Vaga de Senior Communications Specialist
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NSF is a growing, global, public health and safety organization. Our mission,
which we are passionate about, is to protect and improve human health. NSF is
dedicated to being a global leader in the testing, inspection and certification
industry. Our core business divisions include food safety, water systems, health
sciences, sustainability and international strategic registrations. Our services
include standards development, testing, auditing, certification, training and
advising our clients. Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with 2,800 employees
worldwide we provide services in over 170 countries at more than 50 office and
laboratory locations. To further ensure and grow our LATAM region, we are
currently looking for a Senior Specialist, LATAM, Communications to drive our
strategic communication initiatives.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES :
The Senior Specialist, LATAM, Communications will report into the Director of
Global Communications and will work closely with the LATAM Managing Director,
marketing team and business leaders to develop and ensure alignment of efforts in
the region to support NSFs growth.
Your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
Establish and drive external communication strategies to support the
organization's priorities in the LATAM market;
Oversee communications activities including media outreach, content development
and crisis management within the region;
Through alignment with the LATAM Managing Director and regional marketing team,
oversee regional communications strategies and execution to drive better
alignment, understanding, and dialogue across the region to support NSF's mission,
goals and objectives;
Identify opportunities to tell the NSF story to stakeholders and drive brand
awareness to support NSF's global mission, goals and objectives in both the b2b
space (primarily) and b2c where appropriate;
Anticipate, identify and mitigate risks to NSF's reputation within LATAM and lead
the development of comprehensive issues management and crisis communications
plans; respond to stakeholders as needed in sensitive/threatening situations;
Partner with Brand to ensure communication messages are effective and consistent
across the LATAM market;
Work with divisional and regional marketing leaders to story-mine and align
efforts;
Serve as communications advisor to LATAM Managing Director;
Work closely with the Global Communications Team to ensure consistent messaging
and positioning around the world;
Thoughtfully utilize regional budget for advertorials and other forms of paid
content within the LATAM market;
With outside agencies and contractors to develop relevant content, whilst ensuring
technical accuracy is signed off by BU segment leads;
Liaison and brainstorming with the regional leads and marketing directors to
ensure you are able to deliver expectations.
YOUR PROFILE:
Minimum Bachelors degree in communications, journalism, marketing, or a related
field;
At least 5 years of experience in communications in the LATAM region;
Strong writing and communications skills, preferably in the TIC industry or
similar;
Demonstrated expertise in consumer and client public relations and communications;
Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships, understand stakeholder needs
and deliver solutions aligned with the mission and goals;
Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects, including initiating,
planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a project team to
achieve goals, budgets, and timelines;
Demonstrated business acumen, including the ability to build relationships,
interpret financial indicators, adopt innovative ideas and apply knowledge of the
business to advance the organizations goals;
Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver organizational messages using various
communication modes for transparency and clarity of messages with teams in a
consistent and timely manner;
Demonstrated ability to learn and respond quickly to organizational needs,
demonstrating resiliency in various situations, adapting quickly to changing needs
of the business;
Knowledge of budget management, including planning and effectively utilizing
budgets for campaign and demonstrating ROI;
Understanding and experience in AP style and newswire services;
Communicator written, verbal and presentation skills. Excellent knowledge of
English is a must for this role along with Portuguese and Spanish;
Apply principles of logic or communications theory to a wide range of intellectual
and practical problems;
Actively model all NSF core values and possess high ethical standards;
Collaborative with a global mindset, engages with stakeholders across programs and
geographies to achieve business results;
Experience developing and implementing strategy;
Ability to be on site hybrid, at least 3 days/week;
Willingness to travel, if and when required.
WHAT NSF OFFERS YOU
If working in an environment that promotes creativity, thought leadership, close
collaboration and importantly mitigates risk to human health, then NSF can offer
you the chance to make a difference. With its commitment to diversity and gender
equality, let NSF help you to build your career aspirations in a multi-cultural
setting where everyones voice is heard.
This exciting position offers enormous variety of accountabilities and exposure to
internal and external contacts. The Communications team enjoys a flat hierarchy
and highly cooperative management style and personnel work in an open,
appreciative and family oriented company culture.
If you like to work closely with business leaders and sales experts and have an
ability to translate their business ambitions and client needs into comprehensive
strategic marketing plans, this role may suit you well. We desire a self-starter
who has a positive outlook, can-do-attitude and enjoys the opportunity to carve
out a role for max impact personally and professionally.
Contact us by sending your CV and a brief letter, expressing why this role is right for you in English to the following email address:
. Looking forward to talking to you soon!