Senior Executive, Public Affairs

About You

The Specialist (Senior Exec / Assistant Manager), Public Affairs is responsible for supporting the Head of Regional Public Affairs in the execution and implementation of strategies to build, maintain, and enhance CARSOME’s network with relevant Government stakeholders. This includes identifying potential areas of partnership between CARSOME and the Government, coordinating these partnerships, and removing bottlenecks to growth by engaging relevant regulatory stakeholders.

Your Know-How

1. Act as a bridge between key Government stakeholders and CARSOME, coordinating, executing, and implementing key partnerships/projects with Government stakeholders.
2. Build, maintain, and enhance CARSOME’s network/relationship with relevant Government stakeholders.
3. Identify, arrange, and coordinate visits/tours/meetings/engagements between CARSOME and key Government stakeholders such as Ministers, senior civil servants, heads of agencies, and regulatory bodies.
4. Identify potential areas of partnership between CARSOME and the Government, managing and coordinating the partnerships. This may include identifying, proposing, and coordinating the application and implementation of relevant Government partnerships.
5. Follow up periodically and track the status of partnerships in progress.
6. Remove bottlenecks to growth for CARSOME by engaging relevant regulatory stakeholders, addressing issues such as licensing, regulatory engagements, and crisis management.

Your Qualifications

1. Strong networking and project management background.
2. Prior experience in Government (Ministries, Agencies, GLCs, GLICs, etc.), Government-related consultancies, or Government-related roles in the private sector (Public policy, Gov Relations, Public Affairs) is preferred.
3. Specific Knowledge/Skills: Proficiency in English and the local language, networking, persuasion, presentation, communication, coordination, execution, and implementation.
4. Solid understanding of how to network, communicate CARSOME's position and interests, and coordinate the execution of partnerships.