Manager Stakeholder Relations & Communication (m/f)

Duties

• Development and successful delivery of stakeholder engagement plans in accordance with the overarching stakeholder engagement strategy
• Manage stakeholder mapping and prepare communications to stakeholders and respond to stakeholder enquiries
• Manage stakeholder engagement relationship owners, providing guidance and directing their workload activities to ensure timescales and requirements are met
• Provide briefings and support to leadership team for meetings with stakeholders
• Arrange and attend stakeholder meetings with leadership team members and ensure feedback of stakeholder responses and requests to technical teams are responded to within agreed timescales
• Prepare and manage workshops, roundtable and forum logistics including developing agendas, project plans, minute taking and production of reports
• Ensure accurate audit trail maintained of all stakeholder engagement and all contact/activities are recorded on stakeholder database
• Provide input into monthly reports for Country Management team.
• Attend Stakeholder Engagement Working Group and expedite actions arising
• Internal Communication:
• Develop and implement the internal communications plan for proactively aligning employees around our purpose, values and strategy
• Working in harmony with the HR team to improve employee communication and engagement to help people achieve their maximum potential
• Keep employees informed on important Sasol news and updates in a timely, relevant, and engaging manner
• External Communication:
• Development and implementation of communication plan and integrated content & brand plan including online media target setting
• Development and launch of Sasol brand targeting different stakeholders, including communities
• Plan and coordinate corporate events
• Media engagement/social listening
• Broadcasting and dialogue via social media, internet content creation and management, including, campaigning, monitoring, and moderating
• Content creation & campaign development

Requisites

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Communication, Public Relations or related field
• 6+ years’ experience in developing and successfully implementing stakeholder engagement and communications plans with a comprehensive understanding of innovative communication methods, including leveraging and maximizing traditional, digital and social media channels

Notes

• Only short listed applicants will be contacted