Employee Engagement Specialist

Oxy is an international energy company with assets primarily in the United States, the Middle East and North Africa. We are one of the largest oil and gas producers in the U.S., including a leading producer in the Permian and DJ basins, and offshore Gulf of Mexico. Our midstream and marketing segment provides flow assurance and maximizes the value of our oil and gas. Our chemical subsidiary OxyChem manufactures the building blocks for life-enhancing products. Our Oxy Low Carbon Ventures subsidiary is advancing leading-edge technologies and business solutions that economically grow our business while reducing emissions. We are committed to using our global leadership in carbon management to advance a lower-carbon world. Visit oxy.com for more information.

Occidental strives to attract and retain talented employees by investing in their professional development and providing rewarding opportunities for personal growth. Our goal is to meet the highest employer standards by ensuring the health and safety of our employees, protecting the environment and positively impacting our communities where we do business.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated individual to fill the position of Community Relations & Employee Engagement Specialist within our Community Relations and Employee Engagement Department based in Houston, TX

The Community Relations & Employee Engagement Specialist is responsible for providing communications and logistical support for community relations and social investments, and planning and executing strategic employee engagement activities in coordination with other domestic engagement activities in the Permian Basin operating areas.

The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping our internal culture through strategic and creative community partnerships and engagement activities. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to grow in a dynamic and fast-paced environment at one of the leading companies in the oil and gas industry.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Community Relations & Employee Engagement Manager to ensure implementation of the company’s community partner portfolios, identify ways to further enhance our social impact, leverage employee engagement, and create sustainable solutions in the communities where we live and work. 

• Assist with community partnerships and related program implementation including, but not limited to, proposals, recommendations, budgeting, contract execution, benefit executions, communications and events.

• Responsible for executing strategic employee programs and engagement activities in the company’s operating areas; duties include event scheduling, employee communications, tracking volunteer/participant registration, project planning and coordination with region field and office facilities teams on event logistics.

• Establish metrics, measuring both impact and value on community investments, involvement, and programs, inclusive of conducting impact and return assessments/analysis and reporting for the community relations program.

• Manage ticket distribution for employee events by tracking responses, following the ticket distribution process, selecting ticket recipients, analyzing tracking and response results to provide appropriate data.

• Collaborate with Marketing and Communications teams for external marketing communications deliverables to community partners – including branding and use of logo in partner promotional materials; print, radio, television, web and social media; video and broadcasting scripts; speaker remarks for events, etc.  Track and maintain status of requests for internal and external marketing and communications deliverables.

• Collaborate with Marketing and Communications teams to create and distribute internal communications that drive employee awareness of community engagement and volunteerism – including employee announcements, newsletter features, community relations events and engagement opportunities.

• Update and maintain internal community relations and employee engagement site, including posting of upcoming engagement events (i.e., volunteer events, community engagement events, employee donation drives, etc.); update employee perks and discount opportunities on community partner pages; and create feature content and graphics or intercompany community relations site, highlighting employee engagement events and community impact.

• Research community issues and trends in order to assess and manage priorities for community relations activities and investments; track and maintain current community demographics data and reporting, and peer/industry announcements of major charitable and community activities.

• Maintain understanding of the company’s business operations, goals and objectives in order to assess and manage priorities for our community relations activities and investments.

• Prepare post-event recap reports, to include engagement statistics (i.e., number of participants, number of volunteers, registration response rate, ticket utilization rate, etc.).  Provide metrics for quarterly/annual community relations reporting, budgeting and planning.

• Provide updates to the team events and activities calendar, and weekly status report, in relation to Permian Basin community and employee engagement activities.

• Attend and represent the Community Relations and Employee Engagement team at Oxy-sponsored events as needed; may require travel to U.S. domestic locations.

Skills and Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing and Communications, Human Resources Management, Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability or related field.

• 3-5 + years of career experience with progressively increasing responsibilities in community relations, employee engagement, human resources, corporate philanthropy, or supporting a non-profit organization.

• 3+ years of project management experience.

• Career experience in oil and gas/ energy industry is preferred.

• Demonstrate a high-level of creativity, innovation, as well as flexibility and collaboration with an ability to work in a team-oriented environment.

• A client-centered focus is critical: must possess strong interpersonal skills and the ability to comfortably interact – in person and virtually – with employees and community leaders.

• Demonstrated planning, change management and strategic thinking capabilities.

• Ability to simultaneously track, facilitate and deliver multiple community projects and activities to completion.

• Must be organized, detail-oriented, analytical and a resourceful problem solver, with the ability to formulate and execute plans efficiently and effectively with minimal supervision.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities to meet internal and external deadlines.

• Excellent networking skills, with the ability to positively represent the company at all times.

• Effective judgement, tact, diplomacy, and discretion is required in all matters.

• Excellent communication skills required – strong written, verbal and presentation capabilities.

• Advanced level skills in MS Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, Power BI, SharePoint, Canva and OneNote.

• May require ability to lift objects up to 20 lbs.

• Availability to attend evening and weekend events as needed.

• Ability to travel up to 30%.

Recruitment Fraud

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Oxy does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruiting process. We will never:

•  Ask you to pay for applications, interviews, meetings, processing, training or for any other fees

•  Use recruiting or placement agencies that charge candidates an advance fee of any kind or

•  Request personal information such as passport and bank account details at an early stage of our recruitment process.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.