About the Clermont Group
The Clermont Group is an international business group headquartered in Singapore. Founded in 1986 by New Zealand-born entrepreneur Richard F. Chandler, who brings with him an extraordinary legacy of contrarian investments, the Clermont Group builds and invests in companies in Healthcare, Financial Services and Aerospace. These businesses employ more than 8,000 people around the world.
Our story is that of a Business House built on the foundations of big dreams, courage and integrity. We believe in the goodness of business, building iconic businesses that advance community well-being and national prosperity. We bring together the art and science of business management, putting principles before profits.
Clermont comprises two divisions, a group of operating companies (Clermont Holdings) and an investment business (Clermont Capital).
- Vietnam’s largest and leading private healthcare group, Hoan My, comprising 13 hospitals and four clinics
- SBFC Finance which provides loans to small business owners and consumers through a network of 186 branches across 152 towns and cities in India
- magniX and Eviation, which together are working at the forefront of electric aviation
For more information, please visit our corporate website at http://www.clermont.com.
Role
You will play a leading role within Clermont’s internal consulting team, responsible for production of creative and business writing for the operating companies (Opcos) owned by the Clermont Group. In collaboration with the Opco management teams and Clermont investment leads, you will write a variety of company publications, including thought leadership pieces, heritage booklets, governance documents, and other business storytelling products covering a range of sectors and topics. These are published both internally (within the Opco) and externally (websites, newspapers, trade magazines). You will work closely with the manager of Clermont Consulting, the Clermont Group Chairman, and the Director of Communications.
Attraction of the role
The team seeks someone for whom words are not just a day job, but a passion – someone who sees a business as a blockbuster narrative, not just a press release. For the production of multiple publications across different countries and content, we seek a writer who wants to help harness the goodness of business to create a better world.
Responsibilities
At Clermont, we believe in harnessing the power of business storytelling to shape decision-making, build relationships and create passion brands. The candidate will help to lead first-rate business storytelling within the operating companies and portfolio investments.
The role would suit a professional business writer, journalist or communications expert with ambition, a quick understanding and storytelling talent. Suitable candidates will be comfortable working with executives and thought-leaders across a variety of industries and cultures, capable of capturing tone and voice with ease. They must be versatile in their ability to adapt language and style to suit the requirements of specific audiences and stakeholders (e.g. simple language for non-native English audiences, or a more professional tone when writing for a sophisticated business audience).
The successful candidate will be given the opportunity to do work far beyond the scope of a traditional communications professional or writer. This role sits at the heart of a high-performing, lean and action-driven business house with operating companies based in some of the world’s fastest growing and most dynamic geographies and sectors.
Key responsibilities:
- Charting the progress of operating companies through story
- Policy writing for internal playbooks and external publication
- Writing governance documents including heritage booklets, governance charters and annual reports
- Engaging Opco management teams on interviews and articles
- Speech writing e.g. for awards ceremonies
- Ad-hoc communications tasks
Requirements
The successful candidate will ideally possess the following traits:
- Exceptional English skills and a meticulous adherence to perfect grammar
- Experience in and around a newsroom environment
- A background in or deep understanding of business journalism
- First-rate research skills for learning about new industries
- Op-ed writing experience preferred
- Humility; be able to accept guidance and feedback without a bruised ego, and remain unfazed by high standards
- A great team spirit
- Ability to work independently
- Exceptional relational skills, able to represent the company well when interacting with operating companies or other external parties
- Passion for language and storytelling
- Openness to new experiences
- Able to work easily across cultures and geographies
- Good communication skills and be very well spoken
- Polished, professional appearance
- Ability to work at speed and multi-task
- Positive attitude, be an ‘energiser’
- Hunger to learn
Administrative Details
Start date: Immediate preferred
Compensation: Competitive base salary
Benefits: Medical insurance; 21 days annual leave
Education: University Degree
Experience: Minimum 5-7 years of business journalism or content creation experience
Languages: Excellent command of English (written and spoken)
Reporting: Dual reporting. Direct report to the Director of Communications and dotted to the Editor
Travel: Regular international travel may be required
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