Education Facilitator / Nature Interpretor

Hiring: Wolf Centre Facilitator
Organization: Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve Ltd.

Location: On site, Haliburton Wolf Centre, near Haliburton, Ontario
Housing: On-site staff housing / room & board may be available upon request.

We are looking for a personable and passionate individual to join the Haliburton Forest Wolf Centre team from September 2025 to March 2027.

This position is responsible for ensuring high quality of experience for our guests, facilitating educational interpretation and programming, check-ins, retail sales, cleaning, retrieval of roadkill and working with our maintenance team to ensure the facility is well kept. A positive attitude, strong communication and customer service skills, initiative and passion for wildlife education are all important qualities for this position. Candidates should be comfortable working primarily independently with some teamwork.

Responsibilities/ Primary Duties:

• Demonstrate strong support to the shared values of Haliburton Forest: safe, collaborative, professional, productive, and proud
• Follow legislation and standards of: Workplace Violence and Harassment policies, AODA, Occupational Health and Safety Act
• Exceptional customer service including admissions, retail, phones and front counter
• Wolf ecology, nature interpretation and education
• Daily cleaning & small maintenance
• Special events like public wolf howls, dinner with wolves, painting with wolves and wings & wolves
• Assisting with Base Camp duties (campsite cleaning, main office, etc.)
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications/ Assets:

• Work experience related to the primary duties
• Work experience in customer service or nature interpretation
• Two or more years of study in a related field such as Wildlife Biology, Fish & Wildlife, Ecology or similar fields.
• Completed University or College program/s in education, tourism, hospitality, fish and wildlife or a related field
• Familiarity with Haliburton Forest as a whole and/or the Wolf Centre specifically
• Ability to speak and understand a second language such as German, French, ASL, etc.
• Current first aid & CPR certificates
• Local accommodations

Must be/ Minimum Qualifications:

• Above listed qualities
• Previous employment experience
• Valid G2 or higher (or equivalent) driver’s license

Contract Dates:

~ 19 month contract. Begins early September 2025, ending late March 2027.

Potential for contract extension or conversion to a permanent position may be possible at the conclusion.

Scheduling: Full time. Typically 8 am – 5 pm, 5 days/week, weekends required, evening work may also be required for special events.

Compensation: $20/hr

Onsite room & board may be available upon request.

Come work and play with us in the forest and apply to: mwigmore@haliburtonforest.com

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Candidates must be residents of Canada able to legally work in Canada.