Yayasan BaKTI
Terms of References
PEACH Communications Assistant
Background
1. Eastern Indonesia faces significant development challenges. In terms
of investment climate, service delivery, governance and the local
economy, most eastern provinces under perform against the nation as a
whole. Isolation, remoteness, low population density, ethnic and
linguistic diversity, corruption, limited human resource capacity and
conflict have all contributed to the disappointing results of
development efforts in the past.
2. To support local, national and international development actors to
address these challenges, BaKTI has focused on providing platforms for
sharing development knowledge and experience, building bridges and
networks among local reform champions, and supporting these actors to
work together for change. BaKTI has also played a key role in evolving
development approaches that are appropriate and effective for the region.
3. BaKTI’s goal is ‘improved development in eastern Indonesia’, and it
aims to support development actors to achieve this broad goal through a
focus on four specific objectives:
i. Increased collaboration and coordination in development efforts
ii. Increased knowledge exchange and adoption of good practices
iii. Increased opportunities to influence broader development agendas
iv. Local initiatives piloted, expanded and replicated in eastern Indonesia
4. In pursuit of the second objective, BaKTI has established a Knowledge
Exchange and Adoption Unit to encourage knowledge-based sustainable
development through the exchange of experience, information, documents
and data.
5. The Knowledge Exchange and Adoption Unit is also developing strategic
partnerships with other development projects. Under these partnerships,
it provides specific, tailored services to meet the knowledge sharing
and communications needs of the project partners. These needs include
everything from distributing project updates, to developing and sharing
tools and approaches, to changing attitudes and behaviors of specific
target groups.
6. One of these projects is the World Bank PREM Public Expenditure
Analysis and Capacity Harmonization (PEACH). PEACH trains and
facilitates local universities to produce public expenditure analyses
(PEA), builds awareness among local governments on the challenges, and
helps them to prioritize and address the challenges. PEACH has been
completed in Papua, Gorontalo, and Nusa Tenggara Timur. BaKTI provides
logistical support and office space for the PEACH team, communications
and publishing support, and access to local government and civil society
and community networks established & maintained by BaKTI.
7. To offer better support for the PEACH program BaKTI will recruit a
Communications Assistant to support assist the work on stakeholder
networking and communication for the PEACH program using BaKTI networks,
local knowledge, and facilities. The Communication Assistant will be
part of the Knowledge Exchange Unit of BaKTI.
Objectives
8. The overall objectives of the position is to:
a) Support the ongoing stakeholder relationship management and media
campaign strategy with all PEACH stakeholders in conjunction with the
work of the PEACH team Makassar and the PEACH Programme Specialists in
each province
Scope of Services
9. The main tasks of the PEACH Communications assistant are to ensure:
a. Maintaining contact database and stakeholder mapping per province,
working with the PEACH Programme Assistants in each province to
consolidate field level information related to PEACH stakeholders in
Eastern Indonesia
b. Provide media monitoring recapitulation and highlights from province
c. Updating and maintain the content of PFM discussion group in
www.batukar.info,
d. Support Communication strategy designed for BaKTI-PEACH in terms of
administration and procurement process when needed.
e. Support and assist Communication Specialist to ensure the PEACH and
BaKTI teams are kept up to date with information that may have an impact
on the PEACH program.
f. Provide other duties as required.
Location, Duration and Reporting
10. The position is based in Makassar, Indonesia. The assignment will be
until 31 March 2013 with three months’ probation. The opportunity for
extension depends on performance. The PEACH Communications Assistant
will be a member of BaKTI’s Knowledge Exchange Team and report to
Knowledge Exchange Coordinator on a day-to-day basis. The Communications
Assistant will work closely with the Communication Specialist
Deliverables
The deliverables for this TOR include: Monthly reports against the
batukar info updates and highlights, collection of provincial media
monitoring and updated stakeholder database.
Qualifications and Experiences
11. The PEACH Communications Assistant will have the following
qualifications, experience and attributes:
a) An undergraduate degree in a discipline relevant to
journalism/communications and/or relevant experience;
b) Well developed skills including the ability to analyze and extract
key program messages and data, ensure achievement of results, build and
maintain internal and external relationships, demonstrate personal drive
and integrity, and communicate with influence both in writing and verbally;
c) Well developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to work under
pressure
d) Good understanding of development issues, especially Eastern
Indonesia context, dynamics and sensitivity to culture; and
e) Fluency in Indonesian and English, with excellent written Indonesian
Please submit your applications including cover letter, CV and
references (at least three names with full contact details) to:
jobs@bakti.org
Application should be submitted no later than 3 June 2012
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