Senior External Affairs Advisor

About the role

Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership (DPRLP), known as PEMEX Deer Park, is a highly complex refinery located 18 miles east of Houston in Deer Park, TX. The refinery provides a diverse and inclusive work environment that employs approximately 1000 employees with another 1200 contractors on site. We set high standards of performance and ethical behaviors and offer challenging and fulfilling job opportunities in a number of fields.

Responsibilities

This is a highly visible position with broad responsibilities for primarily external affairs planning, execution, and measurement. The Sr. External Affairs Advisor works in coordination with the Manager, Communications & External Affairs, colleagues, and external stakeholders to help deliver high-impact external relations and social performance initiatives and activities in the neighboring communities and industry organizations.

• Collaborate with the Manager, Communications & External Affairs to implement a comprehensive external communications strategy and values-driven community and industry-focused initiatives for the site.
• Establish success metrics for each initiative to provide discipline in determining the social impact and return on reputation investment outcomes.
• Stay abreast of industry and National Incident Management System Incident Command System (NIMS ICS) best practices that can continuously improve the site’s overall and incident response communications programs.
• Coordinate with Brand, Design and Multimedia resources, collaborate across multiple departments to foster cross-functional partnerships and research official industry resources to maintain a current and dynamic website and targeted social media presence for PEMEX Deer Park.
• Serve as Deputy Public Information Officer for the site, contribute to maintaining and enhancing the crisis/incident response communication plan and toolkit, and coordinate as needed with third-party on-call PIO support consultants.
• Implement the site’s community outreach program and build a supporting volunteer base.
• Evaluate requests for funding and present to Manager, Communications & External Affairs budget allocation proposals for social impact investment projects that complement the site’s Social Impact Investment criteria.
• Manage a media relations program that protects and enhances the PEMEX Deer Park brand and includes developing positive mainstream news and trade media coverage and positioning opportunities, as well as preparation of statements for media, employees, and the community.

Qualifications

The position requires a bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, or public/external affairs from an accredited university. A minimum of 10 years of experience in internal and external communications, public or external affairs, community, stakeholder and media relations, internet and Social Media content development and management, issues resolution, negotiation, and crisis/incident response communications.

• Strong PIO experience working in NIMS ICS and JIC environments. NIMS ICS certification required.
• Ability to act with integrity and professionalism in line with the site’s mission, vision, and values, and corporate codes of conduct and ethics.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and multi-media skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute independently while also excelling in highly collaborative team environments.
• Excellent analytic and problem-solving skills, with the ability to see multiple scenarios and impacts of internal and external communications throughout the organization and on stakeholders.

Benefits

We value our employees’ time and efforts. Our commitment to your success is enhanced by our competitive compensation and an extensive benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental, and vision benefits, and future growth opportunities within the company.