Sr. Community Engagement Advisor / Canada

The Senior Community Engagement Advisor is a critical member of the site team in Kitimat, responsible for building and maintaining local relationships and leading stakeholder engagement efforts including coordination of COMPANY's Social Management Roundtable (regulatory engagement process).

Reporting to the Social Performance and Local Content Lead, this role will play a key role in managing Project impacts, issues, and opportunities at the community level through interface management with the EPC contractor and integration across functions and other projects. This role also contributes meaningfully to supporting COMPANY Canada permit compliance and public consultation and engagement efforts, incorporating best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

Maintain COMPANY's long-term social license to operate through management of community-level impacts and opportunities

Maintain relationships with key external stakeholders and identify and resolve issues early

Ensures effective implementation of EAC required Community Local Infrastructure & Services Management Plan (CLISMP), including Project monitoring and reporting

Coordinates and supports key COMPANY stakeholder engagement platforms including the Social Management Roundtable and Environment Forum

Leads public engagement activities to build and maintain COMPANY reputation with community stakeholders (Presentations to Council, COMPANY's Open Houses; etc.)

Ensures effective management of project impacts, reputational risks, and issues at the community level, including regular interface with EPC Contractor and integration across functions

Contributes to COMPANY's social investment program, including developing and managing strategic partnerships and programs

Oversees public regulatory notifications and consultation requirements

Leads efforts to manage interfaces with other projects/operations alongside COMPANY Plant construction

Collaboration with Real Estate, Health & Safety, Environment, Commercial and Construction teams to enable streamlined engagements with local stakeholders in support of permitting and planning

Maintains Social Performance and Stakeholder Engagement Plans and processes including oversight of community feedback process and tracking of related KPIs

Acts as liaison for site Incident Management Team, with regular participation in training and drills

Regular internal collaboration with Indigenous Relations and Communications teams

Participates in community meetings, as appropriate

From time to time, may be asked to support local content and workforce development programs, site tours, and corporate public relations events

Requirements:

Minimum of 15-years professional experience with community engagement and impact management in multiple geographies, including in Project settings

Demonstrated leadership skills and experience, able to influence without direct responsibility

Ability to think strategically, excellent problem-solver, highly motivated, proactive, flexible, and results-oriented

Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with multiple internal and external stakeholders

Prior experience developing and implementing social performance plans, including effective mitigation of project impacts and familiarity with socio-economic monitoring.

Experienced with issues management. Articulate, precise, calm under pressure.

Ability to resolve conflict and drive alignment

Experience carrying out a range of community engagement, project interface, and integration efforts on a major construction project. Previous experience working with an EPC lumpsum contractor ideal.

Proven familiarity with regulatory permitting and the ability to design community consultation and engagement processes

Familiarity with stakeholder tracking software and risk management software

Familiarity with Incident Command System (ICS) with training and Incident Management Team experience