Indigenous Relations Team Lead - Vancouver, Canada - BC Hydro

BC Hydro

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Vancouver, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Indigenous Relations Team Lead - Southwest Region
Number of positions: 1

Job Location:
Dunsmuir 13

Employment type:

Permanent Region:
Lower Mainland

Hours of work:
Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk)

Flexible Work Role:
Hybrid

Annual salary:
$ 124, ,100.00

What you'll do

Reporting to the Southwest Senior Manager, the Southwest Team Lead provides leadership and overall direction to a team

- of 5-8 people. Acts as the Indigenous Relations Lead by consulting with First Nations (FNs) on complex BC Hydro projects.

Within this region, this role leads the implementation of BC Hydro's Indigenous Relations strategy and Relationship
Agreements including planning, regulatory issues, consultation, negotiations and Indigenous Relations budget on capital

- projects and implementation of BC Hydro's UNDRIP action plan.

Builds and sustains a strong and collaborative team environment with a peoplecentered leadership focused on staff

empowerment and development.- As BC Hydro's primary representative with First Nations, independently and proactively co
- designs highly functioning

business relationships, negotiates and implements agreements.- Manages multiple high risk, high impact complex projects, programs and operations with cross
- organizational scope.

Delivers highquality presentations and written materials as well as communicating challenging messages to internal and

external parties.- Leads relationships with First Nations to foster collaboration and advance reconciliation.

Proactively aware of, and responsive to, external First Nations needs and has the ability to initiate and sustain the

necessary elements (internal and external to BC Hydro) for building long term relationships with First Nation communities in
- the region.

Provides strategic oversight, technical guidance and leadership to SW staff; reviews work in progress and assesses

completed work for accuracy, required results, and quality.- Partners with departments across the company to effectively frame issues and develop solutions to business priorities

ensuring the integration of BC Hydro's Indigenous Relations strategy into the broader business.- Independently manages multiple internal and external competing priorities in a manner that achieves desired outcomes.

Undertakes a practiced approach to the work that builds knowledge not only into the business unit but the broader

company through the effective sharing of information and auditable record
- keeping.

Proactively designs and presents creative, effective recommendations to highly complex, undefined, critical and broad

- scope problems for senior leaders that often fall outside of established parameters.

Provides strategic advice to the Indigenous Relations Leadership Team and senior leaders across the company.
Develops briefing materials and presentations for influential internal and external audiences.
Independently leads realtime issue resolution both internally with multiple business groups and with First Nations to

- ensure the company is achieving its desired goals.

Actively advances BC Hydro's First Nation relationship building strategy, including the company's commitment to

implementing the United Nations Declaration of Indigenous Peoples and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's
- recommendations, through knowledge transfer and facilitating relation-building with First Nations.

As a senior member of the Indigenous Relations team, this position actively supports the growth of competencies in the

area of reconciliation with First Nations within the Indigenous Relations team, across the company and BC Hydro's
- contractors.

What you bring

University undergraduate degree in a related discipline or combination of relatable experience and education. University

Post Graduate Degree (Master's) is a strong asset. Education in Public Administration, economic development, law,
anthropology or related discipline or equivalent.

Minimum 8 years of relevant experience managing multiple programs or projects, preferably involving engagement with

Indigenous communities. Specific experience leading consultation related to Indigenous rights in a business or major
project environment is an asset.

Minimum 3 years of direct or indirect people management experience.
Experience in First Nation relationshipbuilding, consultation and engagement, negotiations and agreement or program