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Providing clean electricity to 4 million customers takes a diverse workforce and that’s where you come
in. We need your talent to help us build major projects to meet growing demand. To help our
customers find clean energy solutions for their homes and businesses and to be ready to respond
during storms and outages to keep our system reliable.
Working for BC Hydro is meaningful. And now, the stakes have been raised as we work towards a
solution to climate change while safely providing clean, affordable electricity to our customers.
We offer a healthy work life balance, training opportunities and career progression. We're proud to be
ranked as one of B.C.'s Top Employers and one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers. Join us as we
build an even cleaner B.C.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Duties:
- 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.
- Leading relationships with First Nations in the Fraser Valley Areas to foster collaboration and
advance reconciliation.
- 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 leading real-time 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.
Qualifications:
- University degree is required which may include anthropology, business, political science, law
and international relations.
- Minimum of 7 years in progressively senior professional or leadership roles and minimum of 10
years of relevant business experience required.
- Subject matter expertise in the area of First Nation relationship-building, consultation and
engagement, negotiations and agreement implementation is required.
- Experience working independently and proactively and achieving desired business results is
required.
- Experience working within a large resource-based organization and within the energy sector is
an asset but not required.
- Demonstrated ability to drive results through others by developing and managing alliances and
partnerships with a variety of internal and external parties including influencing functional
leadership is required.
- Strong oral and written communications are needed for this role with a preference for experience
in delivering presentations and leading discussions with senior professionals.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- This role will involve occasional to frequent travel within BC including to remote communities.
- A condition of employment for this job is that you maintain your Driver's License: Class 5 in good
standing.
We're always looking for exceptional people to bring new ideas, fresh thinking and the motivation
to help shape the electricity system in B.C. It's an exciting time to be a part of our team as we
invest in our system and prepare to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
Our values guide our work. Want to join us?
We are safe.
We are here for our customers.
We are one team.
We include everyone.
We act with integrity and respect.
We are forward thinking.
BC Hydro is an equal opportunity employer.
We include everyone. We welcome applications from anyone, including members of visible
minorities, women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, persons of minority sexual
orientations and gender identities, and others with the skills and knowledge to productively
engage with diverse communities.
We are also happy to provide reasonable accommodations throughout the selection process and
while working at BC Hydro. If you require support applying online because you are a person with a
disability, please contact us at Recruitmenthelp@
All BC Hydro employees will be required to show proof of full Covid-19 vaccination.
Flexible work model role definitions
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Our four role types identify the degree of flexibility an employee could have to work from home
based on the type of work they do. The flexibility for an individual job is up to the manager for
each position and the operational requirements. Employees also have the right to work full-time
from the office if they prefer. All of our roles require at least some in-person time.
IBEW/Field – No option to work from home
Resident – Works primarily (4+ days per week) in the office.
Hybrid – May be able to work from home up to 3 days per week.
Remote – Works from home 4+ days per week
HOW TO APPLY
Don't forget to update your Candidate Profile with your current resume and copies of your
certifications. If applicable, include your Trades Qualification. This will ensure we have all the
necessary information to assess your application without any delays.
Date Posted: 2022-05-13 Closing Date: 2022-05-27