Stakeholder Specialist - Corporate

POSITION: STAKEHOLDER SPECIALIST - CORPORATE The stakeholder specialist- corporate will be required to help execute Columbus’ communication programs with the goal of building and sustaining relationships

STAKEHOLDER SPECIALIST- CORPORATE

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Columbus International Inc. is a privately held diversified telecommunications company based in Barbados. Considered to be one of the fastest growing entities in the region, Columbus International operates in 42 countries throughout the greater Caribbean, Central American and Andean region and employs over 2,500 employees and serves over 600,000 customers regionally. The Company is viewed as a game changer with a dynamic and diverse suite of residential and commercial products and service. The Company has set an ambitious mandate for itself for 2014 and beyond: to become the best customer service organization and employer of choice in the region.   The Company operates in a high–energy‚ dynamic environment and values people who are passionate about their work, our customers and the communities we serve. 

JOB SUMMARY:

 The stakeholder specialist- corporate will be required to help execute Columbus’ communication programs with the goal of building and sustaining relationships intra-company as well as between the Company and its various publics and stakeholders. The position will be based in the successful candidate’s territory and the incumbent will be responsible for driving communications strategies to help increase awareness of the Columbus vision, goals and competitive advantages among all stakeholders.  The candidate must demonstrate a strong track record as a Communications Specialist with a mix of experience across in-house and stakeholder management.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Work with senior director- corporate communications to drive thought leadership, create awareness and guide relevant and compelling messaging around the company's rich pool of experts and thought leaders
• Identifying and conducting communications audits of relevant advocacy and stakeholder groups to track communications action, performance and areas for improvement among units across the company
• Research and develop communications to assist leadership with the development of special presentations; talking points, briefing materials, Q&A, speeches, announcements, and scripts for executive team
• Ensuring materials on communications platforms (Websites, blogs etc.) are updated and relevant to reach our target audiences
• Monitor and measure external communications tools to determine effectiveness and develop and maintain ongoing documentation of metrics
• Support key communications outputs with relevant research
• Effectively managing PR budget (raising PO’s, staying on budget, etc.
• implementing outreach strategies and tactics, ensuring consistency with the companies’ overall communications goals and overarching business objectives to grow visibility, enhance reputation and build advocacy
• Supporting the development of the global internal external communications strategy and key messages to ensure global consistency with regional implementation
• Ensuring key policies and process are in place for effective stakeholder engagement and management, including media and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies
• Managing and coordinating the process for dissemination of messages to external stakeholder.  This should include articulating the relevant approval processes and consistent monitoring of these and similar outputs by the Company’s communications units to ensure consistency and adherence to guidelines, policies and processes
• Managing and facilitating media and stakeholder engagement for the executive team. In conjunction with the Senior Director for Corporate Communications, responding to incoming media requests to the corporate office consistent to the Company’s communications strategy
• Develop communications assets (media alerts, press releases, relationship tracking tools, briefing documents) enhance relationship key media, influencers & relevant stakeholders.  Ensure process policies that govern these are consistent with Communications units throughout the Company