Head of Corporate Communications at BASF The Chemical Company

What You Can Expect

The successful incumbent will be responsible for supporting and delivering an effective and cost-efficient communication Service to the BASF Group within the Country Cluster West Africa, in alignment with the Corporate Communications and Governmental Relations processes. Duties will include the following:

• Providing input for the overall annual communications, advocacy & governmental relations strategy, communications plan and budget for Corporate Communications for West Africa
• Responsible for crisis communications training and execution for West African countries
• Develop a CSR Strategy & Communications plan (incl. budget proposal) for the Country Cluster West Africa in line with the CSR policy
• Responsible for Internal Communications input and implementation for the Country Cluster West Africa and specific internal communications tasks across Africa
• Supporting the Country Cluster West Africa’s internet page, articles, possible corporate events, social media (FB/Twitter for Africa)
• Executive profiling of local key personnel i.e. Country Cluster Head, Market Area Head and the organisation
• Marketing Communications including Project management & budgeting
• Employee Engagement, in collaboration with HR

What We Expect

• A University degree (or equivalent) in Mass Communications or Marketing/Journalism
• Minimum 8 years working experience in corporate communications, public relations, project management and marketing communication
• Experience working in Communication/PR for a multinational company is essential
• Fluency in speaking and writing English. Knowledge of the German language will be an added advantage
• Good writing skills for various audiences
• Well organised, attention to detail, pleasant personality and attitude