Officer, Corporate Communications

Role Summary:

supporting various marketing and communication initiatives, including managing procurement requests, coordinating media activities, maintaining promotional item stocks, and facilitating cross-functional event and marketing materials requests.

Main Responsibilities:

• Initiate and manage purchase requests (PR) and purchase orders (PO) with the procurement department for communication needs and ensure timely and accurate processing of procurement requests and invoices.
• Collaborate with the communication team to coordinate media activities, including press releases, interviews, and media coverage and assist in scheduling and arranging media appearances and events.
• Maintain an inventory of promotional items, gifts, and giveaways, ensuring an adequate stock level and Track and manage the distribution of branded items to internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate cross-functional events, ensuring that d communication needs are met.
• Assist in gathering and analysing data related to communication initiatives for reporting purposes.
• Assist in managing relationships with external vendors, including printers, promotional item suppliers, and media partners.
• Assist in the execution of campaigns, social media activities, and internal communication initiatives.
• Facilitate materials requests, such as brochures, banners, and promotional content, from various departments.
• Provide administrative and logistical support to the communication teams as needed.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in Marketing, communication, public relations, journalism, or a related field.
• +1 year of experience.

Core Competency:

Dependability:

• Self-driven and takes action proactively.
• Pursues goals with persistence and stamina, works on tasks thoroughly, ensuring accuracy and meeting standards.
• Maintains high levels of quality and effectiveness of work outputs and achieves outstanding results.

Collaboration: 

• Collaborates constructively with people at all levels across the organization.
• Helps colleagues, always be available to the team, and delivers on team commitments.
• Trusts the guidance and direction of colleagues and senior members of the team.

Analytical Thinking:

• Examines, evaluates, and analyses different types of information objectively. 
• Spots trends and patterns, establishes key facts clearly and interprets numerical data effectively.
• Provides insights and identifies ways to improve things. Trusts intuition about which methods will work best.

Effective Communication:

• Listens attentively and seeks to understand before being understood.
• Explains things clearly and articulates and presents information effectively and confidently.
• Challenges ideas effectively and presents persuasive arguments by presenting a strong case.

FunctionalCompetency:

Organizational Skills

Strong organizational skills to manage procurement requests, inventory, and event coordination effectively. 

Attention to Detail

Meticulous attention to detail to ensure accuracy in record-keeping and inventory management. 

Time Management

Excellent time management skills to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.