Assistant Manager, Corporate Affairs (Public Relations) - 1 year contract

About Us

Far East Organization is a Christian Enterprise, which develops real estate and operates businesses by serving with grace, love, integrity and honesty. Together with its Hong Kong-based sister company Sino Group, they are one of Asia’s largest real estate groups, with operations in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Japan, China (Mainland and Hong Kong) and USA. 

Far East Organization is the largest private property developer in Singapore, having developed over 780 developments across all segments of real estate including 55,000 private homes in Singapore since its establishment in 1960. Far East Organization includes three listed entities: Far East Orchard Limited, Far East Hospitality Trust and Yeo Hiap Seng Limited. 

Far East Organization is the winner of 14 FIABCI World Prix d’Excellence awards, the highest honour in international real estate. In 2022, Far East Organization is listed as top 50 of The Straits Time’s Singapore Best Employers Study. We believe in taking care of the total well-being of our people as they grow with us. We nurture a community where talent is developed and recognised, innovative ideas are encouraged, and achievements celebrated. 

Our health and well-being benefits provide physical, mental and spiritual support to our people and their families. In addition to annual leave, performance bonus, medical and insurance coverage, you can anticipate the provision of birthday leave, birthday benefits, family care leave, flexible benefits, staff rebates at F&B outlets, and special rates at our hotels, both locally and overseas. We empower them in their engagement with the wider community by providing varied activities for staff members to experience different opportunities to serve and contribute to the community.

About The Role

If you are a skilled PR practitioner with an ambition to represent an established brand with many different Unique Selling Points; keen to grow your skillsets from engaging lifestyle media, to building trust and conversations with key newspapers, to bringing our hospitality experiences to the world, then join the dynamic team in bringing our brand to life, to Inspire Better Lives.

Responsibilities

• Implement effective campaigns and strategies for key launches, including pitching of stories. This may include public communication plan linked to business initiatives.
• Manage media queries and interview requests, including managing incidents and sensitive issues, jointly with team lead and respective business units to promote or protect the reputation of the Organization, which may include drafting of holding statements, FAQs and briefing documents.
• Liaise and engage with internal stakeholders, including Top Executives, to identify and address their media and communications needs with the appropriate initiatives.
• Foster relationships with key media contacts and influencers to drive and influence media coverage and exposure.
• Manage agencies to drive business outcomes.
• Support the development or enhancement of the issues and crisis preparedness/management framework.
• Build corporate brand through award submissions and create publicity opportunities through award wins.
• Lead in PR monitoring and measurement including measuring and tracking the value of and return on PR and communication initiatives. 
• Support the enhancement of corporate communication guidelines and ensure good corporate governance and tone of voice for assets developed for business groups. This could include assets and activities such as spokesperson and/or media training, collaterals, events, speeches, presentations, and digital assets.

Requirements

• Degree in Public Relations, Mass Communications, or related fields
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in public relations and corporate communications / crisis communications.
• Solid understanding of the media landscape.
• Strong network of PR and media contacts.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent presentation, interpersonal and stakeholder management skills to engage diverse audiences with ease
• Experience in PR agency and/or real estate industry will be an added advantage