Head Corporate Affairs

21 January
2025

Position: Head Corporate Affairs

Job description

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Head Corporate Affairs will be responsible for stakeholder and client management and community engagement.

Responsibilities include:

  • Engage and manage new and existing internal and external stakeholders to ensure continued systematic identification, analysis, planning and implementation of actions designed to engage with stakeholders.
  • Create and maintain a database of relevant stakeholders to the project, as well as a systemic approach to engagement of all key stakeholders across the project.
  • Proactively manage key federal and state-level government relations.
  • Monitor the external environment to identify legal, political, and social issues that may affect the company’s operations and interests, as well as proffer mitigation options.
  • Develop key relationships with foreign missions, trade missions and organizations, government agencies and parastatals, media and other organizations.
  • Actively build industrial and commercial sales funnels through business development efforts
  • Develop and implement an effective crisis management framework.
  • Represent the company’s interests at key industry events and serve as key spokesperson for the organization.
  • Proactively manage all community-related requests, with a view to continually maintaining goodwill towards the Alaro City project.
  • Ensure prompt de-escalation and resolution of all community-centered agitations towards the Alaro City project.
  • Serve as a key community liaison and coordinate all community-related affairs alongside LWIL and other designated parties.
  • Maintain cordial and effective relationships with other Free Zone operators and jointly drive appreciation and positive perception for the regime.
  • Counter negative publicity and handle crisis and emergency communications promptly and effectively.
  • Create and maintain a favorable public image for Alaro City by communicating and managing brand perception.
  • In collaboration with Marketing & Communications, plan and execute Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs and analyse the impact on both the company and the beneficiaries every quarter.
  • Create an effective job desk and job administration system for Alaro City with a view to driving employment from the community.

REQUIREMENTS

Hard skills and experience:

  • Seven to 10 years’ experience in sales, marketing, corporate communications, media relations, advertising and event management in a reputable company
  • Excellent written and oral communication, producing copywriter-or professional journalist-level text.
  • Proven leadership and managerial experience
  • Strong ability in: planning, branding, design and digital.
  • Knowledge of multi-channel marketing/communication processes and the local Nigerian media.
  • Very strong analytical skills.
  • Previous exposure to emerging or frontier markets.
  • International product and brand communications experience highly desirable.

Soft skills:

  • Mature, pragmatic and flexible approach, strong commercial judgment.
  • Team player but comfortable working autonomously.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong research and analytical skills.
  • Good attention to detail.
  • Rigorous and organized approach.
  • Hands-on and responsible.

Personal characteristics:

  • High energy.
  • Result-oriented.
  • Strong work ethic.
  • Impeccable integrity
  • Ability to work effectively under pressure.

How to apply

Interested candidates should send an up-to-date CV to .