Stakeholder Engagement Advisor

BCS Allegient has an immediate opening for a mid-level Stakeholder Engagement Advisor. The ideal candidate will develop a strategic planning and implementation process for cultivating key relationships with the private sector, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Congressional staff, and other key partners to advance goals and objectives and manage stakeholder engagements. The purpose of the work is to assess and improve the effectiveness, and efficiency of program or functional operations as it relates to stakeholder engagement activities. The Stakeholder Engagement Advisor will work closely with the office Director, Deputy Director, and Strategic Communications Team lead and align with Strategic Communications Team activities.

This position is located within the Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). IEDO supports innovation in technologies and the adoption of practices to enable the industrial sector to cost-effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

• This role is hybrid within the DC area.
• The salary range for the role is between $95K-$115K.

Responsibilities

• Support IEDO strategic planning and will lead the development and execution of an overarching framework to ensure key external stakeholders are aware of IEDO goals, priorities, values, interests, and activities.
• Provide opportunities for meaningful two-way dialogue between IEDO and its stakeholders to ensure IEDO investments, programs, and planning align with the interests, needs, and goals of the U.S. industrial sector.
• Organize the facilitation of strategic planning activities with IEDO leadership, staff, and external stakeholders in order to develop integrated strategic objectives with broad buy-in.
• Coordinate IEDO engagements on all outreach activities, including but not limited to activities focused on strategic partnerships, public events, Congressional and interagency partnerships, State and local governments, community leaders, special interest groups, and the public at large.
• Coordinate, develop, and track the implementation of inter-related, multi-faceted outreach activities.
• Analyze numerous factors and issues having an impact on mission-oriented programs,
• Develop effective strategies to manage assignments that are significant and have high impact to the organization.

Be responsible for decisions regarding how to proceed in planning, organizing, and conducting tasks and analyses or carrying out continuing assignments that may be complicated due to possible conflicting goals and objectives derived from changing legislative or administration priorities.

Job Requirements:

• U.S. citizenship
• 5+ years of stakeholder engagement experience or experience working with a variety of federal agencies
• Bachelors degree or an additional four years equivalent of professional experience
• Ability to work in a high performance environment
• Strong communications skills when it comes to conmmunication complex subjects both orally and in writing to senior-level management.
• Experience working with internal and external stakeholders
• Strong attention to detail when developing memos, agendas, etc. and when monitoring and/or executing project deadlines and deliverables
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills with persons of all backgrounds
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Moderate technical skills to navigate remote and hybrid meeting environments via Zoom, Teams, or other virtual platform
• Solution oriented, with ability to navigate changing priorities and pivot with ease