AGM, Communications

Senior Manager, Communications & Sustainability

Job Summary

We are seeking a dynamic professional to execute communications and sustainability strategies aligned with the company's purpose, business priorities, and obligations. This role involves driving strategy execution, budgeting, and action plans while supporting content development for corporate and sustainability initiatives. The candidate will represent the company in meetings with relevant agencies, government stakeholders, and NGOs to strengthen ESG and CSR efforts.

The Day-To-Day Activities

Sustainability Roles

• Play key role in the establishment of sustainability pillars and create sustainability roadmap, initiatives, and action plans in those areas

• Assess risk and identify mitigation management

• Provide background research that will aid company quest to achieve sustainability goals

• Provide insights and creative ways in which company may communicate and showcase sustainability commitments

• Lead in collating, identification and analysis of necessary data based on reporting standards

• Provide relevant insights to develop educational and communicational material and initiatives to promote awareness and adoption

• Ensures company complies with government, regulator and Bursa sustainability guidelines

• Influence and persuade relevant stakeholders, agencies, and partners on company's sustainability agenda to ensure planned initiatives will have the necessary buy in

• Oversee drafting of sustainability disclosures and reporting

• Facilitate and identify content direction of company's sustainability training for employees and partners

• Research, identify and secure ESG grant opportunities

• Research, suggest and secure collaborative opportunities with various external stakeholders to deliver sustainability goals

Communications Roles

• Lead in media engagements and develop sound strategy to ensure consistent company visibility

• Brief and work with Media Agencies to assess, analyses and implement the most impactful media plan

• Lead all experiential activities for the Corporate and Sustainability, working closely with relevant Agencies and the Logistics department for events and placements.

• Develop strategy for a consistent Digital and Social Media Communication engagement plan, working closely with the internal & external Digital team.

• Manage Corporate, Commercial and Sustainability campaigns where relevant

• Work with relevant agencies to produce communication, disclosure and reporting content

• Support in business critical communications such as crisis communications

Stakeholder engagement

• Support in engagements involving MCMC and KKD communications team

• Support in engagements with various other ministers and government related agencies

• Take the lead in engagements involving NGOs related to the sustainability agenda

About You

• Degree holder in Mass Communications, Marketing, Business Management, Business Administration, or its equivalent
• 10 years of experience in a relevant role, e.g corporate communications, public relations, sustainability, journalism, marketing communications, branding, advertising, etc
• Strong project management skills with ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Proficiency in using tools like MS Office, Adobe Experience Manager and social media platforms
• Interest, experience and/or knowledge on corporate sustainability will be a plus point but not a must, as there will be opportunities for on-the-job training
• Curious with desire to learn new things
• Driven and a self-starter
• High attention to details and timelines
• Able to perform under pressure
• Well-read and keeps up to date with latest developments in socio-political issues, pop culture, etc.