[sust-mar] Data Science Intern, summer job, Atlantic Water Network, Atlantic Canada

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Position: Data Science Intern
Type: summer job / age 30 & under
Organization: Atlantic Water Network
Location: Virtual - Atlantic Canada preferred, but for the right candidate, we would consider someone living anywhere in Canada

Job Description – Clean Leadership 2021 Program

We are committed to Employment Equity and our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative at all job levels. We welcome applicants from Indigenous People, Visible Minority Groups, Persons with Disabilities and Women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented. If you are a member of one of the equity groups, you are encouraged to self-identify on our pre-screening form as you may also be eligible for one of our specialized internship streams (inclusive of more tailored programming, supports and resources for each group).

Summary of the Program 

The Clean Leadership program (formerly Nova Scotia Youth Conservation Corps or Youth Corps) was established in 1989 to provide youth with training and employment opportunities in the environmental field. This program engages community partners across the province to hire students to carry out work in the summer months that fosters environmental stewardship. The Clean Leadership program provides youth with clean sector work experience; an enhanced appreciation of the environment and their community, with opportunity to give back; skills for life-long learning (including job-readiness and leadership skills); and knowledge for future employment and/or education ventures. 

Job Title

Data Science Intern – 15-week internship

Summary of Position 

The community partner for this Summer Student Intern position through the Clean Leadership program will be Saint Mary’s University’s Atlantic Water Network (AWN), reporting to the (Program) Manager. In this position, you will be responsible for researching, formatting, and uploading datasets from AWN’s community partners to Atlantic DataStream. The intern will work closely with the Program Manager to help fill data gaps identified in target watersheds throughout Atlantic Canada. The intern will lead the development of data analysis and communication materials for AWN’s community partners. The successful candidate needs to have basic coding skills and experience working with large datasets in programs such as Excel, R, Python, or MATLAB. This position will require creativity and innovation to develop new tools to support our community partners in showcasing the results of their monitoring programs. Experience with water quality monitoring will be considered an asset.  

Community Partner

Atlantic Water Network (AWN) is a Saint Mary’s University organization, based in the Geography Department in Halifax. AWN collaborates with over 80 organizations across Atlantic Canada to assist and elevate community-based water monitoring programs. AWN works to create free resources for community groups such as an Environmental Monitoring Equipment Bank, standardized training via WET-Pro certification, a secure and open access data hub (Atlantic DataStream), and workshops on data management, analysis, and communication. 

Duties and Responsibilities 
• Support AWN staff leading up to a summer Citizen Science Bootcamp and community partners with data uploads after the event 
• Create a water quality data rescue strategy to locate, connect, and upload data in data deficient regions 
• Support AWN’s partners in transforming data into Atlantic DataStream format 
• Create content for data-related social media posts and blogs such as our #WaterDataWednesday feature 
• Create data visualization and analysis tools to support data sharing at community, regional, and national levels
• Support creation of a Data Management module for WET-Pro.ca  

Requirements/Qualifications
• Must be a Canadian citizen or legally entitled to work in Canada; 
• Must be between the ages of 15 and 30 years at time of internship;
• Must be a full-time student and intending to return to school in Fall 2021;
• Must not be an immediate family member of community partner;
• Have an aptitude for safe work practices and the ability to multi-task in a busy work environment;
• Be able to work productively as part of a team while responding to feedback;
• Demonstrated passion and interest in future employment in the environmental or clean sector is considered an asset;
• Coursework in mathematics, computer science, engineering, environmental science, ecology or geography 
• Must be adept in both teamwork and working independently  
• Experience working with and transforming large datasets 
• Experience with computational data analysis 
• Experience with water quality monitoring will be consisted an asset 

Working Conditions 
• Requires a home office setup and laptop (Access to coding software and other tools will be provided)  
• Willingness to travel within the province and to other Maritime provinces, should travel be permitted 

Physical Requirements 
•   N/A

Please apply for this position through the Clean Foundation's Clean Leadership Program listing available at https://clean.ns.ca/job/data-science-intern/

 

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