Senior Public Affairs Manager

Country: Denmark
Working hours: Full time
Application deadline: 21 August 2022
Workplace: Copenhagen

This is a unique opportunity for a Senior Public Affairs Manager who wants to contribute to a responsible and sustainable energy future. Joining TotalEnergies means working on decarbonizing energy for one of the major players in the energy industry. We have a target of becoming one of the top 5 renewable players in the world by 2030 with a 100 GW production capacity. In Denmark, we are the leading oil and gas company, which includes rebuilding the Tyra platform to ensure Denmark’s self-sufficiency of natural gas, and at the same time contributing actively to the country’s energy transition by broadening our portfolio into renewable energy.

We would like to be more proactive in our positioning in Denmark, especially when it comes to our renewable ambitions. We offer you the exciting job opportunity to head TotalEnergies’ Public Affairs activities in Denmark and shape a new way of working with both our internal and external stakeholders.

You will be advising and working with Senior Management across our Copenhagen and Esbjerg offices and in close collaboration with the business owners, Communication, Regulatory Affairs and Commercial teams as well as TotalEnergies’ global Public Affairs network. We have an engaging and supportive work environment and are committed to the communities around us, where we are encouraged to dedicate working hours to volunteering.

Your responsibilities
It is your responsibility to head the strategic Public Affairs effort in Denmark and ensure that TotalEnergies’ business activities and positioning on key topics is well known externally by influencers and decision makers. You will evolve and execute the Public Affairs strategy and plan in line with the business goals and in corporation with key internal stakeholders. In this role, you must also have the overview and early insights to ensure that we can proactively address new developments in Denmark’s political and regulatory frameworks, especially within energy and climate. Together with Senior Management, the Communication teams, and business owners you will prepare and deliver engagement plans, messaging and responses. Part of your daily routine will be to develop solid relations with political and civil service stakeholders as well as industry organizations such as Dansk Offshore, Confederation of Danish Industry and Green Power Denmark. You will have a student assistant to support the Public Affairs activities.

In this role you will also:

• Develop the Public Affairs stakeholder engagement strategy in collaboration with key internal stakeholders

• Prepare clear plans on policy and influencing goals based on effective monitoring of the Danish political and media agenda.

• Develop briefings and advice to senior management on areas of sensitivity and complexity

• Proactively mitigate corporate issues to protect the company’s reputation

• Support the renewable agenda in Denmark with insights and intelligence

• Ensure that TotalEnergies is present and proactive at the right conferences and events, e.g. Folkemødet

Want to know more?
For further information, please reach out to Head of Country Services Christina Heineke Petersen, [email protected] and +45 40352173. We hope to find our new colleague as soon as possible and look forward to receiving your application no later than 21 August 2022. Interviews will take place on an ongoing basis.

We are committed to better energy
TotalEnergies is a broad energy company that produces and markets energies on a global scale. The field of energies we are in is oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables, and electricity. Our 105,000 employees are committed to energy that is ever more affordable, clean, reliable and accessible to as many people as possible. Active in more than 130 countries, TotalEnergies puts sustainable development in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations to contribute to the well-being of people.
This is where you come in; Take action today and shape tomorrow’s energy in TotalEnergies at our office in Copenhagen.