Local Stakeholder Engagement Officer

The Local Stakeholder Engagement Officer (LSEO) will be based at Mercy Corps Indonesia’s office in Ambon and travel occasionally within Indonesia. S/he will support the NZMATES team in building relationships with stakeholders in Ambon and elsewhere in Indonesia and communicating the work of NZMATES, while also providing guidance to the team on local context, cultural norms, political dynamics, and regulatory requirements.

S/he will take a proactive approach to building a network of local stakeholders and fostering good relationships with government, the private sector, civil society, and Universities, and provide logistical and translation support to stakeholder meetings. The LSEO will work closely with the Programme Manager to support with liaising with key players and translation services.

The LSEO will also lead communications work at NZMATES, through website updates, social media, and media engagement. S/he will support the NZMATES team with guidance on local context, advice on political dynamics and regulatory frameworks, including permits, policies, formal and customary law. S/he will also provide in-country briefings for any international visitors.

Qualifications:

·               University Degree in communications, social sciences, law, business, or similar field;

·               Minimum 5 years’ experience in communications, socio-economic development and/or related fields;

·               Strong communications skills, networking, and experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team;

·                 Experience engaging, networking, and communicating with government officials; 

·               Experience engaging and communicating with civil society, educational institutions, and private sector stakeholders;

·               Ability to foster positive and effective working relationships with variety of stakeholders;

·                     Experience with website content management, social media, and media engagement;

·               Experience working in Maluku province and understanding of local context;

·               Fluency in English verbal and written communication;

·                     Proactive and able to take initiative;

·               Ability to anticipate and solve problems; meet deadlines, work under pressure, work independently on multiple tasks with limited supervision, work cooperatively with team members and partners;

·               Strong familiarity with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, social media and website content management;

·               Willingness to travel occasionally to Jakarta, Seram and other locations within Indonesia;

·               Experience working in socio-economic development, energy access or environment sector preferred.

Please send your CV together with form on this link with position applied on the email subject to hrd@id.mercycorps..org 

Vacancy will be closed 13 May 2018 and only short listed candidates will be contacted for interview.

We look forward to hearing from those who are interested in taking this opportunity to grow and develop with us.