We are seeking Program Engagement Facilitators for our 2026 children's summer camps.

Length of assignment: 9 weeks – June 22 to August 21, 2025

Rate of pay: $20 per hour 

Hours: Monday to Friday 9:00am-4:30pm and/or 8:30am – 4:00pm for 37.5 hours per week

Location: USask Museum of Natural Sciences

Camp description:

Explore the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods of Earth's history with us! Our summer camps for kids aged 6-10 offer the opportunity to get curious and creative during a fun-filled week of activities anchored in the sciences of geology and paleontology. Activities include building a dinosaur puppet, playing an adventure game set in the time of the dinosaurs, creating a dinosaur sandbox, examining specimens, and exploring the museum while learning about the earth’s formation and geological history, evolution, volcanoes, and mass extinctions.

Education:

This position is open to undergraduate students and recent alumni. USask graduate students are not eligible. Candidates will have knowledge and interest in geology, paleontology, biology and/or ecology through high school, college, or university programs.

Experience:

• Knowledge, skills, and/or interest in the natural sciences
• Knowledge, skills, and/or interest in the dramatic arts
• Experience teaching or leading children’s groups, especially ages 6-10
• Experience with creative play in an educational setting

Candidates should also be enthusiastic, conscientious, and responsible, have good verbal communication skills, be highly collaborative, and have a commitment to learning and improving. Familiarity with Indigenous Knowledge and an interest in presenting culturally inclusive activities is an asset.

Duties:

Reporting to the Camp Coordinator, the Program Engagement Facilitator’s tasks will include collaboratively developing the camp's science, drama, and art activities, delivering the activities in a creative and engaging way, evaluating the activities and working with their colleagues to make improvements, helping our young campers enjoy their camp experience in a safe and inclusive environment, setting up and cleaning up the activities and supplies, and ensuring the smooth running of the camps each day.

Candidates must also be:

• A Canadian citizen or a permanent resident or have refugee status in Canada
• Legally entitled to work in Canada
• Between 16 and 30 years of age at the start of employment

We encourage and prioritize participation from the Government of Canada's equity deserving groups, including Indigenous people, women, persons living with a disability, and people belonging to a racialized community.

Other:

• Police check and vulnerable sector search (documentation will be required if offered a position)
• First aid certification is an asset
• Occupational health and safety certification is an asset

To apply:

Please send a cover letter and resume to the Museum of Natural Sciences’ Camp Coordinator, Andrew Whiting, at andrew.whiting@usask.ca.

Application deadline: May 3, 2026 or until positions fill