Communications and Sustainability Manager - Nigeria

Unilever is currently hiring for a Communications and Sustainability Manager, Nigeria.

Reports to: 1UL Head of Communications and Corporate Affairs

Scope: Local

Location: Lagos/ Nigeria

Terms & Conditions: Full Time/ Permanent

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world. 

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

JOB PURPOSE

Find your purpose at Unilever. You should be someone who enjoys evolving internal communications and its channel landscape, you have a hands-on mentality and see opportunities everywhere that help excite our people around the company and show proof that Ice Cream is an employer of choice.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Managing Communications, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability for Unilever Nigeria, business partner / trusted advisor to the Managing Director, and the Executive Leadership team

• Work with the MD and Nigeria Leadership Teams to align work plans, communications and objectives that promote corporate image and avoid it being brought into disrepute

• Ensure deep, strategic relationships with Governments, Communities, and key Stakeholders to drive Unilever’s image positively, guarantee our license to operate and manage short term issues

• Develop strategies with relevant stakeholders for partnerships and programs to support Unilever Nigeria’s sustainability agenda

Main Accountabilities and deliverables:

Media Relations and Publicity

• Be the first point of call for all media enquiries and responding to journalists from all sources of media including local, national and specialist press and broadcast media.

• Manage and implement the promotion of our media coverage internally via existing channels (preparing coverage booklets, display articles on media boards and daily media scanning service etc).

• Maintain media coverage filing system.

• Assist in fulfilling requests for visuals and photography

Internal and Corporate Communications

• Motivate and enthuse employees behind Unilever’s leadership vision, sustainable living and growth ambition.

• Providing top quality strategic communications guidance to the Nigerian Leadership team, and Corporate Affairs teams.

• Driving an integrated program of communication aligning Nigeria within the 1Unilever business and with Unilever’s global objectives, ensuring seamless roll out of global policy.

• Supporting financial and sustainability reporting and investors communications with shareholders and regulators for our listed business in the region.

Community Relations

• Activate the company’s community relations program – this includes the community CSR programs.

• To help in the annual awareness raising program to recruit new volunteers to the various community relations program.

• To develop and implement volunteers training and feedback programs.

• Manage relationship with government agencies and key opinion formers in various public scenarios

• Develop goals, strategies and guidelines, in conjunction with relevant stakeholders for community partnerships and programs that are aligned with Unilever’s objective.  

• Identify mechanisms to measure and direct and indirect impact of community relations initiatives on engagement, strategic objectives and brand enhancement.  

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• 10+ years versatile communications experience, with a focus on internal comms

• Experience working with and advising of senior executives, and ideally navigating a complex matrix organization

• Experience managing events and preparing spokespeople

• Delivery in a fast-paced environment

• Excellent written skills and attention to detail and diversity

• Creative thinking and proven ability to spot opportunities across the company and translate into internal initiatives

• Discretion when dealing with confidential matters

• Network of established external contacts with political, NGO, industry and academic key opinion formers

Skills

• Corporate governance

• Stakeholder management

• Strong communication and influencing skills

• Experience in media relations and management

• Strong business understanding

• Strong organizational and prioritization skills

• Excellent engagement, presentation and communication skills

• Ability to present complex information in a simplified manner

• High editorial skills with super attention to detail

Leadership

• You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team deliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.

• You are still responsible for your own results and as a manager, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching. You understand the wider business context and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors

  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Has emotional intelligence to take feedback, manage mood and motivations, and build empathy for others.

  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed. Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results.

  • TALENT CATALYST: Invests in people – coaches individuals and teams to realize their full potential. Creates an inclusive climate, empowering everyone to be at their best.

  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.

  • CONSUMER LOVE: Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.

  • BUSINESS ACUMEN: Creates sustainable growth with purpose, engaging different partners across the system for change.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. 

Unilever es una organización comprometida con la equidad, la inclusión y la diversidad para impulsar los resultados de nuestro negocio y crear un futuro mejor, cada día, para nuestros diversos empleados, consumidores globales, socios y comunidades. Creemos que una fuerza laboral diversa nos permite igualar nuestras ambiciones de crecimiento e impulsar la inclusión en todo el negocio. ¡En Unilever estamos interesados en que cada individuo traiga su 'Whole Self' al trabajo y esto te incluye a ti! Por lo tanto, si necesita algún requisito de soporte o acceso, le recomendamos que nos avise en el momento de su solicitud para que podamos apoyarle a través de su viaje de reclutamiento.