Specific Purpose Projects Officer, TRU Wildfire

OVERALL PURPOSE

• Project manages the tasks identified in the Contribution Agreement through Natural Resources Canada’s Federal Fighting and Managing Wildfires in a Changing Climate – Training Fund
• Project manages any work related to Specific Purpose Project (SPP)
• Analyses risk and provides mitigation measures on SPP
• Preparing forecasts, operating, and capital budgets for SPP
• Monitoring performance against budget of the SPP, scope of work and schedule in collaboration with TRU Finance and the Budget Office, Provincial and Federal Ministries, and Associations
• Providing requested analyses of budget and financial performance to the funding partners and stakeholders
• Providing strategic direction and project management on externally funded short term program planning based on SPP parameters

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Evaluates the In-Community Wildfire Training applications, against the established assessment criteria to identify and train groups that will enhance wildfire response capacity, with a focus on rural, remote, and Indigenous communities
• Manages the delivery of wildfire training and program evaluations post-training to document best practices and learning opportunities
• Prepares forecasts based on SPP operating and capital budgets
• Monitors and reporting on SPP forecasts, operating and capital budget
• Provides project management, contract administration, and procurement
• Liaises with TRU Finance, TRU Budget Office, provincial and federal stakeholders
• Provides strategic and operational support within SPP
• Develops budget strategies for all of the operations of the SPP
• Co-ordinates budget analysis and planning with the Budget Office and TRU Finance
• Collects SPP data information and analyze
• Represents SPP on institution-wide committees and planning bodies relevant to SPP
• Prepares budgets and reports in the context of short- and long-term project planning
• Determines the source of appropriate data to complete analyses and develop budget strategies
• Manages outcome-based deliverables with a significant level of internal and external stakeholder engagement
• Implements project deliverables, monitoring scope schedule, and executing project closeout
• Willingness to travel as needed to support project deliverables
• Other duties as assigned by your immediate supervisor

REPORTS TO
Associate Director, TRU Wildfire (Training)

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

• Degree in Natural Resource Science, Business Administration or related field, or equivalent education and experience
• Project management education and training
• Minimum of 5 years of project management experience in an academic or complex professional environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to translate budget, financial data and project scenarios in non-technical terms
• Ability to support a research project focused on quality improvement
• Ability to set and implement budget and planning priorities
• Knowledge and experience with wildfire management, delivering/coordinating wildfire training, and wildfire training curriculum/standards in British Columbia
• Experience working with government bodies, external agencies, indigenous organizations, and knowledge of indigenous culture and customs