Coordinator, Social Responsibility
Location
Vancouver, BC | Canada
Job description
Closing: March 29, 2024
Teck is looking for a highly motivated, collaborative, and passionate social responsibility and community engagement professional. This individual will support and grow our fast-paced and complex field of Social Responsibility for all exploration activities in Canada and the USA, ensuring that these activities are conducted in accordance with Teck’s Health & Safety, Environment and Community (HSEC) standards and best practices. This role will work closely with corporate social and environmental responsibility professionals, project management leaders, geoscience subject matter experts, and a diverse mix of experts and consultants.
Reporting to the Senior Lead, Social Responsibility, the Coordinator, Social Responsibility is responsible for supporting activities including social risk and impact identification and management, and engagement with communities of interest (Indigenous peoples, NGOs, government, communities and civil society). Other responsibilities include supporting agreement negotiations, conducting local hiring and advancing local procurement, soliciting and reviewing community investment opportunities, ensuring human rights due diligence, advancing continuous improvement opportunities, and completing corporate reporting.
We are seeking a multifaceted, highly organized professional with outstanding communication skills and strong experience.
Travel to Teck projects and communities will be required and will be covered by Teck.
Responsibilities:
- Be a courageous safety leader who cultivates and champions a proactive safety and sustainability culture based on the common values of health, safety, environment, and respect for communities’ interests and values. Ensure Teck’s policies and standards are met across projects and the jurisdiction.
- Responsible for preparing, submitting, managing and reporting on social data in a variety of systems (TrackLine, StreamLine, Power Apps)
- Coordinate the development, and tracking, of social context topics and issues to support regional context assessments.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support proactive social management of impacts, risks, and opportunities
- Support the execution, management, and reporting of exploration agreement commitments
- Support the development, implementation and continuous improvement of annual COI engagement plans
- Assist in facilitating engagement tactics such as social risks assessments, and AOI/COI mapping.
- Provide insights and advance recommendations on improvements to existing social practices, and provide support for the development of enhanced processes and documents for Teck Exploration based on Teck’s Social Performance Standards
Qualifications:
- Post-secondary degree and specialization in social sciences, sustainability, community development, or other fields related to environment, community relations and/or social management
- A minimum of 3 years of work experience with Indigenous communities and/or organizations. Experience in the natural resource sector would be an asset.
- Knowledge and experience of international principles and best practices related to Indigenous Peoples and social responsibility e.g. FPIC, ILO 169, International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), IFC Performance Standards.
- Knowledge of relevant environmental and social responsibility approaches and methodologies. Proven track record to conduct research and synthesize findings into a recommendation and understanding of how to analyze the impact of exploration activities on the environment and communities considering a variety of social and environmental contexts.
- Outstanding communication, influencing, facilitation and interpersonal skills with experience communicating activities, opportunities and risks with diverse internal and external stakeholders, including government agencies concerning land acquisitions, permitting and agreements.
- Results oriented with excellent interpersonal, prioritization, planning, and decision-making skills.
- Improvement attitude, looks at creative and innovative ways to contribute and/or improve efficiencies with change management expertise to lead change for lasting improvements.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite software and SharePoint. ArcGIS would be an asset.
- Eligible to work in Canada.
Salary Range: $80, 000 - $99,000
About Teck
At Teck, we value diversity. Our teams work collaboratively and respect each person’s unique perspective and contribution. Qualified applicants interested in joining dynamic team are encouraged to submit a resume and cover letter electronically. We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for the position; however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
Teck is a diversified resource company committed to responsible mining and mineral development with major business units focused on copper, steelmaking coal and zinc, as well as investments in energy assets. Teck has been named one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for the six consecutive years. Teck has also been named to the Forbes list of the World’s Best Employers for the past two years and is one of Canada's Top Employers for Young People. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, its shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols TECK.A and TECK.B and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TECK.
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