Vice-President, Communications & External Affairs Tempo Inteiro

Role synopsis

We are now recruiting for a Vice-President to join the BP Angola Regional Communications & External Affairs (C&EA) team. Reporting to the Deputy General Manager for BP Angola with a functional reporting line into the Group Head of C&EA, the successful candidate will manage a team that covers government affairs, sustainable development, internal and external communications, brand and events.

As a functional expert, he or she must build team capability through coaching, development, and performance management. This will be done in accordance with the C&EA capability framework.

The successful candidate will also play an instrumental role in managing all external non-technical risks and issues facing BP’s business activities, plans and relationships in Angola. He or she will be responsible for planning, coordinating and executing BP’s stakeholder outreach and engagement, managing relations and regular interaction with international, regional and local media, and working closely with the BP Group Press Office and the BP Group social media team.

In addition, the role is accountable for regional internal communications and for planning and coordinating external messaging for the RLT. The role also includes accountability for crisis communications, promoting and protecting BP’s image, brand, and reputation.

He or she will be a member of the Group C&EA Executive Team and will ensure the Group C&EA Policy is complied with.

Key accountabilities

• Use coaching to develop the C&EA team’s skills, capabilities and performance for consistent, high quality delivery.
• Import global best practice to maximize attainment of business objectives.
• Work closely with the Deputy General Manager and Regional President to develop a coherent strategy and processes to identify and manage all relevant non-technical risks in Region and in country.
• Create, and execute agreed annual reputation plans and budgets to protect and build value for BP’s regional business activities and future aspirations, and to protect and build the reputation of the BP Group.
• Ensure that the annual reputation plan incorporates:
• C&EA talent management, succession and capability development plans, extended where appropriate to other Regional staff – e.g. media and crisis response training.
• External and internal themes and messages consistent with the BP Group key themes and messages, together with coherent channel management plans to deliver these and other messages as required.
• Strong implementation of sustainable development programmes.
• Processes and systematic activities to drive alignment of understanding and coordinated messaging about the BP Group and BP’s activities in Region.
• Stakeholder management programmes in compliance with the C&EA Policy, which reach out to relevant government bodies, and to other key external stakeholder groups and communities.
• Any agreed BP brand activities, and or reputation measurement activities in country or in Region.
• Lead and/or coordinate the execution of agreed communication and external affairs activity for the Region, ensuring coherence and consistency.
• Lead monitoring and assessment of political, economic and societal risk and mitigations.
• Take a proactive role in managing the media in this Region, and acting as a spokesperson as needed.
• Provide leadership, guidance and support to the Regional C&EA team.
• Participate in the Group C&EA Executive Team and relevant functional Communities of Practice.

Essential Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Essential experience and job requirements

• A strong track record of successfully coaching and developing individuals and teams.
• Demonstrated experience in Communications and External Affairs, particularly working in challenging environments.
• Substantial experience in managing non-technical risk, key stakeholders and business relationships in challenging environments.
• Proven leadership and performance management experience.
• Significant experience in strategic planning and alignment of messages and positions with business strategies and goals.
• Substantial experience in press and media management; and a good understanding of social media.
• Significant project management and/or campaign planning experience.
• Experience effectively leading culturally diverse teams.
• Proven track record of influencing and managing relationships at senior level.
• A team player with the energy and enthusiasm to make a difference and lead a winning team.
• Angola nationality is requires for external candidates

Other Requirements (e.g. Travel, Location)

There are no additional requirements. Please respond with N/A below.

Desirable criteria & qualifications

A team player with the energy and enthusiasm to make a difference and lead a winning team.

Relocation available

Yes – including international/expat

Travel required

Yes – up to 25%

Is this a part time position?

No

About BP

Our business is the exploration, production, refining, trading and distribution of energy. This is what we do, and we do it on a truly global scale. BP operates with business activities and customers in more than 80 countries across six continents. Every day, we serve millions of customers around the world. We are continually looking for talented, committed and ambitious people to help us shape the face of energy for the future.