About the Role
I am an independent environmental contractor/consultant working with northern territorial government clients. My work focuses on environmental legislation, enforcement support, policy and procedure development, waste management initiatives, spill response systems, contaminants management, and related environmental regulatory projects.
I am seeking a capable and reliable environmental professional to support a growing workload. This role would suit someone with strong research, writing, regulatory analysis, and project coordination skills who can help advance multiple environmental initiatives.
The successful candidate will assist with developing materials, conducting desktop research, drafting policies and procedures, supporting project management tasks, and preparing client-ready documents. Experience with environmental regulation, waste management, contaminants, compliance, enforcement, or government policy work would be highly valuable.
Key Responsibilities
The consultant may assist with:
- Researching environmental legislation, regulations, standards, policies, and best practices
- Supporting the development of environmental policies, procedures, guidance documents, manuals, briefing notes, and reports
- Assisting with projects related to environmental enforcement, compliance, spill response, waste management, contaminants, and regulatory program development
- Preparing clear, professional written materials for government clients and stakeholders
- Helping organize and manage project tasks, timelines, action items, and deliverables
- Reviewing and summarizing technical, regulatory, and policy information
- Supporting stakeholder engagement activities, including preparing meeting materials, summaries, and follow-up documentation
- Conducting jurisdictional scans and comparative research
- Helping develop training materials, presentations, forms, checklists, and operational tools
- Providing general project support across multiple environmental consulting assignments
Required Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have:
- Education or experience in environmental science, environmental management, public policy, natural resource management, regulatory affairs, law, engineering, or a related field
- A solid understanding of environmental regulatory concepts, compliance frameworks, enforcement processes, or policy development
- Strong research, writing, editing, and analytical skills
- Ability to produce clear, organized, professional documents
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and manage tasks with limited supervision
- Good judgment when working with sensitive government, regulatory, or stakeholder information
- Comfort working on multiple projects with changing priorities
- Strong communication skills and professionalism when interacting with clients or stakeholders
Assets
The following are not required but would be considered strong assets:
- Experience working with northern, Arctic, Indigenous, territorial, or remote community contexts
- Experience with territorial or provincial environmental legislation
- Experience in environmental enforcement, inspections, compliance, permitting, spill response, or regulatory program delivery
- Knowledge of waste management, hazardous waste, contaminated sites, petroleum spills, landfills, recycling systems, or environmental monitoring
- Experience working with government departments or public-sector clients
- Experience developing training materials, manuals, standard operating procedures, or guidance documents
- Familiarity with Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon, or northern Canada environmental issues
Skills and Attributes
This role requires someone who is:
- Reliable, organized, and self-directed
- A strong writer who can translate complex information into practical, usable documents
- Comfortable researching unfamiliar topics and producing useful summaries
- Able to think critically about regulatory structures, procedures, and implementation challenges
- Practical and solutions-oriented
- Respectful of government, community, Indigenous, and northern operational contexts
- Comfortable working remotely and communicating by email, phone, and video meetings
Work Arrangement
This is a flexible contract role. The amount of work may vary depending on project needs. Work can generally be completed remotely, although occasional meetings during business hours may be required.
The role may start with discrete assignments and could grow into ongoing support depending on fit, availability, and workload.
Pay: $60.00 per hour
Benefits:
Work Location: Remote
