Managing Technical Consultant, Social Performance

Ottawa - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 18 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Lead transformative social performance strategies that shape the future of responsible development across Canada and beyond.

If you thrive in complex environments enjoy guiding clients through highimpact social challenges and want to influence responsible development across Canada and the world this role offers the strategic platform youve been looking for.

At ERM youll help shape the future of major mining renewables and infrastructure projects by embedding social performance excellence at every stagefrom early planning to longterm operations. This is a role for an experienced consultant who wants to make measurable impact while mentoring the next generation of practitioners.

Why This Role Matters

As a Managing Technical Consultant Social Performance based in Ottawa or Toronto you are central to advancing responsible development in Canada and internationally. You will help clients understand and mitigate social risks build trusted community relationships and align with global expectations for sustainable and ethical project delivery. Your work directly influences the success credibility and longterm resilience of some of the worlds most significant projects.

What Your Impact Is

In this senior role you will shape project strategies elevate delivery quality and serve as a trusted technical advisor. Youll also play a key role in ERMs global Social Performance Technical Communitysharing insights advancing best practices and helping clients respond to the most urgent human social and communityrelated challenges facing industry today.

Youll mentor junior team members drive highvalue work and ensure ERM remains a leader in social risk stakeholder engagement and responsible project development.

What Youll Bring

Required

A recognized degree in social science or a related discipline. Or equivalent experience.
4 years of demonstrable experience ideally within the consulting sector.
Proven experience contributing to socioeconomic and landuse baselines social impact assessments human rights impact assessments social performance and engagement management plans or similar scopes of work across Canada or internationally.
Strong project management capabilities including work planning budgeting scheduling and project controls.
Understanding of the expectations of sustainable financial organizations regarding their risk review and evaluation of projects including experience with the Equator Principles and International Finance Corporate Performance Standards.
Excellent writing communication and strategic thinking skills with strong attention to detail. Experience translating technical content into visually appealing and plainlanguage formats.
Ability to build trusted relationships with clients colleagues and diverse stakeholders.
This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Preferred

Professional registration is an asset (e.g. IAP2).
Prior consulting experience in the mining and/or renewables sectors.
Experience working within integrated national or global teams.
Demonstrated ability to mentor junior consultants and support their technical and professional development.
Intermediate or working knowledge of French.

Key Responsibilities

Drive oversight and quality assurance for data collection management and analysis across multiple project types.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary ERM teams across Canada and international offices to deliver highquality work.
Liaise with stakeholders including Federal Provincial and Local Government representatives Indigenous groups and community organizations.
Mentor junior staff on technical approaches project delivery and consulting fundamentals.
Lead proposal development including crafting technical scopes timelines and cost estimates.
Prepare and manage health and safety for fieldbased and communityfacing activities.
When required lead and monitor project management activities such as task delegation subcontractor oversight commercial performance tracking health & safety management quality reviews and client interaction.

For theManaging Technical Consultant Social Performance position theanticipatedannual base pay is$93309$103831(CAD). Actual pay will depend on factors such as education experience skills location performance and business some cases pay may fall outside this range. This role may be eligible for bonus pay (casual and fixed term/flex force employees arenot bonuseligible).

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off parental leave medical dental vision life disability AD&D insurance 401(k) or RRSP/DPSP and other applicable benefits to eligible employees.

Note:Bonuses commissions and other forms ofadditionalcompensation are not guaranteed and subject to the sole discretion of ERM and its policies and procedures.

WhoWe Are:

As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy we partner with the worlds leading organizations creating innovative solutions to sustainabilitychallengesand unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.

At ERM we know that creating a diverseequitableand inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our companya great placeto build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients.Our diverse team of world-class expertssupportsclients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability underpinned by our deep technicalexpertisein addressing theirenvironmental health safetyriskand social issues. We call this capability our boots to boardroom approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advanceobjectiveson the ground or at the executive level.

Pleasesubmityour resume and brief cover letter.

ERMwelcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities.Reasonableaccommodations areavailable on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

ERM is an equal opportunity qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin sex ageIndigenous identityor status as a protected veteran or qualified individual with a disability.

ERM does not accept recruiting agency resumes. Please do notforwardresumes to ourjobsalias ERM employees or any other company location. ERM is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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Lead transformative social performance strategies that shape the future of responsible development across Canada and beyond.If you thrive in complex environments enjoy guiding clients through highimpact social challenges and want to influence responsible development across Canada and the world this ...