114669 - Technical Associate (Digital Media) for FOLUR Project - Short Term PSA - (For Indonesian Nationality Only)

Background

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With the funding support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Government of Indonesia, led by the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs and with technical support from UNDP and FAO is implementing a full-size project entitled “Strengthening sustainability in commodity and food systems, land restoration and land use governance through integrated landscape management for multiple benefits in Indonesia (FOLUR)”. The project aims to ensure sustainable value chains of oil palm, coffee, rice and cocoa through an application of a comprehensive land use approach linking biodiversity conservation, restoration, and production at scale.

The project will support the country to address the above-mentioned development challenges through four areas of interventions: 1) Enabling environment for sustainable value chains and integrated landscape management; 2) Promotion of sustainable crop production practices and responsible value chains; 3) Conservation and restoration-rehabilitation of natural habitats; and 4) Knowledge management, coordination, collaboration and monitoring and evaluation.

The project aims for a transformational change in sustainable commodity and crop supply chains and land governance, leading to a reduction in loss of high conservation value and high carbon stock forests in five jurisdictions in the country: Aceh Province (target district: Central Aceh), North Sumatera Province (target district: Mandailing Natal), West Kalimantan Province (target district: Sanggau), South Sulawesi Province (target district: Luwu), and West Papua Province (target district: Sorong). The targeted commodities are: oil palm, cocoa, rice, and coffee.

In line with the GEF-7 FOLUR Impact Program, the project strategy is predicated on integrated landscape management approaches facilitated through multi-stakeholder collaboration in achieving genuine systems change that results in durable global environmental benefits and sustainable livelihoods for local communities both men and women.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Providing marketing and communication support to FOLUR Project team focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Provide support to the team and work closely with UNDP Communications to develop and ensure compliance of specific documentation (e.g. drafting and editing social media posts, monthly newsletter, publication copies, digital, and hard copy appeals, articles etc.), as required;
• Assist the team to develop activities deliverable plan;
• Assist the team to develop and execute an adequate and integral communication plan for internal and external communication;
• Assist the team in preparing project events related with promotional and awareness raising (training, webinar, etc). Collecting and compiling significant information and evident from project implementation processes and results as main sources for developing communication materials;
• Support in updating database of the relevant public and development partners private sector, civil society and other stakeholders who are counterparts for the project. Monitor and evaluate the use and effectiveness of media materials and sheer results and findings;
• Providing support to conduct media tracking, to collect and cluster news and/or articles related to the project from printed and electronic media to be used as a media coverage and supplement for the project report;
• Support to review project documents for completeness and compliance with relevant rules and procedures prior to submission for final approval and signature; identifies inconsistencies; distributes project documents to relevant parties upon approval;
• Conceives and drafting of files, graphics, and/or illustrations for visual media, including web, social media, and print.

2. Support strategic partnership, communication and support to the implementation of resource mobilization:

• In coordination with UNDP’s Communication Unit and other relevant counterpart communications department, support documentation of the project activities as a tool to communicate results, deepen stakeholder knowledge and buy-in to the project, and resource mobilization for the project;

3. Supports knowledge building and knowledge sharing focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Participation in the trainings for project staff
• Synthesis of lessons learned and best practices from project implementation.
• Contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.

4. The incumbent of the position should avoid any kind of discriminatory behavior including gender discrimination and ensure that:

• Human rights and gender equality is prioritized as an ethical principle within all actions;
• Activities are designed and implemented in accordance with “Social and Environmental Standards of UNDP”;
• Any kind of diversities based on ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion, class, gender are respected within all implementations including data production;
• Differentiated needs of women and men are considered;
• Inclusive approach is reflected within all actions and implementations, in that sense an enabling and accessible setup in various senses such as disability gender language barrier is created;
• Necessary arrangements to provide gender parity within all committees, meetings, trainings etc. introduced.

Institutional Arrangement

Under the overall guidance of the National Project Manager, the Digital Media Associate will coordinate with communications units to support the project.

Competencies

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Achieve Results: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
• Think Innovatively: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
• Learn Continuously: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
• Adapt with Agility: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
• Act with Deterrmination: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident
• Engage and Partner: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

• Digital Awareness and Literacy: Ability and inclination to rapidly adopt new technologies, either through skilfully grasping their usage or through understanding their impact and empowering others to use them as needed
• Working with Evidence and Data: Ability to inspect, cleanse, transform and model data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions and supporting decision-making
• Communication: Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience. Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels
• Gender: Gender mainstreaming
• Budget Management: Ability to support budgetary aspects of work planning process, drawing and management of team budgets
• Events Management: Ability to manage events, including venue identification, accommodation, logistics, catering, transportation, and cash disbursements, etc.
• Client Management: Ability to respond timely and appropriately with a sense of urgency, provide consistent solutions, and deliver timely and quality results and/or solutions to fulfil and understand the real customers' needs. Provide inputs to the development of customer service strategy. Look for ways to add value beyond clients’ immediate requests. Ability to anticipate client’s upcoming needs and concerns.
• Emerging Partnership: Ability to engage with emerging partners, develop and manage a strategy and develop approaches to developing and managing these new strategic partnerships.
• Strategic Engagement: Knowledge and ability to forge multi-stakeholder partnerships, and remove any obstacles to resource and multi-stakeholder funding platforms.

Required Skills and Experience

Academic Education:

• High School or Bachelor’s Degree in development studies, communication, graphic design, multimedia, information technology, or related fields

Experience:

• Minimum 6 years of relevant experience for candidate with High School or minimum of 3 years of experience for candidate with Bachelor Degree; preferably in the field of development and in the field of communication.
• Relevant experience in communication/digital media would be an asset.

Required Skills and Competencies:

• Good inter-personal and communications skills.
• Ability to work in a team.
• Capacity to establish and maintain excellent relationship with key partners

Additional Skills and Competencies:

• Experience of working with government, bi/multi-lateral agency and/or UN Agencies
• Content writing experience for all media platforms: editorial, content writing and research experience focused on UN-thematic areas, published body of work including press releases, articles, blogs, infographics, newsletters
• Proven social media and social networking expertise
• Experience with digital and online communications, including content creation and management of social media, websites and online platform management
• Proven graphic design portfolio would be an asset

Languages:

• English and Bahasa Indonesia in both writing and speaking

APPLICANTS MUST COMPLETE THE P11 FORM AND SUBMIT IT AS PART OF THEIR APPLICATION. Click here to download the form: - https://bit.ly/3R8T1mv

UN is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups, and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

UN Indonesia reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement.  We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UN Indonesia at the same grade level and with similar job descriptions, experience, and education requirements.