Position Term: Full-time employment contract – minimum three years, subject to satisfactory performance review in April, 2018
Salary Range: $60,000 to $70,000 plus benefits
Essential Job Functions and Duties
Reporting to the Monitoring & Compliance Panel (M&C Panel) Program Manager, this position is
responsible for i) implementing a three-year M&C Panel initiative to improve Chinook and Coho catch
monitoring in recreational and aboriginal fisheries in the southern waters of the Strait of Georgia and the
Fraser Basin; and ii) supporting the Program Manager by providing secretariat support to the M&C
Panel.
Specific duties are as follows:
- Develop and implement activities pursuant to the Work Plan for the Chinook/Coho Catch
Monitoring Project (CCCMP), on time and on budget, and in a manner consistent with the Fraser
Basin Council Charter for Sustainability and 2016-2021 Strategic Plan - Identify and develop funding sources to complement DFO funding of the CCCMP; participate in or
lead the preparation and submission of funding proposals - Provide timely and complete progress and final reports for the CCCMP
- Provide support to the M&C Panel through:
- Support preparations for, attend and take minutes at Panel meetings
- Support the Panel Program Manager in implementing the M&C Panel Work Plan as
appropriate - Support reporting to DFO on use of M&C Panel funding.
M&C Panel Project Manager 2
Qualifications
Education and Experience
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in fish and/or fisheries management-related fields, preferably
in recreational / First Nations fishery-related engagement, monitoring, compliance, data collection
and/or data quality control roles - Post-secondary education and/or equivalent experience in fish and/or fisheries management
related disciplines - Demonstrated skills and experience at stakeholder engagement, First Nations relationshipbuilding,
and multi-interest facilitation - Experience developing and delivering major complex projects, on time and on budget.
Skills, Aptitude and Networks
- Well-developed interpersonal and written/oral communications skills
- Comfort working with diverse audiences
- Tact, diplomacy and comfort with playing impartial / non-positional facilitator roles
- Ability to work independently as a self-starter and also as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Managing multiple projects, tasks, timelines and budgets
- Project and financial management
- Computer literacy (word processing, spreadsheets, presentation tools, contact managers, internet
and social media) - Existing fish and fisheries-related connections in BC, preferably in the South Coast and/or Fraser
Basin (e.g., with recreational and First Nations fishers, fisheries associations, government
agencies).
For more information:
- Fraser Basin Council website: www.fraserbasin.bc.ca?
- Monitoring & Compliance Panel website: www.pfmcp.ca
How to Apply
Interested applicants should submit their resumes to Bob Purdy at bpurdy@fraserbasin.bc.ca no later
than October 30, 2017 (5:00 pm). The Fraser Basin Council is an equal opportunity employer.
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted; no phone calls, please.
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