Job Requirements
1. Personal Character & Professional Conduct
• Integrity & Accountability: Highly trustworthy with strong moral character, maintaining professionalism and accountability in managing company funds, procurement and stakeholder relationships.
• Exceptional Interpersonal & Diplomacy Skills: Charismatic, approachable, and tactful when engaging with high-level government officials, local leaders (PBTs), corporate partners, and the public.
• Resilience & Composure: Demonstrates high emotional intelligence (EQ) and remains calm, poised and resourceful under pressure during live event executions and unexpected on-site challenges.
• Proactive & Results-Driven: Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership, showing initiative to drive projects forward without needing constant supervision.
• Adaptable & Team-Oriented: A collaborative team player who adapts easily to dynamic working environments, flexible hours and travel requirements for outstation events or roadshows.
2. Education & Professional Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science (International Relations), Sustainability Studies, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Mass / Corporate Communications, Public Relations, Strategic Communications, Event Management or a related discipline.
3. Work Experience
• 3 to 5 years of hands-on experience in event management, public relations, community engagement or corporate communications.
• Demonstrated experience acting as an Event Manager and Official Emcee for corporate or public events.
• Prior experience coordinating with government agencies, local authorities (PBTs), schools, corporate sponsors and local community leaders is highly preferred.
• Proven track record in executing CEPA (Communication, Education and Public Awareness) campaigns, CSR programs or sustainability projects.
4. Technical & Software Competencies
• Emcee & Scriptwriting Ability: Fluent and confident public speaker capable of writing engaging emcee scripts, structuring program running orders and preparing event checklists.
• Project & Budget Management: Proficient in tracking event budgets, coordinating logistics and navigating internal administrative workflows (e.g., purchase requisitions, PR processes and vendor payment documentation).
• Communication & Content Creation: Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both Bahasa Malaysia and English for executive proposals and post-event reports.
• Office Applications: proficiency in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel).
• Design & Digital Tools: (added value) Proficient in Canva and Adobe Illustrator (AI) for producing event design, publicity graphics and presentation visuals.