Manager, Corporate Events at MTN Rwanda: (Deadline Ongoing)
Job Requirements (Education, Experience and Competencies)
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
Core Purpose of the Job
To proactively manage and protect MTN Rwanda’s reputation to positively shift the sentiment
of MTN’s stakeholders by active design and implementation of 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.
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