Communications Manager at Heirs Holdings

Heirs Holdings operates businesses in Africa’s financial services, oil and gas, power, real estate, hospitality, healthcare and agribusiness sectors. Although still young, the firm has significant interests in numerous companies, presence in 20 countries across the continent, and our portfolio companies employ over 30,000 people, while empowering thousands more.

This is a strong start on our ambitious mission of creating value and driving economic transformation across the African continent.

We are recruiting to fill the below position:

Job Title: Communications Manager

Location: Nigeria

Job Description

• The Communication Manager is responsible for developing and coordinating the planning, execution, maintenance, and accessibility of all Africapitalism Institute owned and generated content and content related services.
• This includes ensuring that the messaging, tone, navigation and access to the content are consistent.

Duties/Responsibilities
Strategy & Planning:

• Prepare a long term plan for content development, including standards and guidelines based on the Institute’s goals
• Create and execute a content audit plan to ensure content data is current and accurate

Quality Assurance:

• Manage the editorial and quality assurance process with internal and external content creators
• Ensure consistent messaging, tone and use of language on all communications, providing access to content as needed
• Develop, implement and enforce content policy, procedures, standards and its appropriate use

Acquisition & Deployment:

• Assess, recommend, and purchase content authoring, development & publishing tools as required; track new standards and technologies

Content Management:

• Oversee and manage the content presented on Africapitalism Institute websites and other electronic platforms
• Manage all aspects of owned content including documents, procedures, graphics, sound files, multimedia and any other collateral deemed as content
• Oversee the monitoring of website statistics, traffic user demographics, and respond to website feedback as needed
• Develop and edit content for press releases, newsletters, blogs, speeches, and media-related briefings
• Identify current and future content needs and priorities of the Africapitalism Institute
• Work with a cross-departmental team to maintain & develop the master content calendar
• Set up and maintain content alerts focused on the Africapitalism Institute and its affiliates
• Identify, extract and package valuable third party content alerts to be shared via social media and other online publishing

Knowledge Sharing Management:

• Co-ordinate the delivery and availability of timely, accurate and quality assured data, information, intelligence and knowledge
• Manage the development and use of the Institute’s internal information and knowledge systems and databases, ensuring that staff are trained and supported in using them efficiently

Operational Management:

• Manage information submission to and updating of all communication portals
• Manage the distribution of the Africapitalism Institute news development to all stakeholder audiences
• Develop and participate in training sessions for the Africapitalism Institute employees regarding writing and editing according to approved business parameters
• Participate in ad-hoc projects and performs other activities as assigned

Requirements
Education/Experience Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s Degree In Business/Commerce, Marketing, Communications, Journalism or a related course
• Minimum of Eight (8) years relevant experience including previous role(s) in Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism, etc
• Experience of content management software, web publishing, HTML, database management and network systems is preferred

Skills/Attributes:

• Strong writing and editorial skills with emphasis on story/contextual editing (content grasp, flow and clarity)
• Self –starter with the ability to self-motivate and self-manage when working remotely
• Creative and strategic thinker with good project management skills
• Ability to manage complex work flows, and multi-task under pressure and on deadline
• Good team management, interpersonal and communication skills
• Great eye for detail and excellent proof reading skills
• Good analytical and problem solving skills
• Knowledge of and experience in using a variety of social media platforms and tools including Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Slideshare, YouTube, WordPress and more
• Strong online research skills including information gathering, organization, and synthesis; experience with Analyst research, News Media research, Social Media research, and other forms of published content
• Articulate speaker and writer with a solid portfolio of business content examples
• Fluent oral and written English; comprehension of French and/ or Portuguese a plus

Application Closing Date
Not Stated.

How to Apply
Interesteed and qualified candidates should send their CV's to: [email protected] stating 'Communications Manager' in the subject header.