Communications Analyst

The role will focus on efforts to build brand awareness, shape trust, and support risk and reputation management through our enterprise corporate citizenship Fueling Futures program activation, external and internal communication storytelling, and amplification, in alignment with our Inclusion and stakeholder engagement priorities.
If you have a passion for strategic community investment, employee experience, communications, and a keen interest in sharing the story of energy transition, this role is for you!

Location: Calgary, Alberta
Salary: $31/Hour
Duration: 12 months (Possibility of Extension)
Global opportunities for professional growth and development

Advantages
Long term contract
Possibility of Extension
Opportunity to gain valuable experience in the energy sector

Responsibilities
SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES

Corporate Citizenship
• Provide wide-ranging administrative and coordination support to Corporate Citizenship in an efficient, accurate, timely and professional manner to ensure efficiency
• Communications support for Corporate Giving and Employee Volunteering and Giving Program to strategically promote the program for internal and external audiences and impact
• Support implementation of enterprise processes and governance for consistent data, decision-making documentation, activation, evaluation, and reporting
• Act as an ambassador at select internal and external events
• Support for special corporate citizenship projects and campaigns

Corporate Giving
• Support engagement with strategic community partnerships including activation, representation, management and execution
• Entry and management of community investment data into relevant reporting software and financial management systems to ensure appropriate procedures and controls for granting and reporting
• In collaboration with the Brand and Digital Communications team, ensure the brand is appropriately represented in collateral used in support of community partnerships and sponsorships

Employee Volunteering and Giving Program
• Support ongoing maintenance and user experience for the Employee Giving and Volunteering - Benevity SPARK platform, including building employee awareness, campaign facilitation, and administrative activities
• Timely assessment and response to employee/volunteer requests and inquiries.
• Communications support for leveraging Corporate Giving and Employee Volunteering and Giving Program to strategically promote the program to internal and external audiences

Internal Communications:
• Develop, execute, and maintain strategic internal communications plans that effectively support business priorities for the Corporate Citizenship and Inclusion areas through the lens of our enterprise narratives, including creative plan development, succinct key message creation, effective channels delivery and measurement reporting
• Collaborate with the broader PACS team to ensure communications alignment, narrative consistency, editorial planning, and channel effectiveness across stakeholder groups

Digital Communications
• Support a focused governance strategy and metrics reporting
• Coordinate and post content to a variety of internal and external digital channels
• Provide digital administrative support

Employee Experience
• Support storytelling to champion employee conversations and build understanding inside to build employee engagement, brand awareness, shape trust, and support risk and reputation management
• Stay current on emerging trends and best practices to identify communication opportunities to help enhance purpose, vision, culture and employee experience

Scope/Dimensions
• Enthusiastic and proactive internal collaboration and stakeholder management to support prioritization of key initiatives and day-to-day channel management
• Requires independence and strategic thinking to make sound business decisions, manage strategies effectively and execute, measure, and report the effectiveness of programs and initiatives
• Supports corporate citizenship and communication strategies and outcomes as an integral part of the public affairs, communications and sustainability team through internal collaboration and engagement with key internal and external stakeholders
• Works independently to design, develop and implement long and short-term projects, demonstrates flexibility and ability to adapt to changing priorities. Measures and reports on progress

Contacts/Working Relationships
Works with key stakeholders across including members of the PACS team and community and indigenous members and non-profit organizations.

Qualifications
Education and Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in public relations, communications, journalism, business administration, corporate social responsibility (CSR), or related field
• 1-4 years of related experience
• Experience in and understanding of a large company with operations in multiple regions.
• Passionate about building employee engagement, community investment and organizational alignment through effective internal communications
• Experienced in community capacity building initiatives

Technical Skills
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment, with well-developed prioritization, time management and multi-tasking skills
• Proven writing and editing capabilities, demonstrated success implementing communications plans and an understanding of communication best practices
• Proficient with Benevity GRANTS and SPARK platform for Corporate Giving and Employee Volunteering and Giving Program
• Highest standards of personal integrity when leveraging financial resources to advance the company’s reputation are required. Well-developed discipline in accounting and budget expertise
• Proficiency with MS Office suite (Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access and Visio), Oracle accounting software, content management platforms, digital publishing and Google Analytics
• Demonstrated experience in corporate social responsibility principles: customer focused approach with both external stakeholders and corporate management and experience working with not-for-profit organizations or community groups is considered an asset

Personal Traits
• Values of integrity, safety, and respect
• Character that is curious, reliable, open, considerate, accommodating, agreeable, courageous
• Connects with our vision and purpose
• High achievement orientation and self confidence
Working Conditions
• Office environment: Located in Calgary office.
• Flexibility: optional work from home days on Wednesdays and Fridays
• Travel: occasional travel to select field locations, Houston, Edmonton and Vancouver
• Working conditions: Job frequently involves tight deadlines and managing sensitive issues
• Typical professional work hours of 40 hours per week that could extend to weekends and evenings for special projects or emergencies

PACS Competencies

Strategic, Critical Thinker
• Approaches situation by understanding the opportunity, considering various stakeholders' priorities, A high degree of flexibility to adapt to multiple and competing priorities
• Identifying potential risks and desired outcomes
• Effective at problem-solving, reasoning ability & judgment

Emotional and Cultural Intelligence
• Recognizes and values the diversity of our stakeholders and our teams and appreciates how these differences make us better
• Sensitive to cultural differences and cultural norms
• Knows how to build rapport and constructive relationships
• Understands what motivates and works well with diverse groups

Persuasive Communicator
• Strives to influence change and gain the confidence and trust of others through effective, authentic communications (written and verbal)
• Helps others to navigate and understand complex or ambiguous situations
• Familiarity with all relevant communications channels used to reach key stakeholder audiences

Effective Collaborator
• Leverages the diverse experiences and perspectives of our team to achieve results, building relationships and networks along the way
• Maintains two-way dialog with engaged parties and stakeholders

Summary
If this role sounds like a good fit for you, please APPLY ONLINE at www.randstad.ca

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