Senior Socio-Economic & Indigenous Relations Specialist

Job Title Senior Socio-Economic & Indigenous Relations Specialist

Vacancy No VN4706

Employment Type Permanent

Contract Type Full-Time

Advert

If you’re looking for a unique opportunity to bring your research and analysis skills to a highly engaged team, where your efforts and impact will be recognized and valued, then this is the role for you.

We are SLR Consulting (Canada), a 550+ team of advisory, environmental/engineering, and regulatory professionals across 18 office locations in Canada. We deliver environmental and sustainability services to our clients through the integration of advisory and over 30 technical environmental and engineering disciplines to help clients address some of their most complex challenges around sustainability, we are Making Sustainability Happen.

As our new Socio-Economic Specialist, you will play an important role on our Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) team, whose work is essential to achieving this goal.

Job Description

What you’ll be doing

In this role, you will be responsible for conducting and leading socio-economic research (primary and secondary source research), collaborating with project managers regarding client relationships and project scope and mentoring junior and intermediate staff on our team. We’ll also look to you to lead business development initiatives, identify strategic partnerships, and help grow/shape the socio-economic team. Success in this role will require you to be adaptive, diligent, detail-oriented and focused on developing and applying creative solutions for our clients.

Key Responsibilities

You’ll also:

• Design and manage the delivery of virtual and in-person stakeholder / community engagement and communications plans and programs involving various communities (Indigenous and non-Indigenous), private sector companies, governments, and non-governmental groups and organizations across Canada
• Work collaboratively with teams of environmental and social scientists, planners, and engineers involved in multi-disciplinary social impact assessments, project permitting, strategic planning, and policy development assignments
• Provide leadership in identifying new business opportunities for growing and shaping the socio-economic team
• Grow stakeholder / community engagement and communications service capabilities within SLR
• Support National Sector Leaders in the ongoing proactive promotion of SLR’s services to both internal and external target audiences
• Manage complex tasks and provide guidance on QA/QC
• Promote and maintain a positive work environment through a culture of teamwork and cooperation.
  
  
  

You’ll be joining a group that works with a high degree of collaboration and takes pride in the level of service provided to our clients. If you have a highly positive, can-do attitude, and take similar pride in your work, you’ll fit right in.

Working @ SLR

With us, there is no doubt you’ll grow your subject-matter expertise and industry knowledge. We care about investing in our employees for the long-run, and if you ask our team, they’ll tell you that’s just one of the many benefits of working here. We want to be a place where you can experience career growth and satisfaction for many years.

Here’s what else you’ll enjoy as part of our team:

• Competitive total compensation package including comprehensive benefits, vacation, and a suite of wellness initiatives
• Full-time, permanent role with opportunities for professional growth and advancement
  
  
  

What Makes You An Ideal Candidate

• Post-secondary degree specializing in a related technical environmental or social science discipline (e.g., economics, human geography, communications, sociology, psychology, environmental science, planning or engineering, law)
• At least 5+ years of related experience, preferably in a consulting environment
• Demonstrated research experience including, but not limited to, social surveys, interviews, community profiles, etc.
• Strong knowledge of the social context for undertaking projects with Indigenous communities, groups, and organizations
• Experience working with Indigenous communities, groups and organizations, remote communities, and vulnerable groups
• Ability to travel within Canada about 10% of the time, as required
• Experience using online survey and facilitation tools would be considered an asset
• Experience undertaking Gender Based Analysis (GBA+) would be considered an asset
• Fluency in French or Indigenous languages would be considered an asset.
  
  
  

SLR strives to build diverse teams that reflect the communities we work in, and encourages applications from traditionally underrepresented groups including women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as 2SLGBTQI+, veterans, and people with disabilities.

Country Canada

Office Guelph; Markham; Toronto