Regional Communications Associate, Asia

Regional Communications Associate, Asia

About Palladium:

Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 4,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.

This Opportunity:

Palladium is recruiting Regional Communications Associate with a passion for tackling climate change to join our UK PACT team in Asia. The UK PACT programme aims to improve the effectiveness of key institutions (public, private and civil society) in partner countries so that they can deliver accelerated emission reductions and raise the ambition of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) targets. Specifically, the programme will deliver the following results:

An increase in the capacity and capability of partner institutions (national, sub-national and civil society) to deliver enhanced and accelerated climate actions
An increase in in-country buy-in to urgently facilitate low-carbon development
UK PACT is a complex, multi-country and multi-sector programme, which delivers impact through a combination of grant funding for longer-term capacity-building projects and the rapid mobilisation of short-term expertise for targeted skills and knowledge transfer.

Location:

The position can be based in Indonesia, India, Thailand or Vietnam.

You and Your Career:

If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have expertise in CRM systems and website content management, and have excellent writing and verbal communication skills, we are interested in hearing from you.

We are a learning organisation and provide growth opportunities from the start. We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources, and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!

Reporting Lines:

• The position reports to the Asia Regional Lead in close coordination with the Communications & Knowledge Manager.

Primary Roles and Responsibilities:

The Regional Communications and Engagement Associate will be a key in-region member of the Palladium UK PACT team supporting the development and roll-out of a communication strategy focused on increasing awareness, impact and influence of the programme.

Specifically, the Regional Communications and Engagement Associate will:

• Support communications strategies designed to reach specific categories of local stakeholders through a mix of relevant communications, media and language channels, including translating copy into local languages
  
• Contribute to the development of UK PACT communications, knowledge products, and strategies to promote the programme and enhance the brand within the Indonesia, India, Thailand and Vietnam region
  
• Lead on the maintenance and development of the Indonesia, India, Thailand and Vietnam CRM contacts database and ensure that the respective country programme website pages are up to date and periodically reviewed
  
• Support the development of strong and engaging digital products that effectively convey messaging about the programme on the UK PACT website and other channels in coordination with country teams, teams at Post, and relevant implementing partners;
  
• Create, plan, and measure effective email communications campaigns targeting UK PACT stakeholders in Indonesia, India, Thailand and Vietnam using CRM to segment and improve the quality of existing contacts data in line with data protection requirements
  
• Provide support to country teams with communications queries and assist with the coordination of external communications
  
• Coordinate in-person and online meetings with UK PACT internal and external stakeholders;
  
• Support the central UK PACT Communications team in general programme communications administration, including the preparation of quarterly and annual progress reports and stakeholder engagement reports
  
• Provide communications support for market engagement events and country calls for proposals and other relevant grant processes, ensuring clear messaging and alignment with regional strategies to engage potential grantees and stakeholders effectively
  
• Lead the implementation of region-specific communications initiatives, and actively engage in brainstorming and developing new initiatives that align with these strategic goals
  
• Perform any other duties as reasonably required by the Communications and Knowledge Manager in coordination with the Asia Regional Lead

Essential Criteria:

• Knowledge and experience of CRM systems (HubSpot preferred)
  
• Knowledge and experience in website content management
  
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills (in English)
  
• Fluent in at least one language relevant in this region (Indonesian, Hindi, Thai, Vietnamese)
  
• Experience supporting communication campaigns, including content creation
  
• Experience supporting international programmes with related admin and reporting tasks
  
• Comfortable working with a variety of stakeholder
  
• Willing and able to be on calls outside of regular working hours to accommodate time zone differences
  
• Strong interest and (desirable) experience in working on climate change solutions such as renewable energy, sustainable mobility, nature-based solutions, climate legislation, and climate finance

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience working with embassies and/or civil servants
  
• Experience working with the press in at least one country relevant to UK PACT

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.

Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.