Internal Communications Manager

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Job Summary

The Internal Communications Manager will serve as a strategic partner to leadership and business units, ensuring consistent messaging and promoting a high-performance culture. The incumbent will manage the development and delivery of high-quality, innovative internal communication plans, ensuring they meet quality standards, budget requirements, and corporate identity guidelines. Translate group and local business strategies into comprehensive internal communications programs that align employees, processes, and organizational objectives.

• Understand Absa Bank  Botswana strategy and translate it into a comprehensive Internal Communications plan to align people, processes and approach behind the business strategy.
• Operational development and management of high quality, innovative, creative and best practice internal communication platforms , ensuring they are developed, produced, delivered, maintained and evaluated to the required quality standards, within agreed budgets and in line with the  corporate identity.
• Undertake Bank level business partner role for executives to link colleague engagement and understanding of the business to meet targets and drive performance.
• Establish and nurture a healthy two-way communication process with target audiences to enhance and build on going feedback.
• Serve as the key interface on internal communications between Absa Botswana and the Absa Group, ensuring alignment and timely engagements as may be required from time to time.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive internal communications strategy aligned to business goals, while managing key communication channels.
• Design and deliver impactful employee engagement campaigns while enabling effective leadership communication through various digital and physical platforms. Promote strong two-way communication and feedback mechanisms, positioning the bank as an employer of choice.
• Support and promote employee volunteering initiatives, driving participation through compelling storytelling and targeted internal campaigns.
• Act as a trusted advisor to executives and departmental heads, supporting strategic initiatives, change programmes, and broader transformation efforts.
• Develop and implement internal stakeholder engagement plans and structured communication frameworks to drive alignment and execution across the organisation.
• Create high-quality content  integrated internal communication campaigns and  ensure alignment with the bank’s brand across all internal messaging.
  
  Closing date: 6th July 2026

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Marketing (Required)