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🚩Isolated Post Allowance: approximately additional $7.73 to $12.88 per hour
🚩Vacation Travel Assistance: approximately $1,438.50/year prorated to length of contract per employee and eligible dependents, including spouse/common-law partner.
Candidates can apply for our jobs through the following methods:
● Applying online by clicking “Apply Now” below
● Sending a résumé to . Use the subject line: 2025-CAP-YU-CTSSK-EA-14
Do you enjoy a mix of outdoor and desk-related work? Are you excited to spend a good portion of your summer in the beautiful backcountry of northern BC on the Chilkoot Trail? Are you someone who can provide strong leadership to a team of dedicated and passionate individuals? Are you passionate about connecting visitors to our natural and cultural heritage?
If yes, then this might be the job for you!
In this position, you will provide leadership to a trail crew. You will supervise and coordinate semi-skilled and general labour maintenance and repair work, train staff, and provide leadership in workplace health, wellness and safety. You will perform administrative and planning tasks including scheduling, work plans, and small-to-medium sized projects.
The successful candidate will balance administrative duties with working in the backcountry for extended periods between late spring and early fall in close quarters with the rest of the team.
We are looking for a superstar who can be a true leader!
The Yukon Field Unit is one of the most diverse field units across the country.
Geographically dispersed over 1200km across the Yukon, northern BC, and into Alaska, we offer a one-of-a-kind experience for visitors and staff. Our sites offer diverse and varied opportunities to explore Yukon's beautiful landscape - from the glorious SS Klondike National Historic Site in Whitehorse, to the fabled Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site, to Canada's largest ice field and extreme peaks in Kluane National Park and Reserve, extending to the colourful Klondike National Historic Sites in Dawson, to Vuntut National Park located above the Arctic Circle.
Our Field Unit staff are truly outstanding and remarkable; over 90% of them feel their job is a good fit with their skills and interests, understand how their job contributes to larger agency goals and objectives, and truly enjoy their work.
As a Field Unit, diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values. Diverse teams bring different perspectives and creative ideas that benefit our clients, the communities we serve and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from individuals with diverse abilities and from all backgrounds and identities.
We welcome you to be part of our fantastic team!
The intent of this process is to hire one (1) full-time term position from April 2025 to October 2025.
This process may be used to create a list of qualified candidates to staff similar positions with various tenures, security levels or linguistic requirements in same or other parts of the country.
Positions to be filled: 1
Your résumé.
Where and when did you acquire this experience? Provide concrete examples.
Contact information for 3 references.
EDUCATION
► Successful completion of secondary school, or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.
EXPERIENCE
► Experience in supervising staff and leading diverse teams (hiring, scheduling, work planning, occupational health and safety, and performance management);
► Experience planning, coordinating and managing seasonal workplans;
► Experience organizing, preparing and conducting semi-skilled and general maintenance and repair to maintain facilities, structures and equipment;
► Experience or training in visitor safety operations (e.g. Wilderness Advanced First Aid, Avalanche Safety Training, bear safety, firearms safety, incident response, firefighting, search and rescue);
► Experience living and/or working in outdoor field conditions (i.e., travelling on the land, field/backcountry/trip guiding).
English essential
Information on language requirements
KNOWLEDGE
► Knowledge of the natural and cultural history of the Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site;
► Knowledge of safe practices in the use and maintenance of hand and power tools both portable and stationary;
► General construction knowledge in the maintenance and repair of building structures;
► Knowledge in conducting and reporting on asset inspections and inventories;
► Knowledge in working and travelling in a remote backcountry setting for extended periods.
ABILITIES
► Ability to identify hazardous or potentially hazardous situations and take appropriate action to maintain a safe environment;
► Ability to lead with integrity and inclusion while helping others achieve excellent results;
► Ability to develop, implement, evaluate and adjust plans and logistics, and manage resources (time, financial, human, physical and information) to achieve planned goals;
► Ability to support incident response in a remote backcountry setting;
► Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a wide variety of colleagues within the organization and with external organizations.
CORE COMPETENCIES
► Personally Connects with people;
► Inclusiveness, integrity and respect;
► Communicates effectively (written and oral);
► Demonstrates sound judgment;
► Makes things happen.
The "Core Competencies" listed above will form the foundation of the assessment process - you will be screened based on the responses to the experience questions; you will be assessed during the interview phase on how you demonstrate these core competencies; and, we may use the core competencies to confirm references.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
► Experience working in and delivering services to a northern and/or isolated community;
► Experience planning, developing, implementing and monitoring programs, activities, operations, services or facilities related to visitor experience.
► Reliability Status security clearance;
► Possess and maintain a valid Yukon class 5 driver's license or equivalent;
► Successfully pass and maintain pre-employment Occupational Health Assessment and periodic medical checks
OPERATIONAL REQUIRMENTS
► Work and/or travel in varied terrain, weather conditions, isolated locations and by various means of transportation;
► Wear a Parks Canada uniform;
► Hike long distances including multi-day hikes
► Work irregular hours, overtime, weekends and/or statutory holidays and provincial/territorial holidays, when required;
► Work and/or travel off roads and paths, with limited communication and emergency response capacity, in various meteorological and environmental conditions (e.g., cold, hot, rain, biting insects, noxious weeds, uneven terrain);
► Obtain and maintain certification in the following:
⬜ Wilderness First Responder (80hr, optimal) or Wilderness Advanced First Aid (40hr) certificate;
⬜ Avalanche Safety Training Level 1 or 2 (optimal) certificate;
⬜ Small Vessel Operator Proficiency certificate.
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
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, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and members of a visible minority group to self-identify in their application.
Please submit your completed application, including all of the above-mentioned documentation. Failure to do so may result in your application being rejected.
The Parks Canada Agency 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. The Parks Canada Agency 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.
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.
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.
Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.
Travel cost for individuals who are not Federal Public Servants will not be covered.
You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.
We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.