Come change Canada with us
Help us lead Canada's clean energy transition
We deliver clean energy solutions — backed by rigorous research and analysis — into the hands of Canada’s decision makers and key influencers.
Join our dynamic team of nationally recognized professionals working on Canada's most pressing energy and environmental challenges.
Just some of the benefits
Beyond the personal benefits that come from working in an entrepreneurial and fast-paced environment with smart, strategic and values-driven people, Pembina Institute staff enjoy the following:
- extended health and dental coverage
- four weeks of holidays per year
- RRSP plan
- training and professional development opportunities
- competitive salaries
Statement of our core values
Climate change threatens everyone. We must come together to evolve how energy is created and consumed through solutions based on equity, curiosity, evidence-based thinking and practicality.
Current Openings
Lead, Social Media and Digital Communications
The Pembina Institute is seeking an experienced communicator with strong knowledge in building public engagement among online communities. The Lead, Social Media and Digital Communications, will develop and implement social media strategy and digital outreach initiatives in support of the Pembina Institute’s communications priorities that ultimately grow the organization’s pool of supporters and extend our sphere of influence.
The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of various social media platforms and how to best leverage them to engage different audiences through raising awareness of Canada’s most urgent climate issues and how the Pembina Institute advances solutions to drive down carbon pollution. This person also has experience in digital outreach aimed at growing and stewarding the Pembina Institute’s supporter base.
The ideal candidate will be passionate about Canadian energy and climate issues, and possess a deep interest in the Pembina Institute’s programs to support a clean energy future. This person should be available to work from one of the Pembina Institute’s offices (in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, or Toronto). Our workplace is a hybrid system that does not require employees to be in an office fulltime.
Find the full job description and information on how to apply here.
Application deadline: 11:59 p.m. on Friday, August 26, 2022.
The Pembina Institute is an equal opportunity employer. We thank all applicants for their interest but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Senior Communications Lead, Business Renewables Centre-Canada (Calgary/Edmonton)
The Pembina Institute is seeking a strategic thinker with strong outreach and engagement skills to join our communications team. This position requires strong interpersonal skills, positive energy, a high degree of organization, and the ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment. The successful candidate will work with the Industrial Decarbonization policy group, mainly focusing on supporting the Business Renewables Centre-Canada (BRC-Canada).
BRC-Canada is an initiative of the Pembina Institute that specializes in expanding the proportion of renewable energy in Canada’s electricity grid. It is focused on education and raising awareness among companies and public institutions interested in executing power purchase agreements with wind and solar energy developers. When BRC-Canada was founded in 2019, we set an ambitious goal of adding 2 gigawatts worth of renewable energy to Canada’s grid by 2025. Just a few months into 2022, we hit that target — three years ahead of schedule. This is an exciting moment to join an organization that is making a real-world impact to Canada’s emissions trajectory.
The ideal candidate understands Alberta’s energy and business landscape. They are aware of the diverse sectors in our economy and can leverage that knowledge to communicate the value proposition of BRC-Canada to potential new buyers of renewable energy. The senior communications lead is also the point of contact for journalists and other external partners, as well as the instigator of mainstream, social and digital media efforts on priority issues. Reporting to a communications manager, and working closely with policy directors and analysts, the senior communications lead has experience with digital outreach/e-communications (such as the branding of website content and newsletters), and experience in digital publishing.
The ideal candidate has the aptitude and interest to learn complex information about the renewables sector and power purchase agreements, and eventually synthesize it into understandable formats and tailor it for specific audiences, especially business readers. They will be passionate about Canadian energy and climate issues and possess a deep interest in the Pembina Institute’s programs focusing on decarbonizing energy production.
This person should be available to work from one of the Pembina Institute’s offices in Alberta (Calgary or Edmonton). Pembina’s workplace is a hybrid system that does not require employees to be in an office full time.
Find the full job description and information on how to apply here.
Application deadline: 11:59 p.m. on Monday, August 29, 2022.
Pembina Institute is an equal employment opportunity employer and we welcome applications from Indigenous People and other racially visible people, persons with disabilities and women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented. If you are a member of one of these equity groups, you are encouraged to self-identify on your application form, cover letter or resume. We thank all applicants for their interest; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Analyst, Electricity (Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Toronto)
The Pembina Institute is seeking a highly motivated individual to join its electricity team, and support the team’s work in analyzing and advocating for policy solutions for grid decarbonization. In particular, the Institute is pursuing strategies to implement a net-zero grid in Canada by 2035 in a manner that enables reliability, affordability, and equity. Our electricity work is focused on Alberta, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and nationally. The positions may be based in Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa or Toronto.
Canada’s electricity sector is at a nexus, with new and disruptive technologies entering a dramatic growth phase. There is also a remarkable policy window currently open in this sector at all levels of government, as administrations begin to take meaningful steps towards decarbonizing Canada’s electricity grid. Decisions taken in Canada in the next few years will have the potential to impact the economy locally and globally. Joining the Pembina Institute at this pivotal moment will give the right candidate the chance to help chart a competitive and low-carbon future for Canada that brings economic growth and establishes the country as an international leader on low-carbon electricity.
We need smart and creative people who can work with governments, industry, Indigenous communities, and the non-government sector to advance solutions in line with the demands of these interesting and dynamic times. We are seeking a driven and resourceful person with relevant technical experience, strong communication skills, a solid work ethic, and the tenacity needed to help solve Canada’s most prominent energy challenges. The candidate should have proven experience and the ability to thrive with limited supervision.
Find the full job description and information on how to apply here.
Application deadline: 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday, September 11, 2022
Pembina Institute is an equal employment opportunity employer and we welcome applications from Indigenous People and other racially visible people, persons with disabilities and women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented. If you are a member of one of these equity groups, you are encouraged to self-identify on your application form, cover letter or resume. We thank all applicants for their interest; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Fall Research Analysts, Electricity/Oil and Gas
The Pembina Institute is seeking highly motivated students to join us for 16-week internships supporting research and development of policy solutions to advance decarbonization solutions in the electricity and oil and gas sectors.
The program begins in September 2022 and concluding December 2022, with flexibility in start and end dates. The Pembina Institute will work with the arrangements of the students’ internship program and may provide additional funding as needed.
Find the full job description and information on how to apply here.
Application deadline: 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday, September 11, 2022.
The Pembina Institute is an equal opportunity employer. We thank all applicants for their interest but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Analyst – Renewables in Remote Communities program
The Pembina Institute is seeking a highly motivated individual to join its growing Renewables in Remote Communities (RiRC) Program as an analyst. This position would advance our ongoing work on energy policies to support Indigenous leadership and diesel reduction in remote Indigenous community across the country — a potent challenge and opportunity for the clean energy transition that is occurring nationally.
We are seeking a highly driven and resourceful person with two to five years of relevant technical experience, strong analytical skills, knowledge of climate and energy policy unique to remote communities, an understanding of the evolving relationship between Canada and Indigenous People, a solid work ethic, and a persistent drive to solve Canada's most prominent sustainability challenges.
The Pembina Institute is providing research and analysis along with clean energy policy and regulatory guidance that is unique to the remote community space. This role will require engagement with diverse stakeholders, including Indigenous, provincial and federal governments, private and crown utilities, Indigenous communities, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The goal is supporting the development and advocacy of good climate and energy policies and necessary regulatory improvements to prioritize Indigenous-led clean energy projects in remote communities, through solid research, technical and energy analysis and energy modelling in both energy supply and energy demand.
Find the full job description and information on how to apply here.
Application deadline: The posting will remain open until it is filled.
Pembina Institute is an equal employment opportunity employer and we welcome applications from Indigenous People and other racially visible people, persons with disabilities and women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented. If you are a member of one of these equity groups, you are encouraged to self-identify on your application form, cover letter or resume. We thank all applicants for their interest; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
