Employment and Career Opportunities

National Capital Commission - Manager, Outdoor Activities - Chelsea, Quebec - Full Time - Indeterminate 

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Visitor Experience, the Manager, Outdoor Activities will lead a team and be responsible for planning and implementing orientations for recreational activities and other public participation programs that are respectful to the environment, for Gatineau Park and the Quebec Urban Lands.

BC Parks - Recreation Section Head - Regular Full Time Opportunity

The Section Head, Recreation has full responsibility for the design and development of strategies - both short and long term - to deliver BC Parks’ recreation goals in a region. The position analyzes park management plan recommendations and develops recreation objectives that can be achieved within a short and medium time frame. The position has full responsibility for determining how capital investments in recreation facilities can help BC Parks meet its strategic recreation goals, both regionally and provincially. The position seeks input from regional staff when developing both short term and long term capital investment strategies that meet BC Parks’ recreation goals. The position develops and prioritizes capital investment proposals for regional review and support, program review and support, and final executive approval.

Summer 2023 - Fort St. James District - Summer Recreation Program

Summer Recreation Day Camp Leader
The Summer Recreation Day Camp Leader is responsible for facilitating the summer recreation program day camp. Day camp leaders will work with the team leader to organize and implement daily camp activities throughout the 2023 summer. 
Summer Recreation Day Camp Team Leader
The Summer Recreation Team leader is responsible for planning and implementing the District of Fort St. James’ summer recreation Day camp program. The Team leader will research camp activities, operate within the recreation budget, and provide leadership support to three Day camp leaders

Summer 2023 Westcoast Connection Positions

WANT TO BE A BETTER EDUCATOR? WANT THE MOST INCREDIBLE SUMMER JOB OF YOUR LIFE? Westcoast Connection is hiring staff for summer 2023! Speaking from experience, there is no better way to spend your summer! Apply online at https://www.westcoastconnection.com/about/jobs/current-opportunities/ and send me a message with any questions! #opportunity #summer #travel

Summer 2023 - City of Burnaby - Parks, Recreation and Culture

Recreation Instructor (Biking) - Two Positions 
Our Parks, Recreation and Culture Department are looking for Contract Biking Instructors to work out of Mountain Air Bike Skills Park to lead participants in learning mountain biking skills in a safe and enjoyable environment. If you’re passionate about mountain biking and teaching, this is a fantastic opportunity to share your knowledge in the great outdoors!     
Recreation Instructor (Canoe) - Two Positions
Our Parks, Recreation and Culture Department is looking for Contract Canoe Instructors to provide lessons to children and adults. Canoe Instructors ensure participants learn canoeing in a safe and enjoyable environment while planning creative and fun lessons that incorporate specific canoeing skills. The canoe program operates out of Deer Lake. Programs include group and semi-private lessons and guided tours for youth and adult participants as well as day camps and school out trips for children.

May 2023 Wild Water Adventures - Base Manager, Sales Reservations and Driver-Trip Photographer

Wild Water Adventures is seeking Customer Service Base Managers and Sales Reservations
staff for the upcoming 2023 rafting season. Our daily trips take place on the world famous
Kicking Horse River where you will be expected to provide exceptional service to our guests
on all our Rafting Day Trips.
Wild Waters Base Manager/Sales Reservations
Wild Water Adventures is seeking Class 2 Bus Drivers for the upcoming 2023 rafting season.
Our daily trips take place on the world-famous Kicking Horse River where you will be
expected to provide exceptional service to our guests on all our Rafting Day Trips
Wild Waters Driver-Trip Photographer

April 2021 Currently Seeking - 2 Year Postdoctoral Fellow in Recreation Ecology

We are looking for a two-year postdoctoral fellow to lead phase 2 of the Recreation Ecology in Yellowstone to Yukon project. This is a joint position between UNBC and Y2Y and will be based primarily in Canmore, AB with time spent also at the UNBC campus. Read more about it here: UNBC Y2Y PDF Job Ad 2021
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What Can You Do With an ORTM Degree?

The Nature-Based Tourism degree and Wildland Conservation and Recreation Major will prepare you for a fantastic career and an awesome lifestyle in Canada or overseas. Our Faculty and students have worked here in BC, across Canada, and around the world. Conservation, outdoor recreation, and nature-based tourism offer amazingly diverse employment opportunities in pretty cool places. Moreover, these fields are filled with people passionate about the issues they are working on and solutions they are contributing to

Students and graduates work in a variety of sectors including Federal, provincial or state, and municipal governments, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), quasi-public agencies such as YMCA and Girl Scouts, industry or employee services, arts and culture, events, as well as university or college teaching, and private commercial business operations. Employment in recreation, parks and tourism is as broad and diverse as your interests and passions, and fulfills some basic human needs and desires. In addition to non-profits (e.g. Yellowstone to Yukon, WWF) and private businesses (Fairmont Hotels, mountain resorts, etc…) students and alumni have worked with BC Parks, Parks Canada, and various government ministries (e.g. Ministry of Environment, BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development; BC Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture). Some job titles include:
  • Outdoor Instructor, Guide, Educator, Coach (e.g. climbing, biathlon, back-country skiing, fly fishing, mountaineering, cycle)
  • Bear, whale and other wildlife viewing guide
  • Sales Manager (e.g. ski hill, zip line, climbing company…)
  • Recreation Director for a city, town, or private company (e.g. hotel like Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge)
  • Tourism Destination marketing and communications managers
  • Economic Development Officer
  • Nature-based tourism and adventure photographers and filmmakers
  • Environmental and Experiential Educator
  • Park Interpreter
  • Environmental and/or social research consultant
  • Park Operator
  • Recreation technician
  • Park Warden, Area Supervisor

2021 Job Listings

Past and Potential Employers and Job Search Links

Tourism /Adventure Businesses

Canadian Outback Adventures and Events

Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre. Assistant Marketing Position in Aboriginal Cultural Tourism
Huble Homestead -- Store Manager
Zipzone in Peachland: guides and assistant guides
Conservation/Parks Jobs
AB Tourism, Parks & Recreation -- Land Use Framework Planner
BC Conservation Foundation: Dean River Guardian Program
Fraser Valley Regional District -- Parks Assistant
Tourism Dawson Creek - Visitor Information Counsellor
Chetwynd Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Centre- Visitor Information Counsellor
Tourism Jasper -- Travel Counsellor
Recreation Planning
Barkerville National Historic Site - Special Events Coordinator
Interpretation Jobs
BC Parks Interpreters
Outdoor /Environmental Education Jobs
Stanley Park Ecological Society - Environmental Educator
Island Mountain Arts Outreach Assistant
Camp Ouareau (Quebec)
O.A.R.S. Guide School and Seasonal Internships