We respectfully acknowledge the unceded, traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵw ̱xwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) and səl̓ilw̓ ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, on which the SFU Vancouver campus and the SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue building are located.

Project Manager, Wildfire Networks

CLOSING DATE: January 10, 2025

START DATE:
ASAP

END DATE:
January 31, 2026

EMPLOYMENT DURATION:
Temporary Full Time

SALARY:
$85,993 to $102,588 annually

LOCATION:
Vancouver (Hybrid)

HOURS:
72 Biweekly

UNION/AFFILIATION:
Administrative and Professional Staff (APSA)

POSITION GRADE:
10

# OF OPENINGS:
1

About Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue

The Centre uses dialogue and engagement to facilitate transformative conversations and create real-world impact for society’s most pressing challenges.

We strengthen Canadian democracy by promoting democratic values and innovation, spread best practices by providing dialogue training and tools, and help governments to engage citizens and stakeholders through our consulting services.

As a bridge between the university and community, we enable student success through the Semester in Dialogue and other experiential learning opportunities and provide a home to select initiatives run by our Dialogue Fellows and Associates.

Mission: To foster shared understanding and positive action through dialogue and engagement.

About Simon Fraser University

We are Canada’s engaged university, defined by our dynamic integration of innovative education, cutting-edge research, and far-reaching community engagement
We are unconventional, fearless, compassionate, approachable and ready
We celebrate the diversity of people, ideas and cultures

About the Role

Position Summary

The state of wildfire in BC is at a critical tipping point, posing a threat to the continued health, viability, and vibrance of our communities and ecosystems at the same time as offering strong inroads for action and collaboration.

In this role, you will be a part of connecting local action to systemic change, and to collectively advancing solutions. You will use dialogue to support shaping a new relationship with fire across BC– one in which we learn to steward and coexist with fire. Backed by the internationally recognized Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue at SFU, Canada’s engaged university, you will bring together local actors to help to build towards real-world solutions to wildfire.

We are seeking someone who has a curiosity-driven approach, who thrives in connecting diverse perspectives and actors, and who is open to the contributions that each actor can bring to a solution space.

Do you want to help shift the paradigm around wildfire in BC? Are you passionate about combatting climate change, upholding Indigenous Rights and Title, protecting biodiversity, bringing together diverse perspectives, and building consensus through dialogue? Are you a proactive solution-seeker who thrives in engaging and coordinating? Are you excited for the opportunity to work for a globally recognized convener of dialogue, and to put your skills to work to be a part of building solutions?

If your answer to these questions is yes, then please apply now to the role of Project Manager, Wildfire Networks at the Centre for Dialogue.

Full Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Designs and implements an ecosystem of networks for Wildfire Resilience and Mitigation by:

Engaging with collaborators and rightsholders from across BC to co-create the architecture for networks.
Partnering with key stakeholders to co-design, implement, and scale up networks.
Working closely with the Project Manager, Knowledge & Extension, to ensure workflow alignment.
Exploring pedagogical approaches for building networks and communities of practice to foster wildfire resilience, including creative, story-based, dialogic etc.
Ensuring that networks center most impacted communities and populations and that they feed into governance and co-creating pathways forward.
Developing ideas for network engagement.
Establishing feedback mechanisms to ensure networks are accountable to and continuously adapting and evolving to meet the needs of communities of practice.
Designing networks grounded trust, accountability and dialogue to move towards collective action.

2. Fosters collaborative relationships with diverse rightsholders, stakeholders, partners, and impacted groups from across British-Columbia (BC) and beyond by:

Building relationships with under-served communities to seek equitable participation, co-develop programming and remove barriers to participation.
Collaborating with SFU initiatives, including but not limited to Community Centered Climate Innovation (C3I), the Fire & Ecosystems Research Lab, the Murphy Watershed Science Lab, the Planetary Health Research Group, the School of Public Policy etc.
Working with Associate Director to bridge governance efforts & relationships Work with Associate Director to bridge governance efforts & relationships for Mitigating Wildfire Initiative.

3. Supports reciprocal partnerships and financial sustainability for the networks by:

Building reciprocal relationships with partners, foundations and donors.
Identifying fundraising opportunities and meeting with prospective partners or clients to secure new grants or contracts.
Negotiating external partnership agreements, grant contributions, and/or service agreements for approval, while ensuring alignment with the Centre’s mission and values.
Designing and implementing appropriate financial record keeping, reporting and tracking systems in collaboration with SFU staff and departments.
Providing quarterly milestone progress reports, budget forecasts, and cash flow projections to Assistant Director.

4. Manages Networks Sub-Initiative within Mitigating Wildfire Initiative by:

Overseeing budgetary and administrative processes.
Developing and implementing work plans.
Conducting hiring as needed and managing junior staff and contractors brought onboard for Wildfire Networks.
]Maintaining regular communication with Associate Director addressing anticipated challenges as they arise.
Planning and facilitating dialogic and engagement events.
Carrying out other duties related to leading the creation and implementation of Networks for Wildfire Resilience.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree Environmental Studies, Political Sciences or relevant discipline and five years of relevant experience in areas such as stakeholder engagement, public participation, Indigenous dialogue methods, public policy, project management, or an equivalent combination of education, training, professional certifications and experience.

Advanced knowledge in designing and implementing dialogue and engagement initiatives
Advanced knowledge of the state of play of wildfire resilience and stewardship in BC, including community, research, and policy
Excellent understanding of the role that dialogue and networks can play in building wildfire resilience
Excellent knowledge of participatory engagement processes and working with groups traditionally under-served by government or facing barriers to participation
Experience supporting Indigenous sovereignty and stewardship
Experience building and holding trusting relationships with diverse rightsholders, stakeholders, and partners
Excellent interpersonal and decision-making skills, including the ability to hold space for complexity, nuance, and trauma, and discernment and compassion in interactions
Excellent skills in facilitation, mediation, and community engagement
Advanced project management, budget planning, and financial management skills
Excellent partnership brokering, fundraising and grant writing skills
Advanced conflict resolution, strategic planning, analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent leadership, mentoring, and teamwork skills
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written, verbal and presentation)
Ability to triage competing tasks, work with dynamic and shifting targets, and align workflow with the parallel knowledge extension efforts within the Mitigating Wildfire Initiative
Excellent ability to author and supervise the creation of discussion guides, dialogue reports and other dialogue materials
Excellent ability to hire and manage external contractors
Excellent ability to recruit, train, and manage staff
Excellent ability to maintain confidentiality and impartiality, and to exercise mature judgment, diplomacy and sensitivity
Available for overtime, evening and weekend work, and travel

SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an equitable environment for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from qualified people of all gender expressions and identities, sexual orientations, visible minorities, Indigenous persons and persons with disabilities. Should you require accommodations throughout the application process, please be in touch.

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