MTN Nigeria (Relations Advisor)

Company Description

MTN Nigeria - The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable. It is through our compelling brand that we are able to attract the right talents who we carefully nurture by continuously improving our employment offerings even beyond reward and recognition.

Job Title: Government Relations Advisor

Job Description

• Provide advisory service with regards to government related issues at the federal and state levels and maintain a strong relationship between these relevant institutions, with a view to ensuring long term viability of the business
• Extract value from what we already have by focusing on optimizing processes within the Unit/Department in line with the value creation philosophy.  This includes individual contributions and recommendations to improve existing business project/initiative.
• Drive Innovation by identifying and taking advantage of new business opportunities, e.g., by stimulating and encouraging new business opportunities, launch of products, product/process innovation, business model innovation etc.
• Maintain leadership in the ICT and Digital industry by partnering with MTNN’s Partners to improve their processes which in turn will improve the efficiency of MTNN’s operations.
• Enhance, expand MTN’s role in the larger national macro environment by participating in CSR projects and NGO’s, involvement in recognized professional institutions, participating in think-tank activities etc.
• Sustain the right organisational culture and behaviors by demonstrating the vital behaviors every time.
• Prepare correspondence and position papers on government related issues.
• Track and monitor events in the government sector, especially as they relate to the telecoms business.
• Provide weekly intelligence reports and feedback on emerging issues in Federal and State Government circles as it relates to Telecommunications.
• Provide informed opinion on all issues relating to MTNN from a government relations perspective, including new legislatures, government policies, etc.

Job Qualification
BA, BSc, HND

Job Experience
3 years

Job Location
Lagos

Job Category
Admin, Secretariat

Method of Application
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