Job Description
Responsibilities include:
- Engage and manage new and existing internal and external stakeholders to ensure continued systematic identification, analysis, planning and implementation of actions designed to engage with stakeholders.
- Create and maintain a database of relevant stakeholders to the project, as well as a systemic approach to engagement of all key stakeholders across the project.
- Proactively manage key federal and state-level government relations.
- Monitor the external environment to identify legal, political, and social issues that may affect the company’s operations and interests, as well as proffer mitigation options.
- Develop key relationships with foreign missions, trade missions and organizations, government agencies and parastatals, media and other organizations.
- Actively build industrial and commercial sales funnels through business development efforts
- Develop and implement an effective crisis management framework.
- Represent the company’s interests at key industry events and serve as key spokesperson for the organization.
- Proactively manage all community-related requests, with a view to continually maintaining goodwill towards the Alaro City project.
- Ensure prompt de-escalation and resolution of all community-centered agitations towards the Alaro City project.
- Serve as a key community liaison and coordinate all community-related affairs alongside LWIL and other designated parties.
- Maintain cordial and effective relationships with other Free Zone operators and jointly drive appreciation and positive perception for the regime.
- Counter negative publicity and handle crisis and emergency communications promptly and effectively.
- Create and maintain a favorable public image for Alaro City by communicating and managing brand perception.
- In collaboration with Marketing & Communications, plan and execute Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs and analyse the impact on both the company and the beneficiaries every quarter.
- Create an effective job desk and job administration system for Alaro City with a view to driving employment from the community.
REQUIREMENTS
Hard skills and experience:
- Seven to 10 years’ experience in sales, marketing, corporate communications, media relations, advertising and event management in a reputable company
- Excellent written and oral communication, producing copywriter-or professional journalist-level text.
- Proven leadership and managerial experience
- Strong ability in: planning, branding, design and digital.
- Knowledge of multi-channel marketing/communication processes and the local Nigerian media.
- Very strong analytical skills.
- Previous exposure to emerging or frontier markets.
- International product and brand communications experience highly desirable.
Soft skills:
- Mature, pragmatic and flexible approach, strong commercial judgment.
- Team player but comfortable working autonomously.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong research and analytical skills.
- Good attention to detail.
- Rigorous and organized approach.
- Hands-on and responsible.
- Personal characteristics:
- High energy.
- Result-oriented.
- Strong work ethic.
- Impeccable integrity
- Ability to work effectively under pressure.