Advisor Indigenous Relations

Business Unit: Corporate Relations, Engagement and Strategy

Grade/Band: MP4

Shift Work:

Positions: 2

Step 1: $111,072 to Step 10: $158,704

The successful candidate will be placed at the appropriate step within the salary grade/band, based on relevant years of experience and other applicable considerations.

The IESO is committed to ensuring Ontario’s electricity system meets the province’s needs today and into the future.
We are charged with purpose
, delivering reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity for homes, businesses, and communities across the province.
We are energized to grow
, embracing opportunities to shape the future of a dynamic and evolving energy sector while advancing our careers.
We are powered by teamwork
, supported by diverse and passionate colleagues who foster respect, celebrate successes, and thrive on shared achievements. At the IESO, it’s not just what we do—
it’s who we are!

Who we are

Our central role includes managing the provincial power grid in real-time, overseeing and evolving Ontario’s electricity market, engaging with government, municipalities and Indigenous communities, and planning for Ontario’s future electricity needs. Our employees play a key role in driving grid innovation, protecting the system from threats, advancing the province’s energy conservation programs, and forecasting and procuring the electricity resources we’ll need in the decades to come.

This is a unionized position that falls within the Indigenous Relations Division within the Corporate Relations Engagement and Strategy Business Unit.

What makes this role exciting

The energy sector is rapidly evolving, offering exciting new opportunities for those who want to make a difference.

The Advisor, Indigenous Relations reports to the Supervisor, Relationships. This position supports the Supervisor in managing positive relationships with First Nations and Métis communities in order to meet the IESO’s key objective of meaningful Indigenous engagement, as well as the broader province’s objectives with respect to advancing the involvement of Indigenous communities within the energy sector. The involvement of Indigenous communities could include, but is not limited to power system planning, renewable energy generation, transmission, funding support programs and conservation initiatives.

In addition, this position will support the IESO with respect to engaging with Indigenous communities, and, where applicable, fulfilling the Duty to Consult. The position is based in Toronto and requires some travel to First Nation communities and Métis councils across the Province.

What you’ll do

• Maintain key contacts and promote ongoing dialogue with Indigenous communities with the objective to foster a cooperative and sustainable working relationship between these communities and the IESO
• Develop an in-depth understanding of the issues and key priorities of Indigenous communities and support their resolution within the IESO.
• Provide sound advice/guidance/information to Indigenous communities related to power system planning, power purchase agreements, Indigenous support programs, and conservation programs.
• Provide expert guidance to IESO’s other client groups in the development of the provincially funded programs intended to assist the Indigenous communities in developing renewable energy generation, transmission and conservation initiatives and programs
• Provide analytic and research expertise related to the partnership and economic development initiatives with Indigenous communities across multiple jurisdictions to inform program development such that it meets the current needs of communities.
• Provide communications and training initiatives for IESO staff to build internal awareness of Indigenous issues and interests.
• Develop and maintain relationships with various government ministries and agencies, including (but not limited to) the Ministries of Energy and Mines, Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Reconciliation, Environment, Conservation and Parks, Natural Resources and Forestry;
  Hydro One and private transmitters; and with OPG and private generators.
• Provide support in the Indigenous Relations program areas…