Employment Opportunities

Current Opportunities:

Job Title: Built Heritage Researcher

Duration:  Early June-Mid August (420 hours/approximately 11 weeks)

Hours: Full-time position - 7.5 hours per day/37.5 hours per week

Rate of Pay: $18/hour

Location: Downtown Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (accessible by bus and ferry)

Description: Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia seeks a researcher to work on a project that will increase attention to and promote the preservation of built heritage across Nova Scotia. Your work will focus on researching buildings and other forms of built heritage, across the province identified as benefiting from research to support their preservation, through addition to lists of registered heritage property or other means. Particular attention will be given to built heritage that represents cultural groups otherwise under represented in preservation efforts to date. You will also participate in a range of activities aiming to engage the public with issues facing built heritage.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications: Candidate should have strong research, written and oral communication skills; ability to work independently; attention to detail; familiarity with MS Office Suite and social media platforms—specifically Facebook—an interest in built heritage preservation or material culture is considered an asset; an interest in Nova Scotia history is considered an asset.

Additional Requirements:

  • Be currently registered as a high school, college, CEGEP or university student

  • Must be a Canadian Citizen, have permanent residency or have refugee status

  • Must be legally entitled to work in Canada

  • Must be between 16 and 30 years of age at the start of employment

  • Must be willing to commit to the full duration of the work assignment

  • Are not working more than 30 hours a week at another job while employed with our organization

  • Must be unemployed or underemployed

  • May not be receiving Employment Insurance benefits while employed with our organization.  

To Apply:

Send applications including cover letter, resume and list of references addressed to Emma Lang, Executive Director at emmalang@htns.ca by midnight May 7, 2024.