Strategic Communications Specialist

Purpose of the job

The Communications Specialist plays a key role in supporting the Strategic Communications function by ensuring high-quality execution, coordination, and delivery of communications initiatives across projects, markets, and stakeholders.

Working closely with the Senior Manager Strategic Communications, the role translates strategic direction into clear, structured, and impactful outputs, enabling effective implementation of communications frameworks, toolkits, thought-leadership content, and activation plans.

The position ensures operational excellence across communications deliverables, such as writing, presentations, reporting, and stakeholder coordination, while maintaining consistency, quality, and timeliness.  

This role is ideal for a digitally savvy communicator with strong writing skills, high attention to detail, and the ability to leverage AI and digital tools to enhance productivity and output quality.

Principal Accountabilities

1. Content development & production

• Draft, edit, and refine communications materials, including presentations, briefing notes, talking points, reports, and written content.
  
• Translate strategic inputs into clear, structured, and compelling outputs tailored to different audiences, ensuring consistency of messaging, tone, and narrative across all materials.
  
• Support the development of communications toolkits, templates, and guidance materials.
  
• Support the adoption of modern, digital-first approaches in communications execution.
  

2. Operational support to strategic projects

• Support the preparation and delivery of strategic initiatives, ensuring materials are complete, accurate, and aligned with project objectives.
  
• Assist in structuring documents, frameworks, and narratives for internal and external use.
  
• Track progress across key workstreams and ensure timely delivery of outputs.
  

3. Coordination & stakeholder management

• Organize and coordinate meetings, workshops, and engagements with internal teams, regions, markets, and external stakeholders.
  
• Prepare agendas, background materials, minutes, and follow-up actions.
  

4. Reporting & performance tracking

• Consolidate inputs from markets, regions into structured reports and summaries.
  
• Feeds the dashboards and reporting outputs to track progress and impact.
  
• Ensure clarity, accuracy, and consistency across reporting formats.
  

5. Knowledge & documentation management

• Maintain organized repositories of communications materials, frameworks, and key assets.
  
• Ensure documents, presentations, and toolkits are up to date, accessible, and aligned with current priorities.
  

6. Budget & operational management

• Support budget tracking, vendor coordination, and administrative processes related to communications activities.
  
• Ensure discipline and visibility in resource allocation and execution.
  
• Coordinate with agencies or external partners on deliverables and timelines.
  

Desired Profile

Must have:

• 3-5 years of experience in communications, corporate affairs, or a related field.
  
• Strong writing, editing, and presentation development skills, with the ability to produce clear, structured, executive-ready materials.
  
• High level of digital fluency, with demonstrated ability to use AI tools and digital platforms to enhance productivity, content creation and output quality.
  
• Proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, and document structuring tools.
  

• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities effectively.
  

Nice to have:

• Strong coordination and project management skills in a multi-stakeholder environment.
  
• Ability to translate complex or strategic content into practical, user-friendly outputs.
  
• Proactive, reliable, and solution-oriented with a strong sense of ownership.
  
• Collaborative mindset and ability to operate effectively in a matrixed environment.
  
• Opportunities to streamline processes and improve productivity through technology.
  

Additional requirements

• Fluent in English (written and spoken).
  
• Proficiency in a second language is a plus.