Position: Adapting for Ecological Resilience Network Coordinator
Location: Lower Fraser / Metro Vancouver / Fraser Valley, BC (Home office with possible need to travel in the Lower Fraser)
Position type: Part-time, 20 hours per week. One-year employment agreement, with a possibility of extension depending on funding and performance.
Pay: $22 per hour.
Application deadline: December 31, 2021
Established in the summer of 2020, the Adapting for Ecological Resilience Network (AFER Network) is a group of organizations and individuals working together to encourage increased communication, coordination, and collaboration among those actively working to address the ecological resilience of the Lower Fraser Region.
AFER is led by a Steering Committee comprised of Raincoast Conservation Foundation, Rivershed Society of BC, Georgia Strait Alliance, West Coast Environmental Law, and Kerr Wood Leidal Consulting.
The position of AFER Network Coordinator will work closely with the steering committee and lead day-to-day administrative and outreach efforts. They will work to ensure the implementation and growth of the network and its working groups.
You will succeed in this role if you are adaptable and organized, able to change focus when necessary while keeping in mind deadlines and key priorities. You are detail-oriented, a systems thinker, and have spent time in administrative or support roles of any kind that relied on digital and cloud systems. The work can be both challenging and rewarding, and rewards patience, good planning, and flexibility. This role has potential for growth and increased responsibility for someone with creativity and organizing interests.
Primary duties and responsibilities
Skillset
We understand that not all experience looks the same, and encourage applicants to share how their experiences relate to the qualities below:
- Organized, self-motivated, and pay attention to detail.
- Comfort with writing written and speaking with people you might not know
- Work independently and as part of a team.
- Competent computer skills.
It would also be helpful if you have any of the following skills, qualifications or equivalent experiences, though they are by no means required:
- Have a working knowledge of watersheds and the Lower Fraser region.
- Database experience is an asset.
We encourage applications from Indigenous persons, members of racialized communities, women, persons with disabilities, people of all sexual orientations and genders, and others with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities to advance the work of AFER. We will make reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities upon request.
How to apply:
Please send the following to Justine Nelson by December 31, 2021:
- Cover letter
- Resume
- Two references
** No phone calls, please.
Only those who are being asked for an interview will be contacted.