The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Foundation is building a team of passionate, energetic, and responsible individuals to assist with the SSGFs 2024 field season (16 weeks). The successful applicant will assist in completing fieldwork throughout southern Saskatchewan and aid in the delivery of grassland conservation programming.
The position is remote, with work occurring at the applicant’s home, in Regina, and at various field locations across southern Saskatchewan. Applicants must be willing to do overnight travel, field work in all weather conditions, work flexible hours, and be willing to adapt to changing schedules due to field conditions or weather.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Assist in planning and preparing for field work, including creating maps, and communicating and confirming plans with landowners;
Assist the team in completing field assessments, including Range Health Assessments;
Draft monitoring and assessments reports;
Create content including social media posts, blogs, videos, or educational material to share about work experience, raise awareness about conservation issues, or promote SSGF programming;
Work with SSGFs partners, including SODCAP, Nature Sask, Birds Canada and others, to complete priority projects;
Prepare and present summary of work to board at monthly board meetings; and
Other priority work necessary.
Education:
The applicant should have a passion for grassland conservation, an understanding of the important role agricultural producers play in grassland conservation, and be pursuing or recently completed post-secondary studies in biology, ecology, agriculture, natural sciences or a related discipline.
Desired Critical Attributes and Skills:
Familiar with native prairie ecosystems including working ecological landscapes, geography, threats and species at risk;
Ability to identify common range plants in Southern Saskatchewan;
Familiar with grassland grazing management principles;
Able to hike over rough terrain while carrying field equipment;
Comfortable driving on gravel roads and navigating on a rural landscape;
Reliability and flexibility in work hours including travel; and,
Please note on your resume if you have First Aid and CPR certification.
Remuneration:
This is a full-time 16 week position, paid at $18.50/hour. The position will start May 6, 2024.
Please submit a cover letter, and resume with 2 references in one PDF by 11:59 PM on February 19, 2024 via email to: assistantpm@ssgf.ca.
Please feel free to contact Marika Sherman, SSGF Assistant Program Manager, at
assistantpm@ssgf.ca or 250-719-4242 with any questions.
Organizational description
The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Foundation Inc. (SSGF) has an objective “To protect and preserve the environment, enhance and restore natural ecosystems and wildlife habitat and to preserve indigenous species of flora and fauna in Saskatchewan, including by acquiring conservation easements in accordance with the Conservation Easements Act and by entering into conservation agreements with landowners in Saskatchewan.”
Native grasslands are the most threatened terrestrial ecosystem in Canada, yet conservation investment in this ecosystem has been very small. Native grasslands in southwest Saskatchewan are the last refuge for thirty-one species at risk in the province. Native grasslands are also an important forage resource for the cow-calf sector in southwest Saskatchewan. These grasslands are valuable from an ecological and cultural perspective and are also economically important.
Stewardship of these working lands conserves native grasslands and species at risk. SSGF focuses on enhancing conservation outcomes while sustaining an important economic and cultural resource for the people making their living on this working landscape.
