Senior Advisor, Community & Indigenous Affairs

Worker Type: EmployeeJob Post End Date: 01/13/2026

About this opportunity:

Reporting to the Manager, Community & Indigenous Affairs (CIA), the Senior Advisor is responsible for building and maintaining strong relationships with Indigenous communities, business partners, municipal leaders, and other key stakeholders connected to Cenovus’s Christina Lake operations. The successful candidate will lead regulatory consultation efforts and ensure compliance with commitments outlined in Impact Benefit Agreements. They will also manage regional social investments, ensuring reputation and community support are maintained.

Work Environment:

Successful candidates may work from surrounding communities aligned with designated travel hubs, which include Calgary, Edmonton, Lac La Biche, and Bonnyville Alberta.

This position will require travel to our Christina Lake operations and local communities. The successful candidate may be required to work outside of core working hours (evenings and weekends) on occasion to support community events and various team objectives (consultation, meetings, etc.). Expected travel will vary throughout the year and may be up to 7 days per month.

What you’ll do:

- Lead regulatory consultation with Indigenous communities.

- Maintain accurate records of engagement activities, including summaries, agendas/minutes, consultation logs, and contact lists.

- Build strong relationships with Indigenous communities and internal/external stakeholders, including local municipalities.

- Support the Manager, Community & Indigenous Affairs, in implementing the Impact Benefit Agreements

- Facilitate local Indigenous business participation in alignment with Cenovus’s Indigenous Engagement Framework and ESG targets

- Represent Cenovus at community events

Who you are:

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:

- Legally authorized to work in Canada

- Minimum of 8 years of relevant, cumulative experience in regulatory applications, consultation, Indigenous engagement, community investment or community engagement

- Experience with Indigenous communities is preferred

- Post-secondary bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent

- An understanding of the oil and gas industry, preferably the provincial regulatory requirements specific to Indigenous consultation guidelines

- Valid Class 5 Drivers License

We acknowledge the value of transferable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

For this position you will be required to maintain a Class 5 driver's license, a satisfactory driving record, and adhere to the appropriate Company policies and guidelines. A driver's abstract will be one of the background checks requested in the pre-employment screening for the final candidate.

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT January 12th, 2026.

If you require accessibility assistance to complete the on-line application or otherwise apply for an open position with Cenovus, its subsidiaries and affiliates, please email careeropportunities@cenovus.com .

Who we are:

Ranked as one of Canada’s Best Employers in 2025, Cenovus is an integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary. We’re committed to maximizing value by developing our assets in a safe, responsible and cost-efficient manner. We operate in Canada, the United States and the Asia Pacific region. Our operations include oil sands projects in northern Alberta, thermal and conventional crude oil and natural gas projects across Western Canada, crude oil production offshore Newfoundland and Labrador and natural gas and liquids production offshore China and Indonesia. Cenovus’s downstream operations include upgrading, refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States.

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The Cenovus experience

Total rewards

We’re committed to being an employer of choice through competitive compensation and our comprehensive total rewards package, including:

- Paid vacation (including a flex day program for eligible staff)

- Health & dental benefits

- Substantial mental health coverage

- Life insurance

- Disability benefits

- Employee family assistance

- Virtual healthcare coverage

Our development philosophy

We foster a culture of continuous learning and development to support employees as they build meaningful careers. We offer a variety of employee development initiatives, including:

- Internal course offerings

- Education assistance for additional development

- Opportunities to work on special projects

- Leadership development programs for emerging and established leaders

We actively promote internal job movement, recognizing the value of gaining new perspectives, building connections across teams, and applying expertise in new ways. As a fully integrated energy company, we believe that sharing knowledge across our business and operations creates stronger outcomes—for employees and for the company as a whole.

Our culture

- Our purpose: We energize the world to make people’s lives better.

- Our values:

- Protect what matters

- Do it right

- Make it better

- Do it together

- Cenovus Cares: We believe in the power of purpose-driven work. Our Employee Giving and Volunteering Program, Cenovus Cares , connects our people to our purpose, inspiring action and elevating impact year-round.

- Support causes you care about with volunteer opportunities in and outside of work.

- Earn donation grants while volunteering (up to $1,000 per event).

- Receive donation matching up to $25,000 annually.

- Staff resource groups: We have various staff resource groups to help ensure our people feel a sense of belonging and can grow and do their best work. These voluntary groups are employee-led and all groups are open to all staff in all locations.

Equal opportunity employer

We believe a workplace where everyone has merit-based opportunities to grow, achieve career aspirations and feel a sense of belonging benefits our people, our company and the regions where we live and work. We embrace and encourage different perspectives and approaches, which help us make better business decisions. We believe that through this approach, we can solve challenges, seize opportunities and unlock innovative solutions.

To achieve an unbiased and respectful workplace, individuals are evaluated based on qualifications, merit and abilities, and we encourage applications from all qualified candidates. We also acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

For more information about working at Cenovus, visit cenovus.com .

The requirements of this posting may be modified to support business needs. Title and compensation administration will be based on the skills and capabilities of the successful incumbent.

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