Manager - Communications, Public Affairs & Corporate Responsibility

Job Description

When you think of food delivery in the MENA region, we?d be pretty surprised if talabat didn?t pop into your mind first! Since delivering our first order in Kuwait in 2004, we?ve grown quite a lot over the past 17 years.Today, we deliver hundreds of millions of food orders, grocery items and other products per year, to our customers in nine countries throughout the region with more than 3,000+ employees! Our food delivery business works with over 27,000 brands and almost 50,000 branches, while our q-commerce concept, talabat mart, now delivers groceries to customers in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman Qatar, and the UAE in 30 minutes or less!Our philosophy is to make sure we do what is right for our ecosystem - our customers, our partners, our people, our riders, and the communities in which we operate. Our #techforgood program allows our customers a safe and convenient way to contribute to important causes in their community through donating to local and international charities directly on talabat with a focus on food insecurity in the region. Since its inception in 2020, we have facilitated the donation of well over 1 million meals to those in need, as well as donated over $1.5 million to charity with the help of our partners and customers. talabat is part of Delivery Hero, the global leader in online food delivery and q-commerce.The Talabat Communications, Public Affairs and Corporate Responsibility team has an exciting opportunity for a creative, passionate and savvy Communications, Public Affairs and Corporate Responsibility professional.As the Communications, Public Affairs and Corporate Responsibility Project Manager for Jordan this newly created role will play a key role in the way we shape, create and develop our Communications, PA & CR efforts in Oman, both on a local level, working closely with the Regional Communications, PA & CR team as well as the local Oman Team, reporting directly into the Managing Director.What?s On Your Plate?

• Supporting the Managing Director to develop and execute local Communications, PA & CR plans in conjunction with the regional team.
• Identifying and leveraging newsworthy opportunities for positive media coverage for our company - editorial and pictorial - on an ongoing basis.
• Understanding the significant role that public affairs play in our industry, and implementing a local strategy with the help of the wider regional and local team.
• Working with the regional corporate responsibility team to really drive, develop and execute local community initiatives in Oman.

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in either Communications and/or Public Affairs, with exposure to Communications and/or Public Affairs and Corporate Responsibility.
• Ideally having both agency experience and/or dynamic in-house exposure.
• Qualifications and or Experience in Journalism, Public Affairs or Communications, with working knowledge of PA & CR.
• Must be bilingual in English & Arabic.
• Results-driven - proven track record of impactful Communications/PA/CR campaigns.
• Creativity! Happy to be hands-on in idea creation, passionate about ideas, words, and design.

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