SWISSCONTACT JOB VACANCIES 2023
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. With 86 million in annual turnover in 2016, Swisscontact is now implementing more than 100 projects in 34 countries with more than 1,200 staff. Swisscontact has been active in Indonesia for the past 43 years.
Swisscontact Country Office Indonesia
Swisscontact has been implementing projects in Indonesia for more than 40 years. The Country Office supports all Swisscontact projects.
Head of Communications
Based in Jakarta, DKI Jakarta (Job Code: ADV.000070)
Job Brief
The Swisscontact Indonesia Head of Communications is responsible for developing and executing communications strategies that raise awareness of the organization’s mission and impact in Indonesia to relevant stakeholders. This includes creating and executing a communications plan to achieve the stated objectives.
This includes identifying stakeholder groups, analysis of current gap/awareness and devising a short- and long-term plan to address these gaps, identifying speaking opportunities and other exposure platforms, managing content for the organization’s website, social media, and other channels building and maintaining relationships with media outlets and influencers and measuring and reporting on the effectiveness of communications campaigns against the outline’s strategy.
The main workplace is located at the Swisscontact Jakarta Country Office, but flexibility is expected from the employee for tasks to be conducted outside the Jakarta office.
Task, Authority & Responsibility
Under the direction of the Country Director of Indonesia and Regional Director of Southeast Asia,
- Formulate and execute the Swisscontact Indonesia communication strategy, including identifying target audience/stakeholders, key messages, appropriate media or channels, campaigns, events, etc.
- Develop clear communication messages in cooperation with the Swisscontact Global Communications Manager and Regional Communications Coordinator of Swisscontact.
- Develop and execute a strategic communications plan that aligns with the organization’s overall goals and objectives, and the Swisscontact Indonesia communication strategy and messages.
- Manage all aspects of external communications in alignment with Swisscontact corporate design standards, including media relations, social media i.e., website, social media channels, project reports, knowledge briefs, marketing materials, and multimedia database with a clear strategy and output.
- Manage all aspects of internal communications, including employee training on communications, newsletters, website content, operational guidelines, and tools to help the projects achieve their communication objectives.
- Write and edit content for a variety of platforms, including press releases, blog posts, and email newsletters.
- Identify, organize, and execute public relations events.
- Track and measure the impact of communications efforts – semi-annual.
- Benchmark with other marketing departments in SEA Swisscontact countries to generate new ideas and innovative strategies.
- Oversee and allocate the annual communication budget and ensure its use.
- Other tasks as required by the Country Director of Indonesia and Regional Director of Southeast Asia.
Employee Requirements
- Master’s degree in marketing, communication, or similar fields.
- Min. 8 years of experience in communications, preferably with a development organization.
- Proven experience setting up and implementing effective communication strategies, including developing communication products, marketing collateral, and managing public events.
- Proven experience in managing digital or online media content and platforms.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in Bahasa Indonesia and English.
- Advanced technical skills in graphic and visual design (e.g. Photoshop, InDesign, video editing)
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Please send your application by September 15, 2023, however, we are continuing to shortlist candidates and conducting interviews for the right candidate before the deadline.