Overview
Manager, Communications and Community Relations – Municipal Water Jobs in Brea, California, USA at Veolia North America
Manager, Communications and Community Relations – Municipal Water
Full-time
Contract type:
Standard
About Veolia North America
A subsidiary of Veolia Group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, highereducation, and municipal customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has approximately 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent.
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Job Description
Pay Rate:$100,000 to a maximum of $125,000 Per Year.
BENEFITS
Veolia’scomprehensive benefits packageincludespaid time offpolicies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in theircollective bargainingagreement.
PositionPurpose:
The Veolia North America Manager, Communications and Community Relations is responsible for promoting, protecting and explaining Veolia’s public image in the communities where we live and work. This position oversees external communications with news media (both digital and traditional), community members, local organizations, elected officials and government bodies for contract operations in the region.
This role raises awareness and approval of Veolia to help the company accomplish key goals:
Maintaining a positive image among the general public, showing our value and reputation to potential future clients, enhancing Veolia’s growth in the market, recruiting and retaining employees, and improvingcustomer satisfactionfor our clients. This person identifies and executes media campaigns, events, partnerships and other efforts to show how Veolia is a trusted,innovative, reliable and responsible industry leader.
This position is responsible for local and regional initiatives in sync with Veolia’s national and global messaging. At the local level, this role communicates directly with communities and stakeholders, promoting our efforts to achieve ecological transformation through media outreach,community events, educational STEM programs and other direct initiatives. This person also finds ways to localize Veolia’s larger initiatives so they are relevant in our markets, and promotes the best of Veolia’s local operations so they can be considered as part of national campaigns as well.
This position is also responsible for all local-level messaging and social media about day-to-day Veolia operations, including responding to customer queries and public concerns as well as unplanned incidents such as water main breaks, system malfunctions or water quality concerns. The person in this role is required to be on call outside of normal business hours, will occasionally be required to work at night or on weekends, and may travel approximately 25% of the time.
Primary Duties/Responsibilities:
Develop and implement communications, community relations and external stakeholder plans with strong emphasis on local projects and initiatives that align with national and global key themes.
Act as chief writer and/or editor for all local communications, including articles, press releases, editorials, technical papers, speeches/presentations…
Title: Manager, Communications and Community Relations – Municipal Water
Company: Veolia North America
Location: Brea, California, USA
Category: Marketing / Advertising / PR
