Senior Consulting Officer
Events Design Management & Protocol

Job Summary

The Senior Consulting Officer, Corporate Communications will be the main public relations, events management and protocol officer within the Corporation. Under the direction of the Manager, Corporate Communications, the incumbent will evolve the 'look and feel' of the JAMPRO brand image and by extension Business Brand Jamaica, through the effective management and successful staging of all major JAMPRO events as well as ensuring that relationships between JAMPRO and media houses, advertising agencies and other relevant stakeholders are effectively established and nurtured.

Key Responsibilities

• Systematic relationship building and information sharing with all JAMPRO business units for event management and execution and protocol control activities;
• Implementation of collateral material policy through the cost-effective use of booths, information brochures and marketing paraphernalia for JAMPRO events.
• Effective management of JAMPRO corporate events calendar.
• Strategic and operational management and execution of JAMPRO events.
• Ongoing resource and consultancy support to all JAMPRO business units.
• Style, artistic and logistical direction of all major JAMPRO brand events and visual representations.
• Liaison between JAMPRO and providers of media support services
• Building of Internal communications capacity through specialist workshops to staff on communications & events planning & execution
• Provision of assistance in the preparation of in-house briefs such as e-newsletters and other informational material;
• Support in the development of corporate and operational plans as well as the management of the department’s key performance indicators
• Management of the department in the absence of the manager

Qualifications, Experience and Key Competencies

• In-depth knowledge of JAMPRO’s corporate plan and communications strategies, in addition to general reputation management and corporate communications principles
• Ability to manage/oversee creative media campaigns and large-scale corporate events
• Knowledge of multimedia, spatial and display design concepts
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent report writing skills/Multimedia and computer skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Training and mentoring skills
• Demonstrable skills in conceptualizing and mounting high-impact display systems
• Leadership and high emotional intelligence
• Degree in communications media, marketing, design or advanced training in events management and business/social protocol and etiquette
• At least 5 years experience in major events management and execution, public relations, design concept development, protocol and business etiquette

Suitable candidates are invited to submit detailed, up-to-date resumes by Friday, August 6, 2010, to:

Manager, Human Resources
Jamaica Trade & Invest/JAMPRO
18 Trafalgar Road, Kingston 10
or via e-mail: vacancies@jti.org.jm