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Current Opportunities

Program Manager, Central Parkland and Boreal

Posting Date: 2008-05-10
Closing Date: 2008-05-19

Position is based in Edmonton

Contact: www.natureconservancy.ca/careers


Oil Sands Advisor

Posting Date: 2008-05-10
Closing Date: 2008-05-30

Location: St. Albert, Alberta

WWF, the global conservation organization, is one of the world's largest and most respected independent conservation organizations. WWF has a global network active in over 100 countries with almost 5 million supporters.

WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of the earth's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world's biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.

WWF-Canada has a tremendous history of accomplishment, and is currently focusing on preventing dangerous climate change, as well as investing in long-term conservation efforts in Canada's Grand Banks, the Pacific Coast, the Mackenzie Valley in the north, and the Greater Antilles (Cuba). This is an exciting period at WWF-Canada.

Alberta's oil sands are the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas in Canada and a major impediment to the adoption of enlightened climate change policy in Canada. WWF has concluded that in order to avoid dangerous climate change the world will have to phase out its dependence on fossil fuels. The anticipated massive expansion of the GHG-intensive oil sands industry will contribute to dangerous climate change.

Key Responsibilities:

WWF-Canada seeks a dynamic, well-rounded Oil Sands Advisor with research and writing skills ideally honed in oil sands or other technical field. You will have a key role in WWF's Mackenzie River Basin team working to help build a case for our oil sands project and assembling a resource library of materials. Key responsibilities include:

o Develop an information resource on the oil sands including fact sheets, glossaries, statistics, visuals etc. as the factual foundation for our oil sands work.

o Research specific questions and contribute to discussions as we create policy/ positions with respect to ultimate goals and their relation to emerging issues.

o Develop contacts and identify potential collaborators who will join with us to accomplish our goals.

Qualifications:

* Post secondary degree, preferably in the areas of natural or social sciences
* Research skills preferably including experience with oil sands industry and/ or other technical subject matter
* Writing skills especially technical content
* Outgoing personality, with ability to communicate with a range of people on emotional / controversial issues.

Other Information:

This is a one year contract, full-time position, based in St. Albert, Alberta.

How To Apply:

A resume and cover letter referencing the position and including salary expectations should be directed to ca-jobs@wwfcanada.org or mailed to Rob Powell, WWF-Canada, 200- 21 Perron Street, St Albert, Alberta T8N 1E6. No phone calls please. We thank all applicants for their interest however we may contact only those candidates selected for interviews.

WWF-Canada is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity in the workplace and encourage applications from all qualified candidates including women, members of visible minorities, persons with disabilities, and aboriginal peoples (WWF-Canada is the only certified NGO under the Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business's Progressive Aboriginal Relations (PAR) program).

Contact: WWF-Canada http://www.wwf.ca
Email: ca-jobs@wwfcanada.org


Project Manager, Horticultural Services

Posting Date: 2008-05-10
Closing Date: 2008-05-16

Full-time contract, 6 months (with possibility of extension)

Our regional office in Alberta is seeking a Project Manager to help lay the ground work for the delivery of our innovative sustainable residential yard care programming and
professional development workshops. If you have dedicated your professional career to creating meaningful social and environment change, thrive working independently, enjoy building programming from the ground up and can train others, this is your opportunity to make a significant impact in Calgary Alberta.

Contact: Evergreen http://www.evergreen.ca
Email: tderderian@evergreen.ca.


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