Indigenous Relations Specialist

2 weeks ago


Vancouver, Canada BC Hydro Full time

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**Indigenous Relations Specialist - Northwest region**

Number of positions: 1 Job Location: Dunsmuir 13

Employment type: Permanent Region: Lower Mainland

Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk) Flexible Work Role: Hybrid

Annual salary: $ 103,900.00 - 131,400.00

**What you'll do**
- As a professional member of the Indigenous Relations Team, provides specialized expertise in building and maintaining

ongoing First Nations relationships and advancing reconciliation, facilitating the resolution of conflict, and ensuring duty to
consult and related regulatory processes are executed.
- Leads relationships with First Nations in Northwest BC to foster collaboration and advance reconciliation.
- Leads BC Hydro’s consultation with First Nations on capital projects in the Northwest and related regulatory and provincial

authorizations ensuring adequacy of consultation has been met.
- Supports compliance through meeting First Nation conditions and commitments under provincial and federal

authorizations.
- Leads the First Nations component on capital projects where relationship, legal, environmental, reputation and other key

risks are moderate to high.
- Develops consultation plans during project scoping including identifying and consulting with Project Managers to execute

the First Nation component.

building and maintaining trust within highly diverse communities in the Province.
- Participates in the research, assessment and development of business strategies pertaining to Indigenous Relations.

Identifies and analyzes issues and develops options for consideration. May assume the lead role in managing key
Indigenous Relations issues and initiatives for the company.
- Evaluates source and scope of complex situations that may occur during consultation stages and identifies options and

alternatives for finding resolution while balancing cultural, territorial and other considerations.
- Provides technical leadership to Project Coordinators and other junior roles in all aspects of project planning, execution,

documentation, records management and relationship management with First Nations.
- As a technical specialist and leader in First Nation engagement, this position is viewed and accessed by a wide range of

operational areas within BC Hydro to support, intervene in and resolve actual or potential conflicts between BC Hydro
interests and First Nation communities.
** What you bring**
- University Undergraduate degree in First Nations Studies, Public Administration, political science, land and resource

management, law, anthropology or related discipline or equivalent.
- A minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in a business environment (public or private sector, preferably resource
- based organization).
- Subject matter expertise in First Nation relationship-building, consultation and engagement, including proven experience

working with Indigenous Peoples to advance projects and initiatives.- Experience in the clean energy sector.

consultation requirements for capital projects.

**What we offer**
- A comprehensive benefits package
- A minimum of 15 paid vacation days
- A lifetime pension
- Flexible work model, depending on your role type
- Training and development courses

**What else you should know**
- Please note a condition of employment for this role is to maintain your Class 5 Driver's License in good standing.
- Note: While this position is listed as being based at our Dunsmuir office in Vancouver, we may consider having the

Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6B 5R3
**Date Posted**:2024-01-30 **Closing Date**:2024-02-11

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