Vacancy at the USAID Jalin Project: Communication Officer

The USAID Jalin Project seeks a communication officer (hereafter referred to as “Jalin” or the “Project”). Jalin is a five-year initiative implemented by DAI Global, LLC and its consortium of partners – IntraHealth, Vital Strategies, and Market Share Associates – to work with USAID to facilitate and support partnerships through a co-creation process that brings together a diverse range of public and private sector actors to leverage domestic resources, increase the pace at which reliable local evidence is made widely available and utilized to design and implement local maternal and newborn health solutions.

Jalin will contribute to a maternal and newborn health movement in Indonesia that: (a) brings together actors, including those traditionally outside the health system, to use local evidence and global best practices to co-create, test and adapt local solutions; (b) addresses evidence gaps by identifying where and why maternal and newborn deaths are happening and uses that information to co-define and create local solutions; (c) engages the public and private sectors to co-finance scalable local solutions to support partnerships and ensure that the poor and vulnerable have access to essential services; (d) catalyzes new and existing partnerships, local solutions and co-investment through a whole-of-market approach across the projects areas of technical focus; and (e) fosters a culture of learning and adaptation.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Communication Officer is based in Jakarta, Indonesia and reports directly to the Communication Specialist to manage all internal and external communications, marketing, public relations and reporting.  The Specialist works closely with technical and operations staff to ensure that maternal and newborn health evidence and the work of Jalin and its partners is compellingly communicated.  leverage private and public sector – commercial enterprises, banks, private equity firms, angel investors, and investment firms, state-owned companies, and other government entities – resources to co-design and co-finance local maternal and newborn health solutions. Specific responsibilities of the Investment Specialist include but are not limited to:

·       Contibute to the design and implementation of Jalin’s communication, branding, and marking strategies, and ensure that all project documents and materials are compliant with USAID and DAI rules and regulations.

·       Ensure quality production of all project reporting and deliverables, including infographics.

·       Provide technical assistance to Jalin partners and counterparts as necessary and appropriate.

·       Keep abreast and inform Jalin use of social media outlets.

·       Contribute to the design of external communication strategies to disseminate local solutions and expand constituencies for a maternal and newborn health solutions.

·       Contribute to the preparation and implementation of Jalin public events.

·       Take minutes of project meetings and disseminate appropriately within one day of meeting.

Requirements

·       Bachelor’s degree  and at least five years experience in communication, journalism, marketing, or related field.

·       Professional understanding of traditional, new, and social media tools.

·       Proven experience drafting project summaries and press releases for donor-funded projects

·       Excellent oral and written communication skills in Bahasa Indonesia and English required.

Interested and qualified applicants could send the cover letter and CV at the latest on May 9, 2018 to indonesiamnh@dai..com with “Communication office” in the subject line and specify their availability date in the CV.

Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.