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How to Apply
You can apply to this competition in one of two ways.
1. Online
a. Visit the GC jobs website and search for the following process number: 2025-CAP-FSJ-EA-SU-02
b. Complete the online application
2. By Email
a. Send in your resume and cover letter to
b. In your email please indicate you’re applying on process: 2025-CAP-FSJ-EA-SU-02
Join a small but dedicated Parks Canada team at Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site! As a Visitor Experience Student, you will help provide a memorable experience to visitors seeking to connect with the history of the region.
Duties include:
✔️ Greet and orient visitors, respond to questions and provide information about Fort St. Joseph
✔️ Process admission fees and gift shop sales using a point-of-sale system
✔️ Participate in daily historical and nature-based programming. This includes costumed historic interpretation and demonstrations such as an outdoor fur trade encampment, historic musket firing, and/or nature-related programs
✔️Assist in organizing and delivering special events on-site or at outreach events
✔️ Create social media and website content
✔️ Regular cleaning/housekeeping of the visitor centre
✔️ Assist Visitor Experience staff on various projects as required
Become part of the team at Parks Canada, an internationally renowned agency dedicated to protecting Canada’s natural, historical and cultural treasures and presenting them for the world to appreciate and enjoy!
Situated at the southern tip of St. Joseph Island east of Sault Ste. Marie, Fort St. Joseph featured a thriving community of soldiers, fur traders, Indian Department officials and Indigenous peoples from 1796 to the War of 1812. Once the most westerly outpost of British North America, the garrison provided a vital military presence on the upper Great Lakes, strengthened the Indigenous alliance and supported the fur trade. Today the ruins of the fort, as well as the museum, nature trails, picnic grounds and beautiful vistas attract visitors from all over the world.
The intent of this process is to hire students for summer 2025. Students will work between May and the end of August 2025. Work terms may be adjusted (i.e., longer or shorter) depending on both operational needs and student availability.
This process may be used to create a list of qualified candidates to staff similar positions with various tenures, security levels, or linguistic (profiles OR requirements) in the same or other parts of the Northern Ontario Field Unit.
YESS (Youth Employment and Skills Strategy):
Are you 30 or younger? Do you face barriers to employment as a person living with a disability, due to your academic or social-economic status, race, gender identity, or for other reasons? If you answered yes to any of these questions, and are a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or refugee, then Parks Canada would like to talk to you! We have temporary opportunities to allow you to build your work experience and we would be happy to contribute to your employment journey! If you are interested in this job opportunity or know of someone that would be, please apply or spread the word. We want to count you among us!
To be eligible to the YESS, you must be:
✔ Between 15 and 30 years old; and
✔ A Canadian citizen, permanent resident or person who has been granted refugee status in Canada.
In addition, preference may be given to candidates who self-identify as Indigenous, Racialized Youth, or Youth with Disabilities, as well as youth facing other barriers to employment. As such, we encourage you to self-identify in your application.
Positions to be filled: Number to be determined
Your résumé.
A covering letter "Applicants must clearly demonstrate in their cover letter how they meet the Education and Experience criteria listed in the essential qualification."
Contact information for 2 references.
EDUCATION
✔️Registered as a full time or part-time secondary or post-secondary student in an accredited academic program or a recent graduate in the last 4 months; or
✔️Participating in adult education and retraining programs at the secondary level, operated under the authority of an accredited academic institution
EXPERIENCE
✔️ Experience working with the public to provide high quality customer service
✔️ Experience handling cash, debit/credit sales, and operating point-of-sales (POS) system
✔️ Experience working a team environment
English essential
Bilingual (French) would be considered an asset
Information on language requirements
KNOWLEDGE
✔️ Basic knowledge of Parks Canada and Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site
ABILITIES
✔️ Ability to communicate clearly and creatively to expand awareness and appreciation of Fort St. Joseph to visitors
✔️ Ability to learn and willingness to participate in flintlock musket handling and firing demonstrations in a supervised context
✔️ Ability to work cooperatively as part of a team
✔️ Ability to perform tasks independently
✔️ Ability to work safely and identify hazards
PERSONAL SUITABILITY
✔️ Exercise sound judgment and strives for excellence
✔️ Has an interest in learning and sharing the cultural and natural history of Fort St. Joseph
✔️ Personally connects with visitors to provide enjoyable experiences
✔️ Takes initiative to support a small teamwork environment
THE FOLLOWING WILL BE CONSIDERED AN ASSET
✔️ Knowledge of local Indigenous cultures, practices, and/or languages
✔️ Ability to communicate in French
✔️ Possessing a valid G2 or G class Driver’s License
✔️ Knowledge of flora and fauna local to northern Ontario and the Great Lakes
✔️ Knowledge of historic skills or trades such as cooking, fire lighting, woodworking, sewing and fiber arts, or flintlock muskets, or other relevant topic
✔️ Experience creating or delivering public programs/presentations to a variety of audiences, such as tours, public education, story-telling, public speaking or theatre.
✔️ Experience with flintlock musket handling and firing demonstrations in a supervised context
✔️ Experience in handling and presenting artifacts to visitors
OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
✔️ Have reliable transportation to Fort St. Joseph for regular weekly hours Wednesday through Sunday (transportation is not provided)
✔️ Work weekends, and/or statutory holidays and provincial/territorial holidays, when required
✔️ Wear a Parks Canada uniform as per the uniform policy
✔️ May be required to dress in period costume
✔️ Work and/or travel in varied terrain and weather conditions
✔️ Stand/walk/hike/sit for prolonged periods of time
✔️ Be in an environment where historic weapons are present
✔️ May be required to safely handle historic weapons after completion of Parks Canada training
Reliability Status security clearance
The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.
Information on employment equity
Reference checks may be sought. An interview may be administered.
Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language(s) of their choice.
In accordance with paragraph 8(2)(a) of the Privacy Act, information or material, whether provided directly by the candidate or otherwise obtained by the selection board, used during the selection process for the purpose of assessing a candidate may be used as part of the selection review and recourse processes. Such relevant information may be provided to third parties, such as other candidates or their representatives, who have a legitimate reason to be aware of that information.
Parks Canada is established as a separate employer in the Federal Public Service under the Financial Administration Act. Persons appointed to the Agency continue to be part of the Public Service. Parks Canada operates under its own human resources framework outside of the Public Service Employment Act and in line with values of fairness, competence and respect, and its operating principles.
Parks Canada is committed to the principles of diversity and employment equity under the Employment Equity Act, and strives to ensure that our workforce reflects the diverse nature of Canadian society. We encourage women, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities and members of a visible minority group to self-identify in their cover letter.
Please indicate in your application the reason for which you are entitled to work in Canada: Canadian citizenship, permanent resident status or work permit.
Tips for applicants:
• Please provide complete and thorough details of your education and experience.
• Do not assume that the screening board has any previous knowledge of your background,
qualifications, or work history. You must be specific and provide concrete examples/details for each
Experience element, as applications will be screened only on the information provided.
• Failure to provide sufficient information may result in your application being screened out of the competition.
We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.