You as a communications trainee will be part of Hitachi Energy business based in Modderfontein, Gauteng, South Africa. You will be independently in charge of projects with predefined goals in your own area of responsibility. Your will have an assigned areas such as product, employee, online communication for both internal and external stakeholders. You will have an annual contract. During their practice-oriented training, the communications trainee gets to know Hitachi Energy in various ways of doing business. The training program prepares interns for a career as a press spokesperson, event coordinator, public relations and communications specialist.

Your responsibilities:

• Supporting those responsible in all areas of communication.
• Writing people stories for Viva engage and Web content
• Event coordinating and liaison with the various business unit managers and colleagues.
• Digital communication activities such as web uploads
• Designing and creating content for social media.
• Being accountable for your project-related range of tasks, in which your conceptual and strategic thinking
• Preparing reports.
• Managing Storeroom.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background            

• A bachelor’s degree in PR Management or Communications.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required
• Written and Verbal communication skills
• Graphic design skills