Indigenous Relations Specialist

Classification: Grid 27, BCGEU Membership

Office Location: All BCER Locations

Salary: $83,312.49 – $94,991.51 – Permanent Full-Time, based on a 35-hour work week.
An additional 10.75% Job Family Market Multiplier will be added to the posted salary.
An additional 3% Location Allowance will be added to posted salary for northern location.

About the Job:
The First Nations Relations Team provides strategic support, from operations to policy, across the BCER (including to the Executive team and Board of Directors), to meet its legal obligations and reconciliation goals. Building trusting relationships, co-developing new processes and business models, capacity building, and transparent communication are important cornerstones to ensure the organization remains innovative and adaptable to a dynamic First Nations Relations environment.

As an expert for the BCER on First Nations Relations, the Indigenous Relations Specialist (Specialist) builds internal and external relationships as required with partners and across BCER branches, as well as with, provincial ministries and agencies, stakeholders, the public, and other levels of government. The Specialist supports creating respectful relationships and helps enable the participation of First Nations throughout the regulatory lifecycle to advance reconciliation and meet the BCER’s legal obligations.

The Specialist supports the development and leads the implementation of a broad range of initiatives related to the BCER’s work including relationship strategies and programs, business improvement projects, tools for supporting regulatory alignment of laws, decision-making, engagement, communications, and various other products. The Specialist conducts research and data analysis to provide expert advice to the BCER on recommended options regarding complex and sensitive issues that influence the BCER’s regulatory role and supports the development and implementation of BCER programs, regulations, and legislation.

Organization Chart:
Commissioner, Chief Executive Officer
Executive Vice President, Resource Management & Stewardship
Vice President, Responsible Development & Indigenous Relations
Executive Director, Indigenous Relations
Director, First Nations Relations / Manager, First Nations Relations
Indigenous Relations Specialist