- Contribute your socio-cultural technical expertise as part of the Aus4Asean Future panel of experts
- Exciting opportunity to contribute to the strengthening of ASEAN-Australia relations
- Commencement from May 2025 onwards for short, medium, and long-term inputs
- Location: Southeast Asia; remote
Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of more than 4,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities. We are seeking a Localisation and Sustainability Advisor for the IFTAEC Program, which can be on a fully remote basis across the Asia Pacific region.
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.
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Role Summary
Reporting to the DFAT Counsellor (Development) and with a high degree of autonomy, the Communications Adviser will assist in the development and delivery of the Mekong Australia Partnership’s communications functions. The role will be responsible for helping develop and implement a communications strategy, determine MAP core messages and ensuring that these core messages reach identified stakeholders and intended audience. The role will work with Investment Managers located in Bangkok and across DFAT’s Posts in the Mekong sub-region to collect, create and disseminate information and messaging. The Adviser will work with the Adviser – Performance, Quality and Risk, to create content to support Monitoring and Evaluation.
The Adviser will be located in the Mekong Hub in Bangkok and work closely with sector specialists, Australian Government posts in the region, implementing partners, Australian Government agencies and DFAT Canberra.
The Adviser will directly supervise one Locally-engaged Public Diplomacy Officer.
Role Summary
The Adviser is responsible for assisting the MAP Advisor – Performance, Quality and Risk, implement the MAP Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) system, and managing information flows to inform management of lessons learned from investment implementation. This includes working closely with delivery partners to ensure investment MEL systems are fit for purpose, contribute to MAP objectives, are in line with DFAT requirements, and supportive of the overall MAP Performance Assessment Framework (PAF). The Advisor will support DFAT Investment Managers prepare Investment Monitoring Reports (IMRs) for MAP regional programs managed from Bangkok, and assist Posts across the region to report bilateral activities, including through IMRs, within the MAP MEL framework as required.
The Adviser will be located in the Mekong Hub and report to the Advisor – Performance, Quality and Risk. The Advisor will work closely with sector specialists, Australian Government posts in the region, implementing partners, Australian Government agencies and DFAT Canberra. The position will support coordination within and between Mekong countries and facilitate cross-fertilisation and learning between MAP investments.
Role Summary
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