Internal Communications Specialist

NRG is the leading integrated power company in the U.S., built on the strength of our diverse competitive electric generation portfolio and leading retail electricity platform. A Fortune 500 company, NRG creates value through best-in-class operations, reliable and efficient electric generation, and a retail platform serving residential and commercial businesses. Working with electricity customers large and small, we implement sustainable solutions for producing and managing energy, developing smarter energy choices and delivering exceptional service as our retail electricity providers serve almost three million residential and commercial customers throughout the country.

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Job Summary: 

NRG is looking for a dynamic internal communications professional to join our team. This is a function providing writing, planning, strategy, developing and implementing communications for NRG employees. This professional would help lead internal client management, plus the development, execution and tracking of corporate- and regional-level communications and plans. 
 

The ideal candidate is an enthusiastic and thoughtful thinker, proactive, collaborative by nature, and one who creates compelling content to inform and engage employees. The ideal candidate is an excellent communicator (written and verbal), extremely organized, creative, and understands communications strategy. They should be quick on their feet and able to work with and develop content for a variety of internal stakeholders.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Create, plan, write, implement and measure effectiveness of internal communications and engagement plans that may include the following tactics: employee newsletters, short- and long-form articles, executive/leadership communications and talking points, video/digital/multimedia scripts and storyboards, intranet copy, employee surveys, and other internal communications.
• Collaborate, build relationships, and provide counsel to senior leaders and other executives to help them reach their individual communications goals while aligning messaging with NRG’s overall business purpose and values. This may include collaboration with marketing, finance, HR, legal, operations, IT, retail and other departments. Also includes collaboration with external communication/PR/Marketing to ensure messaging alignment.
• Think like an internal journalist, telling our best employee stories from across the enterprise, sourcing stories and write engaging content that tells the stories of our people across the company and how they support our company purpose and values.
• Direct editorial schedule and implementation of communications to ensure they are timely, relevant and contribute to the team’s and NRG’s goals.

• Hybrid work – some in-office (Houston, TX), some remote
• Some overtime required as special projects arise
• Estimated 10% travel
   

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Communication or related field from an accredited college or university
• 3+ years communications-related experience, including at least some internal/employee communications experience.
• 3+ years of managing strategic relationships with proven ability in developing communications strategy, key messages and general writing and editing

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Business Administration, Communications, Marketing or a related field
• Energy or other manufacturing industry experience is a plus

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Detail-oriented in all work, ability to multi-task, and solid project management skills
• Superb verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Experience with cloud software (Mail Chimp / SurveyMonkey / online publishing platforms)

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol free workplace.  To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Protected Veteran Status/Disability
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Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant’s experience or skills.

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