Come change Canada with us

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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

Senior Communications Lead (Ontario)

The Pembina Institute is seeking a politically astute strategic thinker with demonstrated media savvy and strong writing and editing skills to join our communications and engagement team. This highly collaborative position, based in Toronto, Ont., requires a team player with strong interpersonal and leadership skills, positive energy, a high degree of organization and the ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment. The ideal candidate is someone who shows initiative by using their skills to advance the goals of the organization as a whole, while providing communications leadership, ideas and support for various program areas and specific projects.

Creating and executing on strategy is an essential part of this role, and the ideal candidate will excel at big-picture thinking while also being detail-oriented. The senior communications lead is a key contact for journalists and members of the public for assigned regional and national goals, as well as a key instigator of mainstream, social and digital media efforts on priority issues, while interacting with other members of the communications team, the Ontario region staff, and staff across the organization on a regular basis.

The role, reporting to the senior manager strategic communications and working closely with the Ontario regional director and strategic partnerships team, requires demonstrated strategic planning and project management skills, strong writing/editing ability, media experience, strategic communications experience, fluency in social media, and familiarity with emerging communications trends and digital publishing.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about Canadian energy and climate issues, have a strong understanding of federal and provincial politics, be familiar with Ontario and national media markets, and have a strong interest in our programs focused on decarbonizing transportation as we develop an equitable, resilient economy.

Find the full job description and information on how to apply here.

Deadline: 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, June 23, 2021.

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, Clean Energy and Decarbonization (Alberta)

The Pembina Institute is seeking a highly motivated individual with strong analytical skills to join its Alberta team to develop and advocate for policy solutions that accelerate development of clean energy and decarbonization of the energy sector in Alberta and Canada. We are seeking a driven and resourceful person with relevant policy and technical experience, good communication skills, a solid work ethic and the tenacity needed to solve Alberta’s most prominent energy challenges. The candidate should have proven experience and the ability to thrive with limited supervision. This position will report to Pembina's director of clean energy.

In Alberta and Canada, we are working to advance our understanding of emerging global economic and environmental trends and their implications for the electricity sector. Canada is at a crossroads with disruptive technologies entering a dramatic growth phase. In particular, there is significant economic development and GHG reduction potential in Alberta with technologies like renewables, energy efficiency, storage, demand-side management and electric vehicles.

We need smart and creative people who can work with governments, industry, Indigenous communities and the non-government sector to find solutions in these dynamic times.