Senior Communications Officer (Public Relations)

Job description / Role

Overview

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration through conceptualization to realization of planning, design, or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years, we've led with vision, contributing to many of the world's most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences, and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why?

When you join KEO, you'll discover more than just a job - you'll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counseling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun runs, in-house sports teams, and beach clean-ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits, you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, and employee referral rewards.

Responsibilities

Our newest opportunity is for a talented Senior Communications Officer (Public Relations), seconded to our client from the government sector in Doha, Qatar.

This position is responsible for supporting the implementation of the corporate communications strategy.

We envisage success in this role to include:

• Acquiring and maintaining a detailed knowledge of the company's policies, principles, and strategies, and keeping up to date with relevant developments.
• Developing and implementing an appropriate communications strategy to effectively raise understanding and commitment to the client vision, its corporate values, and business challenges. This includes design and delivery of interactive events and full utilization of electronic and written media.
• Developing and delivering planned and ad-hoc communication campaigns which support business needs and agreed strategic priority change projects.
• Providing communication advice and guidance to project managers responsible for projects.
• Advising and producing innovative communication solutions which develop leaders, engage staff, and all key internal stakeholders. Coach and support managers to own and deliver communications. Monitor and report on success and progress.
• Developing an effective partnership with the Corporate Communications Department and the Corporate Planning and Development Department to ensure communication strategy alignment and optimization of available communication media.
• Developing journalistic texts, using support from the end user section with the client, in Arabic and English for internal and external communications as per PRD corporate policies. Content development includes approximately ten stories per year in both English and Arabic to be included in "Our News" quarterly magazine, one annual report (in both Arabic and English), press releases highlighting key campaigns and projects, social media (as necessary), features, Q&As, responses to customer complaints received via 'Watani Al Habeeb' radio programme, etc.
• Creating and managing regular business-as-usual Drainage O&M & Roads O&M communication channels and assessing their effectiveness and relevancy to the business and people needs.

Qualifications

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include 15+ years of relevant experience partnered with a Bachelor's Degree in Communication or a relevant subject.

• Able to work at all levels with clients and management.
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary organization preferably in the Middle East.
• Ability to influence and engage stakeholders and staff at all levels within and outside the organization.

Bilingual candidates (English and Arabic) will be a mandatory requirement.

KEO's performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety, and our people. We embrace diversity and recognize its contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.

About the Company

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 57 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is ranked by ENR in the Top 225 International Design Firms; in the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms; and by World Architecture as 50th largest global architecture firm and #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2021 WAS 100 Survey.

We invite you to join us.