Corporate Relations Advisor
Kitimat, BC
12 months contract
Introduction
Brunel is seeking a Corporate Relations Advisor to support our major petrochemical client. This role is critical to the creation and on-going maintenance of all regulatory, public and Indigenous consultation / 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/engagement strategies are in place and executed according to the project and Asset timelines.
This role will support the ongoing development of the strategy for key engagement / permitting consultation plans working across businesses and functions. It is critical to ensuring all regulatory, public and Indigenous consultation plans are developed and are effectively implemented to deliver the permits necessary to operate on schedule and support compliance during operations.
This role will also coordinate and support key engagements in the community during commissioning and start-up and moving into operations. As well as provide support for ongoing issue identification and dispute resolution with multiple stakeholders / Indigenous communities in relation to consultation and ongoing regulatory compliance.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate personal commitment to HSSE
- Display a positive attitude to manage change and improvement in our processes, ways of working and overall performance.
- Develop strong working relationships with your team, the Asset team, and stakeholders / Indigenous communities to reinforce co-operation and a One Team approach
- Use flexible thinking with well-developed problem-solving skills
- Courage to hold strong views when challenged or challenging others
- Create positive relationships with senior leaders within and outside and that foster trust and credibility
- Participate in and / or lead in key engagements with municipal government leaders; and provincial and federal regulators
- Coordinate and support key stakeholder engagement platforms including the Social Management Roundtable and Environmental Forum
- Work alongside Regulatory, Environment and Compliance teams, to develop strategies for communicating regulatory compliance and permitting consultation requirements, as required
- Execute on your deep working expertise of provincial and federal public and Indigenous consultation requirements
- Manage the overall integration within the business of mitigation and adaptive management required during consultation / engagement processes
- Be a contributing member of Corporate Relations team willing to jump in and lead team initiatives
- Support the process of continuous improvement as it relates to the consultation / engagement in support of regulatory compliance and permitting, as required
- Demonstrate deep cultural awareness of Indigenous groups and Canada's journey towards the implementation of the Truth & Reconciliation Calls to Action
Requirements
- 5+ years experience related to the consultation associated with regulatory and permitting in British Columbia
- Experience working in a large-scale, fast-paced environment with multiple internal and external stakeholders
- Proven track record in stakeholder / Indigenous consultation in highly regulated environments with senior internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to influence without direct responsibility
- Demonstrated resilience and skill in conflict resolution
- Mastery of integration and collaboration skills
- Highly adept at-risk management including risk communication
- Superior written and verbal communications skills
- Experience managing and responding to issues, emergency response and crisis as part of an integrated team
- Self-driven, outcome-focused, strong analytical and conceptual skills.
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