Indigenous Rights Engagement Specialist

Overview

Dillon is seeking a passionate Indigenous Rights Engagement Specialist, with strong technical capabilities to join our team in supporting the work we do for clients and Indigenous partners. Do you enjoy building relationships and working collaboratively in a team environment? Are you a trusted advisor and a problem solver? If you enjoy entrepreneurship and innovation in a flexible work environment, this opportunity is for you!

As someone with excellent communication skills and business acumen, you will thrive in our fast-paced and agile environment.

The successful candidate will support our planning, environmental science, and engineering technical groups across Dillon. In this role, you will: assist with engagement processes related to the Duty to Consult; support relationship-building efforts with Indigenous communities through project consultation; help integrate Indigenous Knowledge into assessment and planning; and support socio-cultural and Aboriginal and Treaty rights impact assessment processes. Our teams work with a range of public, private, and Indigenous clients on a variety of exciting projects across the country, including infrastructure, environmental assessment, and planning projects.

We are looking for an Indigenous Rights Engagement Specialist to join our team in Vancouver.

This position requires working in-office a minimum 4 days per week.

• Support the collection of Indigenous Knowledge, as well as socio-cultural and traditional land and resource use data collection.
• Perform and coordinate background research, compilation, synthesis and analysis.
• Support baseline programs and effects assessments with respect to Indigenous peoples, including Aboriginal and Treaty Rights and cultural impact assessments.
• Conduct qualitative data analysis and interpretation.
• Prepare high‑quality reports and deliverables in line with best practices and appropriate cultural protocols.
• Support Indigenous community consultation and engagement programs and activities.
• Support socio‑economic data collection and assessments, as required and appropriate.

• Commit to self‑development and ongoing learning and professional development.
• Contribute to Dillon’s corporate profile through active participation in professional associations and committees.

• A degree in social sciences, geography, resource management, Indigenous studies, anthropology, archaeology, or a related field.
• 1 to 2 years of directly relevant experience, preferably in the consulting industry.

• Experience working on federal and provincial environmental assessment projects.
• Experience working with and/or for Indigenous communities in Canada in the areas of Indigenous Knowledge, traditional land and resource use, and socio‑cultural assessments.
• Verbal and written communication, report writing, and interpersonal skill.
• Strong organizational skills and demonstrated ability to complete multiple project demands within tight timelines.
• Adaptive and responsive in the face of emerging challenges and opportunities.
• Highly developed critical thinking skills.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Willingness to travel, as needed.
• Able to work across multiple time zones, as needed.

Dillon is including the salary range that we in good faith believe may offer for this position. It will be dependent on the successful applicant’s education, experience, and skills, in addition to internal equity and geographic region. Dillon reserves the right to pay outside of the posted range, contingent on factors unrelated to an applicant’s gender or other status protected by provincial and/or federal law.

$64,481 - $85,198

Dillon is powered by people who are technically proficient, passionate about socially important projects, and motivated to deliver superior, tangible results. We strive to remain at the forefront of technology and innovation, and are empowered to continually grow and develop.

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• Reliability: words result in actions that build trust;
• Achievement: do the work to hit the target;
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