Classification: Grid 24, BCGEU Membership

Office Location: Dawson Creek or Fort St John

Salary: $76,313.27 - $86,898.73 – Temporary Full-Time, based on a 35-hour work week.
An additional 10.75% Job Family Market Multiplier will be added to the posted salary. 
An additional 3% Location Allowance will be added to posted salary for northern location.

About the Job:               
The Landowner Liaison proactively interacts on behalf of the BCER with community and landowners where energy activities may or currently occur. The Landowner Liaison is responsible for programs that enhance positive relations among diverse parties on matters related to rights and terms of entry on private and agricultural leased lands, public engagement, and conflict management, ensuring energy activities are conducted in accordance with regulations, standards and best business practices, to minimize impacts.

Organization Chart:    
Commissioner, Chief Executive Officer
          Executive Vice President, Resource Management & Stewardship
                    Vice President, Responsible Development & Indigenous Relations
                              Executive Director, Responsible Development
                                        Director, Authorizations
                                                  Landowner Liaison

Proactively plan, develop, implement, and coordinate a program that offers landowners, public and tenure holders’ access to information and advice regarding their rights and mitigative options related to energy resource industry activity on or near their private or tenured land.
Establish goals and objectives, recommend changes and improvements to build the profile and public confidence in the BCER’s public engagement, dispute facilitation services, application and decision-making processes. 

Use data tracking systems to identify trends and avoid the re-occurrence of events that result in negative impacts on landowners.

Audit public engagement, analyzing results and identifying potential issues and conflicts, develop strategies to minimize negative impact of sensitive issues. 

Review application material to ensure accuracy and completeness; identify outstanding issues or risks, and recommend conditions to support decision-making.

Review and respond to concerns expressed by landowners, tenure holders, and the public on matters related to energy exploration, development, transportation, and production activities.
Respond to issues/questions that arise as BCER approved activities evolve through the various stages.

Advise industry on best practices related to highly sensitive, political or public issues.

Analyze information and decide upon strategic approach to facilitate dispute resolution. 

Facilitate communication between conflicted parties and assists in developing mitigative options for resolution.

Represent BCER at public meetings and open house forums.

Provide advisory services to BCER staff and Executive regarding proactive and current issues management. 
Research, investigate, collect, analyze, document, and present recommended solutions and strategic action to Executive and other government officials.

Prepare responses on issues brought forward to Executive and other government officials, providing background and decision-making rationale for use in response to further questions or issues.

Provide guidance on development of landowner related regulations in accordance with the Energy Resources Activities Act.

Complete report of dispute facilitation outcomes related to energy activity applications to assist BCER in reaching well informed decisions.

Provide information and may be called on to represent BCER in appeals related to activity application decisions.

About the BC Energy Regulator: 

The BC Energy Regulator (BCER) is the Province of B.C.’s life-cycle energy resources regulator. The BCER is a Crown agency with a mandate to ensure energy resource activities are undertaken in a manner that: protects public safety and the environment, supports reconciliation with Indigenous peoples and the transition to low-carbon energy, conserves energy resources and fosters a sound economy and social well-being. 

As a cost recoverable, values driven organization, we prioritize safety, stewardship and Indigenous interests throughout the full project lifecycle – from exploration to reclamation – and support the transition to clean energy. The BCER is committed to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, honouring the Provincial commitment to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Calls to Action. Through fostering respectful and collaborative relationships with Indigenous partners and stakeholders, the BCER delivers on Government’s priorities. 

The BCER has an innovative forward-thinking workplace that demonstrates our core values. Through continuous improvement and development, the BCER is agile and responsive to the rapidly changing environment in which we operate. We are diverse and inclusive, with transparency, innovation, and integrity as foundation of our respectful culture.

The Responsible Development branch leads the organization’s efforts in promoting responsible energy resource development while ensuring alignment with B.C.’s mandate under the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ Act (DRIPA) and the organization’s strategic goals. The department leads the end-to-end application review, decision making, and post-permitting administration processes while considering potential impacts of energy resource activities on land owners, rights holders, Indigenous peoples and other stakeholders.