Latest WOF News
WOF honours firefighters for their brave and selfless service
On Friday, 04 May, Working on Fire (WOF) joins the global firefighting community in celebrating International Firefighters’ Day. On this International Firefighters’ Day, Working on Fire wishes to recognise the selfless acts of firefighters across the globe, in...
Working on Fire’s North West teams are ready for Winter Fire Season
From 9 April until 22 April, 17 Working on Fire (WOF) teams – consisting of 600 firefighters – attended WOFs Yellow Card Training Camps (YCTC) in the North West Province. On completion of these YCTCs, firefighters were issued with Yellow Cards, which qualified them to...
Firefighters sharpen skills at camp
Working on Fire Western Cape has been hard at work preparing its participants for the 2017/18 veld fire season. “With an overall 90% pass rate received at our annual Yellow Card Training, I am confident that we are ready for the coming fire season. Over the...
Workshops conducted to improve teamwork
The Social Development Practitioner in Mpumalanga, Condrick Mukhudwani, recently visited the Loskop and Sterkspruit teams to conduct workshops focusing on the importance of maintaining good and healthy interpersonal relationships in the workplace. According to...
Participant shows the value of poverty alleviation programmes
Statistics South Africa recently released a Poverty Trends report showing that the number of people living in extreme poverty increased to nearly 14 million between 2011 and 2015. The report revealed that the people most vulnerable to poverty in our society are...
Firefighters
Job Profile:
The role is responsible for creating, developing, refining and executing internal / external communications in line with the overall business strategy and ensures that the appropriate messages are developed via appropriate communications channels/platforms.
Reports to: Communication and Marketing Executive
Key Performance Areas:
- Corporate Communications
- Collaborate with key stakeholders in the planning, development and delivering corporate communication to achieve objectives in engaging with business units and employees.
- Develop, initiate and take ownership of the end-to-end delivery targeted, creative and engaging communications plans.
- Create Internal Communication platforms and initiatives.
- Conceptualises, copy-writes, proof-reads, edits and distributes content.
- Develop and update annual Organizational Calendar and align the Corporate Communications Annual plan of Operations accordingly. Provide support to stakeholder on developing and/or implementing internal campaigns or events.
- Be part of strategically driving the organisations values and culture.
- Measure effectiveness of communications and distribution of content and recommending improvements and initiatives to achieve the business’s desired objectives.
- Brand Management and Compliance
- Ensure brand compliance the Corporate Identity manual of funders.
- Identify and procurement of Corporate Communication merchandise.
- Design and edit corporate templates.
- Administration
- Report writing
Job Requirements:
- Diploma or Degree in Communications / Public Relations / Marketing
- 2 to 5 years proven experience in internal communications, public relations, marketing or similar
Required Skills:
- Proven excellent command of the English language (written and spoken)
- Ability to effectively communicate across multiple platforms
- Familiar with Google Workspace, HTML, Social Media, Instant Messaging Platforms, Microsoft Office Suite
Desired Skills:
- Internal Strategic Communications
- Project Management (added advantage)
- Adobe Premium – an advantage
- Willingness to travel
Submit CV together with a motivational letter to: talentad@wofire.co.za
Note: Please clearly indicate in the subject line for which position you are applying.
If you have not had a response from us within 30 days after the closing date, kindly accept that your application has been unsuccessful. In line with the EEA, preference will be given to those applicants whose appointment will address the demographic imbalances in our work force profile.
Covid-19 Vaccine Intent:
WOF has a mandatory Covid-19 vaccination plan in place and as such all applicants will be required to submit a vaccination certificate to be considered in the selection process.