Job Description

Company Description

At AECOM, were delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether its improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. Were one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.



AECOM is actively seeking an Intermediate Community Engagement Specialist that is creative and highly motivated for immediate employment to support various projects in Manitoba and across Canada. Candidates with strong stakeholder and Indigenous Community engagement skills, qualitative and quantitative social science analysis experience, and socio-economic impact assessment are of particular interest. This position will be part of the Impact Assessment and Permitting team supporting projects and collaborating with AECOMs engineering, buildings and places, and other teams across Manitoba and the rest of Canada. With us, you may work on projects across a range of sectors, including Environment, Transportation, Water, Commercial, Institutional, Justice, and Education.

The responsibility of this position includes, but are not limited to:

• Development and delivery of stakeholder, public, and Indigenous Community engagement plans to support planning and design projects.
• Support Indigenous engagement and consultation and public participation activities including meeting and event planning, coordination, facilitation, and logistics.
• Monitor, log analyze and summarize internal and external stakeholder engagement.
• Develop front facing, readable, well-designed communications materials.
• Support the development of qualitative and quantitative methodologies and workplans for socio-economic and social impact studies.
• Conduct field studies, surveys, and interviews with community and regional stakeholders as part of establishing socio-economic assessment baselines and social environment assessments.
• Conduct socio-economic baseline studies and analysis - largely related environmental assessment and permitting applications, environmental screenings, environmental baseline and monitoring programs, and/or peer reviews.
• Support the development and execution of social performance and ESG strategies across Canada.
• Prepare technical documents, reports, and presentations as required.
• Collaborate with other disciplines and consultants to guide planning, design, IAP and socio-economic processes.
• Liaise with clients, the public, Indigenous groups, and regulators, as required.
• Other duties as required.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelors in Environmental Planning, Geography, Sociology, Communications, or related social or environmental sciences discipline.
• 5+ years of relevant consulting or community-based experience in community engagement, Indigenous engagement, socio-economic or related field.
• Demonstrated experience engaging and building relationships with Indigenous Communities in Manitoba and / or across Canada.
• Knowledge of the provincial environmental assessment process, the federal Impact Assessment Act 2019 as well as other federal and provincial laws and regulations related to stakeholder engagement, Indigenous consultation, and socio-environmental impact assessment.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), research and data analysis, and technical writing skills.
• Experience with proposal writing and ability to undertake business development activities.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work well with people.
• Ability to plan and prioritize workload and manage multiple assignments at one time.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office 365 Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Willingness to travel to local and remote communities to undertake field work.
• Class 5 drivers license.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree in communications, public relations, planning, natural resources management, or related social sciences discipline.
• Understanding of infrastructure planning, design and implementation processes.
• Rural, remote, and northern experience considered an asset.
• Proficiency with statistical and/or spatial analysis tools.
• Full or Candidate / Provisional membership in a professional body.
• IAP2 certification is an asset.
• Experience working with economic modelling and other related software.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Suite (InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop) is an asset.
• Facilitation experience.
• Experience and/or training in Gender Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) considered an asset.
• Bilingual (English and French) an asset.

Additional Information

• Sponsorship for Canadian employment authorization is not available for this position.

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and theres never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm, and were in this together - your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each persons potential, and well help you reach yours.

Join us and lets get started.

AECOM