Primary Purpose of Position

Serve as a community engagement liaison to local plant communities. Lead direct engagement with residents (Town Halls, Community Info Nights, etc) and community leaders (e.g., nonprofits, faith organizations, schools, local business owners). Manage local charitable giving and employee volunteerism. Work closely with state government affairs, Generation Communications and site leadership to promote ways Constellation benefits the community and support their stakeholder relations efforts. Support philanthropy team goals in alignment with company growth strategy, including but not limited to: charitable contributions, civic sponsorships, employee giving, employee volunteering, executive board placements, event management, and local community relations. Monitor and evaluate activities to ensure they support overall business strategy, goals, and brand. Collaborate across the team and enterprise to achieve goals, while developing and supporting an environment that promotes diversity, high productivity and professional development.

Primary Duties and Accountabilities

• Develop and activate community engagement plan, including maintaining regular physical presence in the local community to lead activation and relationship building.
• Partner with Government Affairs to build cohesive strategy across stakeholders in support of broader community.
• Build and execute strategies that support two way dialogue and listening to local community needs, including identifying and building relationships with key local community leaders and organizations, hosting community information nights, leading Clean Energy Center tours for community partners and groups, conducting and sharing survey insights, and developing and implementing communication approaches such as web content and local social media channels.
• Lead local community involvement and related public relations efforts, including developing and activating local communication strategies and tactics, issuing local press releases, conducting outreach to local schools, delivering public speaking engagements, and attending key community events.
• Build cross-functional teams to integrate corporate relations strategy and activities into internal communications, public relations and marketing plans and position the company and support the brand. Relate community involvement initiatives to sponsorship impacts.
• Lead local philanthropy and employee volunteerism efforts, including managing and administering growth site philanthropy programs with an annual budget of approximately $200k.
• Manage and administer philanthropy at surrounding regional sites with annual budgets of approximately $100k per site, including building relationships with local nonprofit leaders, identifying and recommending partners, consulting internal and external stakeholders, securing appropriate approvals, managing and tracking charitable commitments, coordinating communications and ongoing support with nonprofit partners, leading and supporting employee volunteer opportunities, supporting local employee giving campaigns, and leading local storytelling for philanthropy and volunteerism to strengthen reputation and brand.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in public relations, communications, marketing, business, or related discipline
• 8 years of experience in private sector or nonprofit community affairs, public relations, or a related field
• Excellent written and verbal communications, strategic planning, project development and management, relationship development, event planning
• Established network of community relationships and familiarity with community issues and leaders in local area
• Ability to maintain a regular physical presence in the assigned community
• Demonstrated ability to effectively build and maintain relationships with internal and external customers
• Demonstrated ability to work across organizational boundaries
• Proven ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively in team environments
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks and conflicting priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Flexibility to work some nights and weekends

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree in public relations, communications, marketing, business, or related discipline