Job Location: Vancouver, BC Employment type: Permanent or Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/week) Annual Salary: $ 131,100.00 - 165,800.00 No. of positions: 1 Closing date: 2026-07-26

What you’ll do -

• Reporting to the Indigenous Relations Manager and Strategic Lead for the North Coast Transmission Line (NCTL), the Indigenous Relations NCTL Delivery Team Lead is the operational lead responsible for coordinated delivery across engagement, permitting process management, and field activities, including:

• Coordinating daily work across IR Specialists and support staff.

• Overseeing Indigenous engagement requirements in permitting workflows

• Overseeing tracking and follow up of Nation comments, inputs, and questions.

• Coordinating field activities, including site visits and guardian (cultural monitoring) programs.

• Ensuring quality, consistency, and completeness of engagement documentation and consultation summaries.

The IR NCTL Delivery Team Lead also :

• Provides leadership and overall direction to a team of 4 – 5 people.

• Acts as the Indigenous Relations Lead by consulting with First Nations (FNs) on North Coast Transmission Line projects.

• Builds and sustains a strong and collaborative team environment with a people-centered leadership focused on staff empowerment and development.

• As BC Hydro’s senior representative with First Nations, independently and proactively co- designs highly functioning business relationships, negotiates and implements agreements.

• Delivers high-quality presentations and written materials as well as communicating challenging messages to internal and external parties.

• Leads relationships with First Nations to foster collaboration and advance reconciliation.

• Proactively aware of, and responsive to, external First Nations needs and has the ability to initiate and sustain the necessary elements (internal and external to BC Hydro) for building long term relationships with First Nation communities in the region.

• 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.

• Develops briefing materials and presentations for influential internal and external audiences.

• Independently leads 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.

What you bring –

• University undergraduate degree in a related discipline or combination of relatable experience and education. University Post Graduate Degree (Master’s) is a strong asset. Education in Public Administration, economic development, law, anthropology or related discipline or equivalent.

• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience managing multiple programs or projects, preferably involving engagement with Indigenous communities. Specific experience leading consultation related to Indigenous rights in a business or major project environment is an asset.

• Minimum 3 years of direct or indirect people management experience.

• Experience in First Nation relationship-building, consultation and engagement, negotiations and agreement or program implementation is required. Knowledge of BC Nations is an asset.

• Demonstrated proficiency in the following: building and maintaining relationships with Indigenous Nations; understanding of the foundations of the duty to consult and knowledge of current best consultation practices; cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity; communications; strategic and tactical planning; analysis and critical thinking; creativity and innovation in problem solving.

• The successful candidate will possess excellent supervisory, interpersonal and team management skills, along with a strong background in collaborative project management.

What we offer –

• A comprehensive benefits package
• A minimum of 15 paid vacation days
• A lifetime pension
• Flexible work model, depending on your role type
• Training and development courses

For more information on the benefits we offer, visit bchydro.com/benefits.

What else you should know – Note: This position is based at our Dunsmuir (Vancouver) office in Vancouver.

Don't forget to update your Candidate Profile with your current resume and copies of your certifications. This will ensure we have all the necessary information to assess your application without any delays.

Before you apply, please confirm you meet BC Hydro’s time in role requirement. M&P employees must meet the time in role requirements specified in the updated M&P TIR policy. For MoveUP and IBEW employees, the current time in role as outlined in the Collective Agreements will apply.

Don't forget to update your Candidate Profile with your current resume and copies of your certifications. This will ensure we have all the necessary information to assess your application without any delays.

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