Communications Manager

Qualifications

• Minimum requirement: Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication, Business Administration, Marketing, IT, or related discipline.

• Added advantage: Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Management or Communication.

Experience

• Minimum requirement: Minimum 7 years’ experience in communication, Public Relations, Stakeholder Management and Engagement, at middle to Senior Management level.

• Extensive experience in strategic planning and execution of planned initiatives.

• Proven ability to manage budgets and work with implementing partners, implement desired culture changes.

– Implement Communications strategy and plan

– Develop / implement a corporate narrative as the basis of all communications activity in Uganda, including strategic messages

– Develop overall comms objectives and plans, including integrated internal and external comms, and oversee activities across channels; provide strategic, issue and crisis comms advice.

– Build relationships with key customers internally and externally (media), to build strong partnerships with functions

– Oversee planning of channel content; undertake research on reputation, media monitoring, market trends, industry issues to advise on positioning

– Set a vision and embed world class comms processes and practices

– Govern IMCR activities in the country and ensure all Incident Management and Crisis Resolution (IMCR) team roles and responsibilities allocated.

– Ensure rigorous crisis plans are in place and identify training requirements.– Maintaining and enhance CCBU’s corporate reputation, trust and credibility through strategic stakeholder engagement and media relations.

– Manage implementation of Enterprise development programmes to enhance CCBU’s corporate reputation and position as a leader on corporate programme

s– Contribute content to the various regular in-house & external publications

– Manage public relations activities for the region to support overall business initiatives, regional initiatives and to foster social cohesion with communities.

– Support in events execution