Remuneration:	R549372 – R684494 per year TCTC
Location:	Johannesburg
Job policy:	Employment Equity position
Company:	Brand South Africa

Job description

Job purpose

To manage and influence relationships with key stakeholders as identified and prioritised in the strategic plan to promote Brand South Africa’s strategic objectives in partnership with these stakeholders, to external audiences. To play a key programmatic role in the definition and delivery of projects through participating in processes to conceptualise projects in partnership with stakeholders, developing internal concepts where required, manage the needs and expectations of the stakeholders and ensuring they are effectively addressed in the roll-out plan. The Relationship Consultant is one of the main Brand South Africa custodians of the relationship with identified stakeholders and a key output is to ensure the effectiveness and sustainability of these collaborations.

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science/ Economics/ Marketing/ Business Management/ Project Management or equivalent

Postgraduate degree in Political Science / Economics / Marketing / Business Management (e.g. MBA)/ Project Management will be an added advantage

5+ years combined project management experience in marketing, communications, public relations, stakeholder relations, at a mid-management level.

Key Performance Areas:

Development of programme specific projects and initiatives

With reference to Brand South Africa business plan and signed MoU’s with priority stakeholders, unpack, research, workshop and develop implementation plans to activate the delivery of a project / initiative / campaign in line with the integrated marketing and communications programme and stakeholder expectations.  

Maintain and manage relationships with the right decision-makers and influencers and canvass all input from geographic and stakeholder plans and target group information.

Sell the project / initiative / campaign plan for buy-in and approval (sign-off) with relevant stakeholder priority base (levels, locations, platforms, decision-makers, beneficiaries)

Sell the project / campaign / initiative to the relevant stakeholder bases and decision-makers / beneficiaries to ensure buy-in in terms of the content, tone, roll-out mechanism(s), budget, audience target(s), collaborative ownership, time lines and output.   

Feedback stakeholder inputs, research, scanning of the environment, and other relevant information (budgets, changing priorities) back to Marketing and Communications for refinement and amendment in the activation plans to ensure sign-off.  

Compliance, monitoring and reporting

   

Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the stakeholder-implemented initiatives (including risks) and reflect this in the quarterly reporting in accordance with the contracted performance measurement and business plan scorecard of the organisation.

To scan the wider public policy environment to identify and leverage opportunities for future work where supportive of the strategic aims of Brand South Africa, develop leads to establish relationships with public policy makers and influencers and identify opportunities for joint future work where appropriate. (E.g. new international relations strategy, diplomacy rules for sectors and geographic regions).

Ensure adherence to the project corporate identity, copy right, correct representation, referencing, necessary Brand South Africa support to affect the objectives of the stakeholder roll-out plans. Ensure collateral is available at all Brand South Africa stakeholder activations.

Monitor resource spend and financial expenditure in accordance with the approved project plans.  Develop an ROI for increased stakeholder value. Complete a variance report on a monthly basis and identify reconciliations where appropriate.

General administration

Ensure all portfolio of evidence is correct, appropriate and uploaded onto brand base or an identified sharepoint portal. Maintain all project documentation for retrieval.

Develop error-free submissions for presentation by the GM to EXCO. Process all necessary payments, S&Ts, travel and other disbursements. Ensure leave management is monitored and managed within the business unit.

Company Description

Brand South Africa aims to contribute to the objectives of the National Development Plan (NDP) by managing South Africa’s Nation Brand reputation in order improve the country’s global attractiveness and competitiveness.

Requirements

Required Skills, Competencies and Attributes

Excellent business acumen, i.e. strategic ability to position and sell Brand South Africa’s mandate and initiatives in response to emerging political, business and environmental trends.

Excellent presentation skills, i.e. the ability to use the right presentation techniques and emphasise the right content to influence and persuade target audiences. And excellent verbal and oratorical skills to ensure delivery of Brand South Africa content to high level audiences.

Knowledge of the Government operations and processes.

Above average interpersonal and communication skills to engage credibly with people at different levels and with different needs (public relations).

Marketing skills, i.e. the ability to identify and capture a target market or audience’s needs and sell a message branded with the identified need.  

Excellent negotiation and ‘deal-making’ skills.

Excellent fundraising and negotiating partnerships that will bring added value in financial and resource terms.

Knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, sharepoint and MS CRM or any other CRM system), including Microsoft projects

Competent in project management

Excellent proposal, portfolio writing and planning ability.

Self-management.

Results oriented (output driven)

Thorough and excellent follow-through ability

Willingness to work extended hours and travel substantively (within and across borders where necessary).

Perform under pressure

Above average level of perceptiveness and discernment

Networking ability

Service oriented

Persuasive

Ability to take data and transform it into high level well-structured presentations.

Ability to structure and close a partnership and reduce to writing.

Ability to work in a team and to be matrix managed.

Ability to think strategically

Comprehensive understanding of the social, business, political and legislative environment (domestic and international) within which Brand South Africa operates.

Thorough knowledge of the workings of the political, business and macro-economic environment (domestic and internationally).

Understanding the socio economic environment (domestic and internationally).

Working knowledge of systems and processes and how they contribute to organisational performance.

Advanced knowledge of how to determine value from a customer perspective.

Ability to segment clients as well as contribute to a stakeholder strategy development process.

Brand South Africa is committed to ensuring and maintaining workplace diversity and the attainment of employment equity, having due regard to qualifications and appropriate experience. Please include certified copies of ID, and qualifications and contact details of at least 3 referees.

Brand South Africa encourages applications from people with disabilities, White, Indian (male/female) as per EE requirements  

This position is subject to competency assessments. Brand South Africa retains the right not to employ.

Posted on 01 Feb 15:28