Instructor, Aquatics FISH (IRM)

**Classification**
- Instructor

**Location**
- Saskatchewan Polytechnic Prince Albert Campus

**Other Location(s)**

**Building**
- Prince Albert Campus, Technical Building

**Other Building**

**Date Posted**
- 10/24/2025

**Closing Date**
- 11/04/2025

**JIQ #**

**Start Date**
- 12/15/2025

**End Date**
- 12/31/2026

**Open Until Filled**
- No

**Ongoing**
- No

**Category of work**
- Part Time

**Bargaining Unit**
- Faculty Association

**Hours of Work**
- 825 hours (825 hours of student contact/1442.75 hours per year)

**Salary Range**
- As per academic salary grid

**Temporary Market Stipend**

**Incumbent**

**Total Assigned days (AC) / Total Hours per biweekly pay**
- 199 days Academic profile

**Posting Status**
- Open
- Saskatchewan Polytechnic considers the diversity of our workforce to be one of our leading strengths and greatest assets. Our employee diversity enhances our ability to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population. Currently, approximately 20% of our students are Indigenous. A continued emphasis on the development of a representative workforce is one of Sask Polytech’s strategic priorities and, as an organization, we are making significant efforts to attract and retain Indigenous employees.

**Job Duties/Qualifications, Skills and Abilities(QSA)**:

- Job Duties

**Job Duties**
- Qualified applicants will be required to teach in the traditional areas of aquatic ecology, science, as well as current needs of Natural Resource Technology programs.
- Select, design, update and construct educational courses and lab aids/materials.
- Manage his/her classroom/lab/activities to ensure an optimum learning environment for students.
- Manage face-to-face, blended, and online courses to ensure an optimum learning environment for learners.
- Follow all academic regulations and/or policies adopted by Saskatchewan Polytechnic and/or Prince Albert Campus.
- Accommodate students with special learning needs.
- Pursue professional development opportunities and aquatic ecology relationships to keep current with industry and educational requirements.
- Practice good interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
- Work cooperatively with program heads and colleagues in an interdependent “team “environment.
- Prepare and use appropriate delivery methods for instructing courses as assigned.
- Use appropriate methods of evaluating and recording student progress.
- Make necessary curriculum adjustments to course content.
- Attend staff, program, and division meetings.
- Assist in/arrange for equipment maintenance within the program.
- Assist in conducting and maintaining inventory, and in ordering supplies, equipment, and books.
- Assist with acquiring and maintaining necessary permits and animal ethics approvals for work with aquatic organisms.
- QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND EXPERIENCE

**Specific Accountabilities**

**Duties**

**Required Qualifications, Skills and Abilities (QSA)**
- 1. Technical diploma or university degree in Biology, Environmental Science, or a related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and experience.- 2. Three years of recent and relevant experience in the fisheries/aquatic sector which could include:
- Fisheries - field, lab, and theoretical competence in the aquatic sciences including conducting water quality, bathymetric surveys, habitat surveys, stream surveys, invasive species management, road crossing design, electrofishing, aquatic macroinvertebrate identification, fish population, fish disease assessment, fish anatomy, and identification. Establishing stocking and fish harvest management programs, biomonitoring, and role of human dimensions in fisheries management.
- Technical Communications and Applied Research - research design, review of technical aquatic science literature, project management, and technical report write-up.
- 3. Effective instructional ability.- 4. Effective interpersonal skills.- 5. Effective communication skills. 7. Ability to function as a team member in an ever-changing environment.- 8. Demonstrates valuing diversity.- 9. Must hold a valid driver’s license and be willing to travel.**Desired QSA