Senior Wildlife Manager - REVISED Job Listing at City of Edmonton in Edmonton, AB (Job ID 54313)

Description

Join the City of Edmonton's Environmental Management and Utility Supply Unit as the Senior Wildlife Manager and be a vital force in managing environmental impacts! This isn't just a job; it's a chance to guide environmental compliance and shape the future of corporate wildlife management. You'll drive the efficient implementation of crucial due diligence controls, ensuring our city's activities, products and services meet or exceed its wildlife obligations and be at the forefront of advancing our City's efforts to protect the environment. 

If you're a passionate, accountable, and integrated leader ready to make meaningful impact by providing senior subject matter expertise for operations, guiding vital environmental initiatives, and advising City Council, then we want you! This is your opportunity to build relationships, identify innovative solutions within an urban wildlife interface, and integrate environmental best practices across the City. Come cultivate our vision and champion a safer, healthier and more environmentally sustainable Edmonton!

What will you do?

• Act as a senior professional directly supporting the implementation of the ISO 14001 certified corporate environmental management system
• Provide expert decisions and recommendations for mitigating risk to wildlife and habitat, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations
• Assess, train, coach, and mentor staff involved in wildlife, ecosystem, and environmental management activities, building their capacity
• Oversee and ensure alignment of competency and compliance with internal standard operating procedures and applicable environmental legislation and regulations
• Advise on operational controls and protocol for wildlife that may include complex considerations for birds, bats, beavers, snakes, squirrels, and others
• Lead investigations for non-compliance situations and incidents, including root cause investigations for systemic issues, assigning corrective actions, and directing continual improvement programs
• Liaise with regulators, document and report incidents, negotiate and establish environmental permits, and provide expert testimony in court proceedings when required
• Develop and implement resource management plans and define success factors and Key Performance Indicators for compliance
• Manage and provide project management support for environmental programs and projects
• Build relationships and interactions with City staff and managing supervisors, government regulatory bodies, citizens, consultants, and other key stakeholders
• Review, research, and maintain awareness of best management practices, environmental legislation and emerging issues, as well as advise leadership on related objectives and strategies
• Ensure documentation, registries, and records are maintained to support the City's environmental management system and processes