Community Relations Representative

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Key member of a team of regionally based Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) representatives responsible for planning and executing CSR strategies, community relations, and community investment activities and budgets at the site level.
• Develop and implement CSR, community relations, and community investment plans informed by strong knowledge of local community dynamics, needs, and trends.
• Identify high-impact, strategic community investment opportunities and develop key partnerships in the communities where MPC operates.
• Plan and execute programs and initiatives in collaboration with site leadership, government affairs, human resources, and community leaders.
• Coordinate and facilitate committees to execute employee giving and volunteerism programs that enhance employee engagement and MPC's community relationships.
• Facilitate outreach to community leaders and stakeholders in support of incident/crisis response efforts, sometimes in accordance with the national incident management system framework.
• Work with corporate and operations leadership to develop, execute, evaluate, and refine site-level or regional stakeholder engagement strategies.
• Collaborate and lead with internal and external stakeholders.
• Evaluate and respond to community investment funding requests, review, track, and report on all community investment budget allocations for the region.
• Provide local/regional perspective and input to the enterprise-wide CSR and stakeholder engagement strategies and multi-year plans.
• Update leaders regularly on the effectiveness of CSR and community relations plans and recommend continuous improvements.
• Measure and communicate the value of CSR activities, track and report progress against goals with stakeholders.
• Provide content for internal and external communications, including the annual Sustainability Report and social media channels, highlighting CSR activities and results.
• Update key external stakeholders on MPC developments; plan and execute Community Advisory Panel (CAP) meetings if needed.
• Represent MPC on various non-profit organization boards.
• Lead special projects and perform additional duties as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree; major in business, communications, public affairs, policy, non-profit management, engineering, social sciences, or related field preferred.
• Minimum of six (6) years of relevant experience, especially in corporate social responsibility, community relations, education, communications, or human resources in a business, non-profit, budget management, finance, or governmental setting.
• Experience leading initiatives focused on local community issues and topics highly preferred.
• Deep knowledge of and presence in the communities being represented highly preferred.
• Experience in the energy, manufacturing, or transportation industries highly preferred.
• Strong internal and external relationship-building skills and comfort interacting with all organizational levels.
• Strong communication skills to generate support across organizations and stakeholders.
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and sense of urgency.
• Ability to build plans and processes through collaboration and listening.
• Values teamwork and collaboration, with a willingness to perform a wide range of tasks.
• Ability to assess problems accurately and arrive at effective solutions using strong judgment.
• Up to 20% travel.

Nice to Have

• Specialty in corporate social responsibility, community relations, education, communications, or human resources.
• Demonstrated experience leading initiatives on local community issues.
• Deep knowledge and presence in the communities being represented.
• Experience in energy, manufacturing, or transportation industries.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (required).

Benefits & Perks

• Access to health, vision, and dental insurance.
• Paid time off.
• 401k matching program.
• Paid parental leave.
• Educational reimbursement.
• Discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus.