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Be Yourself. Feel Valued.
People are the heart of our business. As an American Water employee, you
will be offered a competitive salary and health benefits package, along
with opportunities to develop, grow, and evolve your career. Our
benefits packages focus on key areas such as health & wellness,
emotional & well-being, and savings for current & future goals.
We are Beautifully Different. We strongly believe having diversity
across our company makes us more successful and helps us provide
essential services to our customers. We are stronger because we embrace
different ideas, viewpoints, experiences, and backgrounds. American
Water is the best choice for your next role! Click here for more
information on our inclusion, diversity, and equity journey.
About American Water
American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest regulated water and wastewater
utility company in the United States. With a history dating back to
1886, We Keep Life Flowing by providing safe, clean, reliable and
affordable drinking water and wastewater services to more than 14
million people across 14 regulated jurisdictions and 18 military
installations. American Water\'s 6,500 talented professionals leverage
their significant expertise and the company\'s national size and scale
to achieve excellent outcomes for the benefit of customers, employees,
investors and other stakeholders.
As one of the fastest growing utilities in the U.S., American Water
expects to invest \$30 to \$34 billion in infrastructure repairs and
replacement, system resiliency and regulated acquisitions over the next
10 years. The company has a long-standing history of executing its core
operations, aligned with sustainable best practices, through its
commitments to safety, affordability, customer service, protecting the
environment, an inclusive workforce and strengthening communities.
American Water has been recognized on the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality
Indexfor the fifth consecutive year, ranked 18th on Barron\'s 100 Most
Sustainable U.S. Companies 2023 List, earned the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security SAFETY Act designation and U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency\'s WaterSense Excellence Award, among additional
state, local and national recognitions.
For more information, visit amwater.com and join American Water on
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Do you have a passion for the Development of Communications,
Materials/Tactics and are proficient in Microsoft Excel, with a
Bachelor\'s Degree in Journalism or Public Relations? Then this role for
you! Illinois American Water is seeking our newest External Affairs
Rockstar! Apply now for immediate consisderation! This role will sit in
one of the following offices: Peoria, Belleville, Champaign OR
Woodridge.
Primary Role
This position will allow this successful candidate to provide
communications counsel and support to state and district management
teams and to develop, coordinate, implement and manage external
communications activities to support the success of the state business
plan and operating objectives. The primary areas of responsibility
include a statewide and district focus on public relations, social
media, customer communications, employee engagement, community
relations, corporate social responsibility and local support to
government relations and business development activities. This
successful candidate will manage administrative tasks that include but
are not limited to managing the customer ?nancial assistance program
that work closely with our external partners. This professional is
poised to respond rapidly and tactically to unanticipated events and
critical issues such as main breaks and other critical incidents and
provide support for proacti e and strategic communications and public
relations outreach and responding to customer inquiries. A strategic
approach and strategic thinking are critical to this role.
The External A?airs & Communications Sr. Specialist is a critical
communications resource maximizing the company\'s communications
e?ectiveness, customer education, employee engagement and community
outreach within the communities we serve. This professional has
experience with event planning, social media management, community
engagement, relationship building and strategic communications including
crafting talking points, key messages, press releases, handouts, and
customer-facing materials. While not directly responsible for customer
communications or Internal communication, the External A?airs &
Communications Sr. Specialist is an active and vital component of an
integrated communications team operating through a matrix management
model that is responsible for functional excellence reaching all
audiences with a full array of internal and external communications
messages, tactics and activities. This professional is an agile
relationship builder and ensures American Water is aligned with key
community groups and organizations so that American Water is well
regarded as a \"good corporate citizen\". The Sr. Specialist will ensure
that the company is e?ectively aligned and positioned to develop and
sustain key relationships w