Engagement Specialist (18-Month Term)

Winnipeg, MB

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Defined-benefit pension plan for long-term financial security.
• Nine-day work cycle, typically resulting in every other Monday off to support 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, interested party and Indigenous engagement activities.
• Prepare, review and update project engagement plans, including for interested parties, the general public and Indigenous communities, 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 interested party engagement.
• Provide advice and assist in activities related to engagement events, environmental assessments, and the regulatory approvals for various transmission projects.
• Develop 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 and consensus and find new ways of working together with those who may be affected. 
• Write reports, position papers and correspondence at a high degree of accuracy for a variety of internal and external audiences.
• Assist 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 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.