MSI-SIAP 1 Vacancy: Communication Consultant

Management systems international, inc

Strengthening Integrity and Accountability Program 1 (SIAP 1)

Terms of Reference

 

Position                                 : Communication Consultant (Campaign Strategy & Success Story Packaging)

Languages Required          : Indonesia

Duration of Contract          : 20 working days

Working Period                   : February - March 2015

 

BACKGROUND 

Back in August 2013, MSI-SIAP 1 conducted Institutional Development Framework (IDF) workshop towards several potential counterparts in order to draft institutional improvement plan. One counterpart is in need further assistance in improving their organizational management. The assistance will be useful in continuing their integrity and accountability program, particularly after the end of MSI-SIAP 1 program that will fall on 2015. As a result, there will be number of potential aspects that needs to be improved which are fund-raising management including donor mapping and success story packaging to become more attractive to donors.

Therefore, as part of MSI-SIAP 1’s successful support, MSI-SIAP 1 hired a consultant who conducted further assessment on its fund-raising strategy and management. As a result, the assessment showed a necessity in improving its database management system of all the donors and enhancing their effort to engage individual donors as one of important means in strengthening their fund-raising activity. In addition, it also need to improve the partner’s institutional capacity in formulating campaign strategy and success story packaging as mean for an effective campaign.

In this regard, MSI-SIAP 1 will hire a communication consultant to improve its partner’s campaign strategy in regards to gather more public support and increase their fund-raising. He/she will work together with other social media consultant (separately hired) to ensure synergistic and integrated strategy of communication. The communication and social media consultants are expected to deliver presentation on result of assessment and recommendation together to the partner and MSI.

 

 

SCOPE OF WORK:

A.     Objective:  

1.      Enhancing partner’s Public Outreach Program

2.      Enhancing partner’s staff skills to write and package their success stories

 

B.     Activities:

1.     Three (3) days for:

a.       Assessing and reviewing partner’s current outreach practices strategy and infrastructure, including determined core vulnerabilities in current public relations program;

b.      Reviewing partner’s sample of news releases, newsletters, annual reports, project implementation reports, books, findings, and other documents related

 

2.     Five (5) days for:

a.       Determining key success indicators for public campaign road map, in order to gather more public support and fundraising;

b.      Developing draft of public outreach program plan for 2015-2020 period

 

3.     Five (5) days for:

a.       Assisting partner to review some documents to strategically select samples for possible success story packaging;

b.      Assisting partner to convert complex findings or recommendation to success story text using consistent format.

 

4.     Seven (7) days for:

a.       Preparing training materials

b.      Conducting a communication training for partner

c.       Writing and providing report to MSI

 

DELIVERABLES

1)     Report on assessment of current program, core problem, challenges, opportunities, and recommended strategies

2)     Draft of Public Outreach Program Plan for 2015-2020 period.

3)     Recommendations on improving partner's public outreach

4)     Manual instruction in writing success stories (including success story sample for beneficiaries)

5)     Training materials, including pre and post test

6)     Training report

7)     Final report on assistance

 

Qualifications

1.      Individual/personal consultant

2.      Minimum Master Degree from communication, journalistic, social sciences, or related disciplines.

3.      Have at least 5 years of experience related to journalistic or public engagement

4.      Demonstrated track record in report writing, documentation and publication

5.      Good understanding on anti-corruption issues

6.      Have a good communication skill and good personality

7.      Have an experience working with CSOs and government agencies is preferred

 

 

Application should include a cover letter, CV (including three references), current salary, expected salary, available start date and sample of communication strategy/ application developed by January 24^th, 2015 at the latest.

Please send applications indicating ‘Communication Consultant’ as the subject of your email addressed to recruitment@msi-siap.com. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.