Week 5

1. Post 3 recent strategy job adverts on your Learning Journal. You can do these as one entry or three separate journal entries

Job Advertisement 1

JOB ADVERTISEMENT

Policy and Strategy Coordinator

Are you the kind of person who enjoys being at the heart of the action in the small but dynamic office of a leading human rights organization? Could you throw yourself into a vital coordinating role on which all your colleagues rely? This is a job for someone who enjoys being the hub of activity, encouraging and helping a cheerful and diverse international team to excel in lobbying Europe's key decision-makers. This function needs an engaging personality who can pour a lot of energy and creativity into the role. At the same time we’re looking for someone who is highly motivated by the need to redress human rights violations around the world, who can acquire knowledge swiftly, and who can interact diplomatically and calmly with colleagues and outside contacts under pressure.

Amnesty International’s European Institutions Office in Brussels is looking for a Policy and Strategy Coordinator to join our team in February 2012. This will be a full-time permanent post.

Please fill in the application form on our website http://www.amnesty.eu and send it to searchcommittee@amnesty.eu no later than 9.00 am on Monday, 28 November 2011. Interviews will be held on 9 and 10 January 2012 in Brussels.

We do not accept CVs.

Amnesty International is an equal opportunities employer and offers competitive remuneration with benefits under Belgian law.

Job description

Job Title: Policy & Strategy Coordinator – Full-time

Purpose of Job: Planning and implementing AI European Institutions Office (EIO) programme by efficiently coordinating the EIO’s plans, actions and communications targeting the European Union and Council of Europe

Reports to: Director, Amnesty International EIO

Other key relationships: All staff in the EIO

AI’s European national sections and structures

AI’s International Secretariat (IS)

Europe & Central Asia Programme, IS Other IS programmes

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Strategy: Planning and Monitoring

- Overseeing biannual and project planning, ensuring compliance and integration with global and regional plans of the movement

- Developing and maintaining effective planning systems for EIO output

- Developing and coordinating completion of reporting and monitoring frameworks

- Ensuring efficient coordination of public actions, including timely delivery of strategies, texts and approvals by EIO staff, and communications with other colleagues

2. Implementation

- Drafting and helping produce and disseminate EIO documents internally within AI and to European policy-makers and networks, ensuring compliance with AI policy

- Maintaining excellent relations and strategic coherence with the team and other AI colleagues and partner organisations

- Expanding AI’s profile on EU issues by developing proposals for events and identifying new strategic targets

- Acting as a point of contact, responding to inquiries from officials, colleagues, and the public

- Helping the Capacity Building Programme to run Europe-wide meetings for staff, including agenda setting, contributing to logistics, and presentations

- Leading on EIO implementation of AI’s gender and diversity mainstreaming policy

- Representing AI externally as requested

- Helping the director coordinate AI’s European network (European Directors’ Forum, Board, etc)

- Helping the director to implement EIO work programme

Skill requirements:

1.    Knowledge

• At least three years’ relevant work experience, of which at least two working in an international non-governmental organisation

• Good understanding of international and European human rights law and context

• Good knowledge of the political and organisational context of European institutions

• Ability to devise and run planning and monitoring systems

• Broad understanding of gender and diversity issues and principles of gender mainstreaming

• Experience of establishing and maintaining systems, enabling efficient work coordination and output


2.    Skills

• Proven excellence in writing and editing skills in English

• Excellent communication, networking, and inter-personal skills

• Deep knowledge of international work environment and intercultural communication

• Excellent strategic, analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent ability to apply objectivity, impartiality and sensitivity to work

• Excellent ability to set strategic goals in accordance with organisational priorities, monitor plans, and evaluate outcome

• Strong political savvy and ability to be pragmatic and diplomatic with a range of players within and outside AI

• Strong computer skills

• Excellent ability to plan and prioritize work, including when under pressure, ensuring deadlines are met

• Excellent ability to work cooperatively, internally and externally, including with people from diverse backgrounds

• At least two European languages



3.    Personal Qualities

Essential:

• Innovative and independent, contributing to the team’s overall goals, taking responsibility and demonstrating initiative in own work area

• Ability to work in a team, share information and help with all sorts of minor tasks required in an NGO office

• Managing all relationships within and outside AI constructively and diplomatically, maintaining sense of humor

• Strong sense of service to colleagues and EIO board

• Capacity to work in a multicultural environment

• Ability to meet deadlines under pressure

• Skilled at rallying support at moments of high pressure

• Strong interest in and commitment to human rights

• Willingness to travel 







 Job Advertisement 2

 

Manager / Asst General Manager - Corporate Strategy

by Larsen and Toubro limited in Mumbai

Experience: 8 to 13 yrs. Posted on: 08 Dec

Job Description

· Support Implementation of initiatives

·  Organize communication workshops

·  Support / Drive Change Management Initiatives

·  Conduct Operations Diagnostic, Identify Improvement Opportunities and Drive Implementation

·  Develop Perspective/ Business Plan and Identify Strategic Initiatives

·  Study feasibility of new opportunities/ businesses

Salary:

Not Disclosed by Recruiter

Industry:

Construction, Engineering, Cement, Metals

Functional Area:

Strategy, Management Consulting, Corporate Planning

Role Category:

Corporate Planning/ Consulting/ Strategy

Role:

Corporate Planning/ Strategy Manager

Key-skills:

Strategy, planning, corporate strategy, consulting

Desired Candidate Profile

Education:

(UG - BBA/B.Tech/B.E. - Any Specialization) AND (PG - MBA/ PGDM / -Optional - Any Specialization) AND ( Doctorate - Any Doctorate - Any Specialization, Doctorate Not Required)

·         Support Implementation of initiatives

·         Organize communication workshops

·         Support / Drive Change Management Initiatives

·      Conduct Operations Diagnostic, Identify Improvement Opportunities and Drive Implementation

·         Develop Perspective/ Business Plan and Identify Strategic Initiatives

·         Study feasibility of new opportunities/ businesses

BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES: Ability to conceptualize and define problem set, Strong analytical skills, Good communication skills (Oral and Written), Ability to interact /coordinate with different disciplines and levels of management, Self starter, Integrity

Candidates with a background in EPC Projects / Hydrocarbon space / Consultancy are preferred

Company Profile

Larsen and Toubro limited
http://www.larsentoubro.com

L & T is one of India's most respected companies, widely admired for its technological achievements, its professional value systems and high standards of corporate governance. The Company meets critical requirements in key sectors - infrastructure, oil & gas, power, petrochemical, chemical, mining and civil construction. It sustains leadership in its major lines of business through a customer-focused approach, an innovative culture and the ability to respond positively to challenging requirements. To meet our growing needs, we require talented professionals to join our teams of engineers and professionals.

Contact Details

Recruiter Name: Human Resource Team

Contact Company: Larsen and Toubro limited

link - http://jobsearch.naukri.com/job-listings-Manager-Asst-General-Manager-Corporate-Strategy-Larsen-and-Toubro-limited-Mumbai-8-to-13-271012001265?xz=1_0_5&xo=&xp=3&xid=135496896190103300&qp=strategy&id=&f=-271012001265
(Visited in December 8, 6:15 PM)








Job Advertisement 3


Manager -corporate Planning & Business Strategy

by PAD Consultancy Services hiring for A large Diversified Business Group in Mumbai

Experience: 4 to 8 yrs. | Opening(s): 1

Posted on: 08 Dec

Job Description

1.Support Corporate initiatives in Planning, Strategy, Business Analysis, Financial Modeling & Business Development
2.Assist Senior Management to develop road map for new business
3.Conduct Financial analysis & viability of identified projects

Salary:

Attractive

Industry:

Other

Functional Area:

Strategy, Management Consulting, Corporate Planning

Role Category:

Corporate Planning/ Consulting/ Strategy

Role:

EA to Chairman/ President/ VP

Key-skills:

Manager Corporate Planning, Corporate Strategy

Desired Candidate Profile

Education:

(UG - Any Graduate - Any Specialization) AND (PG - MBA/PGDM - Optional, Any Specialization, Finance) AND ( Doctorate - Doctorate Not Required)

Excellent Communication, presentation and analytical skills.Ability to work in a Dynamic organization with focus on decision making.Business acumen & problem solving attitude required.Must have worked in a similar role with a reputed Business Group.

Company Profile

PAD Consultancy Services

the Company has diverse businesses and the role involves working very closely with the top Management.

Contact Details

Recruiter Name: Indru

Telephone: 9820075346

Reference Id: Manager Corporate Planning & Business strategy


Accessed from: http://jobsearch.naukri.com/job-listings-Manager-corporate-Planning-Business-Strategy-PAD-Consultancy-Services-Mumbai-4-to-8-051212004034?xz=1_0_5&xo=&xp=6&xid=135496896190103300&qp=strategy&id=&f=-051212004034

(Visited on - 8th December 2012 at 6:22 PM)

2. Discuss these jobs (or you can think about all the jobs from today). What kind of skills and traits do you need to get a job as a strategist? Were there any jobs that you would consider applying for in the future? (explain why, or why not).

Strategy is the key word that was present in all of these jobs. All these jobs were strategy related. All these jobs require the candidate to be excellent in communication skills presentation skills , skillful in planning , monitoring & implementing strategy and having problem solving attitude too. Analyzing the business environment and helping formulate strategic decisions were the primary task in all of these jobs. Hence, we can conclude that all of these jobs were alike in many aspects.

Being a strategist, you need to have certain skills & traits. The kind of skills & traits that we need to have to get a job as a strategist are as follows :


· Communication skills :


Communication skills are very important for a strategist. A good strategist should have good communication skills in both oral and written forms. Communication is the best way to interpret and exchange view, ideas & thought to each-other. By getting to know the problems & issues of the organisation and developing the strategy to solve it, the strategist again needs to communicate with the staffs & administration (mgmt) to implement the strategy. Therefore, communication skills is very important to get a job as a strategist.


·  Research skills :

A good strategist should also have research skills because, to understand the problem and issues ithe organisation & to develop & implement the best strategy to solve those problems & issues, the strategist needs to do a very deep and through research. Hence, we need to posses research skills to get a job as a strategist.


·  Adaptiveness to multiple environment :


As a good strategist, we need to be adaptive to different environment. It is also a very important skill that a strategist should have. A strategist have to work in different type of environment and the one with the adaptiveness to multiple environment will get success. Therefore, we should be able to adapt in multiple environment too.


· Technological skills :


The world is very rapidly advancing in the technological sector. Electronic system are used to do most of the work nowadays. The activities like collection of information and data, analyzing and interpreting of data are all done with the help of electronic machines system. Hence, it becomes very important to have the technological knowledge to get a job as a strategist.

Yes, there is one job that i would like to do. The job that i would like to do is as a social media strategist. Identifying social user behavior, developing full circle, social media strategist, etc are the jobs that a social media strategist needs to do, and i think that i could do these things very well. And, the salary is also very attractive for a social media strategist. This is a difficult job which needs very high creativity and innovativeness, and i would love to work in my innovativness and creativity to tackle with the problems that the organisation would come across.



3. What do you want to do when you have finished this course? What skills do you want to improve in the next year in order to help you reach your goals?


After we finish this course i would like to work as a social media strategist for some renowned companies. To be a social media strategist we need to have very good interpersonal skills, communication and presentation skills and reasoning skills, knowledge of social media platforms, emerging technologies and application and latest marketing strategies and tactics too and many more. 

The main skills that i would like to improve in the next year would be gaining more knowledge on the emerging applications and technologies, budget management, and latest marketing strategies and tactics. The other skills that i would like to improve would be developing my presentation skills to reach my goals.


4. Try and post one advert to the blog – try to make sure it’s new and not already posted. Put a note in your learning journal entry if you managed to do this. 

JOB ADVERTISEMENT

Consultant - Corporate Employer: NK INTERNATIONALS Posted: 08 December 2012 Ref: NK998876 Location: Kathmandu Industry: Marketing and Advertising Function: Consultant Level:  Junior Executive Contract: Permanent Hours: Full - Time Salary: 40-60k per month (Nepalese Rupees) Apply with CV Job Description: A Successful Nepal based Marketing and Advertisement consultancy is seeking an intellectual and experienced consultant for their company. Requirements ·         Journalistic experience ·         Knowledge about new media technologies, improvements and developments. ·         Good presentation skills ·         Client management skills ·         When necessary, he/she should be able to lead pitches ·         Based upon respect and communication, he/she should have the skills to develop strong relationships with the clients ·         Should be a good networker who can grow many contacts The person with the above skills and requirements can forward their CV to Nashib Khan at nashib@nkinternationals.com Apply with CV