Our client, in the retail industry, requires the service of an Internal Communications Officer who will be responsible for supporting the delivery of the company's internal communications strategy.

Key performance areas:

? Managing the content and adoption process of the company’s mobile employee communications platform.
? Effective and efficient management of the digital content creation process including planning, scheduling and streamlining of content with stakeholders, agencies and freelancer.
? Ensure the platform consistently represents the most up-to-date and accurate company news and information
? Write and devise digitally-led creative communication plans and activities, whether ad-hoc or ongoing.
? Develop relevant digital communication plans and creative for internal implementation across various themes.
? Understand the concept of producing and implementing creative collateral with a communication campaign
? Intranet Content Planning and Management
? Liaise with IT to update relevant policies and other information on the intranet
? Implement best practice content approaches and reporting to ensure the effectiveness of the tool
? Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across the business in order to identify important company news and become familiar with information such as new projects, programmes, and initiatives that should be communicated to staff
? Positively contribute to delivering on the department’s business unit KPI’s
? Assist with annual independent surveys measuring employees’ awareness of and engagement with the content of the department’s internal publications as required

The successful candidate must have:

? Matric with a Degree in Communications (Editorial/Journalism/Internal Communications) or Degree/Diploma in related field excluding advertising.
? At least 5 years’ experience as a corporate/in-house Communications Specialist or news media Journalist
? At least 4 years’ experience in project coordination
? Must have knowledge of Digital Media and Digital Content Creation
? Knowledge of all communications channels and execution of communication campaigns
? Knowledge of Online research skills, Photography, CMS, HTML will be advantageous
? Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills
? Must be detail orientated

Please note that only short listed candidates will be contacted.