[newdevjobsindo] Senior Strategic Communications Advisor at Love Frankie

Maret 02, 2022   Comment  

Senior Strategic Communications Advisor

USAID/Indonesia Harmoni – Towards Inclusion and Resilience Activity

Love Frankie is a social impact communications firm whose purpose is to support communities to shape a more peaceful, just, and empathetic world. Our team of highly skilled and passionate change-makers manages a range of high profile regional and national programs across the Asia-Pacific region.

Love Frankie, together with Management Systems International, Inc. (MSI) and Search for Common Ground, is implementing the five-year USAID-funded Harmoni project to promote tolerance and resilience in Indonesia.

Love Frankie is recruiting for a candidate with a passion for using communications for positive social impact to join our team in Indonesia on the Harmoni project. This individual will take on a senior management role in ensuring the implementation of impactful, evidence-based communications and research across all aspects of the program.

This is a full-time position for the duration of the project term (ending in May 2023) based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Program Summary:

The five-year USAID-funded Harmoni program commenced in August 2018 and aims to promote tolerance and inclusion and reduce the risk of violent extremism in Indonesia. Harmoni supports interventions that focus on communities and individuals most at risk of radicalization, with an explicit mandate to build the resilience of key Indonesian institutions – government, civil society, religious, and community-based – that represent the frontline in preventing violent extremism in Indonesia. The majority of Harmoni assistance is delivered through grants to Indonesian civil society organizations (CSOs) and government partners, primarily at (but not limited to) the provincial level and below. The strategic communications function, led by Love Frankie, plays a central role in designing and implementing impactful evidence-based communications strategies across all project components.

Position Summary:

This full-time Senior Strategic Communications Advisor (SCA) position will lead the development of the overall strategic communications approach across Harmoni activities, with a focus on building the capacity of stakeholders to design and deliver evidence-based communications targeting a broad range of beneficiaries. The SCA is also responsible for managing locally based Love Frankie staff assigned to Harmoni and working in coordination with Love Frankie HQ staff (Bangkok). The SCA, in coordination with Harmoni Senior Management and Program teams, will develop and manage evidence-based communications activities that are implemented in partnership with a range of partners and grantees, such as civil society, government, and the private sector.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative strategic communication approaches for the project
• Lead the design and implementation of participatory approaches to strat comms activities such as user co-design, online panels, or rapid prototyping methods
• Manage Love Frankie local staff assigned to the Harmoni activity
• As part of the Harmoni senior management team advise on, develop, and oversee program strategy and represent the Strats Comms component with USAID and other stakeholders
• Oversee implementation of strat comms-related grants
• Identify and engage a range of strategic partners, including domain experts, creatives, media partners, and research agencies
• Provide input on overall research design and implementation to support evidence-based decision-making and programming across Harmoni activities
• Provide input on the design and implementation of project learning approaches and events
• Support reporting and documentation of project progress and impacts
• Coordinate with Love Frankie HQ staff on strategy, resourcing, and implementation of Harmoni activities

Qualifications

• BS/BA, MA or PhD in strategic communications, international development, or related field (e.g., politics, international relations, conflict, media studies)
• Minimum 8 years of experience in communications and/or international development; direct experience developing strategic communications or social behavior change communications (SBCC) required
• Fluency in English oral and written communication skills; Indonesian language proficiency required
• Willingness and ability to travel within Indonesia and the region, in accordance with prevailing public health guidelines
• Experience in international development and working with donors, civil society, and other related stakeholders
• Experience working on issues related to social inclusion
• Extensive experience in both project and team management; experience managing grants to Indonesian civil society preferred
• Leadership and team management experience in international development, including working with teams in different locations
• Prior experience designing and/or managing research projects, including qualitative, quantitative, and online methods

If you are interested in joining our dynamic team and being a part of this exciting project, please send us your cover letter and CV to jobs@lovefrankie.co with "Senior Strategic Communications Advisor - USAID Harmoni" in the subject line by 11 March 2022. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Seeking to hire as soon as possible.