Natural Resources Officer (Environmental)

  The New Brunswick Aboriginal Peoples Council

  Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

Temporary Job Opportunity

Job Title: Natural Resources Officer

Anticipated Start Date: As soon as a qualified candidate is hired.

Location: Fredericton, NB

Hours of Work: Days, Evenings, Weekends, based on 37.5 hrs/week

Job Description: The Natural Resources Officer of the New Brunswick Aboriginal Peoples Council is responsible for the administration of the natural resources harvesting regime. The Natural Resources Officer would be responsible for the orderly, sustainable and respectful access and use of all natural life resources throughout the traditional territories of our community members in Province of New Brunswick on the lands and in the waters.

Job Skills: Managerial aptitude, organizational and decision making skills.

Job Duties

• Protect and maintain our community’s harvesting customs, practices, traditions, Treaty rights, Aboriginal rights and other rights to our natural resources.
• Provide and produce publications towards a better understanding about our community’s access and use of natural resources.
• Support the advisory committees to provide advice in the implementation of our harvesting plans.
• Develop and implement our natural harvesting plans, guidelines and their administration.
• Advance our community’s greater access and participation in natural harvesting through relevant Federal and Provincial Governments.
• Provide harvesting reports demonstrating our credible, accountable and responsible access and use of natural resources.

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