Job Vacancy 

Media Manager / Coordinator, Development Dialogue Asia 

Media Partnerships & Engagement

About the Organization
Development Dialogue Asia (DDA) is a strategic communications initiative that works to preserve tropical forests, to protect the rights of Indigenous communities, and to advance sustainable land use as a climate change solution. Our highly skilled team of professionals are trained experts in the areas of communication strategy, digital and print media, influencers, data science, and campaigns. Team members have backgrounds in journalism, civil society organizations, digital agencies, PR firms, international and multilateral organizations. Development Dialogue Asia acts as part of an international network of communications professionals, and works closely with top digital agencies, mission-driven PR firms, and allied teams in other countries. 

We work in partnership with civil society organizations (CSOs), the academia, and cultural and philanthropic organizations in Indonesia to create communication strategies that strengthen initiatives aimed at our key topics mentioned above. Our core capacities include:

• Research: social listening, audience segmentation, media analysis, narrative mapping, and message testing.
• Media: media relations advice and amplification of content.
• Influencers: media training for experts and spokespeople; partnerships with celebrities and digital influencers.
• Digital communication: strategies for social media, audience orientation and network analysis.
• Strategic response: crisis management and combating trolling, fake news and disinformation.
• We do not support candidates or political parties, nor do we engage in elections or political lobbying. 

About the Role of Media Manager / Coordinator

The Manager (or Coordinator) selected into the position will primarily focus on supporting Civil Society Organization (CSO) Partners Media Relations and Journalist & Media Engagement. They will be responsible for engaging Indonesian media outlets, editors and journalists covering climate change, environment, community rights, sustainable economic development, energy, and other related topics. In addition, they will engage DDA's civil society partners in creating media outreach strategies, implementing partnerships, knowledge sharing and collective campaigning. The ideal candidate will bring experience and expertise in three complementary areas: working in journalism, working in media relations or PR, and working with civil society on environment-related issues. The manager will be an expert facilitator, amazing listener, and strategic thinker. They will have strong experience in managing communities of practices, analyzing communications needs and opportunities, providing strategic recommendations, developing and delivering communications campaigns. They will be a collaborative, respectful, kind, competent and trustworthy team player. They will be highly effective at project and time management in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment, able to create, plan, implement and report.

The manager will engage directly with journalists, editors, academics, expert spokespeople, NGO leaders, and other civil society organizations on developing - for groups of organizations and for the movement more broadly - collective activities in support of their communications strategy. A successful manager will deeply listen and understand partners' challenges and opportunities, connect with the DDA team where needed, and help partners design and deliver on solutions. They will be a trusted senior advisor both to media journalists and editors and to NGO comms professionals, as well as ready to ‘roll up their sleeves’ to do the work. They will be committed to effective testing and learning processes, ready and excited to discover what’s not working and adjust course. This person will report to DDA's director. 

If you think this sounds like you, please apply! If you know someone great, please recommend them. 

Key responsibilities 
As a DDA Manager responsible for media engagement and NGO media outreach, you will be responsible for:

• Building relationships with and actively engaging journalists, editors, and media influencers
• Investing in building communications networks and infrastructure in target Indonesian media markets and topics, from on-the-ground investigative journalism to distribution of stories through TV, radio, and news sites
• Amplifying coverage for key newsworthy stories that advance agreed narratives
• Developing and sharing helpful resources to journalists such as fact sheets, images, video, and contacts for relevant experts and celebrities 
• Establishing and coordinating with a network of communications professionals in allied organizations and grantees to agree on and support narrative and message priorities
• Managing, tracking and reporting on media coverage over time by channel and relevant audience segment to the Board and key stakeholders, noting progress, impacts, and lessons learned
• Mapping CSOs needs and key media related activities throughout the year, both in advance maintaining the team calendar as well as responding quickly to ad-hoc demands from the field. 
• Setting up and managing knowledge sharing and learning activities with and for our partners, including capacity building and audience-driven collaborative efforts to enhance their knowledge on strategic communications focused on our key topics.
• Setting up and managing key engagement activities such as webinars, workshops and group discussions where our partners and the DDA team can exchange knowledge and experience. 
• Providing audience-driven strategic communications recommendations to support the organizations, based on thoughtful analysis.
• Mapping and participating in key conversations within the socialenviornmental movement to better understand the media landscape, its challenges and opportunities, cascading it to the DDA team where relevant and providing support. 
• Working alongside the Director and the rest of the team in communications strategy development and implementation planning. Engaging with a variety of internal and external stakeholders to inform and be informed and to be able to do the work. 

Key Competencies
Essential:

• Personal network of high trust relationships with media journalists, editors, and freelancers covering environmental, economic, political, and lifestyle topics across Indonesia.
• Experience and expertise pitching stories to journalist outlets. 
• Work in a nonprofit organization or network in a communications role, OR work in a client service strategy consultancy, PR or digital agency, OR work as a journalist or editor in a major media outlet. (Desirable: Experience in all three.)
• Leading collaborative communications strategy development and planning with civil society organizations, ideally based on data insights and with a focus on campaigns to inspire behavior change. 
• Management of multiple relationships in complex environments, establishing trusting relationships.
• Creation and maintenance of internal and external communication flows.
• Implementation of constant, assertive and friendly communication.
• Very good meeting facilitator, in person and for VC.
• Coaching/support mindset (not dictatorial in style).
• Team work, collaboration, integration. 
• Savvy in sustainable economic development, environment conservation, climate change, and traditional community rights. 
• Strong, broad network of relationships with Indonesian environment NGOs and Indigenous organizations.
• Fluent in Indonesian Bahasa and strong working knowledge of English in written and verbal form.
  

Desirable:

• Familiarity with social listening, media analysis, and/or audience research.
• Experience designing and delivering with capacity building and training activities. 

What we can offer you

The unique opportunity to work as part of a highly dynamic, local and international group of individuals who combine their passion to make a difference with a rigorous and results-oriented approach to work.

• A flexible work environment and a space to develop and challenge yourself.
• A fixed term full time contract, with possibility for renewal.

Location
Please note that this is a full-time (40h) remote position within Indonesia. Exceptional Indonesian candidates working from outside of Indonesia could be considered.  Candidates based in or with deep experience working in Kalimantan, Sumatra, and/or Eastern Indonesia are particularly welcomed to apply. A stable, consistent internet connection is required. 

Start date

Candidates will be considered as they are received, so please apply as soon as possible. As soon as possible after the selection process is finished. 

How to apply
Please send your CV (2 pages), a 1-page cover letter and 3-4 short case studies that illustrate your experience addressing the job criteria to the following email address: recruitment@indonesiadialogue.com. Please indicate “DDA Media Coordinator” in the subject line. Documents can be delivered in Indonesian Bahasa or English. Deadline: January 24th, 2022.

Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. All applications will be treated confidentially. Further details on the position would be available during the interviews.

Important: Development Dialogue Asia is an equal opportunity employer committed to advancing opportunities for people from marginalised backgrounds, particularly for indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+, and from the Global South. Our team comes from multiple countries and backgrounds, and are dedicated to disrupting systemic inequalities internally, in our relationship with the wider climate and environmental movement, and in all our public work. Indigenous communicators are in particular encouraged to apply. 

Compensation: Commensurate with experience 

Baseline hours: 40 hours/weekly.