Public Relations Officer Career vacancy

Advertisement of Vacancy: Public Relations Officer

The Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) is a state corporation with the mandate of regulating and promoting the development of Kenya’s tea industry.

The Board has a wide range of stakeholders, hence wishes to recruit highly self-driven Officer.

Reporting to the Corporate Relations Executive, the successful candidate will be required to coordinate the TBK’s publicity programmes and media relations.

The successful applicant must be dynamic, results oriented, responsible and highly driven.
He/she must be a holder of a Bachelors Degree in Communication or equivalent and a post graduate diploma in journalism or public Relations.
He/she should have a minimum experience of five (5) years.
He/she should have skills in customer care; have the ability to work diplomatically, harmoniously and effectively with diverse groups of people.
He/she should have excellent communication skills both oral and written
Must have good interpersonal skills and good grasp of both public relations duties and media relations.
He/she should have excellent organizational skills, must be computer literate and have ability to work under demanding environment with minimum supervision.
He/she must be honest and a person of high integrity.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The job entails the following:-
Preparing and implementing TBK’s publicity plans;
Publicizing TBK’s activities and maintaining positive media relations;
Liaising with the stakeholders on TBK customer care and communication services; and
Organizing meetings of a general nature, such as field days and publicity fora.

If you meet the above requirements, please send your application with detailed Curriculum Vitae, current remuneration, day and evening telephone numbers, names of three referees and copies of your testimonials and certificates to:-

The Managing Director
Tea Board of Kenya
Naivasha Road-Off Ngong Road
P.O. Box 20064 – 00200
Nairobi

So as to reach not later than 10th September 2013.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted

Any canvassing prior to or after the interviews will lead to automatic disqualification.

Tea Board of Kenya is an equal opportunity employe