Senior External Relations Advisor

2 weeks ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Hydro One Networks Inc Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior External Relations Advisor to join our team at Hydro One Networks Inc. As a key member of our corporate relations function, you will play a critical role in identifying and mitigating potential risks and opportunities that may impact our business.

Key Responsibilities
  • Issue Monitoring and Analysis: Participate in identifying internal and external corporate relations issues, attitudes, and opportunities, including those arising from elected officials, likely to have a significant impact on Hydro One's Corporate Relations.
  • Strategic Planning: Plan and conduct issue and opportunity monitoring, research, and analyses; recommend priority issues and opportunities to be analyzed and methods for conducting analyses.
  • Corporate Relations Assessments: Develop corporate relations assessments, strategies, position papers, and statements to be used by senior and line managers and corporate relations function staff for the management of broad corporate relations and other issues and opportunities.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Conduct assessments of the corporate relations implications of Board of Directors and senior management decisions and other proposed management decisions and actions, on behalf of the Manager.
  • Information Gathering and Analysis: Obtain information from and provide issue, attitude, and hearings-related information to senior management, line managers, corporate relations function staff, operational planning, and strategic planning staff of other branches and the Executive Office.
  • Negotiation and Communication: Negotiate with external companies on matters such as agreement on positions, timing of actions to be taken, and other matters of critical importance to both the external companies and Hydro One.
  • Document Preparation and Distribution: Plan, prepare, and distribute or oversee the preparation and distribution of clear, concise descriptions and analyses of subjects and issues for the Issue Monitor, Corporate Briefing File, Corporate Relations Forecast, reviews of business plans, hearings submissions, evidence, witness statements, interrogatories, final arguments, responses to hearings panel recommendations, and other documents and processes for senior-level internal use and public review.
  • Database Management: Establish and maintain a computerized database of issue, attitude, corporate relations planning, and public hearings-related materials and data. Provide a reference service for all units of the Corporation for all hearings-related documentation.
  • Research and Analysis: Provide information on complex and/or sensitive issues, attitudes, and trends, or public matters to senior and line managers and corporate relations function staff to enable them to respond to requests from industry, media, government, special interest groups, etc.
  • Consultation and Guidance: Act as a consultant, providing guidance to line managers, branch, and function staff contributing to issue assessments, strategy development, development of hearings evidence, and other special projects and to less senior members of the analysts team.
  • Knowledge Management: Maintain an in-depth understanding of plans, activities, and issues in key areas of the Corporation's service territory and their potential impact on the Corporation's relationships with its public. Maintain awareness of latest issue identification and management techniques and hearings processes used outside the Corporation.
  • Communication and Reporting: Writing briefing notes on government activities, reports, and legislation; providing Lines of Business with information on regulations and legislation that can impact their activity/work plan. Researching legislation and regulations through e-laws, the legislative website, and other government resources and assisting in the development of official commentary and/or participation in legislative and regulatory reviews.
  • Stakeholder Engagement and Relationship Building: Meet regularly with MPPs and their staff at Queen's Park and in their constituency offices to discuss local issues and Hydro One policies, activities, and decisions. This may involve travel up to and beyond two dozen trips annually to meet with MPPs and constituency staff in their home offices across the province.
Requirements
  • Experience: 5-8 years' experience working in government, political offices at the provincial and/or federal level.
  • Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills, with an emphasis on writing and presentation capabilities.
  • Knowledge of Government: Demonstrates an advanced knowledge of the machinery of government and an understanding of government decision-making and influencers.
  • Stakeholder Relations: Experienced in stakeholder relations.
Education
  • Knowledge of Diverse Disciplines: Requires knowledge of diverse disciplines (business administration, economics, finance, engineering, political and social science, journalism) leading to the development of strong analytical skills necessary to participate in identifying internal and external corporate relations issues, attitudes, and opportunities, including those arising from public hearings; to plan and conduct issue and opportunity monitoring, research, and analyses; to develop corporate relations assessments, strategies, position papers, and statements.
  • English Language Proficiency: Requires extensive background in English language to develop the necessary communication skills essential for dealing with Senior Management, to prepare clear, concise descriptions and analyses of subjects and issues. This knowledge is considered to be normally acquired either through the successful completion of a four-year university education in the appropriate subjects or by having the equivalent level of education.

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