Responsibilities

• Manage a team including their direct day-to-day activities, training and professional development.
• Set strategic communications strategy including outage communications, legislative communications, wildfire communications, energy transition, transmission growth and regulatory strategy and filings.
• Utilize comprehensive communications skill set and experience to determine the appropriate mix of communications activations.
• Work with internal stakeholders, senior and business unit leaders to develop and implement communications plans to enhance PacifiCorp and Rock Mountain Power’s brands and reputation.
• Responsible for reputation management, issues management and developing communications materials and message on often volatile and sensitive topics.
• Develop and implement strategic communications that are highly sensitive, complex, and political in nature.
• Interact with media, offer interviews, and act as a spokesperson for the company. Serve as a key contact for media on often volatile and sensitive topics
• Ensure coverage of media hotline for Rocky Mountain Power and ensure timely response to media inquiries.
• Development of executive communications materials including talking points, speeches and presentations.
• Establish and maintain operational/customer service outage response communications plan.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism or a related field; or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• A minimum of ten years of experience in communications, media, or public relations roles.
• A minimum of 5 years’ functional or people management experience.
• Proven experience translating complex issues into understandable language.
• Proven ability to develop and implement comprehensive strategic communications plans and programs to address key issues and opportunities.
• Communication and interpersonal skills involving the ability to establish trust, maintain confidence, and understand social behavior and interactions.
• Demonstrated experience with multi-channel communications management.
• Ability to work with all levels of an organization to influence actions and negotiate outcomes.
• Ability to listen and communicate effectively through oral and written means.
• Ability to operate in a complex and rapidly changing business environment.

Preferred

• Advanced Degree
• Knowledge of the service area, customer demographics and policy environment.
• Knowledge of research, analysis, and consulting techniques, company policies, procedures, practices, and applicable federal, state, and local governmental laws and regulations.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401k with match fixed contributions, including a Roth and saving option. For union employees, matching contributions vary by union. For nonunion, PacifiCorp makes a fixed contribution equal to 4% of your eligible pay each year for new hires. In addition, PacifiCorp matches 100% of the first 6% you contribute.
• Life insurance
• Additional voluntary benefits, including pet insurance
• Tuition Assistance
• Mass Transit Pass for employees in our Portland and Salt Lake City Offices.
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) - Time off varies by employee type (Union or Non-Union)
• Paid short-term disability leave and long-term disability insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Bereavement Leave