Senior Principal Communications Consultant

At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven’t stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We’re always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy and Planning Proactively develops overall enterprise wide executive communication strategy. Participates in or helps lead development of corporate strategy. Oversees alignment of executive or outreach (including Chief Executive Officer outreach) and messaging consistent with strategy.

Content Writes, edits or oversees the writing and editing of key executive content (e.g., speeches, memos). Oversees content review process. Ensures consistent executive narrative through all messaging channels across departments. Collaborates with and leads others in multiple departments to provide consistent executive narrative aligned to overall strategy.

Media Relations May oversee high profile media relations activities such as officer speeches, presentations, scripts, talking points or collateral. May serve as a communications coach to key executives, including Chief Executive Officer.

Consultation Serves as a companywide communication expert linking narratives and overseeing a consistent proactive approach. Advises executive, including Chief Executive Officer, on outreach opportunities to ensure consistent alignment with strategic objectives. Proactively anticipates overall enterprise communication needs and provides strategic communication solutions.

Vendor Management May select and engage vendors as needed. Establishes quality metrics. Monitors work product quality of freelancers, agencies and other outside resources. Ensures alignment to overall brand concept.

Other Duties Oversees the development of department metrics. Designs, monitors and tracks metrics and reports back to clients. Provides guidance and direction to other team members. May lead cross-functional projects. May serve as a mentor to other team members and assign and direct work. Oversees high level or sensitive projects.

Education/Experience/Certifications

Education Requires a bachelor’s degree in journalism, marketing, writing or other related field or equivalent experience. master’s in public administration, business administration or communications field preferred.

Experience Typically 12 or more years of experience in corporate communications, including internal and external communications. Familiarity or practical working experience and knowledge in utilities or comparable highly-regulated enterprises or organizations.

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities)

Functional Competencies

Expert knowledge of principles and practices in communication, public relations, marketing and branding

Expert skills in managing competing priorities

Expert knowledge of grammar, spelling and style

Expert knowledge of social media platforms

Expert skills in strategy setting Intermediate skills in computer systems used in department

Expert skills in influence without authority

General Competencies

Expert skills in analytical thinking

Expert business acumen

Expert skills in written/oral communication

Expert skills in change leadership

Expert skills in project management

Advanced skills in creativity and innovation

Expert skills in decision making

Expert skills in diplomacy

Expert skills in organization and prioritization

Physical and Cognitive Demands

Cognitive Level

Substantial: Consistent use of logic or scientific thinking to define problems, collect information, establish facts and draw valid conclusions (for example, engineer, HR director, plant manager, etc.).

Cognitive

Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines and time-sensitive tasks

Ability to follow accuracy standards

Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks

Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment

Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress

Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change

Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback

Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement

Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks

Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers and others within the organization

Demonstrates sound memory

Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks

Schedule/Attendance

Ability to adhere to pre-established schedule, including start/stop time and break/lunch schedule [typically for nonexempt positions, although some exempt positions may have an established start/stop time]

Ability to work long hours

Ability to work a variable schedule

Ability to report to work and perform work during periods of severe inclement weather

Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance

Ability to work shift schedule [occasionally for outage situations]

Ability to work on-call schedule [some positions may require being on-call for storms, outages or other unusual situations]

Physical Capabilities

• Driving/travel/commute: Daily within service territory - Frequently (at least once a week or more)
• Driving/travel/commute: Daily within service territory - Occasionally (one to two times a month or less)
• Driving/travel/commute: Overnight inside/outside the service territory - Frequently (at least once a week or more)
• Driving/travel/commute: Overnight inside/outside the service territory - Occasionally (one to two times a month or less)
• Computer use (use computer regularly for entire work shift)
  
  

Environment - Indoor/Outdoor

• Office
  
  

Compensation Range:

$116,410.00 - $216,190.00

Actual total compensation, including a performance based incentive bonus, is commensurate with experience, skills, qualifications, education, training, and internal equity. While we anticipate the selected candidate for this position will fall towards the middle or entry point of the compensation range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis.

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