Manager, Community Engagement

Responsibilities

• Represent the Invenergy in meetings with local officials, landowners, and other stakeholders and in public meetings hosted by the project.
• Understand and explain benefits of projects to host community members.
• Negotiate and obtain certain local approvals required for project development.
• Lead development and implementation of a structured community relations program to support Invenergy’s planned developments and operating projects.
• The goal of the community relations program will be to build awareness of and position Invenergy as a good corporate citizen both in local project communities and with statewide NGOs in the energy industry, economic development, non-profit and other realms.
• Ensure the project’s community relations plan aligns with company priorities and partnerships.
• Manage tasks according to budgets and schedules, including coordinating internal and external technical support and assist in project budgeting and scheduling based on local public engagement needs.
• Maintain relationships with key individuals and educate them to neutralize or mitigate the spread of opposition.
• Cook up coordination with local counties and government groups.

Requirements

• Extensive experience with local political and stakeholder engagement (preferably in rural areas).
• A BS or BA from an accredited college program.
• 5+ years’ work experience in local economic or real estate project development, and/or in the renewable and clean energy industry.
• Ability to spend approximately 50% of time traveling.

Qualifications

• Strong organizational, networking, leadership and time management skills.
• Ability to write effective, concise reports.
• Familiarity with energy project development, real estate development, transmission and power project engineering are advantageous.

Pay

Base Pay: $118,000.00 - $155,000.00 USD
Annual Bonus: 25% - 40%

Schedule

Full-time position.