Sustainability Communications Lead

Caterpillar is seeking a Sustainability Communications Lead in Irving, TX. This role involves creating and managing internal and external communications related to sustainability, supporting the Chief Sustainability Officer, and driving employee engagement. Responsibilities include leading the sustainability report, coordinating messaging, managing media relationships, and providing crisis communication support. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree and at least 3 years of relevant experience.
About the position

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do - but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here - we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it. We have an exciting opportunity at Caterpillar for a Sustainability Communications Lead to design, develop, produce, and provide consultation on a variety of internal and external communications materials and media in support of our role in the global sustainability effort. This role will support the office of the Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) for executive, dealer/customer, and internal sustainability forum messaging. The Sustainability Communications Lead will lead the sustainability report vision and theme, coordinate messaging and content for the Sustainability Report and TCFD, and manage vendor and internal relationships for consistent content. In this position, you will drive employee communication and engagement efforts on sustainability via our Sustainability Advocates group. You will act as a counselor to the business on how best to portray Caterpillar's role in sustainability from an enterprise point of view to internal and external audiences, conducting final reviews and approvals before communications are released. Additionally, you will ensure segments are aware of the enterprise strategy on sustainability and support enterprise stories by providing segment-focused expertise. You will identify media opportunities and risks based on business and industry knowledge, build and maintain media relationships with reporters, and find stories to generate media pitches that enhance our reputation in key markets. Providing reactive media support during a crisis will also be part of your responsibilities, including crafting statements and talking points to ensure alignment.

Responsibilities
• Support the office of CSO for executive, dealer/customer, and internal sustainability forum messaging.
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• Lead sustainability report vision and theme; coordinate messaging and content for Sustainability Report and TCFD; manage vendor and internal relationships for consistent content.
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• Drive employee communication and engagement efforts on sustainability via our Sustainability Advocates group.
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• Act as a counselor to the business on how best to portray Caterpillar's role in sustainability from an Enterprise POV to internal and external audiences; conduct final review and approval before internal or external communications are released.
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• Ensure segments are aware of enterprise strategy on sustainability; support enterprise stories by providing segment-focused expertise.
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• Identify media opportunities and risks based on business and industry knowledge; build and maintain media relationships with reporters.
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• Find stories, generate media pitches to enhance reputation in key markets.
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• Provide reactive media support as needed during a crisis (statements and talking points, ensuring alignment, etc.)

Requirements
• Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent experience.
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• 3 years of experience in a related field.
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• Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to strategic planning in support of the overall business plan.
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• Knowledge of effective presentation tools and techniques to ensure clear understanding; ability to use summarization and simplification techniques to explain complex technical concepts in simple, clear language appropriate to the audience.
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• Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
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• Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to impact decisions within and outside own organization.
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• Knowledge of the techniques and the ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.

Nice-to-haves

Benefits
• Paid holidays
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• Relocation assistance
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• Health insurance
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• Dental insurance
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• 401(k)
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• Vision insurance