Job Title: Â Senior Communications Officer
Organisation:Â Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) Ltd
Duty Station:Â Â Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Head of Corporate Relations
About Organisation:
The Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) Ltd was established under the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Act and the Petroleum (Refining, Conversion, Transmission and Midstream storage) Act, both of 2013 and incorporated under the Companies’ Act, 2012. It is a limited liability company wholly owned by the Government of Uganda. The overall function of UNOC is to handle the State’s commercial interests in the Oil and Gas industry and ensure that the resource is exploited in a sustainable manner.
Job Summary: Â Â To support the head of corporate relations in execution of day-to-day activities related to promoting UNOC on all media and digital platforms in line with the annual communications plan and social media content calendar.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement the annual communications plan and social media content calendar
- Maintain and update a media personalities databank.
- Guide media agencies to develop and execute activities that are in line with the annual communications plan and social media content calendar
- Coordinate engagements with the media on product launches
- Work with the Senior PR Officer to coordinate the logistics for press conferences, interviews, and media tours.
- Manage, update and ensure implementation of the UNOC brand guidelines
- Lead the execution of all activities for visual brand building by supervising the activities of both internal and external expertise tasked with the production of the visual branding material
- Lead and manage all internal communications for UNOC and its subsidiaries.
- Supervise and manage the content on the UNOC intranet page in close liaison with the respective departments
- Develop digital media analysis and reports of insights from the news world
- Manage relationships with external media agencies.
- Develop and mentor junior staff.
- Undertake any other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned from time to time by the supervisor(s).
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- A bachelor’s degree (Hons) in Mass communication, Public Policy, International Relations, Social Sciences; Languages and Linguistics or any other relevant degree.
- Internationally recognized professional qualifications or membership of relevant or related nationally and internationally recognized professional bodies.
Knowledge and Experience Â
- At least six (6) years of relevant experience in a busy corporate entity of high repute.
- Well-developed interpersonal and relationship building skills.
- Demonstrated experience managing social media content and/or digital media channels.
Character & Competencies   Â
- Excellent writing and communication skills.
- Creative thinking and problem solving
- Organizational skills
- Good track record of working across functions and businesses.
- Business acumen
- Creative writing and content creation
- Copy writing
- Digital media management
- Ability to effectively engage across a spectrum of stakeholders
- Excellent Information management
- Contractor (agency) management abilities.
How to Apply:
All interested candidates should submit their applications through the UNOC online recruitment system accessible through this link
Click Here
Deadline: 28th February 2025
Note:
- Only applications routed through the stated link shall be considered.
- Any form of canvassing shall lead to automatic disqualification.
- UNOC is an equal opportunity employer.
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