Indigenous Relations Specialist

Modern Niagara helps building owners, managers, and general contractors meet the mechanical, electrical, integrated building technology, and building services needs of their buildings across Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Southwestern Ontario, Ottawa and Halifax. We also develop custom, turnkey solutions to help reach the desired outcomes. We are committed to having a positive and meaningful impact on Canada's infrastructure and on the communities where we live, learn, work, and heal.

WE BUILD FOR LIFE.

We value passion, initiative, determination, professionalism, and teamwork and we are committed to ensuring that our teams have everything they need to succeed. Health and safety are embedded in everything we do and, as a result, our award-winning safety culture has a record that's well above industry standards.

At Modern Niagara, you will work alongside values-driven, safety-conscious, and high-impact teams in a fast-paced, innovative, and collaborative environment. Here, your knowledge, skills, and excellent service will help ensure that the buildings that make up Canada's infrastructure fulfill the needs they were set out to meet.

Modern Niagara is one of Canada's Best Managed Companies and is a recipient of SMACNA's Safety Excellence Award Program (SSEAP) - Canada and the Canadian Occupational Safety (COS) Magazine's Gold Winner for Canada's Safest Employers Award in the Building and Construction category and Excellence Winner for Canada's Best Health + Safety Culture Award as well as Canada's Best Health + Safety Leader Award.

Indigenous Relations Specialists work with Indigenous leadership and communities to foster and maintain relationships and ongoing dialogue between them and Modern Niagara. As the Indigenous Relations Specialist at Modern Niagara you will support nationally on strategic Initiatives, Managing relationships with partners - internal and external and development of other projects that promote Indigenous inclusion.

The Indigenous Relations Specialist will provide focused expertise and drive strategic initiatives, accelerating the company's reconciliation efforts and ensuring these initiatives are integrated into broader business strategies.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Build and develop a strategy to ensure alignment with local communities
• Monitor the strategy and initiatives to ensure KPIs are being met quarterly and yearly
• Execute projects with multiple teams nationally in our 6 major regions
• Lead development through building relationships with Indigenous nations, aligning the Truth and Reconciliation Commission call to Action #92
• Collaborate/engage with local indigenous communities to ensure Modern Niagara remains compliant with government procurement strategies
• Work cooperatively with the national proposal development team to ensure Modern Niagara is well positioned to meet prescriptive indigenous participation mandates
• Participates in RFP and RFQ processes including proposal writing for large infrastructure projects
• Work on grant applications
• Align with industry partners on established initiatives, emphasizing indigenous engagement
• Ensure Modern Niagara is compliant for regular audits by government bodies or project partners that evaluate compliance with Indigenous relations policies and agreements
• Support the procurement team to ensure Indigenous communities are incorporated into process
• Collaborate with internal teams within DEI, Talent Acquisition, Corporate Social Responsibility and more to align national and regional activities
• Support and advance the Modern Niagara Truth and Reconciliation plan by being co-chair to the Employee Resource Group

Qualifications and Job Requirements:

• 5+ years experience working with Indigenous communities in a liaison, advisory or community engagement role
• Experience in the construction industry is a strong asset
• A post-secondary diploma or degree in a related field, i.e; Indigenous Studies or Indigenous Relations
• Strong knowledge of First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex and sensitive information
• Strong interpersonal skills to build trust and rapport with diverse partners, internally and externally
• Ability to analyze and interpret policies, legislations and agreements
• High ethical standards and a commitment to the cause of the position

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

At Modern Niagara, we recognize the value of fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization and are committed to eliminating barriers faced by members of equity-seeking groups (women, Indigenous, Black, racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, and new immigrants) in the construction industry. Our DEI vision is to build an organization where everyone has access to the same opportunities, experience equitable outcomes, and can thrive and reach their full potential.

We value the diversity of the people we hire and serve. Modern Niagara is an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please advise us so that suitable accommodations can be made. We can be reached at careers@modernniagara.com.