Travel for this role is estimated at 50% in and around states in ERCOT, SPP, and MISO territories. Candidates will work from the Houston, Texas office.
As an AES Senior Stakeholder Engagement Analyst, your primary focus is to:
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Lead engagement efforts for clean energy projects, as assigned.
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Develop and implement state and project-specific engagement plans with key stakeholders for AES Clean Energy. Key stakeholders include local government officials, business leaders, landowners, emergency responders, and non-government organizations. Where this involves Indigenous people, this engagement is consistent with the principles contained in AES's Voluntary Tribal Engagement Policy.
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Maintain, cultivate, and document relationships and engagement activities with key leadership within affected communities, local organizations, and Indigenous communities.
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Build and maintain strong internal relationships with cross-functional teams, including development, permitting, execution, construction and others.
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Must have knowledge and understanding of our business, issues, risks, and opportunities associated with respective communities, organizations, and Indigenous communities.
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Inform the team of stakeholder concerns and critical activities.
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Accountable for contributing to the development, implementation, and modification of state engagement plans and related budgets that align with the company's brand positioning and support its development objectives.
Specific Accountabilities:
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Plan and execute in-person and virtual community engagement in alignment with project educational and collaboration needs.
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Create and maintain accurate lists of stakeholders in project areas and document stakeholder interactions through the utilization of our digital stakeholder relations management tool.
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Research, engage, and build strategic partnerships within local communities hosting AES projects, in alignment with AES's Social Impact Program.
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Collect and analyze stakeholder feedback through various channels and document and manage this data utilizing various stakeholder interaction and tracking tools.
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Monitor toll-free phone lines and project emails.
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Write, format, and coordinate with AES communications to create and maintain state and project websites.
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Complete needed administrative tasks such as processing invoices, mailings, ordering marketing materials, and managing an events and communications calendar.
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Draft targeted external communications, such as informational handouts, talking points, presentations, and public meeting displays, to bolster local presence.
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Monitor social and traditional media, including local media.
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Network with peers, AES leaders, and other like-minded employees in dedicated events, lunch and learns and speaker series.
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Participate in formalized AES-specific learning opportunities to further your knowledge and understanding towards accelerating the responsible energy transition.
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Other duties as assigned.
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications:
Personal Traits
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Values reflect the AES values: Safety first, Highest standards, All together.
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High achievement and action-oriented.
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Self-confident.
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Collaborative.
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Character that is reliable, open, curious, considerate, accommodating, courageous, and bold.
Knowledge
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University degree from a related post-secondary program.
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Minimum of 3 years of related work experience in stakeholder engagement, preferably in the energy sector, particularly in the energy industry/energy transportation infrastructure sector.
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Awareness of and experience in engaging with diverse, thriving communities of all sizes, from small and/or rural to city centers.
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Familiarity with applicable government and regulatory requirements, present-day issues and community dynamics.
Technical Skills:
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Ability to interact effectively and establish credibility with a wide audience, including leaders and community representatives, field and corporate staff, external stakeholder groups, partners and contractors.
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Experience with MS Office Suite, QuickBase, Box, and Microsoft Teams.
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Experience or willingness to learn and utilize new tools & systems
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Experience in cross-cultural stakeholder and community engagement.
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Knowledge of community development practices and organizational effectiveness strategies.
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Solid written and verbal communication, presentation, and organizational abilities.
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Persistence, patience, and the ability to work independently with minimal direction.
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Sense of urgency, with well-developed prioritization, time management and multi-tasking skills.
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A high degree of flexibility to adapt to multiple and competing priorities.
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Able to deal with a variety of external and internal disciplines and senior management and manage multiple projects at once, under constant deadline pressure.
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Ability to prioritize and complete multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
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Good judgment in determining relevant content for employees.
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Strong customer focus with the ability to listen, identify key issues, advise, and maintain confidentiality.
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Strong analytical skills to quickly analyze complex situations, determine key issues and messages, and implement solution-focused programs.
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Strong research skills in subject matter field.
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Excellent attention to detail.
Social Process (Soft) Skills:
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Team-oriented attitude and the ability to work independently.
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Proven ability to develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, internal and external.
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Strong interpersonal skills, including consultation, negotiation, facilitation, risk communication and conflict resolution.
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Passionate about and experienced in building employee engagement and organizational alignment through effective internal communications.
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Global mindset and comfort with working with people from multiple different backgrounds and cultures.
AES Corporation
4300 Wilson Blvd
Arlington
Virginia United States
www.aes.com
