Seth Bohnet Email & Phone Number

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Department Of Environment & Natural Resources

Yellowknife, NT

• Working collaboratively with multiple public and private sector organizations to ensure the ongoing implementation of the NWT Water Stewardship Strategy with specific responsibility for the Community-Based Aquatic.
• Establish strong relationships with community organizations, working in partnership on monitoring programs.
• Develop and manage operational budget, providing assistance with internal/external proposals for funding, as well as deliver upon all reporting requirements.
• Liaise with laboratories related to the processing of field samples, including establishing contribution agreements or contracts, where necessary, and tracking expenditures.
• Responsible for the collection and protection of original environmental data and information during its collection, processing, archiving and dissemination.
• Prepare various project summaries, reports and presentations related to watershed management.

Yellowknife, NT

A diverse Community and Aboriginal Relations Professional with extensive experience in mining related environmental and socio-economic impact and benefit management. Proven ability to coordinate and lead large-scale projects with a high degree of effectiveness, using initiative, and exercising sound judgment. Demonstrated success in building and sustaining.

Yellowknife, NT

• Advise and guide the CER team and corporate leadership on strategies to build and maintain strong relationships with local and Aboriginal community stakeholders. With particular focus on Participation Agreements, and.
• Promoting culture of safety by ensuring health, safety and wellness messaging is entrenched in all CER communications and engagements with internal employees and external stakeholders.
• Providing strategic support for CER department and DDMI; developing, implementing and monitoring Participation and Socio-Economic Agreement work plan initiatives to meet Rio Tinto and DDMI objectives.
• Championing the development and delivery of a corporate social media strategy, policies and management tools, improving community engagement.
• Worked as part of the team that oversaw the renewal of all five DDMI Aboriginal participation agreements.
• Actively participating on DDMI Closure Committee; ensuring community risks are understood and appropriately managed.

Yellowknife, NT

• Developing and implementing key stakeholder database, ensuring that meetings, contacts and correspondence is managed to fulfil reporting requirements, develop relationships and facilitate informed decision making..
• Attending and participating in relevant meetings, conferences and groups, representing Diavik interests as required.
• Building and maintaining positive, constructive relationships with communities and stakeholders, identifying issues and opportunities for investment.
• Providing continued advice and support for data and information management systems within the organization.

• Dedicated to and accountable for the development and implementation of policies, procedures and program improvement activities targeting data Quality Control and Quality Assurance to augment data integrity and support.
• Created systems to manage and store data to applicable Rio Tinto and ISO standards, conduct analysis and provide clear and concise information to the senior leadership team.
• Lead staff through process change, provided day-to-day supervision which included coaching/mentoring, assigning roles and responsibilities, providing critical feedback and advice.
• Represented Diavik interests at stakeholder workshops, board meetings and conferences.

• Managed a team of 8 direct reports (and various contractors/graduate students) to ensure the mine met all aspects of its environmental protection commitments, to maintain consistency with the company’s corporate.
• Directed department staff and contractors to successful completion of the Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements.
• Provided strategic direction for the department; developed and implemented improvement initiatives to procedures, policies and standards.

• Supervised duties and overall performance of 3 technicians (and various contractors/graduate students); ensured compliance with Environment Management Plans. Coordinated aquatic sampling, and wildlife monitoring.
• Developed and conducted environmental awareness training sessions to educate and improve communication and of environmental monitoring programs, protection policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Developed and maintained Geographical Information System (GIS) data repository; provided site specific mapping and imagery for internal and external communications.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Environmental Science

Diploma, Natural Resource Technology

Diploma, Business Administration And Management, General