CRITICAL DISTANCE Under the waves with the Southern Resident Killer Whales. 

VOLUNTEER

SIMRES needs your help for events, projects and administration. If you have a keen interest in the marine environment, a sharable skill, and are willing to dedicate some time to help us meet our objectives, please fill out the form below. We’d love to hear from you. 

OPEN VOLUNTEER POSITIONS

FUNDRAISER

This is an important volunteer position providing full oversight to the fundraising activities of the society. The fundraiser designs fundraising initiatives and oversees the execution of them, participates in meetings, communicates regularly with Board members and keeps track of donor communications. Experience in a fundraising capacity is essential.

Estimated time required: 6 – 8 hours/week plus extra time during special events.

GRANT WRITER

Do you have experience writing grant proposals? Whether it’s multi-year government research grants or ones for individual projects, we’re looking for an individual who has relevant experience in this field. You will come with innovative and executable ideas, a strong work-ethic and will work directly with the President/CEO and other Board members.

If you are interested in volunteering for these key positions, please contact us in the form above.

THINGS TO KNOW

• You don’t have to be a resident of Saturna to volunteer, however we prefer that you have been here before or are able to visit periodically. We believe it’s important to have a sense of place and community to be successful.

• The time requirements depend on the position you apply for and whether it’s an ongoing job or a time-limited project or event. 

• Are you the the right person we didn’t know we needed? If you have a special skill or body of experience that you believe will be helpful to SIMRES, but such a position is not shown here, please contact us. 

• These are presently volunteer positions, however, sometimes we are able to raise funds to cover wages associated with these positions. Though they may not pay the rent, these are deeply satisfying endeavours with a highly engaged and dedicated group of people.