Senior Communication Officer: Stakeholder Cooperation & Awareness at Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

Requirements & Qualifications

• National Diploma (NQF6) in Communications, Public Relations, Event Management, Marketing, Journalism or relevant equivalent qualification. A minimum of one year (1) relevant experience in relevant field.

Duties

• Provide event management support for environmental calendar days activities and ministerial and non-ministerial events and conferences. Provide support in updating the departmental calendar for events and stakeholder engagement database.
• Provide support in the implementation of learner environmental awareness programmes, career expos and community outreach programmes. Provide support in the development and implementation of departmental campaigns.
• Provide support in the implementation of stakeholder engagement programmes. Assist with logistics and communication outputs for events, conferences and stakeholder engagement programmes.

Candidate Profile

• Knowledge of project management. Knowledge of Marketing and stakeholder management, event management, campaigns management, Administration fields, Public Service and Departmental procedure.
• Skills. Sound, organising and planning skills, good communication skills. Ability to engage senior managers, good interpersonal relations. Ability to work long hours voluntarily, be able to gather and analyse information.
• Ability to apply policies, be able to work individually and in teams and ability to be able to work under extreme pressure and organise and plan under pressure. Sense of responsibility and ability to lead multidisciplinary team and to resolve conflicts