Senior Communications Manager

Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Consultant

REQ 143648 Busi Radebe

Location: Johannesburg 

Closing Date: 22 January 2026

Job Family

Career Stream

Leadership Pipeline

Job Purpose

To support and enable the business strategy while protecting and enhancing the reputation of Nedbank by developing and driving the communication strategy to internal and/or external stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities

•    Apply knowledge of communications and trends by providing advice, inputs and recommendations to business.
•    Ensure translation of strategy into tactical multiyear plans by managing the execution process. Mitigate risk by ensuring compliance with policies; procedures; standards and regulations. Achieve business objectives by strategically aligning channels, messages and audiences.
•    Inform stakeholders by providing updates on progress on execution of communication strategy. Meet business objectives by optimizing resources.
•    Build and manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver on business objectives.
•    Deliver communication solutions strategies by listening to and understanding internal and external stakeholders to meet their expectations.
•    Develop and manage communications strategies to deliver on business objectives.
•    Measure effectiveness by applying the Return on Communications Investment (ROCI) principles.
•    Meet business objectives by recommending, managing and controlling the communication budget.
•    Manage all internal and external communication to enhance and protect Nedbank's reputation.
•    Ensure transformational targets are met for own team through consideration of targets during the staff recruitment; retention and training process and utilising suppliers listed on the preferred supplier list.
•    Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.).
•    Address issues raised in culture surveys by participating in the development and implementation of action plans.
•    Create a client service culture through various required interventions.
•    Support and encourage staff to participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives.
•    Achieve operational excellence by supporting the implementation of business optimisation improvement through team engagement.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

•    Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
•    Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification

• Post Graduate Diploma: Marketing Management

Minimum Experience Level

• 5 - 8 years in managing communications and managing people

Technical / Professional Knowledge

Behavioural Competencies

Disclaimer

Preference Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566will be given to candidates from the underrepresented groups

Please contact the Nedbank.