Junior or Intermediate Human Environment Specialist

Advancing people, environment, and business. Does that statement resonate with you? Do you enjoy working with an engaged team toward a common goal? Do you regularly question the norm and come up with creative solutions to problems? If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, we might have the perfect role for you!

PGL Environmental Consultants (PGL) is seeking a Junior or Intermediate Human Environment Specialist who can help our team and our clients identify, mitigate, and monitor impacts of major projects on the well‑being of individuals, families, communities, and cultures.

The person hired for this role will work mainly with our Indigenous clients as they engage on major projects through Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) or Impact Benefit Agreement (IBA) processes (including project evaluation, construction, and operation).

Depending on your interests and client needs, you may also provide a supporting role in government‑to‑government negotiations, resource management planning, land use studies, socio‑cultural studies, policy development, and community‑based monitoring programs.

We are seeking an individual with a background related to human‑environment interactions. This may be through education or lived experience. They have knowledge of the regulatory and Indigenous context of development in Canada and awareness of Environmental Impact Assessment and permitting context.

They will be looking to apply and grow their knowledge in a variety of project types and enjoy the diversity offered by environmental consulting.

You may find success at PGL if you:

Are a self starter

Are willing to invest in yourself and grow your knowledge and skills

Are a resourceful problem solver and organized individual

Can identify root causes and interlinkages in complex systems or conflicting information – using your own expertise to address what you can and connecting with the right resources to address what you cannot

Responsibilities

Contribute subject matter expertise to support Indigenous clients in federal/provincial technical committees and environmental assessment processes

Participate, with emphasis on evidence‑based decision making, in applied data gathering or literature reviews for well‑being of individual, families, or cultural topics

Contribute as an author to multiple documents (memos, reports, management plans, briefing notes, workshop proceedings, etc.) for multiple audiences (coworkers, regulators, client, or public)

Attend and support multi‑party meetings in various ways, including through maintaining records and tracking and coordinating action items

Contribute to internal process improvements, technical protocols, and team development

Be able to participate in various types of environmental consulting projects as appropriate to the level of experience

Job Requirements

3 - 7 years of experience of applied work experience in your field

Consulting skills that include time management, teamwork, client service, communicating technical information in an understandable way (verbal and written), multi‑tasking and people skills

Technical skills or qualifications (to include some or all of the following):

Social science, human geography, or environmental discipline (university degree or lived experience) with focus on the human dimension

Experience researching and interpreting Indigenous Rights and UNDRIP within the context of the Canadian resource economy

Knowledge of environmental and land use policies and regulations for development in Canada

Experience collecting and working with Indigenous Knowledge and Indigenous land use information, understanding the context of western scientific disciplines, and supporting Indigenous decision making

Literacy or aptitude in EIA process and methods in Canada

Knowledge of environmental, socioeconomic, or cultural studies following ethical standards of practices

Excellent client service and networking skills an asset

Willingness to travel to our clients’ communities to conduct work as needed; and

A valid driver’s license

Other strengths:

Inter‑cultural sensitivity training (ideal, but will provide)

Literacy or aptitude with Impact Benefit Agreements

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