Mastercard Recruitment Application Form Portal 2021/2022

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Mastercard Recruitment Application Form Portal 2021/2022 – There is an ongoing recruitment exercise by Mastercard to enable all interested and qualified persons to apply successfully using the steps and guidelines in this article. All you need for a successful application are all contained in this article.

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Mastercard Recruitment Application Form Portal 2021/2022

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Manager, Communications

Ref No: R-118974
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Type: Full time

Our Purpose

We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible.
Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company.
We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Overview

The Middle East and Africa region’s Communications area utilizes communications strategies and expertise to advance business priorities across the region.
The main mandate of the MEA Communications team is to build and advance, as well as defend and protect, the reputation of MasterCard, its products, enterprise and brand.
The jobholder will join a highly driven African team focused on achieving rapid success and growth across the continent. He or she will have a track record at building competence and confidence in the strategic use of communications within the organization and will deliver impactful and credible communications to key external stakeholders, as well as the equally important employee base.
Based in either Lagos, Nigeria or Kenya, he or she will report to the Marketing and Communications Director: Sub Sahara Africa.
The individual will provide strategic counsel to the Sub-Saharan African senior management teams and support strategic business initiatives.
He or she will partner with Marketing on brand building with a sophisticated approach to, and execution of, issues and reputation management.

Role

Leading development and implementation of a communications strategy for Mastercard in SSA, for both internal and external audiences.
Aligning with regional Mastercard MEA communications strategy and operating as part of the MEA-wide communications team
Working closely with country teams, internal business stakeholders and external customers e.g. banks, SME’s, govt, to design and implement communication strategies to support Mastercard SSA business strategy and build public understanding and share of voice.
Identifying and lead message development discussions with country teams and customers, and oversee planning
Manage major Sub-Saharan African events especially those attended by the Region’s President or by senior visiting executives like the MasterCard Africa Knowledge Forum, World Economic Forum Africa, African Banker Awards, etc. This includes creating briefing packs, scheduling meetings, venue bookings, managing PR agencies, etc.
Plan and manage employee events including year-end functions, team off-sites, town halls etc.
Play an active role in employee volunteering by identifying charitable causes, coordinating with NGOs and mobilizing employees.
Leverage MasterCard’s digital and social communications platforms to ensure optimized share of voice for MasterCard in Africa and effective two-way communication.
Establish tracking tools, measure and analyze data for continuous improvement of internal communications systems and programs
Leads implementation of internal and external communications related to philanthropic programs to increase awareness and drive employee engagement
Networks with stakeholders e.g., communication departments of banks, consumers, merchants, media partners, community leaders and governments
Work closely with MasterCard’s PR Agencies in Africa to execute MasterCard’s Communications strategy. This includes managing day-to-day PR activities, creating tactical PR plans, editing content, briefing agencies on various projects etc.