Consultant Lead - Alberta (Calgary)

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Position Overview

The Pembina Institute is seeking a talented Senior Consulting Lead with strong leadership skills to join the Calgary office. The purpose of the Consulting Lead’s role is to champion the consulting/collaborative approach in Alberta. The successful candidate will be joining a dynamic group of nationally-recognized professionals who apply their technical acumen, industry knowledge, values and creativity to the Canadian corporate sector's most prominent sustainability challenges. The full-time (40 hours a week) position may require travel and requires occasional work on evenings and weekends.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary rate is competitive for a Consulting Lead in the non-profit sector and will be based on skills, experience and qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits include:

• extended health and dental 
• four weeks of holidays per year
• RRSP plan
• training and development opportunities

Further terms of employment will be discussed with candidates during the interview process.

Roles and Responsibilities

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Business Development (30%)

• Work with regional leadership and members of the executive group, understand client and Institute priorities and needs and develop/fundraise for projects that offer shared value (“Sales”)
• Act as the regional champion and coordinator for collaborative engagement with the corporate, government and community sectors
• Represent the Institute at public events

Project Direction and Management/Mentoring (50%)

• Act as client liaison, ensuring needs of the clients are met
• Quality control on consulting deliverables
• Lead-author for consulting reports and client communications
• Mentor staff on client relations, project execution/management, deliverables quality assurance, facilitation, presentation etc.

Subject Matter Expertise and Risk Management (20%)

• Act as an internal subject matter expert
• Collaborate with internal project and policy teams
• Act as a ‘traffic cop’ on issues which impose risk to Institute consulting relations or ENGO/wider stakeholder relations, and elevate as necessary

Skills and Qualifications

Candidates must clearly reflect the following skills and experience in their application:

5+ years of relevant professional experience

• Strong industry experience or understanding, preferably in energy and environment (other relevant areas may include associated government departments; environmental/CSR consulting; academia; international development, government and/or advocacy)
• Top-notch leadership and talent management skills; ability to manage, mentor, motivate and inspire team members
• Solid professional networks in energy and environment

Relevant skills may include training in:

• Oil and gas/oilsands environmental/technical issues
• Risk assessment and mitigation
• Economic or technical analysis of environmental issues
• Greenhouse Gas quantification or Life Cycle Analysis
• Project Management
• Facilitation and/or Leadership
• Advanced user of Microsoft Excel
• Minimum undergraduate degree in engineering, business and/or sustainability related subject area

Demonstrated commitment to sustainability and social change:

• This can be through your educational, professional, and volunteer experiences
• Skilled and articulate oral and written communicator
• Superior research and writing skills
• Self-motivated and results-oriented, with drive and initiative

To Apply

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Email your cover letter and resume to careers@pembina.org. Please ensure the following:

• Subject line includes Consulting Lead and your last name
• Cover letter and resume are saved as one PDF document using the naming convention lastnamefirstletter-application-position-year.pdf
• example: smithm-application-ConsultingLead-2013.pdf)
• Cover letter (max. two pages) explains why you are interested in working with the Pembina Institute and how your skills and qualifications meet the criteria outlined for this position
• Resume outlines your relevant skills, education and experience

Application deadline: Review of applications will begin immediately and the search will remain open until the position is filled.

The Pembina Institute is an equal opportunity employer.
We thank all applicants for their interest but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.