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***Apply By:***Tuesday, March 31, 2026 11:59 pm EDT

#Stewardship Youth Rangers

Job ID:

240882

Posting status:

Open

Organization:

Ministry of Natural Resources

Division:

Regional Operations Division

City:

Aurora, Kenora, Nipigon, North Bay, Owen Sound, Sudbury

Position(s) language:

English

Job term:

24 Temporary assignments/contracts for up to 8-weeks

Job code:

U0162 - Student Level 1

Salary:

$17.60 - $17.60 Per hour* *Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement.

##About the job

As a Stewardship Youth Ranger (SYR), you will work as part of a team comprised of four Rangers under the direction of one team lead. Rangers work on natural resource management projects in their own communities. Rangers meet at a central work location daily. Most projects will require working outdoors and in a variety of weather conditions.

Positions will be available as noted below:

• 4 Positions in Sudbury - 3767 Hwy. 69 South, Suite 5, Sudbury, ON, P3G 1 E7, North East Region

• 4 Positions in Kenora – 808 Robertson St, PO Box 5080, Kenora, ON P9N 3X9, North West Region

• 4 Positions in Nipigon - 5 Wadsworth Dr, Nipigon, ON P0T 2J0, North West Region

• 4 Positions in Aurora - 50 Bloomington Road, ON, L4G 0L8, Southern Region

• 4 Positions in Owen Sound - 1450 7th Ave. East, ON, N4K 2Z1, Southern Region

• 4 Positions in North Bay - 875 Gormanville Road, ON, P1B 8G3, North East Region

For more information, please visit the Stewardship Youth Ranger program website:SYR program page

Please note that transportation and accommodation costs will not be provided for these positions.

##What you bring to the team

###Mandatory requirements

• You must be born in 2009.
• You must be a student.
• You must be an Ontario resident.
• You must be eligible to work in Canada.

###Knowledge, skills and abilities:

Team skills:

• You have demonstrated the ability to build and maintain effective relationships working in a team (e.g. at work, at school, in other personal activities) to achieve a common goal.

• You have personal leadership skills (e.g. organization skills, accepts responsibility) to initiate and complete tasks in a timely manner.

• You have oral communication skills to speak with co-workers, supervisors, members of the public, and media.

Natural resource knowledge:

• You have knowledge, experience and /or interest in natural resources and the outdoors (e.g. work or volunteer experience, school courses, or personal activities).

##Don't meet every qualification?

If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!

##How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility

We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario'sHuman Rights Codeand the*Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005.*We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.

Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:

• diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• accessibility
• Anti-Racism Policy

##Additional information:

Apply by:

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 11:59 pm EDT

Position details:

• 4 English Temporary, duration up to 8 weeks, 3767 Hwy. 69 S. Suite 5, Sudbury, North Region
• 4 English Temporary, duration up to 8 weeks, 808 Robertson St, Kenora, North Region
• 4 English Temporary, duration up to 8 weeks, 5 Wadsworth Dr, Nipigon, North Region
• 4 English Temporary, duration up to 8 weeks, 50 Bloomington Rd W, Aurora, Central Region
• 4 English Temporary, duration up to 8 weeks, 1450 7th Ave E, Owen Sound, West Region
• 4 English Temporary, duration up to 8 weeks, 875 Gormanville Rd, North Bay, North Region

Compensation group:

Ontario Public Service Employees Union

Work hours:

Schedule

Category:

Lands and Resources

Posted on:

Monday, March 2, 2026

##How to apply:

• You must apply online.

• Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.

• Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. We rely on the information you provide to us.

• Read the job description to make sure you understand this job.

• OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.

• If you require a disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please Contact Us to provide your contact information. Recruitment services team will contact you within 48 hours.

Language requirements and assessment: All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation: Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.

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