Job Summary

This role is responsible for implementing and executing the Bank’s communications strategy to build and protect the Bank’s reputation through media pitching, editorial content development, internal communication channels management, project management and coordination of events

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the Singapore Comms head to pro-active delivery and pitching story angles that would appeal to both internal and external audience that are aligned with priorities in the annual plan, build profile of businesses in Singapore and globally, with a focus on strategy, financial results, business capabilities and achievements, thought leadership, management expertise, community initiatives and employee engagement
• Manage client communications, including with business teams - HR, Community, corporate & investment bank, and wealth and retail bank
• Build profile of the Brand and the Singapore management team, the business segments strategy, HR-driven focus and bank-wide employee initiatives.
• Work with the communications team and related stakeholders in Singapore to ensure alignment in approach to communications and implementation of marketing events or projects
• Daily media and sentiment monitoring and reporting 
• Manage, design and develop content for internal communication channels

Skills and Experience

Our Ideal Candidate

• 2+ years of experience in a communications role in a leading international financial institution or international conglomerate
• Strong planning and interpersonal skills
• Experience in driving external and internal communications strategies
• Strong understanding of media and social media including deadlines, interests, agendas, etc. 
• Good written and communication skills 

Role specific Technical competencies

1. Canva

2. MS office MS Powerpoint, MS Excel

3. Internal communication

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

Recruitment Assessments

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