Education:
- Minimum of 3-year tertiary degree in either mass communication, management studies, business-related fields, project management, or hospitality management.
- MBA (preferred)
- Relevant certification/accreditation/membership with the professional body as required for the role.
- Fluent in English and Kinyarwanda preferably
Experience:
- Minimum 6-8 years’ experience or more
- Minimum 2 years specifically in the telecommunications sector
- Experience working in a medium to large organization.
Competencies:
- Decisive Problem Solver, Strategy Formulator, Innovative Value Creator
- Culture and Change Champion, Inspiring People Leader, Relationship Builder
- Results Achiever, Operationally Astute
Job description
Core Purpose of the Job
To proactively manage, design and implement corporate events and sponsorships policies, strategies and plans supporting MTN Rwanda’s business objectives
Key Performance Areas
The Manager of Corporate Events will be accountable for the following objectives:
- Support in the implementation and monitoring of national corporate affairs sponsorships, conferences and events plans and strategies to the benefit of MTN’s businesses.
- Support in the execution of corporate affairs sponsorships, conferences and events policies, procedures and guidelines in the realization of the company’s strategy
- Develop and maintain events and corporate calendar for the year.
- Source and secure suitable event venues while conducting venue walk throughs and adhering to health and safety protocols.
- Ensure that Corporate Affairs sponsorships are in alignment with MTN’s strategy, consistent with our corporate partnership programs, and maximize opportunities for cross selling of sponsorship and partnership programs.
- Build and maintain strong external relationships with potential sponsors, stakeholders, corporate partners, and supporters.
- Writing high quality external briefs and motivation documents, incorporating reputation positioning and relationship building objectives
- Work with the Procurement team to negotiate agreements with sponsors, suppliers, and subcontractors to ensure the greatest value to the organization.
- Host event related briefing/debriefing sessions onboarding sponsors, stakeholders, corporate partners, and supporters on expectations and ways of working to support event management.
- Develop, implement and control the events, conferences and sponsorships budgets.
- Oversee and execute event set up, logistical onsite support and strike down.
- Maintain systems and processes to ensure smooth execution of all events, conferences and sponsorships.
- Ensure compliance with anti-bribery, corruption and fraud measures when undertaking all events, conferences and sponsorships.
- Maintain all booking and function management systems policies and procedures as well as function packages, prices and terms and conditions.
- Provide reporting as required by management related to functional output.
- Create a timetable for alerting management of sponsorship opportunities well in advance of events.
- Stay abreast of hospitality trends, competitor activities and industry innovation.
- Adhere to the company’s operational compliance, financial process and framework as well as procedure related to event activations.
Key Deliverables
- Manage and protect MTN Rwanda’s reputation.
- Implementation of corporate sponsorships, events and conferences plans and strategies
- Departmental compliance with business plans and budgets
- Provide detailed reporting pre-during and post-event attendance, engagement, outcomes and learnings.
How to apply
All interested candidates are requested to apply through MTN
website and submit their updated curriculum vitae together with copies of their
academic credentials no later than 25th Jan 2024.
MTN Website portal: https://www.mtn.co.rw/careers/
We strongly encourage applications from women and/or individuals with disabilities.
Note: Should you not hear from us within 14 (fourteen) days from the closing date of this advertisement, you may consider your application to be unsuccessful.
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