Stakeholder Engagement and Public Consultation Specialist

At Algonquin-Liberty, we hire passionate people who care about doing the right thing for our customers. We are entrepreneurial, creative, and outcome-focused.

Here, your natural talent and achievements will flourish in an inclusive environment of teamwork, trust and continuous learning.

We are always pursuing excellence to exceed our ambitions goals, rewarding both the goal outcome and how we achieve it.

Purpose

This position is focused on stakeholder consultation and engagement for origination stage projects that are within interconnection cues, with some assistance also provided to early-stage development projects.

The position is responsible for project-specific engagement planning and implementation (stakeholder list, landowner events, addressing specific regulatory requirements, open house / meeting planning and materials, coordinating website and social media materials, engagement tracking and reporting).

Stakeholder engagement is coordinated with a variety of project team members (e.g., lands, permitting, PM).

The employee in this role is a junior subject matter expert and requires strong interpersonal, relationship building, and negotiation skills as they will be interfacing with various stakeholders day-to-day, while traveling approximately 25% of their time.

The person will receive overall guidance from the Director, Project Planning and Permitting, with input from the Senior Manager Land and Stakeholders, but is expected to initiate, lead, evaluate and execute all significant project engagement with individual PSG 0 / 1 Project Developers and if required PSG 2 / 3 Project Managers.

The position resides within planning and permitting team, but coordinates with and leverages Corporate Communications as required.

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Accountabilities

• Collaborate with the Project Developers, Project Managers, permitting and planning team, and real estate team to respond to project-specific needs and priorities
• Researching, interpreting, and understanding approvals and associated public engagement requirements for federal, state, local and other regulatory agencies.
• Develop new stakeholder engagement plans for origination and development projects.
• Identify and track engagement activities with various project stakeholders (participating and non-participating landowners, public, agencies).
• Coordinate external project communication activities (such as mailouts, newsletters, websites, social media, attendance at community events, etc.).
• Engaging with a variety of project stakeholders (farming, rural, Indigenous, regulatory, elected officials, etc.)
• Proactively identify and manage stakeholder engagement opportunities and risks and communicate these items to the broader project team for action and mitigation
• Develop and coordinate hand over’ plans to guide transition of project from origination to development, and development to construction, in regards to stakeholder engagement commitments and communications

Education and Experience

• University - Bachelor degree or equivalent
• Experience in the following areas : Stakeholder engagement; event planning; graphic design / layout; and communications.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to communicate complex subjects and information to a diverse audience.
• Public speaking experience.
• Self-starter that is motivated and able to work independently.
• Broad knowledge of the various stakeholder engagement initiatives and methodologies for communications and issues management.
• Broad knowledge of renewable energy industry and the various relevant stakeholder issues and challenges.
• Valid driver’s license and passport with ability to travel in Canada and the U.S. as requested
• Ability to travel (approximately 30% of time) and meet with various landowners and project stakeholders.

Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business and as an employee team.

Our Mission

We provide safe, secure, reliable, cost-effective and sustainable energy and water solutions. Our mission is how we create value as an organization it is what drives us every day to fulfill our purpose.

Our Vision

We better the lives of our customers and communities. Our vision is what we see as possible. It's where we aspire to be, what we want to achieve and how we'll make an impact.

It guides and keeps us on the right path as we work towards fulfilling our purposes.

Our Guiding Principles

• Customer Centric
• Integrity
• Entrepreneurial
• Teamwork
• Owner mindset
• Outcome focused
• Continuous learning

What we offer

Collaborative environment with a genuine flexible working policy

Share purchase / match plan

A defined contribution savings plan

Leadership Development Program

Volunteer paid days off

Employee Assistance Program

Achievement fund

Group Benefit Plan

Variety of Health & Wellness programs

Discount and Perks program

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not confident you meet all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to investigate the opportunity further.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value each person's unique background, diversity, experiences, perspectives and talents.

Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success.

We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all our employees and expect each of our employees to honour this commitment in their daily responsibilities.