Community Relations Advisor

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Oxy is an international energy company with assets primarily in the United States, the Middle East and North Africa. We are one of the largest oil producers in the U.S., including a leading producer in the Permian and DJ basins, and offshore Gulf of Mexico. Our midstream and marketing segment provides flow assurance and maximizes the value of our oil and gas. Our chemical subsidiary OxyChem manufactures the building blocks for life-enhancing products. Our Oxy Low Carbon Ventures subsidiary is advancing leading-edge technologies and business solutions that economically grow our business while reducing emissions. We are committed to using our global leadership in carbon management to advance a lower-carbon world. Visit oxy.com for more information.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated individual to fill the position of Community Relations Advisor within our Community Relations and Employee Engagement group based in Houston, Texas.

The Community Relations Advisor is responsible for managing the Rockies community investment portfolio that supports the community and the company’s business objectives. This position will engage and build partnerships with local community leaders and organizations to enhance our reputation, and engage employees, as well as work on other projects as assigned by the Director, Community Relations & Employee Engagement. The successful candidate will be based in Houston, Texas, and will be required to travel to various locations. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced community relations professional seeking a challenging, fast-paced environment at one of the most highly-regarded companies in the oil and gas industry.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Identify new community investments, leverage existing commitments, focus areas, assets and programs that support the company’s business objectives.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure outstanding implementation of the community relations program and look for ways to continue to increase impact and advocacy while creating sustainable solutions to community issues.
• Establish metrics, measuring both impact and value on community investments, involvement, and programs, inclusive of conducting impact and return assessments/analysis and reporting for the community relations program; recommend ways the company can react to opportunities identified through that evaluation process by measuring the value of investment and assess how the strategy affects business objectives.
• Unify corporate efforts domestically and create a shared passion among leadership and employees for community relations, including employee engagement in community projects and advocacy for the company’s role in the community.
• Develop innovative concepts to enhance the community relations programs to differentiate Oxy among competitors and stakeholders.
• Articulate the company’s mission, strategy and landscape of company philanthropy and community development to employees in an engaging and compelling way, connecting the dots for employees and raising awareness of community outreach, advocacy efforts and volunteerism.
• Build and maintain strong relationships and partnerships with community leaders.

• Partner, collaborate, and engage with executives, senior leaders, and internal partners on the company’s community relations and advocacy strategy, vision and desired state to ensure internal alignment.
• Identify and write community event and employee engagement stories, in collaboration with the Communications team, for internal distribution on the company intranet site
• Maintain an understanding of the company's strategic philanthropic areas, capitalize on employee volunteer opportunities, and support innovative and meaningful programs across Oxy's footprint.
• Maintain an understanding of the company’s business operations, goals and objectives in order to set priorities for community investments and activities.
• Demonstrate subject matter expertise in broad issues aligned to Oxy's priorities (e.g., impact investing, philanthropy, community development, employee engagement and advocacy, sustainability, etc.).
• Manage the Rockies’ community partner portfolios and related programs – including communications to employees and senior leaders, face-to-face meetings with community partners, preparing proposals, making recommendations to senior management and executing contracts and associated employee benefits associated.
• Manage the Rockies community relations budget, including charitable and outreach activities. Prepare detailed annual budget and re-evaluate the portfolio utilizing impact metrics, quantitatively and qualitatively. Provide recommendations for the following year.
• Develop and maintain relationships with community organizations and represents Oxy at company-sponsored and civic events.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Corporate Responsibility/Sustainability, Communications, Marketing, or related field.
• 5+ years in community relations/affairs, employee advocacy, Human Resources, corporate philanthropy, non-profit or foundation management or equivalent experience with progressively increasing accountabilities.
• Strong project management experience with ability to simultaneously facilitate and track multiple projects and activities to completion.
• Experience building and maintaining relationships with community organizations, including advocate groups, nonprofit groups and community agencies.
• Demonstrated planning, change management and strategic thinking capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to think critically and strategically about program design and implementation.
• Equally comfortable with strategic thinking and tactical execution.
• Must be organized, detail-oriented, analytical and a resourceful problem solver with the ability to formulate and execute plans efficiently and effectively with minimal supervision.
• Client-centered focus and ability to work in a fast-paced environment to manage priorities and meet tight deadlines.
• Demonstrate a high-level of creativity, innovation, as well as flexibility and collaboration with an ability to work in a team-oriented environment; demonstrate a high-degree of initiative; results-oriented.
• Experience consulting and collaborating with senior leaders in various functional areas and working collaboratively to achieve shared outcomes.
• Exhibits strong interpersonal skills and must have the ability to comfortably interact with executives, senior leaders and external partners.
• Experience preparing presentations and presenting to senior management and community leaders.
• Excellent networking skills with the ability to positively represent the company at all times.
• Effective judgment, tact, diplomacy, and discretion required in all matters.
• Exhibits excellent communication skills, written, verbal and presentation.
• Advanced level skills in MS Office.
• Availability to work evenings and weekend events as needed.
• Ability to travel up to 30%.
• Proven track record of enhancing a Fortune 500 company brand through community programs preferred
• Experience leading and/or executing volunteer events, increasing employee engagement and advocacy preferred

Occidental is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, political preference, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.