Employment Opportunities

Location: Provincial (travel required)
Position Type: Summer Employment

Term: June 27 – August 30, 2025.  8 Weeks, 35 hours/week total of 280 hours.

Salary: $17/hour (based on qualifications)

Job Duties:

• Objective: Host Learn-to-Paddle (LTP) sessions around SK
• Task to include: 
  • Attend Regular meetings with CKS Paddling Director (PDD) & LTP Coordinator
  • Take courses / training / certification about canoeing, kayaking, safety etc..
  • Facilitate paddling sessions (instructing)
  • Assist with Paddling session logistics (booking locations, booking accommodation, budgets, promotion)
  • Creation and distribution of digital and printed promotion (Social Media posts and Ads)
  • Communication with schools and other community organizations to promote the project, book paddling sessions
  • Drive a vehicle with a trailer to transport equipment to the paddling sessions sites (load and unload equipment, checking equipment for damage, etc.)
  • Collect all data/forms from paddling sessions and summarize 
  • Maintain contact list of organizations/partners
  • Make recommendations for improvements
  • Attend general CKS meetings (as required)
  • Other project related tasks as directed by PDD

Some positions/locations are available due to the Canada Summer Jobs program. Those applicants must meet Canada Summer Job requirements which can be found at https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/youth or are summarized below:

• 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

For job duties of this position, please read here

To apply for this position, please submit resume by email with “LTP Instructor” in subject line to:

jobs@canoekayaksask.ca attn: Jessica

Location: Pelican Narrows & area
Position Type: Summer Employment (Full-Time) — Canada Summer Jobs position

Term: June 27 – August 30, 2025.  8 Weeks, 35 hours/week  – Total of 280 hours

Salary: $17/hour (based on qualifications)

Job Duties:

• Objective: Run CKS Youth Canoe/Kayak Summer Paddling programming in Pelican Narrows and surrounding communities. 
• Task to include: 
  • Recruitment of Indigenous Youth; 
  • Take National certification for basic coaching skills in the sport;
  • Attend Regular meetings with CKS Paddling Director (PDD),
  • Administrative duties and computer tasks;
  • Planning, development and execution of summer on-water and on-land programs;
  • Coaching athletes;
  • Designing and executing team-building activities;
  • Equipment maintenance.

This position is available due to the Canada Summer Jobs program. Applicants must meet Canada Summer Job requirements which can be found at https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/youth or are summarized below:

• 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

For job duties and other requirements of this position, please read here

To apply for this position, please submit resume by email with “WCPC” in subject line to:

jobs@canoekayaksask.ca attn: Jessica

Location: Clearwater Lake Regional Park – Kyle, SK
Position Type: Summer Employment (Full-Time) — Canada Summer Jobs position

Term: June 27 – August 30, 2025.  8 Weeks, 35 hours/week  – Total of 280 hours

Salary: $17/hour (based on qualifications)

Job Duties:

• Objective: Develop and Instruct programs at Clearwater Lake Paddlers (Clearwater Lake Regional Park, Kyle, SK)
• Task to include: 
  • Take National certification for basic coaching skills in the sport;
  • Attend meetings;
  • Administrative duties and computer tasks;
  • Promotion & Recruitment for Summer programming;
  • Planning, development and execution of summer on-water and on-land programs and team-building activities;
  • Instructing athletes;
  • Equipment maintenance.
  • Provide assistance in the management and delivery of initiatives specific to Indigenous Program Development, PaddleAll & Para (Participants with disabilities), programming for Under-represented populations (ex. Newcomers, remote/rural, Black and other racialized, Indigenous youth, 2SLGBTQI+) and general public

This position is available due to the Canada Summer Jobs program. Applicants must meet Canada Summer Job requirements which can be found at https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/youth or are summarized below:

• 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

For job duties and other requirements of this position, please read here

To apply for this position, please submit resume by email with “CLP” in subject line to:

jobs@canoekayaksask.ca attn: Jessica