About Us
Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, Wabash Valley Power is a not-for-profit electric cooperative and wholesale provider of reliable, affordable electricity to our 23 electric distribution member cooperatives. These cooperatives in turn serve more than 300,000 homes, businesses, and farms in Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri.

As a not-for-profit co-op, we do things a bit differently—and that’s the point. Because we aren’t influenced by shareholders, we make our decisions with our members in mind. That means we value things like teamwork, and putting families first. It also means a business model that’s designed for stability and growth. It’s a Deliberately Different approach to the energy industry, and that’s great news for the people who count on us.

What You'll Get
We believe what benefits our employees benefits our company. That’s why we put employees first—your health, your family, and your development. These aren’t just slogans: We offer continuing education, flex time, health benefits, a 401(k) match and pension plan, and much more. Here are just a few of the things that make our company culture unique:

•  No Sweat 
We offer a wellness program that includes a payroll credit for medical insurance, an on-site fitness center for your convenience and extra vacation days for participating. We’ll even throw in a fitness device reimbursement to keep you on track!

•  Flex Time 
Our flexible schedule means you can work in your appointments or family events and maintain a comfortable work-life balance.

•  Stay in School 
We value employees who have a desire to learn, so we provide funds for continuing education. We also offer in-house training and ongoing development through our internal GROW program.

•  Keep it Casual  
When you work for us, you work in comfort.  Blue jeans are the norm in our office and we make them look good!

•  Work Hard, Play Hard 
We reward our employees with generous vacation time, to the tune of up to five weeks off a year. Even our new employees receive credit for prior work experience.

This position will set and guide the strategy for all communications and public relations messages and collateral to consistently articulate the mission, vision & values of Wabash Valley Power Alliance. This position leads internal and external communications; developing and maintaining the tools and resources to support strategic initiatives.  The Director of Communications will work closely within the organization as the communications partner on a variety of strategic initiatives.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Gain and maintain a deep understanding of the company’s projects, activities and objectives and refine into easy-to-understand and connected communications on a wide variety of topics that support the needs of the membership.

• Ensure communications with members are impactful and aligned with our desired tone.

• Track results and apply key learnings to improve future communications and engagement.  You should be comfortable trying new things in order to see what resonates best with our various audiences. 

• Own the mission of our organization and wear whatever “hat” is necessary to achieve communications focused on our members. 

• Develop, implement, and evaluate the annual communications plan across the system's audiences in order to build and maintain a positive corporate brand.

• Oversee the development, distribution, and maintenance of all print and electronic collateral including, but not limited to, newsletters, brochures, website and social media.
• Oversees development and maintenance of the corporate website including methods to deliver message, ease of navigation and clarity of information; ensure that all content is current and relevant.
• Develops and maintains positive relations with member cooperatives and Board of Directors.
• Oversees all corporate media relations communications; develops communication plans for major community impacts; identify media opportunities and coordinates media releases.
• Assists executive leadership in developing presentations, speeches, and other important corporate messages.
• Nurtures, develops and carries out programs for community and media relations to achieve strategic image, branding, and general program goals of WVPA and its members.
• Oversee the design and creation of communications toolkits that advance the position of WVPA’s cooperatives.
• Collaborates with marketing staff to develop strategies to support communications and marketing plans.
• Coordinate and designs all member conferences.
• Develops, implements, and adheres to communications budget.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Bachelors’ degree in English, journalism or communications. 
• A minimum of ten (10) years of proven success in developing and executing internal and external communications strategies and communications plans in a business environment.  
• Some prior experience in a supervisory role responsible for monitoring the work and development of others.
• Passionate about the cooperative business model and building positive member relations.
• Comfortable with generating ideas and plans and getting those plans across the finish line. 
• Passionate, positive, self-starter who enjoys working in a cross-functional team environment.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suites products and Adobe Design Products as well as, internet, HTML coding, social media and digital graphics production strongly preferred

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.