RTI International Vacant Position Communication and Program Specialist, Jakarta

URGENTLY REQUIRED

The USAID project Prioritazing Reform, Innovation and Opportunities for Reaching Indonesia’s Teachers, Administrators, and Students (PRIORITAS) is focusing on capacity building and quality improvements for teacher training institutions (TTI) and for non-academic, pre-service teacher training providers. PRIORITAS is building the capacity of schools and MoEC, MORA national, provincial and district offices together with pre- and in-service teacher training organizations to coordinate, plan and train.

The PRIORITAS is currently seeking qualified individuals with wide networking among local government and schools to fill the positions of the

Communication and Program Specialist

This position will be based in Jakarta

The objectives of the assignment as follows:

The Communications and Program Specialist primary role is to support the Deputy Chief of Party and the Advocacy and Communications Specialist to prepare project communications and media.  The person will report directly to the Deputy Chief of Party

The Communication and Program Specialist's responsibilities will include:

• Support the development of project materials and resources for the reporting and communication of project activities and/or for project advocacy.  This will includeproject documents/fact sheets/briefs/reports/letters/agendas/newsletters/blogs/website.  
• Translate documents from Indonesian to English and from English to Indonesian, which are approximately 10 pages or less as designated by the Deputy Chief of Party or Advocacy and Communications Specialist.
• Receive all requests for the translation of documents, which are 10 pages or more and sends the documents to the appropriate location for translation.  Reviews and approves such external translations
• Supports the Communications Specialist to respond to general enquiries about the project

•         Attend project meetings as appropriate  records and distributes minutes

•         Undertake and complete research assignments to support international STTA, as requested by the Deputy Chief of Party

•         Carries out other duties that are consistent with overall focus of the assignment as assigned by the Deputy Chief of Party and/or the Advocacy and Communications Specialist.

Qualifications:

•         Experience or interest in working in education projects

•         Bachelor degree preferably related to education/communication

•         Fluent in Indonesian and English

•         Min 3 years of professional experience preferably working in development projects  

•         Demonstrated exceptional writing skills and strong oral communication skills

•         Ability to digest complicated technical issues and present them in a simple and understandable fashion

•         Strong experience in internet research and Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel,PowerPoint, etc.)

•         Detail-oriented, ability to multi-task and manage time well.

To apply this position please send your CV not later than February 29, 2015 to:
prioritas-vacancy-jakarta@rti-indomd.rti.org <mailto:prioritas-vacancy-jakarta@rti-indomd.rti.org>

All candidates are requested to write down the position and name in subject line of email and specify their availability date in the CV. Only short-listed candidates will be notified.