Application deadline : Monday, 10 February 2013, 17.00 WIB
Contract Type : Fixed Term Contract (with possible extension)
Duty station : Central Jakarta
Duration : 12 Months (with 3 months probation period)
Job Title: Research Officer, Strategic Asia Indonesia
Mission of Strategic Asia:
Founded in 2007, Strategic Asia provides advisory and facilitation services to governments, private businesses, international organizations, civil society organizations and media groups. Strategic Asia is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with offices in India, Indonesia, and a planned representative office in China. Strategic Asia's mission is to promote cooperation between Asian countries, especially among the largest emerging markets of Asia where many of the most pressing policy and business challenges lie. Strategic Asia works in a variety of fields including food and energy security, regional development and governance reform, investment promotion, foreign policy and trade negotiation, climate change and public private partnerships.
Reports to:
The Research Officer will report to the Head of Research Department. S/he will also need to report to Directors, Deputy Directors and the Managing Director.
Job Summary:
The Research Officer is expected to research on and produce deliverables in accordance to project requirements, manage particular projects, provide information on new policy and explain their complex findings in a way that is easy to understand.
Key responsibilities and accountabilities:
Contract Type : Fixed Term Contract (with possible extension)
Duty station : Central Jakarta
Duration : 12 Months (with 3 months probation period)
Job Title: Research Officer, Strategic Asia Indonesia
Mission of Strategic Asia:
Founded in 2007, Strategic Asia provides advisory and facilitation services to governments, private businesses, international organizations, civil society organizations and media groups. Strategic Asia is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with offices in India, Indonesia, and a planned representative office in China. Strategic Asia's mission is to promote cooperation between Asian countries, especially among the largest emerging markets of Asia where many of the most pressing policy and business challenges lie. Strategic Asia works in a variety of fields including food and energy security, regional development and governance reform, investment promotion, foreign policy and trade negotiation, climate change and public private partnerships.
Reports to:
The Research Officer will report to the Head of Research Department. S/he will also need to report to Directors, Deputy Directors and the Managing Director.
Job Summary:
The Research Officer is expected to research on and produce deliverables in accordance to project requirements, manage particular projects, provide information on new policy and explain their complex findings in a way that is easy to understand.
Key responsibilities and accountabilities:
- Assisting the Head of Research to conduct primary and secondary research across a variety of sectors including education, decentralization, food security, energy security as well as international relations for our in house projects as well as client projects
- Contributing to Strategic Asia in-house research through the publishing of articles, working papers, policy briefs and high quality reports
- Researching and collating data on various Strategic Asia programmes
- Meeting with stakeholders from the private sector and public sector to assess critical policy challenges
- Attending seminars and conferences for both building in house expertise as well as for client projects
- Looking for new areas of business for Strategic Asia
- In consultation with the Head of Research, facilitate the organization and eventually lead coordinating meetings, conferences and FGDs
Basic areas of knowledge and skills:
- Strong analytical and research skills
- Self-motivated and able to work independently or as part of a team
- Ensure positive working environment and good working chemistry as well as team dynamics
- Ability to manage deadlines and a busy workload
- Efficiently organise own time
- Ability to assimilate information quickly
- An ability to maintain a broad focus on, and interest in current affairs that relate to the company's projects
- An ability to build and maintain good networks internally and externally and keep up to date with academic literature around their key areas of work
- Understands the political process, strong social research and numeric skills; an interest in policy process and a determination to explore issues thoroughly
- Ensure professionalism and confidentiality
- Fluent in both Bahasa and English
Qualifications:
The Research Officer should have at least a Masters Degree in any relevant social discipline such as Economics, Politics, International Relations, Law and Communications; and at least 2 years work experience in research.
The Research Officer should have at least a Masters Degree in any relevant social discipline such as Economics, Politics, International Relations, Law and Communications; and at least 2 years work experience in research.
Longer work experience could lead to the specification of the Research Officer title, e.g. Economic Research Officer, Political Research Officer, etc.
Salary and Conditions:
Commensurate with experience.
Recruitment process:
The closing date for this application is Monday, 11 February 2013, 17.00 WIB, after which shortlisted applicants would be invited for an interview in our Jakarta office. You should submit a cover letter (1 page) and CV (2 pages) in a single PDF file to vishnu.nair@strategic-asia.com. You should address your cover letter to Mr. Vishnu Nair. In your cover letter, you should show how your personality, education and professional experience make you a good candidate for this role. No phone calls please.
