Social Media Employee Advocacy Senior Specialist - 12 month FTC

Bain & Company; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 60 000 - 100 000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Employee Advocacy expert to enhance their global advocacy initiatives. This role involves empowering employees to amplify the brand through authentic storytelling, thereby strengthening client relationships and attracting top talent. You'll manage advocacy content, advise stakeholders, and analyze program performance to inform strategy. Join a vibrant team dedicated to diversity and inclusion, where your contributions will drive meaningful engagement and brand amplification. If you are passionate about storytelling and employee engagement, this is your chance to make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• 4+ years managing employee advocacy programs.
• Strong understanding of social media and analytics tools.

Responsibilities

• Own and implement employee advocacy initiatives.
• Advise stakeholders on social media use and content.
• Deliver data analysis and reporting on program performance.

Skills

Social Media Management

Employee Advocacy

Content Creation

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Project Management

Communication Skills

Tools

LinkedIn

Analytics Tools

Advocacy Platforms

Job description

WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO WORK

We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the world's best places to work, a champion of diversity and a model of social responsibility. We are currently ranked the #1 consulting firm on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work list, and we have maintained a spot in the top four on Glassdoor's list for the last 12 years. We believe that diversity, inclusion and collaboration is key to building extraordinary teams. We hire people with exceptional talents, abilities and potential, then create an environment where you can become the best version of yourself and thrive both professionally and personally. We are publicly recognized by external parties such as Fortune, Vault, Mogul, Working Mother, Glassdoor and the Human Rights Campaign for being a great place to work for diversity and inclusion, women, LGBTQ and parents.

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

You’ll work directly with the Social Media team lead, as well as:

• Marketing and Talent colleagues on advocacy content and support for Partners using LinkedIn
• Employer Brand team supporting our CEO on their LinkedIn approach
• Our MarTech lead, as we look to review the advocacy platform
• LinkedIn for editorial partnership.

WHERE YOU’LL FIT WITHIN THE TEAM

We’re seeking an Employee Advocacy expert to scale and add impact to our global employee advocacy approach.

You’ll empower Bain employees to amplify the brand through authentic social storytelling and build trust to strengthen client relationships and attract top talent.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Own the implementation of Bain’s employee advocacy initiatives and provide input to enhance strategy based on program performance and stakeholder needs

• Advise internal stakeholders (Partners and Marketing contacts) on their use of social media and content
  
  
• Develop and manage advocacy content, ensuring relevant, engaging, and accessible content for employees

• Deliver accurate data analysis, and reporting on program performance to inform strategy development, improve platform adoption and enhance content creation

• Drive employee training, engagement, and participation through workshops, webinars, and resources

• Manage our advocacy tool and vendor relationship. Lead platform use and adoption, and the review of a new tool
  

• Demonstrate flexibility by exploring and sharing best practices in employee advocacy; incorporate learnings into the team’s approach and share with others to support collective growth
  
  
• Lead our relationship with the LinkedIn Editorial team.

ABOUT YOU

• Proven experience (4+ years) managing employee advocacy programs
• Strong understanding of social media platforms (LinkedIn) and analytics tools
• Exceptional communication, project management, and stakeholder management skills. Strong English language skills are essential
• Proven ability to train, influence and educate people
• Experience in advocacy content creation
• Passionate about employee engagement, storytelling, and brand amplification
• Experience with AI tools in a content creation or optimization capacity is desirable.

ABOUT US

Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world’s most ambitious change makers define the future. Across 61 offices in 38 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition and redefine industries. We complement our tailored, integrated expertise with a vibrant ecosystem of digital innovators to deliver better, faster and more enduring outcomes. Our 10-year commitment to invest $2 billion in pro bono services brings our talent, expertise and insight to organizations tackling today’s urgent challenges. We earned a platinum rating from EcoVadis, the leading platform for environmental, social and ethical performance ratings for global supply chains, putting us in the top 1 percent among other consulting firms. Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients, and we proudly maintain the highest level of client advocacy in the industry.