C&EM Program Manager, Indigenous Communities

Position Overview

You’re passionate about conversation and are seeking a role that combines your energy efficiency program experience with an opportunity to engage Indigenous communities and support their journey to reducing carbon emissions. You bring extensive project management expertise and leverage your exceptional interpersonal skills to nurture strong relationships while driving bespoke energy programs tailored to the needs of the communities you serve. Your unique skillset makes you the ideal candidate for our Indigenous Program Manager position.

In this role, you’ll lead Demand Side Management (DSM) program development, team development, marketing, and community engagement opportunities with Indigenous communities and program partners, to deliver community-grounded programs and achieve DSM Plan objectives.

In this role, you will:

• Blend your strategic and analytical skills to lead and implement DSM program delivery, marketing, and community engagement with Indigenous communities and stakeholders.
• Meet performance metrics and report program delivery, budget allocation, and other elements appropriately.
• Collaborate with departmental partners to curate effective strategies and solutions for individual Indigenous communities.
• Engage with our Indigenous customers’ housing and infrastructure teams and Indigenous stakeholder organizations to further develop trusted relationships.

What it takes:

• A bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering or related discipline from a recognized program, plus a minimum of five (5) years of recent, related experience with demonstrated success. Demonstrated leadership in the field of Indigenous/community/public relations, business development, or project management. A combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Previous experience with delivering and communicating DSM programs, and experience working in a regulated utility would be an asset.
• Exceptional leadership experience with demonstrated experience in developing high performance teams.  Supervisory experience in a unionized environment is considered an asset.
• Excellent project planning, development, and management skills to lead initiatives from start to finish.
• Outstanding communication and professional relationship-building skills to foster strong connections with corporate departments, community organizations, and leaders.
• Demonstrated Indigenous relations experience with communities in British Columbia.
• Proven knowledge of customer experience and satisfaction best practices, particularly within Indigenous communities.
• A thorough understanding of DSM principles and applying these practices to support conservation issues.