Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Are you looking for an exciting job where you can put your skills and talents to work at a company you can feel proud to be a part of? Do you want a workplace that will challenge you and offer you opportunities to learn and grow? A position at Xcel Energy could be just what you’re looking for.

Position Summary

Manage the maturation and deployment of companywide wildfire safety and mitigation communications strategies. Oversees the company’s public safety communications to meet evolving enterprise needs. Other operations communications responsibilities include supporting a nation-leading clean energy vision and an expanding energy infrastructure transition, including customer, stakeholder, and employee audiences. Supports crisis communications and on-call communications processes as required. The Principal Communications Consultant facilitates the strategic planning and delivery of strategic and effective communications around assigned business area activities. Provides strategic communications and public relations planning leadership and consultation to ensure alignment and achievement of plans and objectives across jurisdictions and business areas. Partners with leaders within the business area to develop and deliver impactful metrics and other analytics. Leverages business area systems. Leads a variety of key initiatives and special programs on behalf of the business area.

Essential Responsibilities

• Communication: Ensures the effective delivery of strategic communications around all business area activities; seeks out strategic communications opportunities and identifies and proposes actions to address communications risks; represents the company in public settings and advises others who will do so. Understands and sponsors the Xcel Energy brand and ensures adherence to brand standards; demonstrates behaviors based upon corporate values.

• Strategic: Consults with leaders on identifying goals to be achieved by the business area. Responsible to ensure that business unit strategies are integrated across the business area and are in alignment and contribute to the achievement of Xcel Energy. Facilitates the process to create an implementation plan and distribute assets or resources needed for success.

• Strategic Planning: Works with leaders to facilitate the planning, development, and implementation of the overall business area strategy and operational plans. Designs and facilitates the use of systematic tools and techniques e.g., SWOT analysis, to identify priority issues and articulate and challenge strategic assumptions. Works closely with leaders to monitor progress of plans against business results.

• Project/Program Management: Provides overall project leadership within a business area or company-wide. Directs activities including project analysis, needs assessment, budget, and strategic implementation.

• Analytics/Metrics: Leverages business area systems and data to identify, develop and deliver impactful metrics and other analytics and/or automated solutions. Facilitates the use of systematic tools and techniques to establish priorities and targets.

• Budget Management: Works with leaders within the business area to develop, implement, and monitor the budget. Partners with Financial Operations to ensure alignment with company objectives. Ensures that leaders have an understanding of the process for developing the content for the budget.

• Direction of others: May provide direction and training of others.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, journalism, public relations or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Advanced degree preferred.

• At least ten years related experience in corporate or agency setting.

• Demonstrated success in creating and implementing communications plans.

• Ability to prioritize, manage and work on multiple projects.

• Experience in communications with demonstrated ability to deliver effective and strategic messages to audiences ranging from front line employees to senior executives.

• Experience leveraging technology.

• Demonstrated leadership capabilities in project management.

• Demonstrated ability to meet business and financial objectives.

Preferred Requirements

• Previous experience related to wildfire risk, prevention or response activity

• Crisis communications and/or experience in emergency response settings

• Experience with risk communications

As a leading combination electricity and natural gas energy company, Xcel Energy offers a comprehensive portfolio of energy-related products and services to 3.4 million electricity and 1.9 million natural gas customers across eight Western and Midwestern states. At Xcel Energy, we strive to be the preferred and trusted provider of the energy our customers need. If you’re ready to be a part of something big, we invite you to join our team.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Individuals with a disability who need an accommodation to apply please contact us at recruiting@xcelenergy.com .

Non-Bargaining

The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $92,300.00 to $130,567.00 per year

This position is eligible for the following benefits: Annual Incentive Program, Medical/Pharmacy Plan, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Dependent Care Reimbursement Account, Health Care Reimbursement Account, Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan), Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA), Transportation Reimbursement Account, Short-term disability (STD), Long-term disability (LTD), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan), Tuition reimbursement, Transit programs, Employee recognition program, Pension, 401(k) plan, Paid time off (PTO), Holidays, Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO), Parental Leave

Benefit plans are subject to change and Xcel Energy has the right to end, suspend, or amend any of its plans, at any time, in whole or in part.

Deadline to Apply: 07/02/24

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