Swisscontact Indonesia - Public Relations and Media Assistant, Jakarta

Swisscontact promotes economic, social and ecological development by supporting people to successfully integrate into local commercial life. Swisscontact creates opportunities for people to improve their living conditions as a result of their own efforts. The focus of its systemic intervention in the private sector is the strengthening of local and global value chains.

Through its projects, Swisscontact works to enable access to professional training, promotes local entrepreneurship, creates access to local financial service providers and supports the efficient use of resources with the goal of successfully promoting employment and income generation.

The foundation is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and is active in 29 countries and has some 750 employees.

The SCPP is a large Public Private Partnership (“PPP”) in Indonesia which has started in January 2012. The Program is financed by the Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO, The Sustainable Trade Initiative IDH, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and five Private Sector Companies from the cocoa sector for the duration from 2012 – 2015. The Program works directly with 60,000 cocoa farming households in six Indonesian Provinces to improve farm productivity and livelihood conditions.

For our Swisscontact SCPP-Program in Indonesia, we are looking for an:

Public Relations and Media Assistant

Begin of Employment            : January 2014 or as agreed

Place of Duty                         : 1 person  – Jakarta, Indonesia.           

                               

Overall Task

Assisting public relations and media officer to implement SCPP communication and marketing activities. The role of the Public Relations and Media Assistant is to convey the policies and interests of the program to the public through various forms of designs and media. It is the responsibility of the Public Relations and Media assistant to promote the activities of the program by organizing press conferences, exhibitions, newsletters, and publishing articles in the newspaper or on the official website of the program. 

TASK:

Public Relations and Media Tasks:

• With support from the superior, design, develop and publish public relations materials and media campaigns, including banners, posters, booklets, brochures, leaflets and other promotional materials for the program;
• Ensure corporate branding through design on various medias  such as  signboard,  certificate, ID Card, business card etc,;
• Prepare visual presentation, and public talk for program management in cooperation with the Superior;
• Maintain company website up to date and supervise editing of articles;
• Choose, file, and organize photos from the program activities, to be used in the program promotion material and reports;

Administration Tasks:

• Responsible for SCPP publication inventory;
• Manage relations with companies and individuals related to the implementation of the program’s public relations and marketing activities, such as printing companies, venue owners (for events/conferences), design consultants etc.;
• Support the superior to supervise implementation of public relations and marketing activities and ensure compliance with the standards expected by the program.

Communication, Supervision, and Reporting:

• Support and write newsletters, press releases and information about the program to a high standard for internal and external publishing;
• Reports directly to Public Relations and Media Officer;
• Represent the Public Relation Team to a range of program partners, donors, development agencies, and other stakeholders;
• Liaise with the program’s Government Relations Officer on all conference/event related issues;
• Liaise with program partner organizations, local government offices, and other stakeholders on matters related to public relations and the marketing of the program, including where appropriate, cooperation on joint events.

Duties applicable to all staff

• Actively work towards the achievement of the Program’s goals.
• Abide by and work in accordance with the Swisscontact’s code of conduct.
• Perform any other work related duties and responsibilities that may be assigned by the line manager.

Education/Qualifications Required Preferred
Diploma Degree or Bachelor's degree in Graphics Design, Public Relations, Communication, Marketing or a related subject from an accredited academic institution. Fresh Graduate is welcome

Experiences

• At least 2 years experiences in designing and developing public relations and marketing materials.
• Experience in event and conference management for large government and/or multi-national events.
• Experience working in public relations for an international or non-profit organization

Knowledge/Skills:

• Expertise in Graphic Design and multimedia
• Experience working in inter-cultural teams and environments.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver high quality outputs on time.
• Good interpersonal skills and commitment to working in a team.
• Some capacity in writing in English and Bahasa Indonesia.

Other Specific Requirements

• Specialization in design software including Adobe Photoshop version 5 and above, Adobe Illustrator/InDesign and Microsoft Office 2010 (including Microsoft Publisher) is required. Detailed knowledge of CorelDraw X12 is preferred.
• Strong proficiency in use of Microsoft Office applications
• Excellent spoken and written Bahasa Indonesia and English

Please submit your application letter addressing the above qualifications and experience with your curriculum vitae on 03 January 2014 at the latest to:

Swisscontact-SCPP, Human Resources Unit, The Vida Building, 5th floor, Jl. Raya Perjuangan No. 8, Kebon Jeruk – Jakarta Barat 11530 , Tél. +62 21 2951 0200

E-mail: hrd@swisscontact.or.id

Only short-listed candidates will be notified and invited for interviews.