Requisition ID:  249554

Requisition Posting End Date: 02/10/2022

As Communications & Public Affairs Manager, you will play a key role supporting the global communications team, with a focus on the EAMS region. In addition to the day-to-day press, research and editorial duties, you will support communications and public affairs strategies across the EAMS region. This work involves proactive engagement with our projects and our people; managing relationships with the media; and supporting customer stakeholder engagement. The successful candidate would ideally have experience in public affairs or in journalism, and exhibit strategic communications skills in a wide variety of contexts relating to our infrastructure projects. 

Ours is a lean but highly motivated and successful team, so we are seeking someone with a real ‘can do’ attitude, who is a team worker, and who has a passion for the transformational impact our projects have on people and communities around the world. We see this role as one that will grow into a rounded industry communications and public affairs expert.

We are seeking to fill this position at the earliest possible date, as soon as first week of March.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Strategic communications planning
• Media relations
• Digital communications
• Stakeholder engagement and events management
• Research and marketing

Job Skills:

• Proven experience as a communications manager or similar role
• Strong track record building relationships and working successfully with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders, with a proactive collaborative approach
• Understanding of media relations and digital media strategies
• Excellent writing and research skills
• Ability to articulate complex or technical issues in an easily understood, compelling way
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Demonstrable experience of thinking and acting strategically to support business goals
• Knowledge of infrastructure issues and, in time, our business and expertise, to help develop the most appropriate communications approaches

Desirable: 

• Experience of working in or alongside government and/ or in media