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Indonesian Institute for Energy Economics

11 - 50 employees

Founded 1995

⚡ Energy

🤝 Non-profit

📚 Education

Energy • Non-profit • Education

Indonesian Institute for Energy Economics is an independent research and policy institute focused on energy economics, markets, and policy in Indonesia. It conducts data-driven analysis, publishes reports, and provides policy advice to government, industry, and stakeholders to inform decision-making on energy pricing, regulation, and the energy transition. The institute promotes sustainable and efficient energy systems through research, stakeholder engagement, and capacity-building.

📋 Description

• Develop, own and implement IEEFA Australia’s communications strategy, aligned to strategic goals, including positioning, messaging, channel mix and measurable objectives • Lead, develop and support a team of 4-6 communications professionals — managing performance, wellbeing and day-to-day priorities, and building capability across roles • Work collaboratively with analysts to provide strategic media and communications advice on framing, key messages, timing, effective products/formats, and creative launch campaigns • Oversee media engagement, work with the media manager (to be appointed) to maintain relationships with journalists and identify opportunities for increased media coverage • Drive the organisation’s political engagement strategy, steward senior-level relationships with political stakeholders, pursue engagement opportunities on live policy issues • Oversee social media, EDMs/newsletters and the stakeholder database/CRM, ensuring targeted, well-governed engagement and the ability to push assets when topics are live • Work with the Managing Editor to ensure all communications outputs meet IEEFA standards for quality, accuracy, editorial integrity, branding and message consistency • Maintain relationships with partners and identify opportunities for collaboration • Build and maintain a consistent communications KPIs and dashboard (for media, web, social, engagement) with a regular reporting rhythm, aligned to the global KPI framework • Serve as an active member of IEEFA’s Global Communications Team (GCT), fostering effective working relationships and contributing to cross-regional collaboration, standards, campaigns, shared platforms, and positioning • Advise and support the CEO on reputation management, government and funders relations, contentious-issue handling and crisis communications • Ensure sound operational governance, including routine archiving, documented processes for the contacts database, and effective use of project-management tools (e.g. ClickUp)

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of demonstrated experience in communications, media and stakeholder engagement • Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing, Public Relations or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience • Exceptional media relations skills and an established network across national, specialist and ideally financial/energy media • Strong understanding of Australian government, policy and parliamentary processes, and sound political judgement in a politically sensitive environment • Proven ability to translate complex, technical research into clear, engaging messaging and content for non-specialist audiences • Experience developing and executing digital content strategies across social media and web platforms, with a track record of building audience engagement and followership • Experience setting and reporting against communications metrics and KPIs, and using insight to improve performance • Experience in finance, energy, public policy or the not-for-profit sector is highly favourable • Various computer applications including Microsoft Office Suite and remote working collaboration tools • Permanent working rights in Australia.

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual Leave • Personal/Carer’s Leave • Long Service Leave • Paid Parental Leave • Professional Development Allowance • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Home office set-up stipend • Co-working space stipend • Monthly mobile phone allowance • Technology equipment provided

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