Part-time Dockside Monitor, Ecotrust Canada

Position: Part-time Dockside Monitors in Haida Gwaii

Are you looking for a job working outside directly with fishermen and eager to

gain experience in the environmental field?

We are hiring Dockside Monitors!

Ecotrust Canada is looking to hire Dockside Monitors for the Council of the Haida Nations’ Community Based Fishery. Dockside Monitors can be based out of Masset or Daajing Giids.

We are looking to hire part-time staff available from mid-May to September, several days a week. The actual length of fisheries is determined through the season, and a set number of workdays is not guaranteed. Schedules are created based on fishing activity.

Salary Range: $25/hour with a minimum 4 hour call out.

Organization and Program Background

Ecotrust Canada is a nonprofit organization powered by the vision to build thriving, just, and sustainable economies that support communities where people and nature thrive together. We develop innovative economic solutions that enable rural, remote, and Indigenous communities across Canada to share in the management and benefit of local resources – from forestry to fisheries to housing to energy. Our on-the-ground work and systems approach is entrepreneurial, partnershipbased and relentlessly practical. Learn more at ecotrust.ca Our Community Fisheries program has been deeply rooted in community and solution-building in coastal B.C. for over 20 years. Our fisheries vision is for resilient fisheries — fisheries that meet the immediate social and economic needs of adjacent communities without compromising ecological integrity or the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

Responsibilities include:

- Collection of accurate catch data

- Collection of biological samples

- Legibly and accurately record data on multiple forms

- Always maintain professional working relationships

Qualifications:

- Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment

- Organizational skills

- Strong written and verbal communication skills

- Excellent teamwork skills

- Comfortable working on docks, fishing vessels, and handling fish

- Completion of a Criminal Record Check

- Does NOT hold a fisher’s registration card or certificate of accreditation

- Does NOT purchase fish to resell

- Is NOT an owner, operator, or employee of a business that catches, cultures, processes, or transports fish

A mandatory training course will run before the season opening. Successful applicants must attend and pass the training course.

Equity at the centre

Ecotrust Canada is deeply committed to equity, inclusion, and diversity as core principles integral to our work. We seek diverse perspectives and lived experiences that foster learning, creativity, and innovation. Likewise, decolonization is central to the change we seek in the world, and we strongly encourage Indigenous applicants to consider this position.

For more information, contact Lyndsey Bodgener at lyndsey@ecotrust.ca. To apply email your application to info@ecotrust.ca and lyndsey@ecotrust.ca and include “Job Application – Dockside Monitor Haida Gwaii” in the subject line.

Apply as soon as possible and before February 26st, 2026, we will be reviewing applicants as we receive submissions.