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Communication Specialist, Mining, Public Relations Cowan International - South Africa
Communication Specialist, Mining, Public Relations Cowan International - South Africa
Job Code: 7443
Mining, Communication
South Africa
Cowan International is recruiting a Communication Specialist for an international mining client.
Opportunity in Mining and Communications
The purpose of the role is to provide support in designing and implementing a CAR sustainability communications strategy and in supporting Business Unit capacity building in effective message delivery related to sustainability.
Communication Specialist Role, Mining, Communication
- Develop, implement, maintain and monitor a sustainability external communications strategy.
- Draft and maintain communications policies, protocols, guidelines and standard processes.
- Define content types and templates.
- Identify target audiences and key messages to support achievement of objectives.
- Manage content development and dissemination.
- Provide professional writing, proof reading and editing services across the business units.
- Repurpose internal content for external use.
- Provide research, analysis and preparation of responses to media queries in coordination with Corporate, Region and Business Unit communications.
- Monitor & evaluate Business Unit communications (including media monitoring and public opinion polling) regarding sustainability.
- Coordinate and align external communications.
- Advise sustainability senior management on external communications issues.
- Establish and maintain linkages between internal and external communications.
- Plan and manage external events and support CAR participation in external events.
- Communicate sustainability messages to external audiences.
- Support Business Units with the following:
- Strategic communication planning frameworks.
- Generic communications structures.
- Capacity building including communications knowledge management and networking.
Desired Skills & Experience
Communication Specialist Experience and Skill Set Requirements, Mining, Communication
- A recognized three year qualification in communication, media or public relations or equivalent.
- A minimum of 7 years work experience of which 3 years should be within corporate communications, media management and public relations.
- Proven knowledge of corporate communications, media management and public relations essential.
- Media management, analytical skills, people management, leadership abilities, communication management and consultation and negotiation skills essential.
- Knowledge of sub-Saharan Africa culture and political history would be a strong advantage.
- Training skills.
- Fluency in French will be beneficial.
Company Description
All applications will be treated with strict confidentiality.
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Cowan Contact
To apply for this position please follow this link:http://www.cowaninternational.com/jobs/908/communication-specialist/
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Communication Specialist, Mining, Public Relations Cowan International - South Africa
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