Manager – Government Relations

Job Description

Reporting to the Senior Manager –Government Relations, the role holder will be responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with national and county government officials and key stakeholders.  The individual will monitor legislative developments and advocate for the company’s interests with a view to ensuring that the company’s strategic objectives are represented.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute day-to-day engagement with relevant officials in National and County offices, statutory organizations, Commissions, Authorities and any other organizations holding administrative authority which affect Safaricom’s operations.
• Represent Safaricom at government (national and county) meetings, legislative hearings, and industry forums.
• Build and sustain a network of beneficial contacts within national, county, government agencies and industry stakeholders.
• Monitor, track, and analyze pending legislation and regulations that could impact company operations.
• Identify potential political or regulatory risks and develop proactive strategies to address them.
• Draft briefing papers and policy positions.
• Ensure compliance with National and County legislation and manage ad hoc dispute resolution with the above organizations. 
• Implement on ad hoc and day to day basis, Safaricom’s engagement policy with National Authorities and Commissions mandated to administrate areas which affect Safaricom’s operations such as KCAA, NEMA, KBC, National Land Commissions and others.
• Execute Safaricom’s lobbying plan on ad hoc and day to day to ensure that Safaricom is aware and well positioned in legislation at National and County levels. 
• Prepare detailed implementation reports providing status and levels of attainment of defined objectives.
• Uphold the company code of conduct, policies and procedures, ensuring integrity and accountability in every aspect of your work.
• All employees have a responsibility to adhere to safety, health, and wellbeing policies, guidelines and procedures in all actions and decisions.

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:
Business Competencies:
Working with Others

• Consciously takes steps to make the most of every conversation/ interaction.
• Identifies people’s needs, interests and motives to be able to influence the decisions they make. 
• Communicates simply to excite and engage people. 
• Pro-actively adapts own style and approach to build rapport, and work with others more effectively. 
• Builds and maintains strong relationships and networks.

Operational Excellence

• Targets effort and resources on high-value, high impact activity.   
• Focuses on achieving maximum performance and driving continuous improvement.
• Thinks about processes and problems cross-functionally and end-to-end. 
• Uses knowledge of products, technology, process, systems and policy to solve problems.

Creativity and Innovation

• Finds creative ways to exploit opportunities and solve problems. 
• Takes risks and pushes what is possible. 
• Experiments with unorthodox approaches.

Business Know how

• Uses data and research to make decisions that are competitively and financially robust. 
• Balances current and future needs. 
• Thinks and acts like an owner of the business.  
• Acts in line with legal, regulatory, professional and ethical standards.

Working with Change

• Responds flexibly to changing situations.
• Manages the business and people aspects of change to drive performance.

Project and Programme Management

• Defines scope and deliverables in terms of time, cost, quality and business benefit.  
• Schedules activity and identifies resource needs, dependencies and synergies.   
• Evaluates progress, mitigates risks and addresses issues.

Functional Competencies:
Intergrated Communications 

• Creates powerful integrated communications delivered through an effective mix of channels that promotes Safaricom’s initiatives products and services, and safeguards our reputation. 
• Uses processes, systems and practice to maximise stakeholder value, loyalty and advocacy.

Negotiation 

• Responds positively and professionally to objections, and addresses the  Stakeholder’s needs to successfully close a matter.
• Uses a range of techniques and approaches to make agreements that add value for Safaricom and our stakeholders.
• Understands  stakeholders’ commercial drivers and leverages them in negotiations. 
• Applies commercial acumen to maintain a healthy profit margin & stakeholder value.

Risk Management 

• Identifies and mitigates operational, financial and business risks in critical processes and projects. 
• Balances risk and benefits within appropriate control frameworks. 
• Ensures plans and controls are in place to protect value and meet legal & regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in political science/ law/.
• Post Graduate Qualifications will be an advantage.
• At least 4 years’ working experience in a relationship management role in government or a corporate entity.

How to Apply. 

If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, kindly proceed to create/ update your candidate profile on the recruitment portal and then Click on the apply button. Remember to attach your resume.