State Government and Community Relations Manager

Description

• A team player - responsible for building rapport with team members and internal business partners
• Maintain focus in demanding situations
• Manage and develop a geographically dispersed team of individual contributors and consulting resources across the country
• Oversee the participation, planning and facilitation of public meetings and industry events in operations and project areas
• Troubleshoot, address and mitigate stakeholder and community relations issues
• Oversee and assist in the development and dissemination of key messages to public/elected officials, and the community at large
• Represent the company in both large and small public settings in a professional and skillful manner
• Actively support teams with the execution of solutions that address stakeholder concerns
• Ensure consistency of messaging between various internal and external audiences, representing TCE interests
• Serve on TC Energy’s on-call roster for emergency call-out
• Manage multiple departmental budgets, reporting, and communication vehicles
• Build relationships with community and stakeholder groups in key regions within company service territory
• Manage and monitor legislative actions and trends across the service territory, as well as drive targeted legislative initiatives with the intent to expand across service territory

Requirements

• Event planning and management experience
• Flexibility and ability to travel and work overtime if necessary.
• Ability to work under the pressure of tight deadlines
• 10+ years of government and community relations, public relations, communications or related experience
• A trained internal and/or external affair professional with strong written, verbal, organizational, and presentation skills
• Ability to manage travel (>50%)
• Ability to analyze issues and develop strategies to maintain and enhance public perception
• Ability to have work assigned in terms of broad objectives to be accomplished and completed in an independent manner
• Bachelor's degree in communications, public affairs, political science, or other related concentration
• Government and/or media relations experience
• Ability to think strategically, weigh issues and recommend effective solutions
• Experience in the utility, oil and gas, or other regulated industry experience a plus
• Advanced consulting skills; comfortable with assisting executive level and other leaders

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance