Corporate Affairs Manager

Job description / Role

Why Standard Chartered?
Standard Chartered is a leading international banking group operating for over 150 years in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. We've built a successful and sustainable business by playing a fundamental role in economies, helping people and businesses grow and achieve their aspirations. With over 89,000 employees representing 127 nationalities, we value the diversity and unique perspectives amongst our people. We are committed to developing their strengths and enabling them to make a difference to our success by helping them fulfil their potential.

Job Description
* To support Corporate Affairs function in country.
* The role holder is required to support and implement strategies to build and protect the reputation of the Bank both externally and internally. This is achieved via a programme ofsocial media, media relations, internal communications, government relations, corporate responsibility, community relations and if applicable investor relations.
* Requires close interaction with Country Managers and Country Business Unit Heads, business Corporate Affairs teams and others, to identify opportunities to leverage business wins in the media, to anticipate and prepare for reputational issues/crises, to build government relations, and to maximise corporate responsibility and community activities and to protect the brand.

Key Roles & Responsibilities
* Supports the Corporate Affairs country team, ensuring employees are highly motivated and engaged.
* Continuous rigorous performance management, delivering effective use of resources.
* Manage Corporate Affairs budget within limits, with a culture for cost management.
* Provide support in driving the reputational policy and process. This includes working with CEOs and Regional/Group Corporate Affairs to ensure that Group Reputational Risk procedures are being implemented and Reputational Risk issues are identified and addressed, and proper escalation occurs.
* Understand and implement media relations strategies. Supports the Media Relations strategies within country to ensure effective issues management and processes for handling the media are in place. .
* Provides an effective co-ordination role during crisis communications which includes keeping crisis & issues procedures, systems and critical contact lists up-to-date and ensuring effective distribution of stakeholder messages throughout the crisis.
* Establishe and maintain useful and credible contact lists for Government and Political Affairs. This includes monitoring the political environment and lobbying/positioning with government bodies to support the region's collective agenda.
* Understand the role of Sustainability and environmental conservation in reputation management and establishes, gains buy-in and executes for the Sustainability strategy that CA is responsible for.
* Support the development and delivery of the strategic direction of Community Relations strategies and processes within a Regional level to ensure continuous improvement, sharing best practice and that the appropriate initiatives are in place.
* Support the internal communications strategies which directly supports business operations and the achievement of business goals.
* Awareness of the importance of good Investor Relations. Assist with activities consistent with agreed plans and processes, e.g. results presentations and analysts trips.
* Work closely with the Group Brand Team to guide the strategic direction and leadership of internal and external corporate brand plans to ensure that the role of the corporate brand and values are fully understood and implemented across the Region.
* Voice of customer/stakeholder feedback demonstrates that the Standard Chartered brand has the desired level of visibility in the market and high appeal for employees. Q12 and Voice of employee feedback show staff have pride in the Bank and understand/live the values.
* Lead and support the Corporate Affairs Strategy and Planning Process aligned with group strategy and challenges

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Closing Dates
The closing date for applications is 09/09/2013. Please note all closing dates are given in Hong Kong time (GMT + 8 hours). We aim to respond to successful applicants within four weeks and will keep a record or your application in our database so that we can contact you when suitable vacancies arise in future.

Diversity & Inclusion
Standard Chartered is committed to diversity and inclusion. We believe that a work environment which embraces diversity will enable us to get the best out of the broadest spectrum of people to sustain strong business performance and competitive advantage. By building an inclusive culture, each employee can develop a sense of belonging, and have the opportunity to maximise their personal potential.

Requirements

Qualifications & Skills

* University degree holder

* Corporate Affairs experience in Banking industry preferred, but not required for the right candidate

* Good knowledge of the local markets

* Self driven, able to multi-task

* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

* Fluent in written and spoken English

* Creative and resourceful

* Strong understanding of business needs, preferably in the Banking industry, an advantage

About the Company

Standard Chartered Bank started in 1958 in UAE with its first branch in Sharjah. The Group’s business gradually increased in Dubai with the opening of several branches and today, Dubai is the administrative hub of the Middle East and South Asia Region. In its 43rd year, the Bank enjoys the position of having the most extensive branch network among foreign international banks in UAE with 10 branches emirate-wide.

Standard Chartered is an international bank, focused on the established and emerging markets of Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America with an extensive global network of more than 600 offices in over 50 countries. The three principal business groups are Global Markets, Personal Banking and Corporate and Institutional Banking.

In UAE, we are one of the leading banks, offering an extensive range of products and services for personal customers, local companies, multinational corporate and financial institutions.