Corporate Relations Advisor

Title: Corporate Relations Advisor
Location: Kitimat, BC 
Start Date: March 17th 
Schedule: 5 days a week, 8 hour days 

About the Role This role is critical to the creation and ongoing maintenance of all regulatory, public, and Indigenous consultation and engagement plans to support the effective implementation of permits necessary to operate. Reporting to the Corporate Relations Manager – Phase 1 & Asset, this position is accountable for ensuring robust stakeholder consultation and engagement strategies are in place and executed according to project and Asset timelines.

The role will support the ongoing development of strategies for key engagement and permitting consultation plans, working across businesses and functions within the business. It ensures all regulatory, public, and Indigenous consultation plans are developed and effectively implemented to deliver the permits necessary to operate on schedule and support compliance during operations.

The position will also coordinate and support key engagements in the community during commissioning and start-up and moving into operations, and will support ongoing issue identification and dispute resolution with multiple stakeholders and Indigenous communities.

Key Responsibilities Corporate Relations Contribution

• Demonstrate personal commitment to HSSE.
• Display a positive attitude to manage change and improvement in processes, ways of working, and overall performance.
• Develop strong working relationships with the team, the Asset team, stakeholders, and Indigenous communities to reinforce co‑operation and a One Team approach.
• Use flexible thinking with well-developed problem-solving skills.
• Maintain courage to hold strong views when challenged or challenging others.
• Create positive relationships with senior leaders within and outside the client that foster trust and credibility.
• Participate in and/or lead key engagements with municipal government leaders, and provincial and federal regulators.
• Coordinate and support key the client stakeholder engagement platforms, including the Social Management Roundtable and Environmental Forum.

Technical Expertise

• Work alongside Regulatory, Environment, and Compliance teams to develop strategies for communicating regulatory compliance and permitting consultation requirements.
• Execute based on deep expertise in provincial and federal public and Indigenous consultation requirements.
• Manage overall integration within the client of mitigation and adaptive management required during consultation and engagement processes.
• Contribute as a member of the Corporate Relations team, willing to lead team initiatives.
• Support continuous improvement related to consultation and engagement in support of regulatory compliance and permitting.
• Demonstrate deep cultural awareness of Indigenous groups and the client’s journey toward the implementation of the Truth & Reconciliation Calls to Action.

Qualifications and Experience

• 5+ years of experience related to consultation associated with regulatory and permitting requirements in British Columbia.
• Experience working in a large-scale, fast-paced environment with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven track record in stakeholder and Indigenous consultation in highly regulated environments with senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to influence without direct responsibility.
• Demonstrated resiliency and skill in conflict resolution.
• Mastery of integration and collaboration skills.
• Highly adept at risk management, including risk communication.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience managing and responding to issues, emergency response, and crisis as part of an integrated team.
• Self-driven, outcome-focused, with strong analytical and conceptual skills.

If you are interested, please email your resume to Ryenn.Lobb@Nesfircroft.com.

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