If you have ever wondered how to apply for Sahara group job this year 2019, this article is for you. on the other hand, if you are still wondering what Sahara group recruitment is about, see explanations below.
What is Sahara Group? Sahara Group nurtures businesses in the energy sector. These companies operate essentially within the energy industry and its associated sub-sectors. The Group consists of individuals, who are determined to make a positive impact on the business environment.
Sahara Group Recruitment 2019
Recruitment Positions:
1. Job Title: Internal Communications Supervisor
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Job Type: Full Time
Purpose Statement
- Coordinate and ensure seamless (Deliberate, Innovative, Disruptive, Emphatic and Measurable) vertical and horizontal flow of information within the Group to reinforce Sahara Culture/Ethos, Overall Brand Strategy, and understanding of vision/mission, enhance performance, and inspire a disposition of unity, albeit with optimized individuality that promotes diversity and excellence.
Key Deliverables:
- Develop an understanding and awareness of the internal communication needs within the Group to understand changes and potential implications for Internal Communications resulting in the timely co-ordination of employee communication through a range of channels to ensure ease of access, clarity, consistency and effectiveness.
- Provide lead role in developing and implementing internal communications plans for all Group wide projects/initiatives
- Develop and create awareness for the internal communications policies and protocols (a ”˜How to”¦’ manual).
- Work with HR, Strategy and other allied units/departments to source, adopt and implement strategies on periodic basis to ensure vibrancy and creativity in staff engagements
- Develop plans to sustain awareness and passion for the Group’s vision, mission and brand pillars through engagement activations that help staff to live the brand
- Manage award process for the relevant staff engagement/Brand culture activities, monitor implementation, measure success and collate feedback to ensure improvement.
- Channel enquiries and complaints on the Group from all touch points to the relevant stakeholders and ensure 360o closure
- Delivering regular communication for all staff through appropriate channels
- Intranet-Liaising with IT team to leverage the intranet as an effective internal communications tool and to ensure it meets the needs of its audience.
- Briefing materials- Manage and take responsibility for all messages to internal parties ensuring consistency, accuracy and avoid message conflicts
- Announcements; coordinating adhoc and planned announcements to ensure clarity and seamless dissemination.
- Evaluate the Group’s internal communications initiatives through periodic measurement to ascertain effectiveness
- Collaborate with HR to develop and drive strategies for developing regular feedback channels to promote cross-communication within the Group
- Monitor consistency in communications and drive improvement through peer reviews and best practice compliance
Minimum Qualification/ Experience
- Minimum of a relevant University Degree.
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience in a similar role within a Fast Moving Consumer Goods company, E-commerce company, Financial services company, Oil & Gas, Telecoms or top flight creative agency
- Working knowledge of written and spoken French as role will require ability to translate and transmit various media materials in French
- Adept with all forms of social media and platforms, including: Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
- MS Office Suite.
- Mac and Windows environments.
Knowledge/Skills:
- Good grasp of traditional, digital and social media trends in driving internal communication
- Good understanding of various metrics for measuring performance indices for various internal communications engagements
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Exceptional creative flair for extracting story lines and narratives from abstract, lifestyle and industry based subject matters.
- Excellent organizational, time and project management skills
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- An understanding of the latest trends and their role in a commercial environment
- Teamwork skills because most projects require input from individuals with different roles
- Self-development skills to keep-up-to-date with fast-changing trends Professional approach to time, costs and deadlines.
Personality Traits:
- Creative
- Ability to out-think briefs for problem solving
- Attention to details
- Ability to transform abstracts to reality using design
- Work under pressure with minimal supervision
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and visually
Working Relationships:
- Head, Corporate Communications
- Company MDs & Departmental Heads
- HR, Strategy & Business Intelligence Departments
- Business Development
- Corporate Communications in subsidiaries/affiliates
- Directorate
- Vendors/agencies
Interested and qualified candidates should: Apply here
2. Job Title: Brand Communications Manager
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Job Type: Full Time
Purpose Statement
- Articulate, manage and steer the development of disruptive strategies, goals and objectives to build, enhance and brand equity (measurable); promoting sustained brand awareness, penetration, patronage and loyalty.
Key Deliverables:
- Lead and manage the development of strategies, goals and objectives to enhance, sustain and build equity for the brand and ensure a seamless and cost-efficient execution of the agreed strategies.
- Lead the initiation and implementation of brand marketing initiatives to serve specific purposes for the Group and its affiliates with respect to new market segments
- Lead brand positioning initiatives for the Group across national, regional and international locations
- Lead the management and application of the Group’s corporate identity guidelines and policies across all communication channels, working with various stakeholders, in line with brand CI manual.
- Lead in the management of the Group’s Brand Asset Library (including images, presentations, documentaries, adverts, publications, etc) ”“ involving updating and regular maintenance of same. The brand asset library consists all assets deemed as historical and current brand intellectual property (consisting of ATL/BTL -creative design templates and print, electronic & digital creative assets and templates for advertising/promotional materials).
- Monitor and evaluate relevant competitor brand identity changes and tactical marketing communications activities.
- Contribute to the development, implementation and review of the Group’s brand quality assurance strategy, in accordance with overall strategic plan.
- Identify creative opportunities to improve the company’s online brand presence and promote the company’s strategic business goals.
- Ensure adherence to internal brand guidelines and work with various stakeholders to mitigate the risk of infringements/liability (such as image rights etc).
- Lead the exploitation of business intelligence and competitor analysis, utilizing market trends to maintain brand leadership position.
- Lead tracking, measuring and reporting ROI on all brand activations to drive efficiency
- Co-ordinate the development, management and adherence to Corporate Identity Manuals across all touch points
- Coordinate selection, training and re-training of Brand Champions
- Lead vendor management, including sourcing and selection with emphasis on smart pricing and efficient returns
- Lead all forms of media scheduling and buying across all channels
- Handle cross functions within the corporate communications department and the entire Group.
Minimum Qualification/ Experience
- Minimum of a relevant University Degree.
- Minimum of ten (10) years’ experience in a similar role within a Fast Moving Consumer Goods company, E-commerce company, Financial services company, Oil & Gas, Telecoms or top flight creative agency
- Adept with all forms of social media and platforms, including: Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
- MS Office Suite.
- Mac and Windows environments.
Knowledge/Skills:
- Good knowledge of disruptive brand positioning/integrated marketing communications
- Good knowledge of project management, including event management, sponsorships and conferences
- Good grasp of digital and social media trends and their impacts across specific and generic markets
- Good understanding of brand equity, digital and social media measurement metrics
- Working knowledge of developing creative designs
- Excellent visual communication skills to present ideas and information in a multimedia context
- Exceptional creative flair and an innovative approach to all design projects.
- Excellent organizational, time and project management skills
- Excellent communication skills, interpersonal relations and attention to detail
- An understanding of the latest brand trends globally for a brand that operates across markets
- Excellent teamwork skills because most projects require input from individuals with different roles
- Self-development skills to keep-up-to-date with fast-changing trends Professional approach to time, costs and deadlines.
Personality Traits:
- Project Management (Analytical, Communication, Teamwork, Time Management, etc.)
- Analytical skills
- Strong personality
- Interpersonal skills
- Team building/conflict management
- Attentiveness to details.
- Relationship Management
- Knowledge of the business environment
- Passion/Drive for Service Delivery
- “Eyes for detail”
Interested and qualified candidates should: apply here
3. Job Title: Media Relations Manager
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Job Type: Full Time
Purpose Statement
- Develop, implement and periodically review the Group’s media and external communication strategy across specific and generic news platforms, media influencers, events and collaborations to drive positive liaisons for brand positioning as well as mitigate against reputational risks.
Key Deliverables:
- Lead the development of media relations strategy, plan and budget developed in line with the Group’s strategic and operating plans to ensure robust coverage and media-driven positive reputational capital
- Maintain a database of media contacts through efficient management and periodic parleys across the Group to sustain positive reputational capital and editorial gate-keeping
- Lead and/or contribute to organizational learning sessions on interactions with the media and the role of staff in ensuring zero tolerance to leaks and unauthorized liaisons with the media
- Track and measure ROI on media coverage and mentions of major campaigns along the lines of strategic business imperatives and objectives
- Coordinate periodic media training for select staff across various functions that are customer and public facing to promote uniformity of messaging and effective external relations Knowledge/Skills:
- Good grasp of traditional, digital and social media trends and their impacts across specific and generic markets
- Good understanding of how the media works across local, regional and global markets
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English and French)
- Work closely with units, departments and affiliates of the Group to extract and project internal narratives/identity to various external media to enhance reputational capital
- Galvanize positive and appropriate media relations to build local and international brand equity through continuous engagement and editorial pitching.
- Develop and implement the approved crisis management framework of the Group in terms of media management and optimization to sustain positive PR capital
- Manage the scheduling, designing and implementation of all external media communications interviews and appearance across all media platforms for profiling and brand positioning
- Determine and profile sundry media stakeholder groups for various partnerships/support initiatives, including conferences, special publications, to foster increased brand awareness, gate-keeping and equity
- Conduct daily/periodic media scan/monitoring and analysis across various news and PR channels to gauge performance and farm out PR opportunities across the Group
- Robust contact repository for leading and influential media practitioners (traditional and online)
- Exceptional creative flair for extracting story lines and narratives from abstract, lifestyle and industry based subject matters.
- Excellent organizational, time and project management skills
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- An understanding of the latest trends and their role in a commercial environment
- Teamwork skills because most projects require input from individuals with different roles
- Self-development skills to keep-up-to-date with fast-changing trends Professional approach to time, costs and deadlines.
Minimum Qualification/ Experience
- Minimum of a relevant University Degree
- Minimum of seven (7) years experience in a similar role within a Fast Moving Consumer Goods company, E-commerce company, Financial services company, Oil & Gas, Telecoms or top flight creative agency
- Working knowledge of written and spoken French as role will require ability to translate and transmit various media materials in French.
- Adept with all forms of social media and platforms, including: Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
- MS Office Suite.
- Mac and Windows environments
- Adept with all forms of social media and platforms, including: Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
- MS Office Suite.
- Mac and Windows environments.
Personality Traits:
- Creative
- Ability to out-think briefs for problem solving
- Attention to details
- Ability to transform abstracts to reality using design
- Work under pressure with minimal supervision
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and visually.
Working Relationships:
- Head, Corporate Communications
- Company MDs & Departmental Heads
- HR, Strategy & Business Intelligence Departments
- Business Development
- Corporate Communications in subsidiaries/affiliates
- Directorate
- Vendors/agencies.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
4. Job Title: Head of Information Technology (IT)
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Department: Information Technology
Job Type: Full Time
Purpose Statement
- Articulate, manage and steer the development of disruptive strategies, goals and objectives to build, enhance and brand equity (measurable); promoting sustained brand awareness, penetration, patronage and loyalty.
Key Deliverables
- Lead and manage the development of strategies, goals and objectives to enhance, sustain and build equity for the brand and ensure a seamless and cost efficient execution of the agreed strategies.
- Lead the initiation and implementation of brand marketing initiatives to serve specific purposes for the Group and its affiliates with respect to new market segments
- Lead brand positioning initiatives for the Group across national, regional and international locations
- Lead the management and application of the Group’s corporate identity guidelines and policies across all communication channels, working with various stakeholders, in line with brand CI manual.
- Lead in the management of the Group’s Brand Asset Library (including images, presentations, documentaries, adverts, publications, etc) ”“ involving updating and regular maintenance of same. The brand asset library consists all assets deemed as historical and current brand intellectual property (consisting of ATL/BTL -creative design templates and print, electronic & digital creative assets and templates for advertising/promotional materials).
- Monitor and evaluate relevant competitor brand identity changes and tactical marketing communications activities.
- Contribute to the development, implementation and review of the Group’s brand quality assurance strategy, in accordance with overall strategic plan.
- Identify creative opportunities to improve the company’s online brand presence and promote the company’s strategic business goals.
- Ensure adherence to internal brand guidelines and work with various stakeholders to mitigate the risk of infringements/liability (such as image rights etc).
- Lead the exploitation of business intelligence and competitor analysis, utilizing market trends to maintain brand leadership position.
- Lead tracking, measuring and reporting ROI on all brand activations to drive efficiency
- Co-ordinate the development, management and adherence to Corporate Identity Manuals across all touch points
- Coordinate selection, training and re-training of Brand Champions
- Lead vendor management, including sourcing and selection with emphasis on smart pricing and efficient returns
- Lead all forms of media scheduling and buying across all channels
- Handle cross functions within the corporate communications department and the entire Group.
Minimum Qualifications/ Experience
- Minimum of a relevant University Degree.
- Minimum of Ten (10) years’ experience in a similar role within a Fast Moving Consumer Goods company, E-commerce company, Financial services company, Oil & Gas, Telecoms or top flight creative agency
- Adept with all forms of social media and platforms, including: Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
- MS Office Suite.
- Mac and Windows environments.
Knowledge/Skills:
- Good knowledge of disruptive brand positioning/integrated marketing communications
- Good knowledge of project management, including event management, sponsorships and conferences
- Good grasp of digital and social media trends and their impacts across specific and generic markets
- Good understanding of brand equity, digital and social media measurement metrics
- Working knowledge of developing creative designs
- Excellent visual communication skills to present ideas and information in a multimedia context
- Exceptional creative flair and an innovative approach to all design projects.
- Excellent organizational, time and project management skills
- Excellent communication skills, interpersonal relations and attention to detail
- An understanding of the latest brand trends globally for a brand that operates across markets
- Excellent teamwork skills because most projects require input from individuals with different roles
- Self-development skills to keep-up-to-date with fast-changing trends Professional approach to time, costs and deadlines.
Personality Traits:
- Project Management (Analytical, Communication, Teamwork, Time Management, etc.)
- Analytical skills
- Strong personality
- Interpersonal skills
- Team building/conflict management
- Attentiveness to details.
- Relationship Management
- Knowledge of the business environment
- Passion/Drive for Service Delivery
- “Eyes for detail”.
Application Deadline: Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
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