Community Relations Specialist

About the role

The Community Relations Specialist is responsible for planning and coordinating community programs and events in counties FPL serves. Community programs include volunteer events, employee engagement, public speaking, and overall community outreach. Skills include event management, public relations and public speaking. Ability to work collaboratively. This position will be based in Brevard County, but have responsibility for statewide programs and events, requiring travel.

Responsibilities

• Manage community involvement programs
• Manage multiple agreements, ROI on such agreements
• Event planning to include conference planning and management
• Provides research, analysis, and planning assistance for community involvement efforts
• Strong presentation skills
• Major sponsorship support
• Manage competing priorities to meet deadlines
• Required to participate in emergency operations
• Travel as needed throughout the region and to the corporate office
• Evaluates requests for company investment/involvement and provide recommendations
• Supervises charitable contribution payment approval, accounting and processing
• Implements and supervises employee volunteerism policies and processes
• Supervises community involvement programs and foundation programs
• Maximizes positive visibility and impact through cost-effective promotion and communication
• Coordinates responses to community requests for charitable and community involvement
• Supervises the collection and reporting of information on community involvement efforts
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Qualifications

• High School Grad / GED
• Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
• Experience: 2+ years

Benefits

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members.

Pay & Schedule

Employee Group: Exempt | Employee Type: Full Time | Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable