Work-Force
Applications are warmly invited for a Communications Officer role based in Witbank. We welcome candidates from every background across Mpumalanga who are ready to grow with us.
What This Role Involves
The Communications Officer position is part of an ongoing recruitment drive across Mpumalanga. The brief has been shaped carefully, with a focus on delivery in Witbank and across the marketing jobs space.
Expect a structured first ninety days, with onboarding milestones, regular check-ins, and an early focus on getting comfortable with the systems and processes that underpin the Witbank team.
Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Communications Officer is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in Mpumalanga is consistently high and consistently fair.
Day in the Life
You usually start by scanning campaign dashboards over coffee, checking performance against targets and flagging anything that needs attention. Mornings are often given to creative work — briefing designers, refining copy, planning the next content drop — while afternoons mix stakeholder meetings, agency calls and a steady stream of approvals. In between, you’re watching what competitors are doing, listening to what customers are saying online, and shaping the next set of experiments to push the brand forward.
Notably, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Mpumalanga operations throw up the unexpected.
Equally, the Witbank office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.
Working in Witbank
Witbank continues to grow as an employment hub in Mpumalanga, with within the Highveld coal corridor. This role gives you a foothold in one of its busier business communities, with access to the local services, suppliers and partners that keep the work moving.
If you are relocating, the team can share practical pointers on neighbourhoods, transport and the typical pace of life in Witbank, Mpumalanga.
Many candidates already living within reach of Witbank cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local Mpumalanga economy.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Create on-brand content for web, social, email and in-store
- Support sales teams with collateral, presentations and trade activations
- Brief and manage external creative, media and PR agencies
- Ensure all marketing complies with POPIA and consumer protection codes
- Conduct market research and competitor analysis to inform positioning
- Test, learn and iterate on creative, channels and audience targeting
- Optimise organic search performance through on-page and technical SEO
Candidate Profile
- Excellent written and verbal communication in English
- Comfortable creating short-form video and social media content
- Hands-on experience with Google Analytics, Search Console and Tag Manager
- Strong project management and organisational skills
- Experience with email marketing platforms (Mailchimp, HubSpot, etc.)
On top of that, if most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.