AIS Technician

Role Responsibilities

We have an exciting opportunity to support the AIS program during the 2025 field season. If you are comfortable speaking to people, can handle diverse field work under all weather conditions, and love working on protecting the environment, this may be the job for you!

As an AIS Technician, you will be supporting Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) work in Alberta. This position will provide a supporting role on AIS response and outreach priorities; including flowering rush management around Lake Isle (a Minister and MLA priority), provincial response planning and execution on AIS occurrences, support approvals for response efforts, continue education/awareness engagement with the public, and support monitoring efforts.

Please click on this link to view the job description for this position.

APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies: https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.

How Competencies will apply to this role:

Build Collaborative Environments: Contribute to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively and productively to achieve desired outcomes of the campaign.  Proven ability to engage people, internally and externally, in conversations to achieve assigned tasks.

Creative Problem-Solving: Ability to assess options and implications for troubleshooting technical problems and to inform decisions regarding fieldwork.

Agility: Demonstrates ability to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities and effectively work in a changing environment. The ability to work on various fieldwork priorities, simultaneously, under variable environmental conditions is required.

Drive for Results: Must be self-motivated and highly organized to work on occasion without daily supervision and successfully deliver assigned tasks under the AIS program.

Qualifications

Required: 
•    A completed high school diploma plus 12 months of related experience.
•    A valid Class 5 Driver’s License (or equivalent).
•    Current First Aid certification (CPR Level C).

Equivalences may be considered: Additional related education considered in lieu of experience on a one-for-one basis.

Assets
•    Experience conducting field work.
•    Experience with or demonstrated training in aquatic invasive species.
•    Experience in communicating with stakeholders and the general public, verbally and in writing.
•    Experience being in and around water bodies.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification.

Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards.

Notes

•    This competition is for various temporary wage positions located in Edmonton, Forestry Building, 6th Floor, 9920 108 Street.  
•    36.25 hours per week. Overtime may be encountered on occasion.
•    Length of employment is dependent upon operational needs, with a proposed timeline of May to Oct 31, 2025.

Please note that to work province wide and on various species, you will be required to work a flexible schedule that includes overnight travel, with some weekend work, potentially throughout the field season.

Any costs associated with obtaining required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in.

Instructions for your Resume:

For Employment Experience:
Please indicate duration of employment (month, year)
Please specify employment status (i.e. casual, part-time or full-time)
E.g.: Administrator, Jan 2006 - June 2009, Part-time (three, 8 hour shifts/week)

For any Post-Secondary Education:
Please specify your major and length of program
Please specify the year you graduated
E.g.: Bachelor of Social Work, 4-year Degree (Graduated 2017)

Links and information on what the GoA has to offer to prospective employees.
•    Working for the Alberta Public Service – https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx 
•    Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool - https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca
•    Positive workplace culture and work-life balance

Resources for applicants:
•    https://www.alberta.ca/apply-for-jobs-with-the-alberta-public-service.aspx
•    https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-hiring-process.aspx
•    https://alis.alberta.ca/look-for-work/