Nova Scotia Youth Conservation Corps
Summer Student Intern
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Green Landscaping Intern
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Joggins, Nova Scotia
Temporary, 9 weeks [June 22, 2015 – August 21, 2015]
Full-time [35 hours per week]
$11.50/hour
The Clean Nova Scotia Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization that started in 1988.
We work in vital environmental areas like energy, water, transportation and waste. The Clean
Foundation provides the knowledge, tools and inspiration needed to encourage the individual
actions that add up to positive environmental change. We partner with individual citizens,
governments, organizations, communities and businesses to find environmental solutions.
You may know us as Clean Nova Scotia, but we work across Atlantic Canada, throughout the
traditional lands of the Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik. Our local roots are going global, exploring how
our knowledge and experience can be used in other countries, including nations in the developing
world. That’s why we say we’re just Clean.
We are currently seeking a hardworking, dynamic and motivated individual to add to our Nova
Scotia Youth Conservation Corps (NSYCC) team for summer 2015, who has a strong passion for
people and the environment. Our approach is always collaborative and team oriented.
Program Overview:
The NSYCC program was established in 1989 to provide Nova Scotian youth with training and
employment opportunities in the environmental field. This program engages community partners
across the province to hire students to carry out work that enhances the local environment through
the summer months. The NSYCC provides Nova Scotian youth with environmental work
experience, an enhanced appreciation of the environment and their community, and develops
skills for life-long learning including, team-building and leadership skills, public speaking and
community outreach, increased knowledge for future employment and/or education ventures,
program evaluation techniques, the ability to give back to their community and their environment,
and workplace safety training, including first aid, WHMIS, and Occupational Health & Safety.
Position Overview:
The community partner for this Summer Intern position through the Nova Scotia Youth
Conservation Corps (NSYCC) will be the Joggins Fossil Institute, reporting to Jenna Boon,
Executive Director. In this position, you will be mainly responsible for the Green Landscaping
Project, which is a multi-year habitat restoration and enhancement initiative that aims not only to
continue to re-green the Joggins Fossil Centre grounds through native vegetation, but also to
incorporate opportunities for organic food growing to our site and to the community at large. In
this position, you will be mainly responsible for green landscaping (including tending to and
planting native vegetation) and developing and maintaining gardens.
The successful candidate needs to be enthusiastic and environmentally-conscious, able to
participate in physical labour and work with hand tools, enjoy working work outside in adverse
weather conditions, and able work independently and as a member of a team.
About the Community Partner:
The mission of the Joggins Fossil Institute (JFI) is to protect, conserve, present, and transmit to
future generations, the world heritage values of The Joggins Fossil Cliffs and to be a world leader
in communicating its research and the collections of the province of Nova Scotia, to increase
understanding of the natural diversity in the Carboniferous Period. The JFI provides engaging
visitor experiences that inspire wonder and build an understanding of the natural world.
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Installing an edible berry patch at the Centre;
Installing a second native pollinator garden at the main entrance to the Centre;
Install two new raised garden beds at the Centre;
Planning and planting the Chef's Garden and Herb Gardens for the JFI Local Food Café;
Conducting green landscaping and brownfield remediation by tending native trees and
shrubs and pollinator garden plants, mulching and composting areas to continue to establish
top soil and to reduce competition. Establishing a system for rain water harvesting and
watering gardens will be a key component of this initiative;
Assisting with the maintenance of the Children’s Learning Garden at the JFI (including
working with local children to tend to the care of eight raised community garden beds);
Conduct programming for community outreach and education including designing and
delivering presentation for the public and visitors, leading in the delivery of biodiversity and
food education programs for weekly children’s summer camps, develop and lead periodic
green-landscaping tours (tide and weather dependent) for visitors and tourists;
Other duties as required, including occasional beach clean ups, community work days with
the local Garden Club, and organizing a “Community Environmental Day”, which would
entail facilitating an event that would bring the community to the Centre to learn about an
environmental issue of the students' choice.
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Must be legally entitled to work in Canada;
Must be between the ages of 15 and 30;
Must be a full-time student and intending to return to school in Fall 2015;
Is not a member of immediate family of community partner;
Have an aptitude for safe work practices and the ability to multi-task in a busy work
environment;
Be able to work productively as part of a team while responding to feedback;
Ability to work with varying age groups, from children to seniors;
Ability to adapt in a fast-paced work environment;
Demonstrates interest in future employment in the environmental or ‘green’ sector is
considered an asset;
Knowledge of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint will be considered an asset;
Experience with gardening or, and tree planting an asset;
Knowledge of native plants, insects and trees an asset;
Access to a car and valid driver's license an asset;
If you are interested in this position please submit your cover letter and resume, merged into one
document, via email to Morgan Book, mbook@clean.ns.ca by May 31, 2015. When applying for
this NSYCC Summer Student Intern position please identify the position title and community
partner listed above in either your cover letter or resume.
We ask that you do not apply for more than five (5) Nova Scotia Youth Conservation Corps
(NSYCC) Summer Student Intern positions; if you apply to more than one (1) job posting please
send separate applications for each position.
We appreciate all interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Clean is committed to Employment Equity and our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is
representative at all job levels. We welcome applicants from Aboriginal People, Visible Minority
Groups, Persons with Disabilities and Women in occupations of positions where they are underrepresented. If you are a member of one of the equity groups, you are encouraged to selfidentify on either your cover letter or resume.