Long term contract with the potential to convert permanently.

Hours: M-F 8am-5pm Possibility of OT Travel 20%
The area of primary job focus would be Ohio. The job designation is Hybrid and will require 3 days a week working onsite and 2 days working remotely from home. At times, there are site visits to attend or kick off meetings at remote field offices - typically they are a day trip. Overnight stay is a possibility.

Personal vehicle use will be required to perform some job duties.
Mileage is reimbursable. No per diem. Please review Travel and Expense Guidelines with your candidates.

Travel would primarily be local to Ohio (although in some cases, that could be a half-day or day trip). For extended trips out of the area for other in-person meetings or site visits, the candidate should expect to spend the night overnight for 1 or more nights, as necessary. Car travel consisting of several hours away from the candidates home base would involve renting a car. Otherwise, some minor travel around central Ohio might require the use of a personal vehicle. Valid driver's license is required.

This position supports the primary field customer relations and communications resource for public interaction and outreach on projects. Responsible for assisting in identifying, developing, and coordinating delivery of overall outreach strategies to support the goals, philosophies, policies, initiatives, and day-to-day activities of the company. Key member of project siting team who interfaces with or supports interaction with external audiences, including individual customers and local officials. Requirements include excellent written and public speaking skills, excellent interpersonal skills, and strong business knowledge. Able to meet with affected or potentially affected customers to surface issues, solve problems, and bring local knowledge and insight to the siting process.

Essential Job Functions & Tasks:
1) Work directly with affected or potentially affected landowners to gain beneficial project routing information and resolve issues before and during the transmission line routing process.
2) Support efforts to work with external affairs teams and educate the public (landowners, thought leaders, elected officials) about proposed transmission projects.
3) Assist and support of customer outreach strategies that improve two-way communications and line routing success.
4) Provide field support to transmission siting, line engineering, right of way, and project management team to ensure projects are executed on time.
5) Provide support to Outreach Specialist and work closely with Project Management, Line and Station Engineering, Right of Way, Corporate Communications, and External Affairs to foster two-way communications between key stakeholders and the project team to improve success in siting transmission projects. Coordinate deployment of resources accordingly.

Education Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in journalism, business, marketing, customer service, advertising, communications, public relations or public affairs, or related field.

Work Experience:
At minimum, one year experience in Utilities, Corporate Communications, Customer Service, Marketing, Media Relations, Journalism, or related field.

Additional Requirements:
1) The ability to handle multiple projects and assignments is critical.
2) May require extended hours to accomplish assigned tasks to meet requirements and schedules.
3) Some overnight travel to facilities and projects (field work) is required periodically.
4) 20 % of travel time associated with this position.

REQUIREMENTS - PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
List physical demands required for this job, but not limited to:
Ability to hike one mile - 10 % of the time.

Required Skills : Word, journalism, public relations, press releases
Basic Qualification : bachelor degree in journalism
Additional Skills : bachelor degree in journalism
Background Check :Yes
Drug Screen :Yes
Notes :
Selling points for candidate :
Project Verification Info :"The information provided below is for Apex Systems AV use only and is not to be distributed publicly, or to any third party. Any distribution of the below information will result in corrective action from Apex Systems Vendor Management. MSA: Blanket Approval Received Client Letter: Will Provide"
Candidate must be your W2 Employee :Yes
Exclusive to Apex :No
Face to face interview required :No
Candidate must be local :Yes
Candidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship :Yes
Interview times set : :No
Type of project :Other Project Type
Master Job Title :Sales/Marketing
Branch Code :Columbus