Community Social Responsibility Specialist III, Sr, Staff

As the CSR Specialist, Community Impact, you will develop, manage, and implement an enterprise-wide philanthropic strategy that strengthens community safety, preparedness, response, and resilience across Williams’ operating footprint. As the leader of the Foundation’s Public Safety & Resilience pillar, you will ensure charitable investments align with community needs, business priorities, and Williams’ reputation as a trusted community partner. You will use sound judgment and strong relationship management skills to translate strategy into consistent funding decisions.

You will help build a focused portfolio of nonprofit and community partners, recommend funding levels, measure impact, and prepare executive-ready reports and recommendations.

Responsibilities/Expectations

• Develops and leads an enterprise-wide philanthropic strategy that strengthens community safety, preparedness, response and resilience across Williams’ operating footprint
• Strategically directs charitable investments by assessing community needs, business priorities and funding opportunities to maximize community impact and align with corporate objectives
• Evaluates funding requests and conducts due diligence to ensure eligibility, compliance, strategic fit and measurable outcomes
• Builds and manages relationships with nonprofits, first responder agencies, community organizations, civic leaders and internal stakeholders to identify and advance community investment opportunities
• Monitors and assesses funded programs and partnerships, providing recommendations to continue, expand, evolve or sunset investments based on impact and changing needs
• Prepares recommendations, reports, dashboards and executive-level materials that communicate funding rationale, outcomes, risks and community impact
• Promotes employee engagement and community visibility through volunteerism, events, strategic partnerships and community outreach initiatives
• Leads cross-functional projects, committees and corporate social responsibility initiatives while serving as a philanthropic subject matter expert, mentor and community representative
• Other Duties as assigned

Education/ Years of

Experience:

• Required:
  
  Bachelor's degree in Public Relations, Business, Marketing, Communications, CSR, Non-Profit Management or relevant field; a minimum of ten (10) years’ experience working at a non-profit organization, marketing, foundation or community relations role
• Preferred:
  Master's degree in Public Relations, Business, Marketing, Communications, CSR, Non-Profit Management or relevant field; a minimum of twelve (12) years’ experience working at a non-profit organization, marketing, foundation or community relations role

Other Requirements:

• Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and PC skills
• Knowledge of public safety, first responder organizations, emergency management, disaster relief, community resilience, and crisis stabilization systems
• Experience designing and managing multi-year partnerships, signature initiatives, or place-based community investment portfolios
• Strategic thinking with the ability to align philanthropic investments to business priorities, community needs, and reputation goals
• Sound judgment and disciplined decision-making in evaluating funding requests and managing a charitable giving portfolio
• Strong relationship-building, collaboration, and influencing skills, with experience partnering across executive leadership, operations, government affairs, communications, nonprofit organizations, and community stakeholders to drive cross-functional initiatives
• Strong writing and editing capabilities with a thorough understanding of Associated Press (AP) writing style

, Responsible for developing, managing and implementing an enterprise-wide philanthropic strategy that establishes trust, strengthens communities, increases employee pride, builds goodwill and positive reputation, and differentiates the Williams brand in the communities where our employees live and work. Has developed in-depth knowledge of the business, makes key stakeholder connections to achieve greater impact with community investments and is seen as subject matter expert for internal stakeholders.

Independently leads functional teams or projects. Mentors junior level team members. Receives limited guidance on assignments and is able to solve complex problems. Represents the organization at community gatherings or events.#J-18808-Ljbffr