Marine Planning Coordinator - Vancouver, Canada - Georgia Strait Alliance

Georgia Strait Alliance

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Vancouver, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

We are excited to be launching a new program at Georgia Strait Alliance at a time of transformation in our organization.

For more than 30 years, we have played a leading role in bringing communities together to address the many threats to the Salish Sea.

With a recently renewed strategic plan in hand, with a greater focus on building community power and collaboration, environmental justice and increasing the connection individuals in this region have to this ecologically and culturally important body of water, we are looking for someone who is deeply committed to the vision laid out in GSA's strategic plan and to playing an important role in our environmental justice journey.

Position:
Marine Planning Coordinator

Compensation:
$55,000 - $60,000 per year

Location:

The position can work in our office on the unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) people (known as Vancouver) or work remotely from a home office on the South Coast of BC.

Note that organizational and program travel will be required at times.

Other benefits of working with Georgia Strait Alliance:

Full time work environment built around a 4 day work week (34 hours)
Work in a hybrid work environment that allows you to choose the workfromhome/inoffice combination that best suits you and your work.
Flexible work schedule beyond core organizational commitments
Our vacation entitlement starts at 2 weeks, increasing to 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 3 years and 5 weeks after 8 years
Support your physical wellbeing, mental wellbeing, and caregiving responsibilities by taking advantage of our 5 flexible personal days annually.
We offer an extended health, vision and dental benefits package, which includes life insurance and longterm disability
A completely free and confidential employee and family assistance program (EFAP) to assist with counseling, financial advice, nutrition, addiction, childcare arrangements and more.
Invest in your growth with $500 professional development support for training

Preferred start date:
as soon as possible

About the position

With the potential of establishing place-based protection for strategic ecosystems and biodiversity in the Salish Sea being stronger today than at any other time in history, we are at an exciting time to play a significant part in the future health of this region.

From the BC Coastal Marine Strategy, to the Southern Strait of Georgia National Marine Conservation Area Reserve proposal, to Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, and Marine Spatial Planning South (Salish Sea/Strait of Juan de Fuca), and inspired by the recently announced Great Bear Sea MPA Network, the federal government's pathway to protecting 25% of Canada's oceans by 2025 and the global commitment to protect 30% of oceans by 2030, the processes are many, and the stakeholders are broad.

GSA is creating
a new position for a full time Marine Planning Coordinator to help us develop a new initiative which will focus on deepening our understanding of and engagement in these government led processes, building awareness of the importance of marine planning and protection mechanisms to tackle the threats to the region and, working with our Community Organizer, connecting with impacted communities on issues of interest and concern.

This initiative will focus on helping to make marine planning establishment efforts in the Salish Sea region successful and impactful, meet strong conservation standards and include a diversity of communities and voices in the planning process.

Responsibilities of this position include actively participating in government planning processes; maintaining knowledge of government processes and opportunities for engagement and influence; leading the development of GSA's community led vision for the protection of the Salish Sea watershed; co-development of community engagement strategies based on best practices and community input; keeping abreast of emerging issues; and, developing deep understanding of the threats to the Salish Sea and the role marine planning can play in addressing them.

This position works closely with campaign leads and the community organizer, and reports directly to the Campaigns Manager

You will succeed in this role if you are excited to build something new from scratch, are comfortable with uncertainty, are adept at seeing the connections between science, policy and community, and you love meetings and community gatherings.

You are comfortable in formal and informal settings, have patience to listen and develop relationships authentically, and are curious to learn about systems so you can play a part in changing them.

You also will succeed if you are collaborative, have the ability to understand policy and ecology, and turn it into content that excites someone with no knowledge of either.

Experience and Qualifications
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