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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Tidal Barriers Outreach Coordinator
Ecology Action Centre
http://www.ecologyaction.ca
Date posted to GoodWork: Apr 28, 2005
Application deadline: May 10, 2005
Start date: May / ASAP
Location: Halifax NS, Canada
Tidal Barriers Outreach Coordinator
The Ecology Action Centre is the oldest environmental
organization in Nova Scotia and has been in existence
since 1971. Currently, the Ecology Action Centre has
750 members, 150 active volunteers and seven issue
committees, focusing on transportation, wilderness
preservation and forestry, coastal issues, urban planning,
renewable energy, agriculture and food, and marine
conservation. Ecology Action Centre's mission is to
encourage a society in Nova Scotia which respects and
protects nature and also provides environmentally and
economically sustainable jobs for its citizens.
The Ecology Action Centre's tidal barriers work aims
to increase public awareness about the effects of tidal
restrictions on salt marshes and fish passage between ocean
and freshwater environments. This project will provide
information and facilitate collaboration around the impacts
of tidal barriers on essential estuarine and tidal river fish
habitats in the inner Bay of Fundy. The focus of this project
is raising awareness around the threats that tidal barriers
pose to the recovery of endangered inner Bay of Fundy
Atlantic Salmon and other associated anadromous /
diadromous fish populations, and the importance of
mitigating or removing barriers to tidal flow and fish
passage. We will work closely with existing watershed
stewardship organizations and provincial and federal
regulatory agencies to improve understanding and
stewardship efforts to recover salmon and other migratory
species' rivers in the inner Bay of Fundy.
Overall responsibilities:
The outreach coordinator will prepare a series of outreach
materials (tabloid, brochures, and posters) and make
presentations to interested groups throughout the inner Bay
of Fundy Watershed. The staff person will also target
individual rivers within the inner Bay of Fundy watershed
for more intensive outreach. In these areas the individual
will build partnerships and conduct focused education,
stewardship, and restoration planning activities about the
threats posed by tidal barriers to migratory fish populations.
Fact sheets will be produced about each river system and
its tidal barriers to be used as a basis for developing
restoration plans for removal of tidal barriers at these sites.
The outreach coordinator will work with the Coastal Issues
coordinator at the Ecology Action Centre in Halifax.
Specific Responsibilities:
1. Research: in-house and web-based research; interviews
2. Produce and deliver outreach materials, resource
documents, and fact sheets
3. Organize workshops, meetings and presentations
4. Assist with other coastal campaign activities as needed
Term of employment:
Employment will be for 8 months starting in late May.
Position is 4 days a week (28 hours).
Salary:
Salary $12 -- 14 / hour; commensurate with experience
Qualifications/Skills Required:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills; ability
to write and deliver presentations to a variety of audiences
- Strong research skills using a wide variety of sources;
attention to detail
- Strong planning and organizational skills
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Familiarity with Nova Scotia coastal policy and river
conservation
- Experience working with diadromous / anadromous fish
populations (Atlantic Salmon, Striped Bass, American
Shad, American Eel) an asset
- Creativity and ability to take initiative
- Team oriented, motivated, and conscientious
- Environmental ethic and NGO volunteer experience an
asset
- Proficient with MS Word, Excel, e-mail, and internet, all
within a PC environment
- Must be available to travel and work periodically on
evenings and week-ends
- Must hold current driver's license (personal car available
for outreach work is an asset)
TO APPLY:
Applicants should email a cover letter, highlighting their
qualifications for this position, along with a resume and
the names and contact details for 3 references to
"coastal@ecologyaction.ca" with Tidal Barriers
Application in the subject line. We thank all applicants but
only candidates chosen for an interview will be contacted.
Due By: 5:00 pm Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Ecology Action Centre
1568 Argyle St. Suite 31
Hfx, NS B3J 2B3
902-442-0199ph
902-422-6410fx
website: http://www.ecologyaction.ca
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[GoodWork Editor adds... topical links, resources & opportunities:
Ecology Action Centre
http://www.ecologyaction.ca/
Coastal Issues - Ecology Action Centre
http://www.ecologyaction.ca/coastal_issues/coastal_issues.shtm
http://www.ecologyaction.ca/coastal_issues/coastal_barriers.htm
Coastal Ecosystems
http://www.google.com/Top/Science/Biology/Ecology/Ecosystems/Coastal/
Wetlands, Marshes, Salt Marshes & Tidal Barriers
Wetland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetland
http://www.google.com/Top/Science/Biology/Ecology/Ecosystems/Wetlands/
Marsh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh
Estuary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estuary
http://www.google.com/Top/Science/Biology/Ecology/Aquatic_Ecology/Estuarine/
http://www.google.ca/search?q=%22tidal+barriers%22
Water & Watershed Stewardship
Water http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watershed
Watershed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watershed
Links & Orgs. http://www.cen-rce.org/eng/caucuses/water/
http://www.thegreenpages.ca/web_resources/wtr/default.asp
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Issues/Environment/Water/
http://www.google.com/Top/Science/Environment/Water_Resources/
Halifax, Nova Scotia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax
http://directory.google.ca/Top/Regional/North_America/Canada/Nova_Scotia/Localities/H/Halifax/
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