Job Description

Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world's leading energy companies.

We design, build, manage and maintain infrastructure for our clients. We recruit, reward, and develop our people based on merit regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status or disability. We value our people and treat everyone who works for or with Petrofac fairly and without discrimination.

The world is re-thinking its energy supply and energy security needs; planning for a phased transition to alternative energy sources. We are here to help our clients meet these evolving energy needs.

This is an exciting time to join us on this journey.

We support flexible working requests and have adopted a hybrid approach for most of our office-based roles. We ask employees to be present in the office at least three days per week.

Are you ready to bring the right energy to Petrofac and help us deliver a better future for everyone?

JOB TITLE: COMMUNICATIONS GRADUATE

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support in managing online/social media platforms.
• Online channels/social media content creation.
• Content generation for and updates to the corporate website.
• Writing/editing to create user-friendly content (including news, features, interviews, opinion articles and industry stories).
• Contributor to editorial and creative meetings and content for corporate publications, campaigns and events.
• Work with the team/business to identify opportunities and develop positive news flow for all external and internal channels in an effective and efficient way.
• Help create and deliver clear and effective employee communications that underpin business needs, foster collaboration, engender pride and support and underpin our values and behaviours in an evolving world.
• Production and design team support.
• Logistics, planning and project management for communications events and other functional and business events (physical events, online and hybrid).
• Agency/media liaison support and co-ordination of various other third-party support services (photo/videographers, printers, AV companies, etc).
• Research and information gathering.
• Support the planning, and execution of CSR activities and other ah-hoc projects as required.
• Help champion consistency and compliant implementation of the Petrofac brand across the region in external and internal communications and across channels.
• Build a strong network with colleagues across all businesses, particularly in the UAE and relevant East projects, functions and other offices.
• Work effectively with all members of the Marketing/Communications teams and wider functions in multiple locations and time zones where needed.
• Admin support in ordering, invoicing and related items.

• Basic understanding and entry level experience of communications environment.
• Entry level skillset in current media and social media practices, content and tactics.
• Proven writer/effective storyteller (English/Arabic).
• Some experience in managing and co-ordinating events would be an advantage (online/offline).
• Any experience in supporting the creation and delivery of impactful engagement campaigns would be an advantage.
• Content development.
• Creative writer.
• Digital/social media user (LI, Insta, Twitter and Facebook).
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills (English/Arabic).
• Confident IT skills - e.g. Microsoft Office package (PowerPoint, Teams, etc).
• Highly organised with ability to prioritise a varied and demanding workload.
• Ability to build strong networks and interact with different people.
• Project management skills.
• Numerate and able to interpret data.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Team player.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines in a fast-paced, high profile environment.
• Problem solving skills.
• Self-motivation, flexibility and adaptability. A proactive attitude and ability to work independently.
• Appetite to learn and develop.
• Resilience and a sense of humour.
• Curious mind and not afraid to challenge the status quo.
• Graduate, ideally with some entry level work experience (ideally PR agency/corporate comms).