Discover Parks Ambassador (Kelowna)

B.C. Parks Foundation; Kelowna; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the B.C. Parks Foundation as a Discover Parks Ambassador in Kelowna, where you'll engage and educate park visitors while leading environmental programs. This position offers a chance to work outdoors, inspire appreciation for nature, and have a positive impact on the community through engaging educational activities.

Benefits

Industry standard interpretive training provided

Standard first aid training provided

Discounts on BCPF merchandise

Staff activities and competitions

Qualifications

• Comfortable with making presentations and leading tours.
• A love of the environment and the outdoors.
• Experience working or volunteering with children.

Responsibilities

• Interact and educate visitors on responsible park enjoyment.
• Deliver educational programs and activities in parks.
• Monitor interaction statistics and report on metrics.

Skills

Public speaking

Visitor engagement

Research skills

Team collaboration

Education

Post-secondary study in environmental sciences or outdoor education

Job description

Position: Discover Parks Ambassador (Kelowna)

Reporting to: Assistant Manager, Discover Parks Ambassadors

Dates: Immediately to August 28, 2025

Schedule: Full time seasonal; 35 hours/week; Wed-Sun 9am-4:30pm; 1pm-8:30pm once per week

Job Location: Bear Creek, Fintry (4 days per week)

Working at a computer in your home workspace (1 day per week)

Purpose: To excite, engage and educate park visitors

Overview

The BC Parks Foundation is the official charitable partner and conservation financing mechanism to one of the largest systems of parks in the world, with over 1,040 parks and more than 26 million visits per year. Our motivated team has produced outstanding results, including raising over $400 million in the last 4 years, protecting over 55 beautiful places, and launching an internationally recognized health initiative. And we’ve only just begun. Our mission is to create the greatest system of parks and indigenous protected areas in the world.

We Are:

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  A charitable, purpose-driven organization passionate about enjoying and protecting nature in British Columbia
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  People who value spark, respect with caring, reciprocity, and greatness
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  A warm, positive, hard-working team who operate in a spirit of gratitude and celebration
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  Connected to a wide variety of community groups, First Nations, businesses, governments and other partners that we work with regularly

You Are:

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  A positive and passionate team player with a love of the outdoors
• Someone that thrives on sparking engagement and conversation
• Wanting to have a positive impact on your community

Role Description

Discover Parks Ambassadors work in provincial parks across BC to create amazing experiences that inspire, educate, and empower people to appreciate, enjoy, and care for British Columbia's parks and protected places. We are seeking energetic, motivated individuals with a deep respect for the natural environment to deliver educational experiences in Bear Creek and Fintry Provincial Parks, ensuring a welcoming and engaging experience.

What does a typical day look like?

While in parks daily tasks include program promotion, delivering programs, engaging with visitors, program planning, and collecting and reporting program metrics. You will always be interacting with visitors, sharing insight about the park’s biodiversity and inspiring environmental awareness. Your weekly schedule will include at least one weekend afternoon and evening shift to facilitate the much-loved evening educational amphitheatre programs. On your work from home days, you will collaborate with your teammates to research program updates, plan for the upcoming week, and submit reports on program performance, supplies and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Interact with visitors
  • Educate visitors on how to enjoy parks responsibly
  • Do your own research to become an expert on flora and fauna in your Parks
  • Run activities and games for children and families in Parks
  • Present daytime and evening family-friendly interpretive programs in parks
  • Learn existing Jerry’s Rangers programs and develop new programs
  • Promote iNaturalist to visitors
  • Monitor and report daily interaction statistics
• Collect iNaturalist observations with a mobile device
• Contribute to safe work environment

Requirements

• A love of the environment and the outdoors
• Comfortable making presentations, talking to visitors, and leading tours
• Enjoy interacting with large crowds and having lots of conversations, sometimes back-to-back, throughout the day. Some BC Parks get very busy, and your team might have 100+ conversations with visitors in a day
• Experience working or volunteering with children
• Ability to work in a remote environment, while staying connected with your team online
• Driver’s license and access to a reliable vehicle for accessing the parks and moving program equipment
• Personal computer with video conferencing capabilities and strong internet connection
• Personal mobile phone
• Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Search (will be completed during the hiring process)

Skills and Experience Considered an Asset

• Fluency in additional languages
• Standard first aid certification or higher
• Post-secondary study in environmental sciences or outdoor education
  

Commitment to Equity

BC Parks Foundation is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce.

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  Preference may be given to qualified Indigenous candidates or those from or with experience of other diverse cultures (this includes learning and/or applying information and practices of your culture or that of another culture)
  
• Those identifying as being part of groups which are underrepresented or facing barriers to the labour market are encouraged to apply
  

Perks of the Job

• Industry standard interpretive training provided
• Standard first aid training provided, if needed
• Staff activities and competitions
• Discounts on BCPF merchandise
• You get to spend an amazing summer in BC’s beautiful parks having a positive impact on people’s visits!

Canada Summer Jobs Funding Eligibility

As a condition of pending Canada Summer Jobs program funding, to be eligible for funding you will need to be:

• be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of employment
• be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the duration of the employment
• have a valid Social Insurance Number and be legally entitled to work in Canada and BC

No. of Positions Available: 1