Indigenous Relations Specialist

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**Indigenous Relations Specialist - Cultural Monitoring Program**

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: $ 107,000.00 - 135,300.00

**What you'll do**
- As a professional member of the Indigenous Relations Operations Team, the position will provides specialized expertise in

building and maintaining ongoing First Nations relationships, facilitating the resolution of conflict and ensuring duty to
consult, and related documentation and regulatory processes are delivered.
- This position acts in a variety of program and project management capacities, depending on the complexity and risk

factors associated with the program/project and/or the First Nations component.
- Program Design and Management: Oversee the design and management of complex programs and business

transformation initiatives within the Indigenous Relations Indigenous Relations Operations team, including the Cultural
Monitoring Program.
- Cultural Monitoring Program: This program entails overseeing the monitoring of BC Hydro projects and programs by First

Nations to ensure the protection of Indigenous cultural heritage.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Address stakeholder inquiries, liaise with First Nations, internal and external groups, and

agencies, and participate in meetings to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the Cultural Monitoring Program.
Develop effective communication strategies that promote transparency and trust.
- Stakeholder Experience: Develop and execute strategies to enhance stakeholder experience and eliminate obstacles

through innovative solutions.
- Process Improvement: Identify and implement innovative and efficient process improvements. This includes identifying

knowledge gaps amongst stakeholders and developing reference guides, tools, and training to provide clarity.
- Performance Evaluation: Regularly assess the effectiveness of enhancements and processes. Work with the team to

understand informational needs of decision makers, determine useful metrics and design ability to capture required
information.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Influence and lead cross-functional and cross-organizational business partners in program

and project design and implementation.
- Budget Management: Monitor and analyze operational budgets, investigating and explaining variances across different

programs and budgets.
- Leadership and Mentorship: Provide leadership and mentorship to junior roles in all aspects of program/project planning,

execution, documentation, and relationship management.
- Risk Management: Anticipate, evaluate, handle, and escalate program/project risks or obstacles.
- Resource Oversight: As a program leader, oversee a diverse range of internal and external resources, establish program,

and project timelines, and ensure cross-functional team members achieve their milestones.
- 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.
- Act as the program lead for First Nation engagement across various operational areas within BC Hydro. This role involves

supporting, intervening in, and resolving actual or potential conflicts between BC Hydro's interests and First Nation
communities.

**What you bring**
- A minimum of 7 years of experience in a business environment (public or private sector preferably resource-based

organization) including experience in managing projects with exposure to cross cultural settings.
- Bachelor degree in a relevant discipline such as business administration or management and courses in Program and

Project Management (PMI certification as a PMP is preferred).
- Minimum 2 years of progressively more responsible Program Management experience within an electric utility or similar

industrial environment.
- Demonstrated proficiency in the following: knowledge and understanding of the importance in building and maintaining

relationships with First Nations; understanding of the foundations of the duty to consult and knowledge of current best
consultation practices; strategic and tactical planning; analysis and critical thinking; creativity and innovation in problem
solving.

project management.
- Knowledgeable on project related sta