Community Social Responsibility Specialist Staff

About the role

You will develop, manage, and implement an enterprise-wide philanthropic strategy that strengthens community safety, preparedness, response, and resilience across Williams' operating footprint. As the leader of the Foundation’s Public Safety & Resilience pillar, you will ensure charitable investments align with community needs, business priorities, and Williams' reputation as a trusted community partner.

Responsibilities

• Develops and leads an enterprise-wide philanthropic strategy that strengthens community safety, preparedness, response and resilience across Williams’ operating footprint
• Strategically directs charitable investments by assessing community needs, business priorities and funding opportunities to maximize community impact and align with corporate objectives
• Evaluates funding requests and conducts due diligence to ensure eligibility, compliance, strategic fit and measurable outcomes
• Builds and manages relationships with nonprofits, first responder agencies, community organizations, civic leaders and internal stakeholders to identify and advance community investment opportunities
• Maintains and monitors funded programs and partnerships, providing recommendations to continue, expand, evolve or sunset investments based on impact and changing needs
• Prepares recommendations, reports, dashboards and executive-level materials that communicate funding rationale, outcomes, risks and community impact
• Promotes employee engagement and community visibility through volunteerism, events, strategic partnerships and community outreach initiatives
• Led cross-functional projects, committees and corporate social responsibility initiatives while serving as a philanthropic subject matter expert, mentor and community representative

Requirements

• Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and PC skills
• Knowledge of public safety, first responder organizations, emergency management, disaster relief, community resilience, and crisis stabilization systems
• Experience designing and managing multi-year partnerships, signature initiatives, or place-based community investment portfolios
• Strategic thinking with the ability to align philanthropic investments to business priorities, community needs, and reputation goals
• Sound judgment and disciplined decision-making in evaluating funding requests and managing a charitable giving portfolio
• Strong relationship-building, collaboration, and influencing skills, with experience partnering across executive leadership, operations, government affairs, communications, nonprofit organizations, and community stakeholders to drive cross-functional initiatives
• Strong writing and editing capabilities with a thorough understanding of Associated Press (AP) writing style

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's degree in Public Relations, Business, Marketing, Communications, CSR, Non-Profit Management or relevant field; a minimum of ten (10) years’ experience working at a non-profit organization, marketing, foundation or community relations role
• Preferred: Master's degree in Public Relations, Business, Marketing, Communications, CSR, Non-Profit Management or relevant field; a minimum of twelve (12) years’ experience working at a non-profit organization, marketing, foundation or community relations role