Vacancy at HELM Project: COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT, Jakarta

Chemonics International Inc. seeks qualified Indonesian personnel for the USAID Higher Education Leadership and Management (HELM) project in Indonesia. Position is noted below the project background description.

Project Background:

 

The USAID/HELM project was awarded to Chemonics International on November 28, 2011. Chemonics implements HELM with support from partners: the Indiana University Alliance; JBS International Inc., Aguirre Division; and the University of Kentucky (UKY). The five year project was designed to support Indonesia’s Higher Education (HE) sector in increasing its quality and relevance through improved focus on administration and management capacity. In partnership with the Ministry of Education and Culture (MoEC) and the Directorate General of Higher Education (DIKTI), HELM provides technical assistance, training, and additional support to strengthen the leadership capacity and increase effectiveness in the following four core management areas:

1.   General administration and leadership

2.   Financial management

3.   Quality assurance

4.   Collaboration with external stakeholders

 

HELM works in close collaboration with DIKTI and, by Year 3, partners with 50 Indonesian Higher Education Institutions (HEI). The project is designed to address the USAID Education sub-intermediate result, “increased management capacity of Indonesian Higher Education Institutions” which contributes to the intermediate result “improved quality of higher education” under the over-arching assistance objective: “students better prepared for success in learning and work.”

 

TITLE: Communications Assistant

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

 

The Communications Assistant will take responsibility for daily upkeep and maintenance of the HELM learning portal (website) as well as other digital media support, and will be responsible to ensure correct templates and formatting of all HELM products.

  

Specific tasks:

1.Ensure content is regularly supplied to the Information Management Associate and meets USAID/HELM branding guidelines.  

 

2. Promote HELM learning e-portal through social networking and other digital media including: promoting two way communication through ‘shared learning’ links where appropriate, provide public updates on HELM learning portal activity, develop other social networking/digital media outlets to maintain the perception of the HELM learning portal as a leading channel among digital communication for shared learning and best practices dissemination.

3. Provide formatting and editing support for all HELM products and deliverables including correct use of templates, standardization of document formatting per the Chemonics guidelines, spell and grammar check documents (both in English and Bahasa Indonesia), as well as providing advice and graphic solutions for all materials and event communication products and publications.

4.  Support and implement communication outreach products and events including presenting sessions at workshop or training events to promote better communication with and among partner HEIs and the HE stakeholder community.

5. Monitor project activities to identify success stories and articles for the quarterly newsletters. Ensure key events and milestones are captured, written, edited, and distributed in a timely manner through the most effective channels.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Bachelor degree in communications, digital media, or related field required. 
• Minimum three years of experience working as a communications assistant required. USAID program experience preferred. 
• Must have experience with program layout design and other formatting design techniques for reporting. 
• Knowledgeable of best practices for designing effective, engaging, and persuasive content for social media; 
• Experienced with creation and production (including filming and editing) of digital media products including video and audio (podcasting); 
• Experienced with publishing content on the web, including expertise with: 
• Adobe Creative Suite (including InDesign) 
• Advanced video shooting and photography skills 
• HTML 
• Search Engine Optimization

• Working knowledge and demonstrated experience using video/audio editing software (Final Cut Pro). 
• Skilled in both PC and Mac environments, including knowledge of and familiarity with common office software (Microsoft Office, especially, Word, Internet Explorer, and Outlook), common file formats, etc.
• Demonstrated experience writing and editing for the web, and in the production of digital communications including filming and editing of video, production of audio, and written web content. 
• Proof of highly developed English communication skills both written and verbal required. Very strong interpersonal communication skills. Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical personnel. 
• Familiarity with Indonesian higher education system preferred.

Application submission instructions:

• Interested applicants for the position above are requested to send a cover letter and resume (English) to indonesiahelm@gmail.com by March 2, 2014.
• Please list the position title in the subject line of the email.
• This position is subject to USAID approval and salary scales.

Chemonics is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, equal pay, disability, and genetic information.

No telephone inquiries, please. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. Only qualified candidates will be contacted.