Communications Specialist I (4355)

Overview

### **About Fairweather**

Fairweather is a trusted service provider in Alaska, delivering specialized solutions in remote and Arctic environments. Our mission is to support operations with safety, integrity, and excellence. We offer a dynamic and inclusive work environment, ensuring our employees are equipped with the tools and support needed for success.

### **Why You Should Work for Us**

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Supportive and collaborative work culture
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth
• Commitment to employee safety and well-being
  
  

### **Total Rewards & Benefits**

• Medical Coverage: Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) plans, including medical, dental, and vision
• Retirement Plan: 401(k) up to 4% company match.
• Insurance: Short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, and voluntary supplemental coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Free counseling and support services
• Paid Holidays: Observance of major federal holidays
• Flexible Spending Accounts: Health and dependent care options
  
  

Description

The Village Outreach Liaison supports ConocoPhillips Alaska's operations, development and exploration teams, ensuring that community concerns are understood and communicated to project team, provides advice on approaches and strategies for addressing these concerns and supports implementation of company priorities as well as compliance with permit and consultation requirements.

Job Description

Your responsibilities may include:

• Support Village Outreach Director in providing the ConocoPhillips Alaska operations, projects and explorations teams with timely advice on community concerns, management of issues and long term planning
• Assist with communications with Alaska village stakeholders on operational and pipeline safety, emergency response, and project status reports
• Provide project and construction teams with community and cultural awareness training
• Coordinate local subsistence representatives, and ice road monitors
• Coordinate field tours for local entities and assist with village events
• Participate in helicopter communication program and assist Environmental Studies contractors with field activities near Nuiqsut
• Assist with ConocoPhillips local hire and career quest programs including identifying local hire candidates and mentoring them during employment
• Assist with community meetings, city council meetings, community events and advisory groups
• Assist with compliance with permit stipulations to include consultation requirements, economic opportunity plans, and other stakeholder agreements
  
  

Qualifications

**Basic/Required:**

• 3 years of North Slope oil field experience
• 1 years of experience or training in project management processes and tools
• Intermediate level knowledge of North Slope and other Alaska rural communities
• Intermediate level proficiency with MS O365 application: Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint, and Teams
• Willing and able (with or without reasonable accommodation) to work in a remote based environment working a 2-week on/2-week off schedule
  
  

Preferred

• Associate's degree or higher in Business, Communication or Engineering/Science related discipline or foreign equivalent
• 1 years of experience working with issues affecting indigenous populations
• 1 years of experience working with contractors to achieve business goals
• 1 years of experience in stakeholder engagement
• Advanced level proficiency with MS O365 application: Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint, and Teams
• Advanced level social skills; ability to maintain positive relations with team members, external stakeholders, internal business partners, & regulatory agencies
• Advanced level communication (written, oral & presentation/PowerPoint) skills
• Intermediate level understanding of Sustainable Development principles
• Ability to work several short & long-term issues or projects concurrently
• Takes ownership of actions and follows through on commitments by holding others accountable and standing up for what's right
• Generates effective solutions based on available information and makes timely decisions that are safe and ethical
• Listens actively and invites dialogue for shared understanding, then influences and acts to drive performance and achieve results
• Builds strong relationships based on trust and seeks collaboration across organizational boundaries to achieve goals
  
  

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

A review of this position has excluded marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.

This job description is not an employment agreement or contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship. Management has the exclusive right to alter the scope of work within the framework of this job description at any time without prior notice.