British American Tobacco Job Vacancy for an Internal Communications & Sustainability Manager
British American Tobacco
(www.bat.com) is a market leading, global organisation with a long,
established history and a bright and dynamic future. Thanks to our
people we have continued to deliver growth and exceed expectations in an
increasingly complex and challenging marketplace.
Our aim is to
become the leading tobacco company in each of our markets by providing
excellent products with confidence and responsibility expected of global
consumer brands.
Job Title: Internal Communications & Sustainability Manager
Job purpose and key deliverable
The 2 in 1 Challenge
As a key member of the Corporate and Regulatory Affairs (CORA) team,
the Internal Communications & Sustainability Manager will manage the
company’s internal communications programme, provide strategic
communication support to the business and assist employees and managers
understand their role in making business goals a reality. He will also
be responsible for addressing key business-related social, environmental
and economic impacts in a way that builds value for our stakeholders as
well as our shareholders, which will in turn improve our commercial
sustainability
This role reports to the Area Head of Corporate Affairs and is a self-managed role with no direct reports.
Coverage: West Africa Area (Anglophone and Francophone)
Business Responsibilities:
Internal Communications:
- Set strategy to manage employee communications that ensure
employees understand and support company strategies, principles and
initiatives, and the impact on the employee’s day-to-day activities.
- Develops, manages and produces effective communications tools
& platforms, such as company magazines, corporate literature and
internal campaigns, that ensure staff are aware of and supporting
business initiatives, and success
- Develops and manages the development of annual communications
cycle plans that incorporates functional and company requirements and
supports the company plan and focus.
Sustainability
- Strengthening the recommended approach to Sustainability Agenda
- Drive high standards and best practice on Sustainability management approach
- Provide technical advice and support on Sustainability issues
- Monitor emerging global sustainability issues;
Essential requirements
- Graduate calibre, ideally with professional or higher qualification in PR, Internal Communication or Corporate Communication
- 5 years+ broad internal communications experience, ideally in a blue chip company
- Understanding of the wider communications disciplines; experience of change management
- Understanding of research tools and methodologies; can conduct small scale qual. and quant. Research
- Experience in developing and implementing Sustainability programmes in a corporate environment
- Expert in project management and good understanding of the tobacco regulatory environment
Desirable requirements
- The job-holder should demonstrate an aptitude for policy-making and stakeholder engagement processes.
- He should have comprehensive understanding of Sustainability
issues within corporate organisations, comprehensive understanding of
stakeholder management and reporting process and best practice standards
and mechanisms.
- Ability to identify sustainability issues cross functionally and drive a sustainable agenda to address issues identified
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