ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST

WINNIPEG, MB

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Defined-benefit pension plan.
• Nine-day work cycle which normally results in every other Monday off, providing for a balanced approach to work, family life and community.
• Flex-time and partially remote work schedule (providing the option to work remotely 3 days per 2 week period), depending on nature of work, operational requirements and work location.

• Participate and facilitate public and Indigenous engagement activities.
• Prepare, review, and update public and Indigenous engagement plans as well as draft plain language communication materials and technical reports for regulators. 
• Prepare portions of environmental assessment reports for submission to regulatory agencies, including undertaking valued component selection, valued component effects assessments, and determining relevant mitigation measures to reduce impacts.
• Act as a landowner liaison for public engagement.
• Provide advice and assist in activities related to engagement events, environmental assessments, and the regulatory approvals for various transmission projects.
• Develops collaborative working relationships to identify and incorporate best practices in areas of engagement. 
• Participate in internal and external multi-discipline project teams.
• Conduct research related to best practices in engagement and environmental assessment to help build deeper, collaboration, consensus, and find new ways of working together with communities. 
• Writes reports, position papers, and correspondence at a high degree of accuracy for a variety of internal and external audiences.
• Assists with developing, tracking, and maintaining engagement and communication information in digital databases.

• A four-year degree in Environmental Studies, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, or Resource Management from a recognized university with five years of directly related experience.
  OR
• A two-year diploma in Natural Resource Management from a recognized college or university with seven years of directly related experience.
• Experience in authoring sections of an environmental assessment related to biophysical, socioeconomic, or engagement topics. 
• Training from the International Association of Public Participation's (IAP2). 
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with senior management, Indigenous communities, public, and external organizations.
• A self-starter, innovative, diplomatic, practical, tolerant, and possessing mature judgment.
• Available to travel and work in a variety of environments - office, project sites.
• Amenable to work assignments requiring absences from home base for brief periods of time.
• Possess and maintain a valid Province of Manitoba Driver's Licence.