Community and Indigenous Analyst / Consultant

A successful project needs to do more than deliver on its intended purpose. It should address the needs of its rightsholders and stakeholders while providing real, tangible benefits for surrounding communities. Success includes wholeheartedly embracing the mantra of leaving the community better than it was, ensuring a brighter future for the lives it affects today, and for generations to come.

Inclusion and collaboration with all local communities is the key to successful project delivery.  You will be part of Hatch’s Environment, People, and Place consulting team that collaborates with clients, rightsholders, communities, stakeholders, and Hatch’s engineering teams to create mutually beneficial and sustainable solutions in the metals, energy, and infrastructure sectors. This opportunity is unique: Hatch’s wealth of technical engineering, environmental permitting, and community and Indigenous experience combines to create an inclusive vision for clients’ projects, which we help make a reality.    

Hatch is currently seeking a Community and Indigenous Analyst / Consultant, which will be an integral part of a growing team. While your responsibilities will be focused on social performance and community and Indigenous engagement, you will have opportunities to support engagements across environmental and placemaking disciplines, with training and support as your career grows.

As Analyst, Community Engagement and Social Performance, you will deliver the following:  

• • Support the planning and delivery of community engagement activities for resource and infrastructure clients, including preparing materials, tracking stakeholder interactions documenting feedback, and assisting with meetings events and outreach initiatives
  • Contribute to social performance reporting and analysis by maintaining databases, monitoring commitments, compiling metrics, and helping develop summaries and insights to support project decision-making and compliance
  • Record, research and prepare for client audits to identify and anticipate any social risks to project development, including solutions to meet these challenges   
  • Support environmental and social impact assessments by establishing socio-economic baselines, community profiles, social risk assessments, and identifying potential project impacts to communities and stakeholders. 
  • Assist clients as they deliver upon their socioeconomic commitments and support the development of plans to meet industry best practices 
  • Assist in developing concordance tables and cross-reference material to ensure our clients are meeting any regulatory duties of engagement for environmental assessments in collaboration with our Environment, People, and Place team
  • Support with community and Indigenous participation planning and implementation
  • Identify client opportunities with project managers across the Hatch organization and externally
  • Share your experiences with colleagues and clients at speaking events, networking events, conferences, webinars and through online blog posts

Skills and Qualifications: 

• • Post-secondary education in environmental studies, communications, sustainability, policy, planning and economic development
  • Related experience or 2-4 years (Analyst) or 5-9 years (Consultant) or 10-15 years (Senior Consultant) in community and stakeholder engagement, impact assessment, or communications  
  • Experience working on (Analyst) or leading (Snr/Consultant) related major projects in the mining, metals, energy and infrastructure sectors
  • Creative and approachable with a willingness to recommend innovative solutions with clients  
  • Willingness for both domestic and international travel as work requires
  • Willingness to learn on the job and work on broader environmental and placemaking projects, as appropriate.
  • Effective, open communication and presentation style with the ability to plan and deliver best in class, high quality deliverables. 
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
  • A willingness to proactively meet clients’ needs whether big or small 

Preferred: “Go-getter” attitude, optimistic and resilient, ability to be flexible, learn and perform challenging tasks outside area of skills and experience, consulting experience. We welcome bilingual candidates; proficiency in an Indigenous language or French is valued in this role.

Core Competencies: Leadership, consultative, entrepreneurial, relationship builder, implementer, networker, collaborator, curious learner.

At Hatch, we are committed to reconciliation and increasing Indigenous representation. Preference will be given to qualified candidates who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit). We encourage applicants to mention this in their cover letter or application.