🗂 We’re Hiring: Corporate Affairs Specialist
🕒 Employment Type: Full-Time
💼 Level: Professional / Mid-Level
We are seeking a strategic, articulate, and highly professional Corporate Affairs Specialist to support the organization’s corporate communications, stakeholder engagement, external relations, and reputation management initiatives.
The successful candidate will work closely with senior management and cross-functional teams to strengthen the organization’s corporate reputation, manage stakeholder relationships, coordinate external communications, and support strategic corporate affairs initiatives.
The ideal candidate should have excellent communication and relationship-building skills, strong business awareness, sound judgment, and the ability to manage sensitive corporate matters with professionalism and discretion.
🎯 Key Responsibilities
• Support the development and execution of corporate affairs and external relations strategies aligned with organizational objectives.
• Develop and coordinate corporate communications, announcements, statements, newsletters, presentations, briefing materials, and other corporate content.
• Manage relationships with key external stakeholders, including government agencies, regulators, industry associations, business partners, media, and community organizations.
• Support senior management in preparing speeches, talking points, briefing notes, presentations, and stakeholder communications.
• Monitor government policies, regulations, industry developments, public affairs issues, and market trends that may affect the organization.
• Conduct research and provide timely updates and insights on relevant political, economic, regulatory, industry, and stakeholder developments.
• Support government relations and regulatory engagement activities where required.
• Coordinate meetings, stakeholder engagements, corporate events, conferences, forums, and official visits.
• Maintain professional relationships with media representatives and support media engagement activities.
• Prepare media materials, press releases, corporate statements, Q&A documents, and other communications when required.
• Monitor media coverage, public sentiment, industry discussions, and emerging reputation risks.
• Support corporate reputation, brand positioning, and issues-management initiatives.
• Assist in developing crisis communication plans and coordinate communications during sensitive or high-profile situations.
• Ensure corporate messages are accurate, consistent, professional, and aligned with organizational values and positioning.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Legal, Compliance, HR, Government Relations, Investor Relations, and other departments on corporate affairs matters.
• Support corporate social responsibility, community engagement, sustainability, and public relations initiatives.
• Maintain stakeholder databases, engagement records, communication materials, and corporate affairs documentation.
• Prepare regular reports on stakeholder engagement, media activity, regulatory developments, and corporate affairs performance.
• Assist with corporate presentations, annual reports, corporate profiles, public disclosures, and other official communications.
• Coordinate with external consultants, public relations agencies, government relations advisors, media partners, and other service providers.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen corporate visibility, stakeholder trust, and organizational reputation.
• Ensure all external communications comply with internal policies, regulatory requirements, corporate governance standards, and confidentiality obligations.
• Support senior leadership with special projects, strategic initiatives, and other corporate affairs responsibilities as required.
✅ Requirements
• Proven experience as a Corporate Affairs Specialist, Corporate Communications Specialist, Public Affairs Specialist, Government Relations Specialist, PR Specialist, or in a similar role.
• Strong understanding of corporate communications, public affairs, stakeholder engagement, and reputation management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong attention to tone, clarity, accuracy, and professionalism.
• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Ability to communicate effectively with senior executives, government officials, regulators, media representatives, business partners, and other external stakeholders.
• Strong research, analytical, and reporting skills.
• Ability to monitor and interpret regulatory, political, economic, social, and industry developments.
• Strong understanding of corporate reputation, media relations, issues management, and external communications.
• Excellent organizational and project coordination skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong presentation, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
• High level of professionalism, discretion, integrity, and judgment when handling sensitive information.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and constantly changing corporate environment.
• Experience supporting government relations, regulatory affairs, crisis communications, or public policy initiatives is an advantage.
• Experience working with media, PR agencies, government bodies, industry associations, or corporate stakeholders is highly desirable.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, presentation tools, media monitoring platforms, and corporate communication systems is an advantage.
• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Corporate Communications, Business Administration, Political Science, Public Affairs, Journalism, or a related field is preferred.
• Relevant professional certifications or postgraduate qualifications are an advantage.
🌟 What We Offer
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunity to work closely with senior management and key external stakeholders.
• Exposure to corporate communications, government relations, media engagement, public affairs, and strategic stakeholder management.
• Opportunity to contribute to high-profile corporate initiatives and organizational reputation-building programs.
• Professional training, mentorship, networking opportunities, and continuous development.
• Career progression toward Senior Corporate Affairs Specialist, Corporate Affairs Manager, Head of Corporate Affairs, Corporate Affairs Director, or Chief Corporate Affairs Officer roles.
• A professional, collaborative, and growth-oriented working environment.
• Opportunity to build strong expertise in corporate reputation, stakeholder relations, public affairs, and strategic communications.
📩 If you are a confident and strategic communicator with strong stakeholder management skills and a passion for building trusted corporate relationships, we invite you to join our team and help strengthen our organization’s reputation, influence, and long-term stakeholder value.
