Specialist, Economic Development

**Position**: Specialist, Economic Development, Lands and Infrastructure
**Status**:Permanent Full-time
**Salary range**:$70,000 - 85,000
**Location**: Remote office with the ability to travel to our office in Vancouver as required, and to communities for client work.

Castlemain is headquartered in Vancouver with offices in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg. Our team works remotely and enjoy optional access to our offices across the country.

**About the Castlemain Group**
At Castlemain, we work for and with Indigenous organizations and communities. We strive to build meaningful and productive relationships that serve the needs of our clients, and we are proud that many of our new clients choose to work with us on a repeat basis. Based on our expertise, our services are also sought after by all levels of government. With offices on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam in Vancouver, our team consists of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous professionals who bring together diverse backgrounds in communications and engagement, policy development, natural resource management, and sustainable economic development. Our people are the most important asset in our pursuit of achieving excellence in the work we undertake.

At Castlemain our services are organized with one objective in mind: to achieve results for our clients. Our services are performed by an award-winning team that possesses a wide range of knowledge, experience, and skill. At Castlemain, the services we offer are organized within five practice groups: _Governance and Policy_, _Economic Development_, _Programs_, _Strategic Engagement and Communications,_and _Negotiation and Government-to-Government Relationship_.

**What we offer at Castlemain**
Our success is built on the drive, initiative and dedication of our clients and team. We are focused on providing a highly engaged client focused culture. Our team is passionate about driving the business and making a difference.
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive medical and dental benefits
- Professional development and training program
- Centrally located head office in the heart of downtown Vancouver on transit
- Flexibility for remote work during the current pandemic and beyond

**Summary**
Under the direction of the Vice President, the Specialist, Economic Development, Lands and Infrastructure is responsible for developing projects, leading client relationships and managing teams and resources to achieve results. They have excellent analytical, written and oral communication skills and are passionate about partnering with Indigenous communities and organizations to support their vision for the future.

The Specialist, Economic Development, Lands and Infrastructure is a point of contact with specific clients and coordinates project resources across the practice area and the company. They will be responsible for helping to build the company’s Economic Development and Business Development practice area, and they will provide overall project support to other practice areas.

**Job responsibilities**
- Project Management Responsibilities_
- Work with the Castlemain leadership team to coordinate project resources;
- Manage a range of client projects from smaller projects to those of intermediate scope, complexity and duration;
- Work with the corporate team to ensure project time and expenses are accurately tracked;
- Develop work plans, budgets and schedules and manage all aspects of their execution during the lifecycle of a project;
- Act as the primary point of contact and work closely with specific clients to keep them informed of progress and making relevant decisions;
- Manage scope change and change order processes; and
- Develop and implement recommendations/solutions and ensure our clients receives the necessary assistance to carry the work forward.
- Economic Development, Lands and Infrastructure Responsibilities_
- Provide expert advice to the Vice President, Economic Development during the development of project proposals and workplans;
- Demonstrate applied knowledge of economic development, lands and infrastructure projects, and strategic and business planning processes;
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of research design and methodologies including both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods;
- Ability to conduct quantitative and qualitative research, as well as analyzing and reporting results;
- Prepare project deliverables such as community economic development plans, business plans, land and development studies, corporate structure, governance and management options, etc.;
- Present policy and research findings and recommendations to clients;
- Facilitate small and medium size group processes;
- Contribute knowledge and expertise to projects led by other team members; and
- Use best practices, manage and mentor junior project staff ensuring quality work with internal capacity building.
- Business Development_
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