Department: Government of Yukon -> Environment – Water Resources – Administration
Location: Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6 CA (Primary)
Job Type: Term/Temporary
End Date: 18 September 2024
Full/Part Time: Full-time
Standard Hours Bi-weekly: 75
Classification: ST14
Salary: $82,743.00 – $95,940.00
Union: YEU
Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
Travel: 10%
Admissibility: Open to all Candidates, Preference – Canadian Indigenous Ancestry, Preference – Yukon First Nations ancestry
This competition is open to all candidates who meet the above noted Admissibility. A hiring preference will apply for qualified candidates of Canadian Indigenous ancestry, with a priority for qualified Yukon First Nation candidates. This initiative is in support of Yukon government’s goal for a representative public service. For more information on the hiring preference visit www.yukon.ca/hiring-preference.
Job Summary and Requirements
Water Information Specialist
This is to fill one fulltime term position until September 18, 2024, anticipatory permanent.
Our role
The Water Resources Branch works with diverse partners to protect water for the environment and people. We do so by building knowledge generated from our water monitoring networks, focused research and by applying our learnings in the development of reports, guidance documents and policies. Our professionals provide expertise to inform Yukon’s regulatory processes and works closely with our many partners during critical seasonal periods. We are a committed, collaborative and engaged group of professionals who take pride in water stewardship for all Yukoners.
Your role
The Water Information Specialist is a self-motivated and multi-talented individual excelling in data management with a foundation in surface and groundwater quantity and quality. The incumbent maintains and improves the Branch’s technical and scientific information systems (website, databases), conducts data analysis, reporting and visualizations, and uses data and information to inform decision-making, program planning and the creation of public-facing products. A copy of the job description is attached to this posting located at the bottom of the page.
For more information about this position, please contact: Nicole Novodvorsky, Operations Manager, Water Resources Branch at (867) 456-6538, or Nicole.novodvorsky@yukon.ca
Essential Qualifications (what we’re looking for in your resume)
If this position interests you, please submit your resume clearly demonstrating how you meet the qualifications below, as selection for further consideration will be based solely on the information you provide in your resume. Please clearly demonstrate how, when and where the qualification was met through substantiation including descriptive examples of work performed.
- Degree or diploma in water resources, environmental sciences, resource management, geography or related scientific or technical discipline;
- Recent experience managing, analyzing, and/or modeling environmental data using software;
- Recent experience with documenting and/or developing protocols or workflows;
- Experience researching, synthesizing, and interpreting complex information and reporting for a wide variety of audiences;
- Experience analyzing and applying scientific/technical information to support environmental assessment and licensing reviews, with emphasis on evaluating potential project effects to water quantity/quality is considered an asset;
- Experience using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools is considered an asset.
Candidates who have education, training, and/or experience equivalent to the Essential Qualifications may be considered.
Desired Knowledge, Skills and Suitability
Candidates should have and may be assessed on:
- Communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to build effective relationships and work collaboratively with others;
- The ability to effectively manage time, priorities and a changing workload, under prescribed deadlines;
- Problem solving, detailed-oriented, writing, research and analytical skills;
- Ability to use a variety of computer applications (e.g. databases, web content management software, image editing/manipulation software);
- Knowledge of water management issues and solutions associated with protecting surface and groundwater quantity and quality.
- Experience conducting field-based water quality/quantity monitoring;
Conditions of Employment: Valid Class 5 driver’s license
Job Requirements: When required, fieldwork could occur in inclement weather conditions and in remote areas. Lifting of heavy objects, travel via ATV, boat, snowmobiles, helicopters may be required.
Eligibility List: 12 months
Post Date: 28 June 2023
Close Date: 12 July 2023
Job Description: Water Information Specialist Job Description2