Communications Consultant

Boardroom Appointments; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in Johannesburg seeks a professional to develop and implement internal communication strategies. You will partner with management and various departments to ensure effective communication of business objectives and culture. Responsibilities include overseeing internal communication materials, managing project communications, and evaluating the effectiveness of communication strategies. Ideal candidates should demonstrate excellent communication skills and strategy development abilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategies to communicate business objectives to employees.
• Partner with management and other departments for internal communications.
• Design and oversee internal communication materials.
• Evaluate audience comprehension of communications.
• Implement metrics to evaluate communication effectiveness.
• Manage internal project communications.

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Develops and implements strategies and programs to communicate the companys business objectives, culture and values to its employees.
• Partners with executive management, Public Relations, Human Resources and other departments to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate strategic internal communications.
• Designs, edits and oversees distribution of internal communication materials via company newsletters, intranet, emails/memos, webcasts, employee meetings, etc.
• Develops standards and guidelines for style and content.
• Provides guidance to executive management regarding corporate announcements.
• Evaluates fit with target audience to ensure comprehension.
• Implements metrics to evaluate effectiveness of communication plan delivery.
• Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.
• Support the One SC Project to successfully deliver the communication messages for the programme and each project
• Work with stakeholder groups to identify required activities to support target end estate
• Manage and organize engagement and communication plan
• Oversee and prioritize the development of artefacts
• Co-ordinate and manage the delivery of all project communications as per the communication plan ensuring consistency of message and approach
• Manage internal project communications
• Liaise with the Change Agent Network to coordinate and consolidate business wide communication requirements and agree tone/channels etc
• Responsible for all Supplier Enablement comms with the support of the Supplier Enablement Lead and the Supplier Enablement Forum