Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, June 06 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
About the Role
The Business Manager – Strategic Communications is a key member of the team working on and managing a portfolio of clients whilst supporting and mentoring team members of staff to perform to the best of their ability.
The successful candidate is a motivated and commercially focused individual with experience and knowledge in Public Relations, preferably from an agency background and passionate about using communications effectively to influence and engage.

The Business Manager – Strategic Communications will take responsibility for the day-to-day activities associated with managing clients communications and engagement activities.
They will help develop and deploy creative PR programmes to meet the needs of clients.
As a Business Manager you will:
• Have the ability to work on your own initiative and take charge of clients requirements
• Forge strong and productive client relationships
• Manage workloads effectively across multiple projects and ensure all work is completed in a timely manner and on-budget
• Work closely with other teams within the Agency to coordinate integrated communications programmes
• Provide strategic counsel and insight to shape clients’ communications programme
• Be actively involved in new business development, leading on team brainstorms, creation of PR proposals and new business pitches
• Have experience of managing and formulating budgets.
• Have strong media contacts and relationships within Zambia and across East and Southern Africa
• Have an entrepreneurial mindset

Skills required include:
• A minimum of 5-6 years agency experience in PR in either an agency and/or in house role
• Excellent organisational skills
• First class writing skills
• Outstanding people management skills and track record of effective team working
• Excellent communications skills, both verbally and in writing
• Strong IT skills

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education:

Job application procedure
• Interested? Please apply in the first instance by sending a detailed CV and three (03) published writing samples to partners@efficacymedia.co 

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