GIZ Indonesia for the Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape: Communication Internship

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. Its corporate objective is to improve people’s living conditions on a sustainable basis. GIZ has been working in Indonesia since 1975 on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
 
The Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape is located in the western Indo Pacific region at the apex of the Coral Triangle covering 1 million km² of marine and terrestrial areas in Indonesia (North Sulawesi and East and North Kalimantan), Malaysia (Sabah) and the Philippines. The Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF) recognizes the Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape as one of its priority seascapes.

The Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape Project, with funding support from the Federal German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), is implemented by the partner organizations in the respective countries and GIZ under the umbrella of CTI-CFF.

The overall project outcome is:
The countries of the Sulu-Sulawesi-Seascape implement their actions within the framework of the Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) in a more coordinated manner, with a special focus on Marine Protected Areas (MPA), an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) and Climate Change Adaptation Planning (CCA).

The GIZ Office Indonesia is seeking one qualified Indonesian candidate for the following position:

Communication Internship

A.    Responsibilities

The incumbent contributes to project communication strategy through production of publication materials and preparation of activities

Tasks

In carrying out his/her role, the Communication Intern performs the following major functions/duties: 

Organizing publication materials

• Document project activities through news briefs and minutes;
• Assist in collecting, organising, selecting and making project reports;
• Assist in organising and making video footage;

Events and Visits Support

• Assists in the preparation of materials and logistics for events;
• Helps set up workshop venues;
• Attend events and take photographs 

General Corporate Tasks

• Performs administrative and other tasks relevant to the job or organization units when the need arises;
• participates in task teams and other corporate entrepreneurial or strategy-linked endeavors.

Required qualifications and competences

Competency Requirements:

·         The ability to communicate simply, clearly and effectively with excellent written and editing skills

·         Assures the quality of results

·         An ability to work under pressure and to cope with frustration even in difficult situations

·         Capability to work independently and in a pro-active way

·         Cooperates constructively and reliably with colleagues

·         Acts in a politically sensitive way that is appropriate in the given context

·         Focussed and proactive working attitude.

·         Positive attitude in taking responsibilities and new activities.

Qualifications:

·         Holding (not more than 1 year) or in pursuit of a Bachelor’s Degree Program or equivalent in Journalism, Communication or related field;

·         Working knowledge of photography, photo editing software and video production

·         Excellent communication skills in spoken and written English;

·         Experience in writing, editing and producing materials for publication;

·         Computer literate;

·         Familiarity with coastal resource management and marine protected areas and other similar fields is an advantage.

·         Very good working knowledge of ITC technologies and computer applications (e.g. MS Office).

·         Very good knowledge of English, including writing capabilities, very good knowledge of Bahasa Indonesia.

Duty Station: Jakarta

Working Hours: 5 working days per week, 8 working hours per day

Expected Joining Date: a.s.a.p

Duration of Internship: August – November 2018

                                    

Interested candidates shall submit comprehensive resume and a motivation letter to: noorafebrianie.minarputri@giz.de before July 24th, 2018.

Please put: SSS - Internship as your email subject and name the files using following format:  [Your Complete Name]_[Motivation Letter/CV] (i.e: Nakula Sadewa _CV or Nakula Sadewa _Motivation Letter or Nakula Sadewa _Reference)

Only short-listed candidates will be notified