PwC firms help organisations and individuals create the value they’re
looking for. We’re a network of firms in 157 countries with more than
223,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax
and advisory services. In Sub-Saharan Africa, we're the largest
provider of professional services with offices in 34 countries and close
to 9 000 people. PwC has been operating in Nigeria since 1953 through
its predecessor firms of Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse.
We're one of the leading professional services firms in the country with
offices in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, over 1000 staff and 27
resident partners.
MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL - INTERNAL FIRM SERVICES
Reference Number: 125-NIG00116
Department: Internal Firm Services
Job type: Permanent
Reporting to: The Head of Clients and Markets Development
THE ROLE
An
experienced marketing communications professional with a few years
marketing communications and business experience, preferably in an
advertising or B2B environment.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide marketing and communications support across a range of programmes and initiatives.
The
Clients and Markets Development team supports a range of leaders and
their teams, predominantly by providing communications support,
implementing marketing activities, and finding ways to share and
collaborate across the Firm and the PwC network on a wide range of
initiatives.
This role represents an opportunity to work with a wide
range of people, sometimes at senior levels. It requires an individual
with a flexible and ‘can-do’’ attitude and a willingness to get things
done. The role would suit someone with a number of years’ experience in a
generalist marketing and communications role, or internal
communications role with some marketing/PR experience. The role
involves:
Internal communications:
Developing internal
communications plans, messages and materials to communicate specific
initiatives to a range of internal stakeholders.
Change communications:
Developing communications plans, messages and materials in support of Firmwide change programmes
Marketing support:
Working
with varied groups to understand their marketing and PR objectives,
develop plans and provide materials to support Firm initiatives
Collaboration and guidance:
Managing programmes to keep stakeholders up to date on initiatives and to share best practice amongst the team.
Develop internal communications channels to share ideas and best practice in these areas.
Contribution to Firm activities:
Contributing
to the work of the CMD team - for example, managing the Firm’s web
presence, developing new content, developing new media plans, providing
input for various global initiatives, branding and other Communications
projects.
Event planning and implementation:
Develop and
launch a schedule of events, conferences and sponsorships planned across
solution sets and industries. Track and report on delivery.
Analyze
post-event feedback and lessons learned and return on investment
including potential leads and make recommendations to continually
improve the events program.
CORE SKILL EXPECTATIONS:
High level of fluency in spoken and written English
Ability to express information in a clear, concise and engaging and attractive manner
Strong people management skills of self, team and senior stakeholders
Excellent project management skills and good problem solving ability
Good
team player - demonstrated ability to work as part of a team in
supporting colleagues on cross-firm initiatives and campaigns
Experience of being able to work on multiple projects /events simultaneously.
Proactive with a ‘can-do’ approach.
Confident and effective communication in order to be credible when articulating a course of action.
Preferably, knowledge of Consulting Services broadly.
An understanding of social media channels.
Sufficient
business acumen to understand business drivers behind marketing
activity as well as being commercially and risk aware.
Resilience, with the ability to work to tight deadlines and maintain high levels of professionalism under pressure.
At ease working as part of an international, multicultural team
Excellent time management with the ability to multi-task
Even tempered with ability to maintain positive energy in stressful situations
TECHNICAL SKILL EXPECTATIONS
2 - 3 years of relevant experience gained in communications/events/ media / PR in a professional services environment.
Journalistic/creative writing experience on a variety of topics
Highly developed brand management skills
Can work in a technical environment, able to quickly build an understanding of service areas
Experience of using digital / social communication techniques.
PROPOSAL MANAGER - INTERNAL FIRM SERVICES
Reference Number: 125-NIG00117
Department: Internal Firm Services
Job type: Permanent
WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR:
PwC
is looking for an established and motivated bid spe...t to work as a
Proposals Manager. As well as a deep understanding and awareness of best
practice bids, the ideal candidate will have the confidence to advise,
challenge thinking, and draw on their commercial outlook to contribute
towards win strategies. They will have experience of coaching people at
all levels, helping to improve their approach and confidence to engage
with our target clients.
The ideal candidate will have a strong track
record of facilitating the development of proposals from start to
finish and will be confident in strategically leading and advising bid
teams through the sales framework. They will also have experience of
working closely with practice project managers, helping and supporting
on the successful completion of proposals and meeting multiple
deadlines.
They should have experience of attending and actively
contributing to kick-off/strategy meetings and proposition development,
advising on messaging and content of proposal documents including design
and production, planning and coaching on presentation preparation and
rehearsals, and support and guidance on post decision reviews.
An
understanding of the professional services environment is important and
specific experience within an audit and assurance or management
consulting environment will be beneficial.
JOB DESCRIPTIONS
The
successful candidate will be part of the West Market Area Bid Office
which is aligned to the firm’s Client and Market Development (CMD) team.
CMD - a centralised support function and covers all aspects of
professional services marketing, sales support and business development.
The
prime area of focus for the function is to support the development and
implementation of the firm’s market strategy and in particular to
deliver:
Revenue growth
Enhanced relationships and networks
A distinctive brand experience
The
role will require flexibility to work across proposals in all areas of
the business and across all countries within WMA, as the need arises.
This
exciting role provides the opportunity to work directly with senior
partners and to work with a diverse range of client teams to provide
guidance, advice and support.
A focus of the role is to ensure that
the firm is bidding for the right opportunities and when we do that our
proposals are best in class. That includes ensuring proposals are
persuasive, successfully differentiate PwC from the competition and that
we always deliver the best of PwC to our priority competitive
opportunities.
A key part of the role will be advising teams, editing
and reviewing proposal documents, working on presentation preparation
and identifying creative ways to communicate messages to our clients so
that we can continually improve what we do and win more work.
The
role reports to the WMA Pursuit Hub Leader. The successful individual
will also need to build relationships with senior management across WMA
and with account teams on individual proposals.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Key areas of responsibility may include:
Expert advice and proposal support from start to finish
To work closely with practice Partners and Business Unit Leaders to develop our sales culture
Supporting and advising account teams in all aspects of proposal development and management
Proactive innovation and creativity to deliver proposals in different ways
Conducting post decision reviews with clients
Supporting the Pursuit driver/coach network
Coaching, training and developing stakeholders at all levels
Working
closely with the other members of the Africa proposal community (and
the wider global network where applicable), this role requires fast and
strong development of relationships across the firm
REQUIREMENTS
Ideally,
experience in a business development or proposals role in a ‘Big 4’, or
other professional services environment or similar blue chip
organisation
Excellent influencing, strong communication and
facilitation skills in order to be credible and to be able to coach
account teams and senior stakeholders
Ability to build and manage
relationships at a senior level, as they will be required to change and
influence senior stakeholders
A proactive ‘can-do approach’ is vital with sound commercial understanding
Experience of drafting and reviewing written communications to deliver specific messages within tight deadlines
Proven track record of proposal management and bid advice
The drive to deliver excellent client service through the proposal process
People management experience desirable
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MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL - INTERNAL FIRM SERVICES[/b]
PROPOSAL MANAGER - INTERNAL FIRM SERVICES
DUE DATE: 8 February, 2017
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