Tetra Tech International Development is seeking a Strategic Communications and Public Diplomacy Adviser to develop and lead the Program’s Communications and Public Diplomacy Strategy, and to oversee all communications, advocacy, and public diplomacy efforts in Indonesia.

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Tetra Tech International Development is a leading development consulting firm working with government, businesses, and NGOs to solve complex development challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. For more information, please visit our website.

The opportunity:

• Location: Jakarta, Indonesia (Flexible work arrangements may be considered upon request)
• Open to national and international candidates
• Fixed-term contract with possibility of extension.

Position Overview

Aus4ASEAN Futures builds on the ASEAN-Australia Development Cooperation Program phase 2 (AADCPII), a highly regarded program which has provided support to the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) for 12 years. Aus4ASEAN Futures is a $204 million, ten-year investment embedded in the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC). It mobilizes resources through an ASEAN trust fund and uses ASEAN procurement systems, showcasing Australia's commitment to ASEAN priorities and partnership. The program supports the ASEAN Political Security Community (APSC), ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC), and ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), enabling Australia to engage with ASEAN on various strategic and emerging issues, such as climate change, vocational education, disaster preparedness, social inclusion, and the care economy. The goal is to foster a "peaceful, prosperous, and inclusive" ASEAN by promoting economic recovery, resilient communities, and peaceful, rules-based systems. Additionally, it aims to integrate cross-cutting issues like social inclusion, gender equality, and disability into ASEAN programs, and to enhance Australia's positive contribution to ASEAN.

The Strategic Communications and Public Diplomacy Adviser will ensure adherence to branding guidelines, document Program activities and achievements with high-quality strategic communications tailored to target audiences, support the ASEAN Secretariat in building strategic communications capacity, and manage public information and social media campaigns across traditional, social, and digital media platforms.

Join us as a Development Effectiveness Specialist, supporting transformative initiatives across the Pacific. Drive strategic innovations in program management, MEL and cross-cutting priorities to ensure impactful, sustainable outcomes.

Adam Smith International is seeking an experienced person with procurement and contract experience to support the Vanuatu Australia Infrastructure for Development (VAI4D) on a short-term contract (up to 20 days per annum). The Contracts & Procurement Adviser will provide technical advice to the VAI4D team and MIPU/PWD in Vanuatu. 

The Project

This will be a short-term adviser position, with possible travel to Vanuatu (and within Vanuatu) supporting the Vanuatu Australia Infrastructure for Development (VAI4D) program, for a one-year contract, to be reviewed and amended as required. 

The VAI4D investment is focused on three end of program outcomes (EOPOs): 

• EOPO 1: MIPU PWD manages Vanuatu’s public roads network effectively and efficiently. 
• EOPO 2: MIPU (civil aviation &/or ports and marine &/or public buildings) use improved systems, processes, and technologies. 
• EOPO 3: GoV agencies deliver infrastructure portfolios and projects more coherently, effectively, and efficiently, in coordination with GoA partners.

VAI4D also mainstreams and spotlights cross-cutting areas, including gender equity, disability, and social inclusion (GEDSI), climate change & disaster risk resilience, social and environmental safeguards, localisation, and asset management through the identification, planning, design, implementation, and monitoring of projects.