Watershed Scientist - Edmonton, Canada - Government of Alberta

Government of Alberta

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Edmonton, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Description

Job Information
Job Requisition ID: 57790

Ministry:
Environment and Protected Areas

Location:
Edmonton or Calgary

Full or Part-Time:
Full Time

Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week

Permanent/Temporary:
Permanent

Scope:
Open Competition

Closing Date:
May 27, 2024

Classification:
Scientific 2 (024SCA)

Salary:
$2,881.03 to $3,776.62 bi-weekly ($75,194 - $98,569/year)

Role Responsibilities:

Are you passionate about the safe and effective delivery of a scientifically robust provincial water quantity monitoring, evaluation and reporting program? This position may be for you

Delivered by the Watershed Sciences Section (WSS) of the Airshed and Watershed Stewardship (AWS)

Branch within the Resource Stewardship Division (RSD) the hydroclimatology MER program focuses on 4 core results
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Design, Planning, Delivery, and Evaluation and Reporting.
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Design: Provides leadership and expertise in the review, development and continuous improvement of water quality monitoring, evaluation and reporting programs that address major issues of concern to the Government of Alberta. The end result is an internationally recognized science and monitoring program that supports the government's business mandate and protects the health and safety of Albertans.
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Planning: Participates in and/or leads annual and multi-year monitoring, evaluation and reporting planning driven by scientific questions to assess the condition of Alberta's watersheds, including integration with other disciplines. Plans also include scientific evaluations of the impacts of environmental variation and anthropogenic stressors, including climate change and land use, on surface water quality.
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Delivery:Supports safe and effective delivery of long-term watershed monitoring programs and shorter term focus studies. The end result is safe and timely completion of deliverables within the available budget.
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Evaluation and Reporting: Develops, conducts and leads scientifically credible environmental data evaluation and reporting that meet project plan commitments, objectives from the long term monitoring, evaluation and reporting plan, and/or legislated reporting requirements. The results include Condition of the Environment reports, environmental framework reporting, and peer-reviewed papers in international journals.

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:

Systems Thinking:

Ensure integration between provincial monitoring, evaluation and reporting programs and other environmental monitoring and research programs in the department, including the Canada-Alberta Oil Sands Monitoring Program.

Creative Problem Solving:

Working with senior leadership, scientists and staff in other branches to ensure innovative, scientifically credible research and monitoring protocols are conceived and deployed in the provincial monitoring, evaluation and reporting programs.

Drive For Results:

Contributes to or leads primary and collaborative writing of standard and non-standard reporting products communicating major observations and conclusions of long-term monitoring and focused research activities on the condition, status and trends of Alberta's water resources, including but not limited to peer-reviewed scientific papers.

Build Collaborative Environments:

Identifies, designs and delivers monitoring, evaluation and reporting programs and projects with teams involving government, academia, industry, citizen scientists, and indigenous community members.

Collaborates extensively with government science, monitoring and data management staff.

Qualifications:

Requirements:

Master of Science Degree with 2 years related experience in one or more of the following areas: hydrology, climatology, hydrogeology, geochemistry, limnology, statistics, and water resources engineering. Numerical analyses, including statistical methods, of large environmental data sets using software such as R, Python, or Matlab.

Equivalency:

PhD in a related field (no experience required); BSc with four years of related experience

Assets:

Experience in the design and implementation of surface or groundwater research and monitoring programs;
Experience working with provincial waterrelated datasets (e.g. longterm river monitoring network, Water Survey of Canada datasets, GOWN well network) for Alberta or similar;
Knowledge of current and emerging water management issues and priorities in Alberta;
Demonstrated record of primary or collaboratively authored publications in peerreviewed scientific journals commensurate with established peers of similar experience; and
Familiarity with EPA's monitoring and/or research programs and department