Communications & Engagement, Advisor

 

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Communications & Engagement, Advisor at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll be dedicated to ensuring two-way communication across our work within Transmission and Distribution's Planning. You will be responsible for engaging, aligning, and inspiring employees with our vision and strategies while providing leaders with the tools to help all employees understand their role in driving the success of SCE. To be effective, you must know how to identify and tell stories that make concepts like vision, strategy, and organizational priorities come to life in a relevant and memorable way. You will advise on the long-term communications and engagement strategy and lead subsequent development and implementation of key initiatives.

 

AsCommunications & Engagement, Advisor, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

Responsibilities

  • Improves the delivery of analytical support to an Operating Unit and/or the enterprise, enhancing the collection, analysis and reporting of data, which enables successful completion of key business operations projects.
  • Provides advice to stakeholders, presenting analytical findings and making recommendations as to their impact on business operations.
  • Identifies and improves operational processes and procedures, from maintenance to development of reporting dashboards, to streamline business practice and improve efficiency.
  • Collects and analyzes data in order to present findings and make recommendations.
  • Develops models to help inform decision-making on emerging technology investments.
  • Improves the development of business plan scenarios to evaluate different priorities and potential options to achieving the operating unit and/or enterprise objectives.
  • Verifies that established processes are aligned with relevant rules, principles, laws, and industry standards with the goal to safeguard assets, minimize errors, and ensure operational activities are performed to mitigate risk.
  • A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Seven or more years of experience in business operations analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, English, Public Administration, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
  • 3+ years in communications, public affairs, community/stakeholder engagement, or Design/Planning roles.
  • Familiarity with public outreach, community meetings, and stakeholder engagement. Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
  • Ability to translate technical/engineering content into clear messaging as well as experience creating project updates, executive briefings, FAQs, and customer communications. Understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements in utility communications.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects in fast‑paced environments. Experience working with cross‑functional teams (engineering, operations, regulatory, legal, external affairs)
  • Proficiency with digital communication tools (Canva, PowToon, InDesign), CMS platforms, analytics tools used to measure communication effectiveness, and skilled in Microsoft Forms, Publisher, Project, Stream, Teams, and SharePoint.

 

 

Additional Information 

  • The position’s work mode is remote. Employee is able to work primarily at home or remote however, the employee may be expected to come to an SCE facility on occasion. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California. Hiring organizations can add further requirements related to specific jobs. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
  • Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
  • Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
  • Position will require up to 20% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.  
  • Relocation does not apply to this position.

 

 

About Southern California Edison

The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We’re fueling the kind of innovation that’s changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you’ll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.

 

Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

 

We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations

 

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