Gardener (Summer Student)

Job Description:

Groundskeeper/Gardener*  YOUTH POSITION – Wage $17.50-$18/hour plus vacation pay for 8 weeks for 34 hours/week.  The municipality has created a community garden and a new park. The groundskeeper could assist with the establishment of these places, planting at the garden, help promote, weed, plant and maintain flower beds, cut grass, create and install signage, paint, help to create policies for their use, and be the municipal contact for garden users. This youth could also plan, implement, and promote municipal events -ParticipACTION activities, disk golf, garden workshops and speakers, seniors activities, Canada Day, light maintenance at the park, the car show, and maintain and update the community’s signboards. This position would also have the flexibility to do other activities, and plan events or share information that would be of interest to residents. 34 hours a week.

Funded through the Canada Summer Jobs Program.

To be eligible, youth must:

• be between 15 and 30 years of age at the beginning of the employment period
• 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 and
• have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations.

Note: International students are not eligible participants. As the objective of the CSJ program is to support youth entering the Canadian labour market, the temporary nature of an international student’s time in Canada does not allow for a long-term connection to the labour market.
International students include anyone who is temporarily in Canada for studies and who is not a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person who has been granted refugee status in Canada.

Youth awaiting a refugee status ruling, as well as those who hold a temporary visitor visa, youth visa or work visa are ineligible.

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