Stakeholder Engagement, Expert

Requisition ID # 155539 

Job Category: Government and Regulatory Relations 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Corporate Affairs

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Sacramento; Oakland

Department Overview
PG&E’s award-winning Stakeholder Engagement and Advocacy team serve as a central convenor to further the company’s enterprise-wide engagement and advocacy efforts. Members of this team work within a matrixed, cross-functional environment with team members in government relations, regulatory affairs, communications and other external-facing teams across the company. The team takes a One PG&E approach to stakeholder engagement with a formal support structure and tools to improve coordination and to effectively engage third-party stakeholders in high-visibility issues playing out across the political and regulatory spectrum. The team also support local policy, state legislative and/or agency activities as needed. Through improving PG&E’s internal and external stakeholder engagement efforts we can better promote company policies, improve our brand, strengthen our relationships and reputation and ensure internal alignment and effective external engagement.

This team sits within the State Government Relations (SGR) team which is responsible for working with the California Legislature, Governor’s Administration, and State Agencies and departments to educate and promote policies and issues of importance to PG&E, its workers, its customers, and other core Company operations and functions. SGR is also responsible for the development of the Company’s plans and engagement approaches related to key state stakeholders and influencers, as well as on other high priority initiatives requiring third-party organizing and engagement.

Position Summary
The Stakeholder Engagement and Advocacy, Expert, will lead, facilitate and support various aspects of PG&E’s enterprise-wide stakeholder engagement program, including political and retiree engagement, statewide coalition-building and supporting education efforts related to Diablo Canyon Power Plant relicensing. This position will play a critical role in further enhancing and developing PG&E’s political and retiree engagement program on a variety of issues, while also supporting local policy, state legislative and/or agency activities. This position will also engage heavily with a variety of internal and external stakeholders in support of broader Corporate Affairs objectives.

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs. 

A reasonable salary range is:​

California Minimum: $123,000

California Maximum: $197,000

Bay Area Minimum: $ 129,000

Bay Area Maximum: $207,000

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and based on business needs.

Job Responsibilities
Duties include, but are not limited to, the following: 
 

• Support internal and external coalition-building and stakeholder engagement activities, as assigned.
• Assist in the coordination of political polling, focus groups and research activities across the enterprise.
• Support cross-functional internal and external engagement efforts related to the relicensing of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant.
• Develop and execute political strategies and recommendations on complex issues in targeted areas working within a matrixed internal environment.
• Effectively and succinctly communicate verbally and in writing, findings, reports and recommendations to various levels of leadership.
• Facilitate meetings and coordinate engagement activities amongst cross-functional internal teams in a matrixed environment.
• Develop, measure and report on success of the stakeholder engagement and advocacy program.   
• Develop and/or implement best practice policies, procedures and processes related to stakeholder engagement.
• Support,state legeslative and/or agency activities as directed.
  Job Location:  Sacramento or Oakland 

Qualifications
Minimum: 

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

• 6 years of related experience or equivalent

Desired:

• Political and/or organizing background preferred
• Project management experience
• Ability to manage complex budgets and projects
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office (emphasis on PowerPoint and Excel)

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