View Vacancy - Deputy Head of Marketing and Communications (DBT) - (21/23 JHB)
Main purpose of job: The UK’s Department for Business and Trade’s Africa network is hiring a Deputy Head of Communications and Marketing in Johannesburg. The DBT Africa region covers 20 markets, spanning almost 120 staff. DBT’s role is to promote UK trade and investment in the region and deliver trade policy to tackle barriers to business. Priority sectors in the region include clean growth, technology, agriculture / agritech, mining, financial and professional services, and infrastructure. This is an exciting and demanding role for an exceptional individual. The jobholder will work from Johannesburg with the DBT Africa Head of Communications and Marketing based in London, serving as the at-post lead to oversee all trade, investment and trade policy communications and marketing activity across the region for the Department for Business and Trade. They will create and execute regional communications and marketing plans, help measure and evaluate impact, help lead the Marketing and Communications team, and build relationships with a region-wide network to deliver on strategic communications objectives. The role is strategic, requiring leadership, presentation, writing and communications skills, and the jobholder will be accountable for all communications and marketing content production, as well as insights gathering and analysis activities across the region. In addition, the role will require building relationships with DBT teams across the region, with DBT Communication and Marketing teams in London, and with Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Communications Teams based in relevant Embassies and High Commissions.
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Learning and development opportunities (and any specific training courses to be completed): To be advised upon joining the team
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- Employees recruited locally by the British High Commission in Pretoria are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local employment law in South Africa
- All candidates must be legally able to work and reside in the country of the vacancy with the correct visa/work permit status or demonstrate eligibility to obtain the relevant permit
- The responsibility lies on the successful candidate to;
- Obtain the relevant permit
- Pay fees for the permit
- Make arrangements to relocate
- Meet the costs to relocation
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- Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary may have their salaries reduced by the equivalent local income tax amount
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- Reference checking and security clearances will be conducted on successful candidates
- Appointable candidates who were unsuccessful may be placed on a ‘reserve list’. If during the reserve period of 6/12 months the same or a largely similar role becomes available, that role may be offered to the second or subsequent candidate”.
This opportunity is closed to applications.