Specific Responsibilities
Apache Corporation is seeking a seasoned and strategic External Affairs Advisor to lead and integrate the company’s US onshore government relations, community partnerships, and external engagement activities. This senior-level individual contributor will serve as a critical liaison between Apache and a broad range of external stakeholders—including government officials, regulatory bodies, community organizations, trade associations, and industry partners—ensuring a cohesive and forward-looking external affairs strategy aligned with corporate goals.
This role is ideal for a proven professional with deep experience in policy advocacy, community engagement, and strategic communications who can independently manage high-impact initiatives across local, state, and federal domains.
Key Responsibilities:
Government Relations and Policy Advocacy
- Serve as advocate and representative with local, state, and federal officials, regulatory agencies, and legislative bodies
- Monitor, analyze, and engage on emerging legislation, regulations, and policy developments that impact APA’s operations.
- Develop and communicate strategic policy positions in coordination with internal stakeholders.
- Represent company on relevant trade associations, task forces, coalitions, and working groups—taking on leadership roles as appropriate.
Community Engagement and Strategic Giving
- Design and implement community relations strategies that build APA’s reputation, foster trust in the communities where we operate, and are complimentary to the government relations and advocacy efforts.
- Manage key community relationships and oversee partnerships and execution of supporting initiatives and events.
Communications and Public Affairs
- Support the external narrative and storytelling for APA’s U.S. operations, particularly Texas assets.
- Serve as a point of contact for local media.
- Collaborate with internal communications teams on messaging related to external partnerships and advocacy efforts.
Qualifications & Experience
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:
- Bachelor’s degree required; preferred fields include Law, Political Science, Public Affairs, Communications, Engineering, Business, or Environmental Science.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in government affairs, public policy, community relations, or external affairs within the energy, extractive, utility, or renewables sectors.
- Demonstrated ability to build trust-based relationships with senior government officials, community leaders, and internal executives.
- Strong communication and storytelling capabilities—both written and verbal.
- Experience working with or in trade associations and multi-stakeholder groups.
- Familiarity with relevant regulatory and legislative environments at the state (especially Texas), federal, and local levels.
- Comfortable with 30% travel, including overnight and out-of-state engagements.
- Action-oriented and results-driven; able to independently manage complex, cross-functional initiatives.
- Politically astute with sound judgment and discretion.
- Passionate about community impact and APA’s mission.
- Collaborative team player with strong influencing skills.
Competencies
The successful candidate will lead by example through successfully demonstrating the following:
- Core Competencies:
- Communication: Writes, speaks, and presents information effectively and persuasively across communication setting;
- Results: Pursues work with energy, drive, and results orientation to positively impact Apache’s business success;
- Collaboration: Works in partnership with others and encourages different perspectives, while building and maintaining trust; and
- Culture: Willingness and ability to align one’s behavior with the needs, priorities, and goals of Apache.
- Leadership Competencies:
- Servant Leadership: Inspires and enables performance excellence through feedback, empathy, development and empowerment;
- Strategic Mindset: Applies business acumen to see the big picture, understand business issues, and exhibit financial stewardship;
- Change Leadership: Inspires change by challenging the status quo, generating support, and executing improvement projects to achieve business outcomes; and
- Leading Effective Teams: Enables performance excellence through effective structure, delegation, and motivation.
Company Overview
Our primary product is energy, and where there is affordable, abundant energy, people are healthier, have access to better education, and are given greater opportunities to elevate their families to higher standards of living.
Nearly 3 billion people — roughly one-third of the global population — live without electricity or without clean cooking facilities. We are committed to providing energy in innovative and more sustainable ways to help raise the standard of living for those living in energy poverty and to meet the ongoing demands of people and economies around the world.
The products we deliver power increasingly cleaner electricity across the globe, fuel tractors and trucks, make fertilizer to keep the world's food supply on the table, and heat our schools, hospitals and businesses.
Our employees bring a wide range of talents and skills to the job every day to tackle complex business challenges. We believe in providing a truly rewarding work environment supported by a benefits platform that ranks among the best in our peer group. Our company offers career development opportunities where employees can grow personally and professionally. We promote employee benefits that cultivate a family-friendly work environment and focus on our employees' overall well-being.
We are committed to being a workplace where all employees are valued and can thrive with a sense of belonging. Our commitment to non-discriminatory, equal employment opportunities benefits our individual employees, our company and our external stakeholders; we are better as an organization when various experiences, ideas, and perspectives are brought to the table.
Apache Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of APA Corporation (NASDAQ:APA). Apache has operations in the United States, Egypt's Western Desert and the United Kingdom's North Sea and a sister company with exploration opportunities offshore Suriname. Whether supporting Apache, APA Corporation or one of its subsidiaries, team members are employed by Apache Corporation.
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