Senior Consultant

Are you a creative, strategic thinker who enjoys working collaboratively with diverse clients to build sustainable solutions to complex challenges? Are you interested in advancing reconciliation by working directly with Indigenous nations to enhance their socio-economic wellbeing while building and sustaining long-term relationships?

Suslop Inc. is seeking a talented
senior
consultant
to join our dynamic and growing team to contribute to various projects with a focus on socio-economic development.

As a consultant at Suslop Inc., you will play an instrumental role in supporting Indigenous nations, multiple levels of government, and a range of organizations in projects that aim to advance sustainable development goals. Specifically, you will be responsible for supporting Indigenous nations, multiple levels of government, and a range of organizations in projects that aim to advance sustainable development goals.

Specifically, you will:

• Help plan, organize, and implement projects that may directly impact Indigenous nations and their socio-economic wellbeing; and
• Work closely with clients to develop comprehensive solutions to complex challenges.

The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to diverse, short-term research and engagement projects while supporting the planning, development, and implementation of policy and research in support of our ongoing long-term projects with clients and partners.

In this multi-faceted role, you will be responsible for developing and delivering research projects, manage aspects of environmental and impact assessments, and contribute to socio-economic assessments and stakeholder engagement strategies.

Responsibilities include:

• Collaborating with colleagues and clients to develop methods, models, detailed work plans, researchable questions, and quantitative and qualitative research tools;
• Reviewing technical draft documents related to environmental assessments, permit applications, and related regulatory processes federally and provincially;
• Undertaking in-depth desktop reviews of current and relative literature, data sources, tools, policies, plans, programs and legislative frameworks;
• Undertaking field work including engagement of stakeholders and/or rights holders using a participatory approach;
• Participating in primary research including surveys, telephone and in-depth interviews, workshops, and focus groups to collect information on socio-economic conditions;
• Conducting research (collect information on key baseline indicators, variables, parameters and modelling and analyzing the information) and writing reports that can be components of project assessment;
• Working with clients and project teams to develop, deliver and assure ESG goals, outcomes and strategies in order to drive sustainable solutions that achieve positive outcomes for local stakeholders/rights holders;
• Keeping records for engagement and consultation activities; and
• Providing solutions-based advice to team members and clients focusing on socio-economic issues.

As part of a growing and agile business, our team is looking for a consultant with a broad range of experience, which
must
include working with Indigenous Peoples anda minimum of 7 years
of experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Regulatory processes
• Environmental assessment
• Baseline data collection, technical report writing and review
• Consultation and engagement
• Infrastructure planning and development

A bachelor’s degree in a discipline related to one of the following areas is required:biology, environmental science, biochemistry, environmental engineering, water resource science or engineering, or similar studies in natural sciences. Preference will be given to qualified candidates with a graduate degree and a Registered Professional Planner (RPP) designation.

Other beneficial areas or knowledge and/or experience include:
Duty to Consult and Accommodate;
Indigenous Knowledge collection; corporate social responsibility; and community benefit agreements.

Essential skills for this position include:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including presentation skills;
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact across a broad range of audiences and technical backgrounds, including internal and external clients, stakeholders, rights holders, and regulatory agencies;
• Strong leadership skills;
• Strong strategic thinking and creative problem-solving skills;
• Strong research skills including an understanding of quantitative and qualitative research methods with in-depth knowledge of one of the two;
• Ability to work collaboratively with the team to manage project schedules to help ensure that deliverables are met in a timely manner;
• Ability to work independently without supervision;
• Familiarity with analytical methods used to support or conduct environmental assessments;
• Familiarity with undertaking jurisdictional/environmental scans and SWOT analysis;
• Familiarity with Canadian history, legislation, and policies…