Chief Manager Public Relations and Communication at Office of the Controller of Budget (OCOB)

Job Purpose

Th is position is responsible for d esigning and implementing Public Relations and Corporate Communications strategies.

Key Responsibilities/ Duties / Tasks (Managerial / Supervisory Responsibilities):

• Coordinating efficient and effective corporate communications services to the CoB.
• Coordinating, developing, reviewing and implementing corporate communications policies, strategies, procedures, and guidelines for the COB's compelling performance.
• Ensuring effective implementation and compliance with the Right to Access to Information.
• Coordinating the mainstreaming, implementation, and adherence to regulatory requirements concerning gender and disability mainstreaming, diversity, and other cross-cutting obligations.
• Spearheading the preparation and publication of corporate communications reports and activities through electronic, print and social media.
• Coordinating the designing of branding activities.
• Undertaking content creation for the CoB website.
• Coordinating the implementation of the CoB corporate social responsibility activities.
• Coordinating the preparation and submission of reports on the performance of Access to Information to the Commission on Administrative Justice.
• Facilitating stakeholders' awareness of the right to access information.
• Ensuring maintenance of a Risk Management Register.
• Coordinating capacity building in communications and public relations.
• Providing governance mechanisms for transparency and integrity.
• Coordinating mentorship and coaching programmes in CoB.
• Coordinating the development, implementation and review of the department's service charter.
• Initiating and promoting Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) at CoB.
• Ensuring the department implements a business continuity plan.
• Promoting stakeholder engagement and fostering a corporate culture that promotes ethical practices and good corporate citizenship in the department.

Job Dimensions:

• Financial Responsibility: Implementation of the budget for the department.
• Responsibility for Physical Assets: Responsible for the assets assigned by the office of the Controller of Budget as per the office's asset register.
• Decision Making / Job Influence: a) Strategic, b) Advisory, c) Financial, d) Analytical.

Job Competencies (Knowledge, Experience and Attributes / Skills)

• Academic qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in any of the following disciplines: - Journalism, Mass Communications, Public Relations, Communication and Media or equivalent qualification from a recognised institution.
  • Master's degree in any of the following disciplines: - Journalism, Mass Communications, Public Relations, Communication and Media or equivalent qualification from a recognised institution.
• Professional Qualifications / Membership to professional bodies: Membership in good standing with a relevant professional body.
• Previous relevant work experience required: Satisfactorily served for a cumulative fifteen (15) years of relevant work experience, three (3) of which must have been in the grade of Manager, Public Relations/Corporate Communications or in a comparable position.

Functional Skills, Behavioral Competencies/Attributes:

• Certificate in leadership course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognised institution;
• Proficiency in computer applications;
• Met the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution; and
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results