Position title: Environmental Assessment (EA)/Regulatory Program Manager
Position type: Full-time, indeterminate
Location: Vancouver, BC, Victoria, BC, or Edmonton, AB preferred but not required
Reports to: Business Lead
Supervised by: Business Lead
Salary range: Competitive, commensurate with experience
Application Deadline: Position will remain open until filled
Position start date: ASAP
Background:
The Firelight Group is a dynamic, socially responsible business providing community-based research and consulting services across Canada for the last decade. We have a growing team of over 80 professionals, with our head office in West Vancouver, and offices in Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton and Toronto. The successful candidate will work alongside other professionals in a fast-paced, exciting, and challenging work environment.
Job Duties:
The EA/Regulatory Program Manager reports to the business area lead and works to achieve the strategic goals identified by the board. Responsibilities of this role include:
Project and Staff Management:
· Strive to support a positive, dynamic, and engaged team of environmental assessment (EA) and regulatory process professionals.
· Working alongside our Firelight Project Managers on multiple projects to execute scope/budget/schedule to meet client's expectations and ensure quality standards on project deliverables.
· Taking on direct Project Management roles on some Firelight EA/regulatory projects.
· Support research and community engagement delivery activities by Firelight EA/regulatory project teams.
· Support business development activities, initiatives, and programs.
· Build strong collaborative relationships with other EA Program Firelight employees.
· Coordinate daily allocation of project work to direct reports.
· Support Junior and Intermediate staff in their development at the organisation, including performance review and management.
· Work with the senior/intermediate EA program staff and Firelight senior management to identify potential research and contribute to operational improvements.
· Identify business development opportunities including innovative research methodologies or building client relationships.
· Draft project proposals, budgets, and scopes of work.
· Facilitation project initiation and deliverable completion processes with project managers.
· Delegating duties to staff regarding:
· Travel arrangements including booking flights, accommodations, rental cars, travel insurance, making sure travel safety protocols are met, and assisting finance team with travel expense reconciliations.
· Meetings and team events: including scheduling, booking meeting venues, setting up video calls, taking notes, travel arrangements, and identifying action items.
· Coordinate budgets, work plans, and research strategies for ongoing, proposed, and approved projects.
Information management:
· Ensure that methods used to manage, store and retrieve information in the EA/regulatory team are consistently applied, accessible and effective.
· Track and document personal hours and expenses.
Relationship building:
· Assist with Firelight internal and external communications.
· Maintain and build ongoing relations with community partners.
· Support completion of deliverables for diverse clients.
· Work with staff to develop and deliver curriculum for training programs relating to EA/regulatory skills and tools for Indigenous communities.
Travel:
· Willing to commit to travel regularly up to 6 days per month, not necessarily consecutively, sometimes in remote communities.
Other:
· Provide logistical support with coordination of projects and events.
· Support administrative duties, special projects, and other tasks as may be required.
Qualifications:
· Prefer for MA or MSc in a relevant field with a focus on environmental assessment, or relevant work experience.
· Proven experience in team and project management.
· 5 years or more experience in Environmental Assessment and/or Project Management
· Excellent writing, communication, organizational, computer and time management skills
· Experience working with indigenous communities
· Familiarity working with Provincial, Federal, and Territorial environmental assessment/regulatory regimes
Required Skills:
· Experience and knowledge of Indigenous communities. Candidates who can prove significant community experience will be preferred.
· Project management training with a preference for associated certification.
· Experience synthesizing and analyzing data using a variety of methods.
· Ability to work within a fast-paced environment that includes diverse interests, including Indigenous communities and their members.
· Strong attention to detail and highly proficient with information management systems and protocols.
· Familiarity with OCAP
· Proven ability to communicate effectively with diverse audiences such as existing and potential clients, funders, directors, associates, and internal staff.
· Excellent written and oral communication skills.
· Driver’s licence required.
Benefits:
Firelight offers compensation commensurate with skills and training, within industry standard ranges. We offer a progressive, flexible workplace and the following benefits:
· Flexible four-day work week (32-hours/week)
· Both professional development and training allowance provided
· Banking of earned overtime
· Health and Wellness Program
· Comprehensive health and dental benefits
· Annual retirement savings plan contribution
· Parental leave supplement for new parents
· Additional mental health benefits self-funded by Firelight
· Childcare benefit for children < 10 years of age per/year, per family
· 2 weeks' annual leave and 1 week of seasonal holiday in the last week of December
· End-of-year bonus
To apply: Please respond to our online ad with a resume and cover letter addressed to Sonja Voyageur, Human Resources Manager. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those individuals selected for an interview will be contacted.
Firelight is committed to respecting diversity within our workforce and specifically to increasing the number of Indigenous employees within our organization. As a result, we encourage all Indigenous applicants to self-identify in our recruitment and staffing processes; preference may be given to these applicants.
Working at The Firelight Group means being passionate about what we do. Be part of our amazing team, with a very exciting future.
Job Type: Full-time
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COVID-19 considerations:
Proof of vaccination kept on file for all staff; both in-office and fieldwork are conducted in accordance with relevant provincial or federal health guidelines; masks and hand sanitizer are available.
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