The Eastern Indonesia Knowledge Exchange (BaKTI) encourages knowledge-based sustainable development through the exchange of experience, smart practices, information, documents and data in eastern Indonesia.

BaKTI’s goal is ‘improved development in eastern Indonesia’, and it aims to support development actors to achieve this broad goal through a focus on four specific objectives:

• Supporting development actors to colalborate and harmonize development
• Encouraging development actors to learn from one another and share knowledge to improve the quality of development program
• Providing media and building mechanisms so development actors are able to deliver and provide input to the development agenda

BaKTI’s knowledge exchange platforms include a monthly, bilingual newsletter (BaKTINews), online knowledge exchange, SMS broadcast system, website, contact databases, publications, and regular discussions and dialogues on development issues in the region.

To better communicate with these audiences and meet BaKTI’s overall objectives, we are currently looking for a Communication Officer

Duties and Responsibilities

• Working on the editorial function in the preparation of BaKTINews magazine and other BaKTI's publications;
• Maintain and develop our media relation: produce press releases, maintain and develop good relationship with media, carrying out press conferences;
• Maintain and develop our online outreach: improve our online visibility; improve our social media interactions for online visibility;
• Create communication products: organize the development of major communications products like the annual report, brochures or film; coordinate editing, design and printing of those products, liaise with internal designers, writers, film makers and printing companies;
• Develop and maintain a productive relationship within BaKTI team
• Perform any other duties requested by BaKTI's Communication Unit Manager

Preferred Requirements

Advantages

• Understanding of development issues
• Work experience in eastern Indonesia regions
• Work in an organzied and concise manner
• Result oriented, strong team player
• Sound judgement, flexibility and adaptability, cultural sensitivity

Location
The position is based in Makassar, Indonesia.

Duration and Reporting

The assignment will be until 31 December 2014. The opportunity for extension depends on performance.

The Communication Officer will be managed and supervised by the Communications Unit Manager. 

Please send CVs and applications to info@bakti.or.id by May 16th, 2014