Employee Communications Specialist I, II, III, or Senior
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association•Westminster, CO
•Hybrid
About The Position
This position collaborates with all lines of business to build relationships and provide excellent customer service. The role involves creating, coordinating, and distributing informative communications to encourage employee engagement using effective messaging tools and delivery channels. The specific job grade level (I, II, III, or Senior) will be determined based on the selected candidate's qualifications and experience, as well as Tri-State's business needs at the time of hire.
Requirements
- Bachelors’ degree in a communications field (journalism, communications, English) or an equivalent combination of experience and/or education.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Must be able to be creative and concise.
- Proficient in Associated Press (AP) style.
- Proven skills in designing effective and engaging communications.
- Ability to communicate with and write for all employees, members and other external audiences.
- Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office.
- Ability to travel up to 25% including overnight to Tri-State and member locations as necessary to build and maintain relationships.
Nice To Haves
- Microsoft 365
- WordPress
- SharePoint
- Mailchimp
- Basic photography skills
- Basic HTML coding
- Basic design skills
Responsibilities
- Develop and manage innovative and creative communication plans that deliver key campaign and project messages while supporting employee initiatives.
- Write and edit content for internal and external communications channels including intranet, digital signage, posters, emails, presentations and executive correspondence, as well as external websites and publications.
- Interview and frame stories to incorporate Tri-State goals, strategies and interests.
- Manage editing process to produce stories that are well researched, accurate and free of errors.
- Design communications for the digital communication stations and posters and provide feedback on creative materials.
- Support communication strategies aligned with corporate brand, goals, value and culture.
- Review monthly board meeting presentations, prepare monthly board report for members and staff.
- Perform regular content audits of intranet and other employee-facing platforms.
- Proactively identify areas for improvement of communications program, based on knowledge of the company, its departments and employees, and the industry as a whole.
- Occasionally lead the work of small project teams and provide guidance to junior staff.
- Support the Marketing Communication team with member events as well as writing and editing for external and member-facing communications.
- Document, test and finalize processes to support cross-training of communications team on key duties.
- Provide support for media relations and crisis communications.
- Adhere to and demonstrate compliance with appropriate electric utility industry regulatory requirements.
- Attain knowledge and remain knowledgeable of development in regulations, laws, standards and best practices applicable to the functional area including, but not limited to, Standards of Conduct, Environmental, Employment Law, NERC Reliability Standards and Safety.
- Demonstrate behavior consistent with Tri-State’s culture embodied in the Cooperative principles and spirit and core values of technical competency, respect and dignity, accountability, integrity, trustworthiness, and servant leadership to empower or otherwise enable others to optimally perform their job responsibilities.
- Demonstrate and promote ethics and behaviors consistent with Tri-State’s culture, Board policies, and business practices.
- Understand and fulfill the role and responsibility for all compliance programs within the company.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Flexible Work Schedules including compressed work week and telecommuting opportunities to work remotely up to 40%
- Life Insurance
- 401K
- Long Term Disability (LTD)
- Short Term Disability (STD)
- Employee Assistant Program (EAP)
- Paid Leave Benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
