Science Communication Lead

Employment Status: Full-time (3 months contract that will be extended to 1-year duration based on performance)

Location: Jakarta Pusat (Hybrid Working)

Starting month: April 2023

About the Organization

Among more than seven billion people who live on today’s Earth, one billion go to bed with an empty stomach every day. While food is the fuel of everything in human lives, we often take food for granted. Improving food security for all is becoming more critical every day with rapid population growth, changing climate, depleting aquifers, and land uses competition. Tay Juhana Foundation (TJF) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that realizes that a series of immediate actions must be taken to avoid the aggravation of this global issue.

TJF is fully-operated by young talents who are committed to utilize their optimum skills and capabilities to formulate effective strategies, conduct comprehensive research, and communicate the messages in cultivating food crops in suboptimal lands, such as peatland. This series of activities will benefit the people while minimizing the risk of environmental degradation. We believe that our programs can bring a significant change in the way we manage our lands, which will eventually improve the state of food security.

We invite qualified candidates who share the same passion with us to become the agents of change for the mentioned causes by joining our small, dynamic team in Jakarta as Science Communication Lead (SCL).

General Purpose:

To engage the targeted audience in TJF causes through science communication strategy implementation, social media planning, creating and developing content regularly, also initiating and maintaining communication in organization internally as well as external stakeholders.

Science Communication Lead Job Description:

To transform TJF scientific products to be understandable by the organizations’ audiences, especially laymen group.
Capable of translating research papers or scientific terms into simpler writing style such as articles, booklets, or video script.
Conceptualizing framework and grand design for developing TJF’s communication and media role.
Crafting narratives and public relations strategy for promoting organizational brand and other relevant issues.
Write up compelling copywriting, stories, articles, press releases to deliver TJF messages to diverse stakeholders.
Cultivate and maintain strong media relationships and with other key stakeholders.
Engaging and following up initiative and progress with the internal team, as well as potential partner and stakeholder.
Ensuring TJF’s media and communication performance in an effective and efficient manner for implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
Performing other management roles in the scope of communication and media.

Educational Background

Candidates must possess at least a Bachelor’s Degree in environmental science, agriculture, forestry, communication, public relations, or relevant studies.

Experience

Candidates must have at least 5 years of work experience in related fields. Focus of work on peatlands, food security, agriculture, and sustainable development themes is a great advantage.

Competency

A strong passion for working in a nonprofit organization.
A deep commitment to upgrade self and fast learning in TJF topics such as suboptimal land, food security, agriculture, and sustainable development.
High reading comprehension skill with interest in reading research papers related to peatlands, food security, and agriculture.
Fluency in English both in verbal and written communication, including the ability to write in grammatically correct sentences.
Adept in story-telling and explaining science in creative ways.
Willingness to be deployed at a remote location for a few months is required.
Familiarity with social media trends and visual design is a must.
A leadership quality, equipped with both independent and teamwork skills is desirable.
Qualities such as being creative, innovative, and highly-motivated are desirable.
Good intra- and interpersonal skills, next to ability to interact with people with a variety of backgrounds is a must.
Ability and willingness to travel to other parts of Indonesia and overseas at times.

Benefits

A monthly salary that will be commensurate with the candidate’s qualification and experiences.
Opportunity to play a key role in a promising nonprofit organization.
Opportunity to work in a vibrant working environment and collaborate with representatives of multiple stakeholders.
Possible internal and external training/workshops.
Most importantly, the opportunity to contribute in solving critical issues and become the agent of change for the future of our planet!

How to Apply

Interested applicant must send a set of application documents which includes:

Current CV/resume with the most recent photograph attached.
Cover letter addressing candidates’ suitability and potential contribution to the offered position (max. 1 page). Please include the minimum expected salary.
Candidates’ most recent portfolio is encouraged to be shared.

Please send your application to [email protected] by 20 March 2023. Applications sent without the first two components above will not be considered for the first phase of the recruitment process. All of the interview process will be conducted in English.

Please indicate the subject heading “TJF Application – SCL – [Your Full Name]” (e.g. TJF Application – SCL– Julian Trilaksana).

The entire selection process is conducted via online platforms. TJF is an inclusive and diversity-friendly organization. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. The selection’s committee’s decision is final and only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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