Vacancy Senior Marine Communication Specialist - CI Indonesia

CI INDONESIA is currently looking for Senior Marine Communication Specialist
to be based in Bali under Marine Program. We would appreciate your
assistance in sharing this
information to anyone who are interested and qualified for the position.

Much thanks,

Chichi Untariningsih
Human Resources Dept.
Conservation International Indonesia (CII)

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Conservation International Indonesia is a non-profit organization with head
office in Crystal City, Arlington USA and whose mission is to conserve the
Earth’s living heritage, our global biodiversity, and to demonstrate that
human societies are able to live harmoniously with nature.

Senior Marine Communication Specialist

Conservation International (CI) is deeply dedicated to conserving
Indonesia’s remarkable marine ecosystems, which lie in the center of the
world’s coral triangle-the very epicenter of marine biodiversity on the
planet. During the last three years, the CI Indonesia Marine Program has
been growing rapidly and includes several large-scale marine conservation
initiatives, including the Bird’s Head Seascape initiative, the
Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape initiative, the Nusa Penida MPA initiative in Bali
and CI’s Indonesian sea turtle conservation initiative. CI aims to develop
conservation in a manner that protects biodiversity, sustains fisheries, and
maintains tourism potential, thereby generating considerable sustained
benefits for local communities.

CI firmly believes that communication is a pivotal in all of our
conservation efforts. Strong conservation outreach and education programs
create the enabling environment for all conservation successes. With that
understanding, the CI Indonesia Senior Marine Communication Specialist will
play a critical and wide-ranging role in the development of all outreach,
education, and media programs for the exciting and ambitious Indonesia
marine portfolio. This position is based in Bali and may include occasional
travel to CI Indonesia’s field sites and head office.

Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Develop and implement the communication and outreach program
strategies and
activities related to marine conservation within CI-Indonesia, and supervise
the implementation of marine conservation education program
2. Create and build the capacity of a regional network of marine
communicators
and educators among CI Indonesia’s staff and partners.
3. Liaise with other program staff and partners to develop appropriate
communication
and conservation education strategies for the marine program using
participatory methodologies.
4. Design and organize awareness campaigns to reach key stakeholders
with
conservation messages on species, MPA, corridor, or Seascape initiatives.
5. Develop, produce and distribute appropriate communication tools and
outreach
materials for marine program based on strategies developed;
6. Establish and maintain a network of contacts with existing media
organizations.
7. Develop relationships with local media outlets (radio, print, and
TV) and form
key partnerships to support the dissemination of conservation messages.

Qualifications and Skills Required:
Preference would be for a candidate with the following qualifications and
experience:

* A degree in communications with a minimum of 5-year experience
working in communication, journalism, and/or promotional activities;
* Sound oral communication and negotiation skills, and superlative
writing and editing skills in Bahasa Indonesia and English.
* An ability to work in a team and create communications strategies
that are effective at reaching the program’s target audiences.
* Experience in the use of photographic, audio/visual equipment,
graphic design programs and presentations are helpful.
* Demonstrated experience with the communication media, especially
with news placement and awareness campaigns
* Computer skills and experience in relevant software (ie.
Publisher, Powerpoint Pagemaker, Photoshop and/or similar media programs).
* Familiar with or have some background experience working with
conservation NGOs
* Literate on and/or familiar with marine and coastal/species
conservation issues.

The preferred candidate will be self-motivated, a team player, able to
travel in the region, and be able to meet project deadlines often under
difficult circumstances.

Include a cover letter and a CV of no more than 3 pages. Separately list at
least two referees with recent experience supervising your work should be
sent to: hrd@conservation.or.id.

Closing date for the application is 15th December 2008
(Only short-listed candidates will be notified).