Senior Consultant, Scientist – Indigenous Engagement and Knowledge Integration (Mid-Level)

ERM leads and contributes to successful projects with the world’s leading organizations. This role will support project teams with engagement activities, strategies, research reporting, and in-person or virtual meeting support. This position will focus on projects related to Canada’s North and Western Canada, working in partnership with Indigenous peoples; however, there is opportunity to support a range of projects – versatility and cross-collaboration across service lines is an important factor underlying ERM’s success.

YOUR ROLE

You will support consulting, engagement and communications activities for the ERM team. This may entail:

• Providing input on a variety of regulatory, permitting, and environmental impact assessment tasks in support of clients’ projects.
• Supporting management and leadership activities with communities, stakeholders, and Indigenous Business Relationships, and supporting project design and permitting processes.
• Supporting development and strengthening of a focused Indigenous Knowledge program and service offering for the Canadian Regulatory and Permitting team.
• Supporting project delivery activities such as impact assessment scoping, coordination, engagement planning, permit application scoping, application information requirements, technical writing, data and regulatory research and review, collection and integration of input from ERM’s subject matter experts (SMEs).
• Supporting development of environmental management plans, coordinating with SMEs, compiling mitigation measures for discussion with clients, delegating work requests to GIS and desktop publishing.
• Supporting and contributing to business development and marketing activities in the company through conducting research on client needs, preparing marketing materials, and participating in proposal preparation.
• Building strong collaborative relationships with ERM business partners, clients, and ERM team members.
• Supporting Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge management and inclusion by conducting research, supporting engagement planning and execution with Indigenous community representatives, and compiling, synthesizing, and analyzing the resulting information (e.g., from web or literatures searches, interviews, or surveys) for inclusion into regulatory applications and supporting materials.
• Supporting the writing, proof-reading, formatting and preparation of proposals, reports, presentations, manuals, strategies, policies, standards, and procedures.
• Assisting with the design, planning, delivering, and reporting on meetings, workshops and stakeholder and Indigenous engagement sessions as well as providing support on virtual meeting platforms.
• Supporting preparation of presentations and materials.
• Attending and supporting business development related or project related events including leading presentations, panels, notetaking, and any other project related activities.

YOUR OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH

ERM offers an impactful work experience with opportunities to grow, lead and contribute to areas that matter to you.

• Your impact may be felt personally – leading a project from start to finish, or through working as part of a bright, dynamic team with a good work-life balance.
• You will find challenges that will allow you to learn, and the support to allow you to meet your own learning objectives.
• You will impact the ability of ERM’s clients to deliver on their mandates. We work with a wide variety of organizations whose work can significantly enhance or impede sustainability and our collective pursuit of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Your work at ERM will help them shape and better fulfil their important visions.

If you have a passion for Indigenous-led assessments, Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge projects, this is an excellent opportunity for an energized professional looking to collaborate with an expert consulting team on interesting natural resource management projects and programs. Our clients span a wide range of corporate, government and non-government clients— we help them achieve positive and tangible social, environmental, and economic impact. As a team, we are shaping a sustainable future with the world’s leading organizations.

YOUR BACKGROUND

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s or master’s level degree in a discipline related to natural resource management, sustainability or environmental science.

For the Senior Consultant, Scientist – Indigenous Engagement and Knowledge Integration (Mid-Level) position, we anticipate the annual base pay of $69,172 – $81,900 (CAD).  An employee’s pay position within this range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs.  We also may have instances where employee’s fall outside of the range based on the factors noted above. This job may be eligible for bonus pay (casual and fixed term/flex force employees are NOT bonus eligible).

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), and any other benefits to eligible employees. (Casual employees and regular employees scheduled under 20 hours a week are not benefits eligible).

You can apply for this role through https://www.erm.com/careers/apply/ or through the internal careers portal if you are a current employee.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Who We Are:

As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the world’s leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.

At ERM we know that creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our company a great place to build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world-class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental, health, safety, risk and social issues. We call this capability our “boots to boardroom” approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advance objectives on the ground or at the executive level.

Please submit your resume and brief cover letter. Based on review of these responses, shortlisted candidates will be invited for interviews.

ERM welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

ERM is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

ERM does not accept recruiting agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, ERM employees or any other company location. ERM is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Thank you for your interest in ERM!