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Job Title: Summer Land Worker
Job Type: Summer Contract May 5, 2025 – August 22, 2025

Organization: Ignatius Jesuit Centre
Location: on-site, Guelph, Ontario

• Deadline: February 14, 2025
• Wage: $17.65/hour

Submit resume and letter of interest to officecoordinator@ignatiusguelph.ca . Please mention you saw this at GoodWork.ca.

Every year over 5000 individuals and families build better connections with the land through the Ignatius Jesuit Centre’s (IJC)’s retreats, trainings, farm products, trails, and land-based initiatives. IJC’s mission is to cultivate spiritual growth and ecological engagement. IJC’s 640-acre property has three main programs which include Loyola House, a world-class retreat centre, Ignatius Farm, a community organic training farm offering local access to land and food, and the Old-Growth Forest, a 94-acre conservation and education initiative.

The Ignatius land includes deciduous and mixed forest, meadows, urban fringe, naturalized and ornamental landscapes, including Class 3 provincially significant wetlands and a restored cold water stream. We are fully committed to the environmental care of this land.

Summer Land staff work directly with our permanent land staff and volunteers in a team-oriented environment to care for the non-agricultural land at the Ignatius Jesuit Centre.

KEY ACTIVITIES

• Mowing lawns
• Gardening and landscaping
• Trail maintenance
• Tree planting
• Collaborate with other departments as needed

EXPERIENCE

• Interest in environmental, forestry, horticulture and/or natural resource management
• Experience with motorized equipment (mowers, string trimmers, pickup trucks, etc.) an asset
• Willing and able to do physically demanding work in varied weather conditions, including regularly lifting up to 20kgs repeatedly
• Ability to work safely, with an interest in learning new skills
• Ability to take initiative and work both independently and as a member of a team
• Valid G2 or G Class Driver’s License

The Ignatius Jesuit Centre (IJC) aspires to be an equitable and inclusive place where a diversity of life experiences, identities and perspectives work together. IJC encourages applicants from all walks of life. We apply an anti-oppression framework to our work and have a zero tolerance policy for discrimination and harassment.

We thank all applicants in advance; only those selected for interviews will be contacted.