Corporate Communications Director job description

Work alongside change oriented Executive Team to communicate the vision within the company and to the outside world.
 
In collaboration with the communications team, this function will span internal communications; marketing communications; media relations;
public affairs; crisis and reputation management; brand management; and content management for internal and external websites.

Corporate Communications Director job description
Manage relationships with external public relations suppliers;

Be responsible for all written communications, including electronic and print communications with staff, contributions to company publications, marketing materials, websites and client/community engagement communications;
Work with other functions including HR, IT, Safety and Contracts to support their communications needs;
Work alongside Government Relations to ensure coherence;
Provide strategic counsel to Executive Committee and senior management teams, business unit managers and client sector leaders to build and protect corporate brand name and image;
Provide change management communications strategies for corporate acquisitions and integrations;
Manage an agreed budget for the Communications Department; 

 At least 10 years` experience in the field of corporate communications preferably within the engineering consulting industry or similar project management company;

Demonstrable leadership competencies such as teamwork, creative problem solving, flexibility, results driven, interpersonal skills, negotiating;

Outstanding communication and presentational skills (written, oral, listening, influencing, coaching, strategic communication planning);
 

Experience across media relations, corporate communications, crisis management, public affairs and/or marketing communications;

Educated to degree or equivalent level, possibly with an additional business qualification such as an MBA; foreign languages an advantage; and
 

Financially literate and commercially aware.

Personal Competencies:

Corporate Communications Director job description

A strategic thinker able to contribute at a senior level in addition to strong operational and delivery skills;

Maturity and credibility to lead a communications function providing excellence in all fields of communication;

A team leader who can energize and motivate his or her staff but also build, develop and work with functional experts spanning all disciplines within the team;

A team player comfortable operating at the most senior levels within the company and outside it and capable of building strong links with Corporate Communications;

Flexibility to develop strong supportive relationships with members of the decentralized Executive Committee (10 members in seven locations)

Creative thinker, able to conceive unconventional solutions in support of rapid growth;

Culturally sensitive and empathetic;

Strong influencing skills to win the support of divisional managers and to provide leadership of functional staff over whom he or she may not have direct line responsibility; and

Dynamic and high energy, able to perform well under deadline pressure.

Corporate Communications Director job description