Strategy & Project Delivery Consultant at melyn (Canada)

Location: Remote, anywhere in Canada Type: Full-time Hours: Flexible. Our clients are in every province and territory, so some give-and-take on time zones comes with the job.

Start Here We don't need someone to make decks that sit in a folder. We need someone who can design a plan, win the money to pay for it, and then actually get the thing built. The kind of person who turns "we've been talking about this for ten years" into "we broke ground in the spring." If you treat every client like it's your own company, and you measure your work by what actually got done, read on.

About us melyn helps First Nations across Canada plan, fund, and build. Housing, infrastructure, governance, economic development, the grants that pay for all of it, and the software that ties it together. More Nations sign on every week. We don't sell hours and hope you renew. We build long plans, win real funding, and stick around to deliver. You'd be joining a team of experts who do this work every day, so you're never carrying a file alone. When the work goes well, a community gets housing, a Nation owns a business, and a Council has the information it needs to lead with confidence.

The role You'd own client work from start to finish. The strategy, the numbers, the funding, the writing, and the day-to-day project management that gets it all done on time. You build the plan, win the funding, run the engagement, and ship the work, alongside a team of experts who've been doing it for years and have your back. Some days you'll be on a call with Chief and Council. Every day, you're the reason the work in front of them is solid and on schedule. This is an early role on a small team, so there's real room to grow into leading one.

What you'd actually do Run your own client engagements end to end: scope it, plan it, deliver it on time without anyone chasing you Be the person your clients talk to: build the relationship, run the calls, and keep Chief, Council, and staff moving Lead the thinking and writing on the big pieces: community plans, community master plans, economic development plans, corporate strategy, feasibility studies, business cases, and governance reviews Build business plans, feasibility studies, and financial models that hold up in front of Council, a funder, a lender, and an auditor Plan and run workshops and community sessions that turn an idea into a plan people actually own Own the grant side: figure out which programs fit, stack the funding, time it right, and write the applications Write the whole package: briefs, narratives, work plans, budgets, cash flows, BCRs Get to know the Canadian funding landscape: LEDSP, CORP, IFI, GMF, ABIF, CCSF, MARP, CHRT, provincial programs, philanthropy Keep your projects on track: watch the milestones, juggle a few engagements at once, and flag problems before they become problems Help build the team as we grow: hire and mentor analysts and junior folks, and shape how we work

What we're looking for Three or so years in strategy, consulting, economic development, project management, grant writing, or advisory work. If you've got less but you can show real drive and a track record of getting things done, we'd still like to hear from you. A history of delivering hard things on time, running clients directly, and keeping several projects moving at once Genuinely strong writing. You can take a $40M housing project and write five pages that make a funder want to say yes. This one matters a lot. Comfort with the numbers: budgets, proformas, capital stacks, and a business case that survives scrutiny You're good with people and steady in a room with senior folks You move fast, find the angle, and don't wait around to be told what to do Real respect for Indigenous self-determination, governance, and OCAP principles, and the humility to keep learning

Bonus Points CPA, CFA, PMP, or a strong head for numbers or project management Past work with or for First Nations, Métis, or Inuit communities, organizations, or governments Experience hiring or leading a team, even a small one A background in economic development, infrastructure, real estate, energy, forestry, or natural resources Comfort with AI tools or anything that helps you work faster A side thing in writing of any kind: journalism, a newsletter, a podcast, whatever

Who you are You can carry the analysis, the model, the writing, and the delivery, and still make the deadline. You design the plan, tell the story, write the grant, defend the budget, run the client, and ship on time. You don't hand off the parts that matter, you don't pad timelines, and you're a little allergic to "that's just how consulting is done." You want to look back in a few years and point at real things that exist because you made them happen.

What you get Pay that's competitive with good Canadian consulting work, and real upside if you deliver Credit for what you ship, not how long you've been at it A team of experts to learn from and lean on, not a sink-or-swim setup A genuine path to leading as we grow. You're early. Fully remote, work from anywhere in Canada A real platform behind you: melynBrain, our grant tools, an analyst bench, and document pipelines that take the grunt work off your plate Work that actually matters, with communities across the country