Quantitative Fisheries Ecologist

**Quantitative Fisheries Ecologist**
**Intermediate**

**Ottawa, ON or Vancouver, BC**
**Full-Time**

**The Opportunity**

This is a full-time opportunity based in **Ottawa** or **Vancouver**. You will have access to our staff benefits, including competitive compensation, medical benefits, flexible working arrangements (hybrid workplace, short-term work abroad periods), and three weeks of paid vacation plus paid time off between Christmas and New Year’s Day. With longer tenure, staff are also eligible for short sabbaticals.

**About Us**

At ESSA, we are passionate about what we do and enjoy working with professionals who share our values and mission. ESSA’s staff are purpose-driven problem solvers, big-picture critical thinkers, and motivated by an aspiration to become trusted advisors to our clients and make a difference in the world. As part of ESSA’s team, you will be surrounded by a rich intellectual inheritance, and dedicated colleagues committed to collaboration and team-building. In pursuing our corporate mission, we are inclusive of a diversity of perspectives and ways of knowing among both our staff and our clients that may vary depending on experience, race, gender identity, age, disability status, sexual orientation, and religion amongst others.

With offices in British Columbia and Ontario, we acknowledge that our offices are on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish People (the xʷməθkʷəyəm (Musqueam), Sḵwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations) in Vancouver, and the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People in Ottawa. We acknowledge that we also work in the territories of other Indigenous Nations across Canada and the world.

**Your Responsibilities**

Your responsibilities will have a balance of project work and business development:
**Project Work**
- Integrate diverse data sources (monitoring, geospatial, traditional knowledge) to prioritize restoration activities
- Assess cumulative effects of land use and contaminants on aquatic ecosystems
- Model climate change impacts on fish and aquatic habitat
- Develop interactive decision support tools (e.g., the Okanagan Fish Water Management Tool)
- Design and analyze monitoring programs; evaluate restoration effectiveness
- Support Indigenous-led research and stewardship initiatives
- Prepare concise reports and presentations for diverse audiences
- Coordinate project tasks, timelines, and budgets

**Business Development & Client Engagement**
- Build and maintain client and partner relationships
- Represent ESSA at conferences and industry events; support marketing and outreach
- Identify new project opportunities and help shape solutions
- Share knowledge internally and externally through presentations and workshops

**Career Development**
- Access to professional development training, business related travel, and support for professional designations such as an RPBio
- Opportunities to mentor and train junior team members
- Pathways for merit-based advancement into project management and leadership

**Requirements**:

- Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Ecology, Biology, Applied Science, or Resource Management (fisheries/aquatic focus)
- Advanced knowledge of fish biology and ecology (especially salmonids)
- Proficiency in statistical analysis, modelling, and data visualization (R/Python)
- Experience with geospatial analysis (in R, Python, QGIS/ArcGIS)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience working with Indigenous communities is an asset

**Applying**

All applicants must be eligible to legally work in British Columbia and/or Ontario at the time of applying.

**Salary Range**: $79,000 (lower qualifications and experience) - to - $98,000 (95th+ percentile qualifications and experience relative to the requirements detailed in the job description above).

Pay: $79,000.00-$98,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- On-site parking

Work Location: In person