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  • Posted: Oct 23, 2025
    Deadline: Not specified
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  • Sappi is a global company focused on providing dissolving wood pulp, paper-pulp and paper based solutions to its direct and indirect customer base across more than 100 countries. Our dissolving wood pulp is used worldwide by converters to create viscose fibre for clothing and textiles, acetate tow, pharmaceutical products as well as a wide range of consumer ...
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    Communications Practitioner

    Description

    • We’re on the lookout for an experienced Communication Practitioner to implement the internal communications plan for the business unit providing tactical support to relevant stakeholders regarding External Communication, Community Relations, Social Impact, and Government Relations, aligned with the communication mission of Sappi SA’s strategy and executing to relevant Sappi policies, guidelines and processes as well as best practice.

    As a Communication Practitioner, you will:

    • Implement operational communications to support business strategies for key stakeholders such as the Risk Department, Employee Well-being, Human Resources, and the General Manager. This will include the end-to-end management of strategic communications including the planning, compiling, and distribution thereof.
    • Provide functional and administrative support for the execution of relevant projects and plans
    • Engage and implement key Social Impact initiatives at the Business Unit (BU) level
    • Develop content for various communication tools, including newsletters, flyers, posters, and video scripts. Oversee production, including photography, proofreading, and graphic design
    • Manage our Corporate Identity (CI) by overseeing the application of Sappi CI on all assets and at events
    • Plan, coordinate, and execute key events such as, but not limited to, Long Service and Retirement Events, GM Review Meetings, and other departmental events like Global Safety Month and Women’s Day
    • Measure and evaluate the effectiveness of internal communication tools, channels, and key messages for impact and effectiveness
    • Generate weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual communication reports and participate in departmental planning and review meetings
    • Perform financial administration, including compiling project budgets, managing spend, and creating orders on SAP
    • Maintain effective working relationships with the GM's office, Heads of Departments, suppliers, and internal and external stakeholders

    What are we looking for?

    • NQF6 degree in Public Relations or Communications or equivalent
    • A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in a manufacturing/plant environment
    • A minimum of 6 -7 years of relevant experience in a communications.
    • Code 08 driver’s license with three years of driving experience and own transport

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    Interested and qualified? Go to Sappi on www.sappi.com to apply

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