Seasonal Interpreter

Role Responsibilities

The Oil Sands Discovery Centre is seeking qualified applicants for Seasonal Interpreter positions. These are full-time temporary positions from May 4 through September 7, 2026 at the Oil Sands Discovery Centre.

Working within a small team environment, the successful candidates will provide high quality interpretive and visitor services to the general public. This includes presenting scheduled interpretive programs such as films and demonstrations, leading guided tours, delivering education programs and children’s activities, planning and delivering children’s science day camps, providing general oil sands information to visitors, and answering visitor questions.

Other duties include the collection of admission fees and visitor statistics. This position requires weekend work and occasional evening work.

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.

• Drive for Results: Actively sets goals and remains open to advice on reaching them
  
  
• Creative Problem Solving: Is open to new ideas and breaks problems down to identify solutions.
  
  
• Develop Self and Others: Develops own career and reduces barriers for others.
  
  
• Agility: Understands need for change and manages own emotions.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or greater
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Confident, creative presentation skills and/or desire to acquire skills in a supportive setting
• Experience providing high-quality customer service to the general public
• Experience working with children ages 4-12 in an organized program setting
• Ability to work within a small team environment
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to work weekends and occasional evenings
• Basic computer skills

Assets:  

• First Aid certification
• Education or experience in science, tourism, recreation, education, interpretation, museums, drama, or child care
• Experience in program development
• Ability to speak a second language
  
  

Equivalency: Directly related experience considered on the basis of one year of experience for one year of education.

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

These are temporary positions from May 4 through September 7, 2026. Hours of work are 36.25 hours weekly.

These positions require availability for weekday, weekends and holidays.

Successful candidates will be required to undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates will be required to have their own transportation for getting to and from work.

Any costs associated with obtaining the 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.

Links and information on what the GoA have to offer to prospective employees.

• Working for the Alberta Public Service - https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx.
• Professional learning and development - https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive.
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca.
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.