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PPL Corporation · 22 hours ago

Regional Affairs Director (Northeast Region)

Scranton, PA

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

5+ years exp

PPL Corporation is a leading utility provider in Pennsylvania, focused on delivering reliable electricity and maintaining strong community relationships. The Regional Affairs Director will serve as a key representative in the community, providing strategic leadership and fostering relationships with stakeholders to enhance PPL's reputation and address emerging issues.

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Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership at all levels of the company, and with key stakeholders, to manage PPL issues in communities. Develop and maintain solid working relationships with federal, state and local elected officials and their staffs, providing them with information to enable positive outcomes for PPL, and helping them to resolve constituent issues that involve PPL

Identify emerging issues that could reflect negatively on PPL, work with company personnel and community representatives on these issues and provide leadership to develop and implement solutions

Cultivate and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with local municipalities and community stakeholders to proactively advance company goes, address emerging issues collaboratively, and foster open, two-way communication. Serve as a primary PPL liaison for elected officials, business leaders, civic organizations, and special interest groups on a broad range of corporate matters

Be a community leader and an active participant on strategically chosen nonprofit boards

Work to build and maintain community relationships that will enable management of issues and enhancement PPL's positive reputation

Participate in community and economic development activities, demonstrating that PPL is a valued partner in building community prosperity. Oversee regional public and charitable contributions. Direct a wide range of corporate citizenship programs such as sponsorships, support of United Way, and similar programs in which PPL has a corporate interest

Communicate on important issues concerning PPL and promote positive messages about PPL through print, television, and social media

Serve as a member of the company's on-call rotation for emergencies and after-hours media inquiries. Mentor new RADs to ensure quality and consistency of approach throughout all regions

Will be assigned an Electric Utilities emergency and storm role. This is a special assignment that comes into play during storms and other emergencies when the company needs to restore power or respond to other issues affecting customer service. This role necessitate the need to work after-hours, outside of your normal schedule

The company reserves the right to determine if this position will be assigned to work on-site, remotely, or a combination of both. Assigned work location may change. In the case of remote work, physical presence in the office/on-site may be required to engage in face-to-face interaction and coordination of work among direct reports and co-workers

Performs other duties as assigned

Complies with all Company policies and standards

Performs other duties as assigned

Complies with all policies and standards

Qualification

Bachelor's degreeMedia relations expertiseLeadership abilityGovernmentCommunity experienceMicrosoft OfficeCommunication skillsComfortable with social mediaManage prioritiesFluent in Spanish