Transnet Young Professional-in-Training Programme (Corporate Affairs) X2 For South Africans
This advert is open for application by external applicants.
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Operating Division : Transnet Corporate Centre
Position Title : Young Professional
Employee Group : Trainee
Department : Corp Affairs
Location : Johannesburg
Reporting To : Snr Manager
Grade Level : YPT
Reference Number : 6014492
Position Purpose:
The incumbent should have a high level competencies in the four critical skills – listening, speaking, reading and writing and
understand activities related to corporate communication in general.
Position outputs:
External Communication
• Assist with compiling and updating media contact lists;
• Prepare media reports on assigned subjects;
• Assist with press release/media advisory writing, editing and distribution.
• Assist with media interview scheduling and coordination.
Brand Management
• Assist with drafting of communication plans;
• Coordinate strategic events;
• Attend and prepare communication.
Multi-Media Management
• Content Creation- Develop multimedia content such as images, infographics and animations to support marketing and
communication efforts;
• Social Media Management – Contribute to social media content creation, scheduling posts and monitoring engagement on different platforms;
• Website management – Update and maintain content on intranet and internet sites.
Content Management & Language Services
• Writing and content and the provision of editing support for readability, logic, sentence structure, spelling, accuracy, content, grammar and style, and proofreading of documents before publishing;
• Ensure the development of content to communicate Transnet initiatives internally and externally;
• Embed language diversity within the business in terms of the Official Languages Act;
• Support Corporate Affairs in executing its communication strategy.
Internal Communication
• Implement internal communication initiatives (campaigns, newsletters and emailers);
• Develop communications annual calendar and input the communications activities in the communications calendar;
• Prepare communication plan for internal communication programmes, projects and campaigns.
Stakeholder Management
• Manage stakeholder engagement activities;
• Review and coordinate corporate memberships;
• Coordinate Regional Forum activities.
Parliamentary Liaison
• Coordinate oversite visits;
• Coordinate parliamentary visits at relevant sites;
• Coordinate parliamentary response, questions, responses and presentations.
Qualifications & Experience:
• National diploma/degree in Public Relations/Communication Science/Media Science/Journalism studies/Marketing
Management/Multimedia studies.
• Honours will be an added advantage.
Competencies:
Communication skills
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Good editing skills.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize projects.
• Ability to prepare logistics for events planning.
• Good marketing skills.
