Sr. Officer / Specialist, Corporate Communication & Public Affairs

Valeura Energy (Thailand) Ltd (Bangkok, Bangkok City, Thailand)

Bangkok, Thailand

Valeura Energy Inc. is an upstream oil & gas company, with a clear strategy to add value for shareholders. The Company is growing through international mergers and acquisitions in Southeast Asia, focussing on assets with substantial near-term cash flow and mid-term reinvestment opportunities, while pursuing a longer-term deep, tight gas play in Turkey. The Company is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and its shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol VLE.

About this position

The Sr. Officer / Specialist, Corporate Communication & Public Affairs is responsible for managing external and internal communications, government and public affairs, media relations, online content management, and political analysis to ensure consistent corporate messaging and effective stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior management on writing, editing, and collating comments to draft external disclosure documents, including press releases, regulatory filings, etc.
• Participate as a member of the Sustainability Reporting team in drafting sustainability-related content for annual and ad-hoc reporting.
• Prepare speeches, Q&A and briefings for management speaking engagements, interviews and articles.
• Serve as a back-up resource for the company's interaction with newswire distribution providers.
• Prepare and update company communication materials such as factsheets, brochures, website content and video scripts.
• Collaborate with the Company's global corporate communications leadership to serve as gate-keeper for external presentations and written materials (technical and otherwise), to ensure consistent corporate messaging.
• Edit articles for internal communications channels and coordinate internal approvals from corporate leadership. i.e. internal sharepoint site, employee newsletter, etc.
• Collaborate with CSR team and management to develop corporate messaging materials relating to the company's CSR activities.
• Provide support to CSR team in arrangement and engagement with internal and external stakeholders.
• Be part of the team to assist on government, partner, and industry peer engagement programmes.
• Plan and execute corporate events, including board visits, exhibitions, and investor engagement activities.
• Support Government and Public Affairs Manager to implement regulatory advocacy.
• Prepare key messages and relevant engagement tools for external stakeholders.
• Conduct global media monitoring in response to Company updates and external developments (including both traditional news media and social media/online channels).
• Maintain dialogue with journalists and online publications across the Southeast Asia region and elsewhere.
• Draft backgrounders and briefing notes for journalists to provide context on company news.
• Manage content updates for the company's corporate website.
• Potentially contribute to a website re-design / re-development initiative.
• Oversee corporate social media presence, collaborate with the broader GPA team to synchronise messaging on local social media channels.
• Maintain dialogue with the GPA group relating to governmental and regulatory applications and approvals.
• Prepare executive summaries of key political developments (in the Company's operating jurisdictions) as they relate to Valeura's business.

Requirements

• Bachelor or Master Degree in communications, business, journalism, international relations, public policy, or an oil and gas-related discipline.
• Familiarity with the upstream oil & gas business.
• Knowledge of website platforms (particularly wordpress) will be seen as an asset.
• Familiarity with the core concepts of public company corporate communications, including such matters as restrictions on selective disclosure, continuous disclosure obligations, etc.