Public Affairs Communications Manager

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes company description at start; we can treat that as "About the role" maybe? The instructions: use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

  for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

  or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We need to parse the posting. Content: - Intro paragraph about Xcel Energy: description, mission, values, hybrid work model, etc. This could be "About the role" or maybe "About the company". But we can put under

  About the role

  with prose. - Position Summary: description of responsibilities, location, etc. Could be part of responsibilities. - Essential Responsibilities: list of bullet-like paragraphs (though not bullet list). We need to turn into
  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The responsibilities are paragraphs separated by periods. We can treat each sentence as a list item? The instruction: Use
    • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The responsibilities section is essentially a list of duties. So we can create
      with each duty as
      • . Must preserve all substantive information. - Minimum Requirements: includes education, experience, etc. That's a list of requirements. Use
        • . - Also there is "Our culture is grounded..." and values etc. Could be part of About the role or maybe a separate section like "About the company". But we can include in About the role. - Pay: "The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $112,200.00 to $159,400.00 per year". That's specific pay info, so we should include a Pay section with that info. - Benefits: list of benefits enumerated. That's a list, so Benefits section with
          • . - Schedule: Not explicitly given. There's mention of hybrid work model: many roles expected to work onsite three days per week (Tuesday–Thursday); however, work location expectations vary based on role, team, and business needs. That's schedule/location info. Could be considered Schedule? The instruction: only create Schedule section if posting actually states them. It does mention hybrid work model and expected onsite days. That's schedule info. So we can include Schedule section with that info. - Also there is "Deadline to Apply: 10/06/26" - that's application instruction, should be removed per instructions (remove application instructions). So drop. - EEO etc boilerplate remove. - Also "Non-Bargaining" maybe minor metadata; we can fold into a short

            or drop. Probably drop. - Also "In any materials you submit, you may redact..." that's application instruction, remove. - Also "Accessibility Statement" etc remove. Thus we need to produce HTML with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Possibly also Qualifications? The Minimum Requirements could be considered Requirements. Qualifications maybe similar; but we have both education and experience. We can combine into Requirements. The instruction says use headings e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can choose which to include based on content. We have Responsibilities, Requirements (education/experience), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Also we have About the role (company description). No separate Skills section. We must not create empty sections. Now we need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract. About the role: The introductory paragraph(s) about Xcel Energy: "Xcel Energy (NASDAQ: XEL) is a leading energy provider and Fortune 500 company, dedicated to serving millions of electricity and natural gas customers across eight states: Minnesota, Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico and Texas. We make energy work better for our customers, helping them thrive every day. That means always raising the bar - delivering better service and providing more reliable, resilient, and sustainable energy. Xcel Energy is a place where you’ll have opportunities to grow, expand your skills, and help lead the clean energy transition. We offer meaningful rewards, recognition, and support to help you build your career and make an impact - both on the job and beyond. Most importantly, it means you’ll be joining a company that knows employees are the driving force behind its success and is committed to helping you be your best. Xcel Energy supports a hybrid work model to enable collaboration and flexibility. Many roles are expected to work onsite three days per week (Tuesday–Thursday); however, work location expectations vary based on role, team, and business needs." That's a lot; we can keep as prose. Position Summary: "This position is responsible for providing strategic public affairs and communications direction, counsel and support to executive leadership and business units, and individual project teams and management. Along with individual project participants, this position will: lead the development of public affairs and communications strategies to promote the success of Operations business areas. Lead multi-utility teams in the development of plans to build relationships and conduct effective communications with media, governmental units, tribal nations, city, county and township organizations, the public and affected landowners, and other stakeholders as identified in project areas (e.g., local business community, neighborhood organizations and others); manage communications in support of the collaborative planning effort; and serve as liaison between project management and legislative, regulatory and technical project areas. This role is based in Denver and will support Xcel Energy Transmission capital projects for our Colorado and Texas/New Mexico service territories. The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience supporting major infrastructure projects requiring public outreach, including education and engagement, serving as public spokesperson, and managing public affairs consultants. This role requires strong interpersonal and organizational skills, working with internal and external stakeholders, and will involve travel across our service territory." We can incorporate this into Responsibilities or maybe as part of About the role? But we have a separate Responsibilities section; we can put the Position Summary as prose under Responsibilities heading, then list essential responsibilities as list items. Essential Responsibilities bullet points (though not bullet). Let's extract each duty: - Public affairs strategic direction, counsel and support: Works with executive staff and project teams to identify critical issues that may impede or enhance the success of Operations projects and develops strategic plans to effectively address such issues. - Establishes and manages system to monitor related developments in the utility and related industries and brings current knowledge and best practices to the organization. - May include leadership of one or more staff responsible for managing interface with critical local, state or federal officials and agencies that have significant influence on business area projects (e.g. city councils, legislators, government agencies, etc.). - Strategic communications: Develops and implements communication strategies, key messages, presentations and public events to enhance the public perception of the Company. - Provides communications guidance, support and counsel on legislative and regulatory relations. - Leads communication team and coordinates communications strategies with project management, community relations, regulatory and project permitting/routing leads on relevant projects. - Manage major project websites, social media tools and video opportunities to expand the visibility of the company's transmission work. - Media liaison: In collaboration with the media relations team, directs the development and implementation of media relations programs to ensure the Company and business area vision is clearly understood by the public and to provide accurate information regarding Operations projects. - Management: Oversees the work of external communications/public affairs consultants. - Develops departmental priorities and goals in support of project and corporate goals. - Develops and delivers strategy and status reports to utility executives and to project development managers, as applicable. We need to preserve all. We'll make each as

          • . Minimum Requirements: - Bachelor's degree in journalism or communications, public affairs, political science, business or related field required. - Master's degree in public policy, communications, political science, or related field preferred. - Minimum of ten years of experience required in the areas of public affairs, communications, government and community relations. - Experience in regulatory area desirable. We'll list as
          • . Benefits list: "Annual Incentive Program, Medical/Pharmacy Plan, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Dependent Care Reimbursement Account, Health Care Reimbursement Account, Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan), Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA), Transportation Reimbursement Account, Short-term disability (STD), Long-term disability (LTD), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan), Tuition reimbursement, Transit programs, Employee recognition program, Pension, 401(k) plan, Paid time off (PTO), Holidays, Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO), Parental Leave". We'll make each as
          • . Pay: "$112,200.00 to $159,400.00 per year". We'll put in

            maybe. Schedule: hybrid work model: many roles expected to work onsite three days per week (Tuesday–Thursday); however, work location expectations vary based on role, team, and business needs. We'll put as

            . Also note location: based in Denver. That's location info; could be part of About the role or Responsibilities. We'll include in About the role maybe. We must not repeat job title. No job ID. We must remove boilerplate: EEO, Non-Bargaining, Deadline to Apply, accessibility statement, etc. Now produce HTML fragment:

            About the role

            ... (the intro paragraph plus position summary? maybe we split). But we have Responsibilities separate; we can keep About the role as company description only. Then Responsibilities includes position summary and essential responsibilities. Better: About the role: company description (first paragraph). Responsibilities: position summary + essential responsibilities list. Let's craft. About the role paragraph: combine the first big paragraph about Xcel Energy (including hybrid work model). We'll keep it as one

            . Responsibilities: start with a

            for position summary (the paragraph starting "This position is responsible..."). Then

            for essential responsibilities list items. Requirements:

            Requirements

            with li for each. Benefits:

            Benefits

            with li for each benefit. Pay:

            Pay

            $112,200.00 to $159,400.00 per year

            Schedule:

            Schedule

            Hybrid work model; many roles expected to work onsite three days per week (Tuesday–Thursday), though work location expectations vary based on role, team, and business needs.

            We should also mention location (Denver) maybe in Responsibilities position summary already includes "This role is based in Denver". We'll keep that. Now ensure we didn't miss any substantive info: The position summary also mentions supporting Xcel Energy Transmission capital projects for Colorado and Texas/New Mexico service territories. That's in position summary paragraph; we kept. Also mention "The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience supporting major infrastructure projects requiring public outreach, including education and engagement, serving as public spokesperson, and managing public affairs consultants." That's