11 AUG 2010
Associate Director, Oil Sands, Pembina Corporate Consulting
(Calgary office | Full-time)
Application Deadline: 4:00 p.m., August 27, 2010
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Would You Like to Help Engage Canadians in a Transformation to a Sustainable Future?
The Pembina Institute is seeking a seasoned and reputable environmental leader with experience in the oil sands industry to lead the oil sands related consulting activities of the Pembina Corporate Consulting program. This includes developing and supporting leading edge consulting projects, building and managing client relations, and working with a highly committed and talented cross-functional team.
The work of the successful candidate will primarily focus on:
- Building mutually beneficial relationships with future oil sands related clients and ongoing management of existing relationships
- Developing, leading, and supporting oil sands related consulting projects focusing on improving environmental, social, and financial (triple-bottom-line) performance, including:
- corporate environmental and social responsibility strategy development and support
- issues identification and prioritization
- best practices identification
- triple-bottom-line performance measurement
- facilitation of triple-bottom-line decision making processes
- stakeholder engagement support
- developing a corporate culture of innovation
- employee engagement on sustainability
- technology identification, evaluation, and deployment support
- Ensuring cross-project synergies are identified within and across programs at Pembina
- Working closely with Pembina's oil sands program and providing strategic support to related policy projects
- Presenting on oil sands related issues and performance improvement opportunities
- Playing a value added role in multi-stakeholder collaborative initiatives focusing on oil sands development
While consulting project leadership and support will be an integral component of the role, proactive and reactive business development activities will be a priority focus.
The candidate could find themselves at times also supporting or leading:
- other Pembina consulting projects in each of its three consulting program areas: corporate, public sector services, and sustainable communities
- development of new niches for Pembina Consulting that support its existing strategies
- advancement of Pembina's ongoing internal strategy development processes
See the full job description for details on responsibilities, qualifications, salary & benefits.
What Can Pembina Offer You?
The Pembina Institute uniquely combines the public interest vision of a non-profit, the entrepreneurial culture of a small business and the intellectual rigour of a think tank.
As such, we offer a work environment that allows you to undertake projects aligned with your personal values; that rewards good ideas and initiative; and that gives you the chance to collaborate with colleagues who are passionate about what they do.
You'll also find opportunities to apply an unusually wide range of skills and perspectives to your work. For example, you will likely balance a number of different roles within Pembina, including: project developer, networker, strategist, researcher, analyst, and project manager. Similarly, in working with our corporate and environmental stakeholders, you may find yourself positioned at different times as a content expert, a spokesperson, an advocate, or a facilitator.
Interested in Applying?
Review the full job description .
A detailed resume, three references and a letter explaining why you are a strong candidate for this position should be submitted electronically in Word (.doc), Rich Text (.rtf) or Portable Document Format (PDF). Please do not password protect the documents you submit.
Email to: careers@pembina.org
Application Deadline: 4:00 p.m., August 27, 2010
Start date: September or early October 2010.
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.
