Vacancy for Communications Director
Center for Public Policy Transformation,
Jakarta
The Center for Public Policy Transformation (Transformasi)
The
Center for Public Policy Transformation is a new, non-profit
educational institution established to promote evidence-based policy
research and training in Indonesia. Transformasi will collaborate with
domestic and international partners to
provide executive education programs for government officials, to link
training to practical policy research and help domestic researchers
and research institutions build capacity for evidence-based research.
Transformasi will invest in communications and outreach to raise public
awareness of policy issues and link policymakers, researchers and the
general public.
Communications Director
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Communications Director will deliver the organization’s overall
communication strategy to increase the impact of the Center’s programs.
Specific responsibilities include:
Communications strategy
- Collaborating with the Executive Director and senior leadership to develop communications strategies that will broaden programmatic reach and deepen impact
- Develop and refine the Center’s “core” messages to ensure organizational consistency
Communications media management
- Manage the Center’s internet presence and integrate the full range of electronic media into a single strategy, including web, social media, video, and email.
- Manage the Center’s outreach programs to ensure that groups and individuals with specific interests and in specific geographical areas receive appropriate messages from the Center in the form of email, sms, social media, and mail.
Publication
Events
- Develop and publish a working paper series and other vehicles to promote the Center’s research products.
- Produce video policy cases and distribute them through Youtube and other means.
- Collaborate with broadcasters to share the Center’s products with a wider national audience.
- Work closely with domestic and international media outlets, develop press kits, issue press releases, and use other available means to disseminate the Center’s core messages.
Training
- Develop communications training curricula for partner’s institutions and deliver this material in training programs designed to increase the effectiveness of partner institutions.
- Work with national and international partners to develop training materials for executive education programs.
Leadership
- Establish, manage, and train a team of communications professionals to implement the communications strategy.
Qualifications
The Communications Director will have the following experience and attributes:
- Bachelor degree in communications, social sciences or related field.
- Significant communications experience that includes a blend of advocacy and media relations.
- A strong track record of positioning an organization to achieve tangible outcomes in a competitive communications environment.
- Experience in institutional development and training is a plus.
- Experience in producing a wide range of media, including written materials, video, and social media.
- Technical proficiency in database management and web development.
- Strong management and team-building skills.
- Networking with multi stakeholders.
- Flexible and a self-starter; able to multi-task while also being highly detail-oriented.
- Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and a commitment to the Center’s mission of promoting policy research and education.
We are offering competitive benefit.
Please submit your recent CV as of 22 June 2014 at 24.00 (the latest) with subject Communications Director, Jakarta based to: hr@transformasi.org
