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Description
Closing Date: 22nd June 2022
Reporting to the Executive Head of External Affairs and Regulatory, the incumbent shall manage all strategic communication requirements to support internal operational objectives, promote a positive reputation with all stakeholders groups and demonstrate Vodacom Lesotho’s commitment to fulfilling its stated purpose. The incumbent shall also establish and implement a comprehensive external communications plan to deliver the company’s strategic message and provide all employees and external stakeholders with regular, meaningful and consistent information about activities across the company, so creating a sense of shared purpose that is relevant to the working lives of all employees.
Job Responsibility
- Develop and implement a forward-thinking organizational Communications Plan in line with the Vodacom Lesotho’s overall strategic plan, and stakeholder and community plans;
- Create and establish the department strategy with excellence from planning to execution. Ability to create and manage major internal communications projects and efforts ranging from corporate narrative to crisis communications to community impact.
- Help define and articulate Vodacom Lesotho’s values, message and branding to our audiences, and media. Pitch and place Vodacom Lesotho’s stories, proactively and purposefully using a range of traditional and new media across local, regional, national and global audiences.
- Engage media partners and manage media relations, online and in person, for all Vodacom Lesotho events and projects. Serve Vodacom Lesotho’s communications and PR needs alongside those of its client base.
- Build relationships with multiple stakeholders across the public and private sector, media, associations and clients. Manage communications to a broad range of stakeholders, including local communities and government to support continued operation and manage reputational risks;
- Work with marketing, content, design and other departments to ensure delivery of PR and communications goals
Requirements
- Appropriate degree in Communications and/or Marketing
- Experience in a communications team for a large organization (experience in telecommunications will be an advantage)
- Must be able to write and edit press releases and statements, with rigorous attention to detail and quality
- Conversant with latest communication technology, especially digital communication
- Project Management skills and ability to multitask and to manage several projects simultaneously
Commitment from Vodacom
Vodacom is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a flexible, motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognized, developed and rewarded. We believe that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business and we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment which respects, values, celebrates and makes the most of people’s individual differences – we are not only multinational but multicultural too. At Vodacom you will have access to our excellent flexible benefits programme that you would expect from any global company.