IC/UNDP/ATSEA/020/2022 - Outreach Specialist  

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Background

The Arafura and Timor Seas (ATS) is part of the North Australian Shelf large marine ecosystem (LME), which is a tropical sea lying between the Pacific and Indian Oceans and extending from the Timor Sea to the Torres Strait and including the Arafura Sea and Gulf of Carpentaria. The region is adjacent to the Coral Triangle , which hosts the world’s highest marine biodiversity and contains some of the most pristine and highly threatened coastal and marine ecosystems. At the regional scale, the ecosystems of the ATS play an important economic and ecological role in the littoral nations bordering the Arafura and Timor Sea: Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Australia, and Papua New Guinea.

The marine environment in the ATS region is in serious decline, primarily as a result of overharvesting and other direct and indirect impacts of anthropogenic stresses and global climatic changes. Fisheries in the ATS region represent an extremely complex productive, socioeconomic sector, with multiple actors, target species sought, and technology used. The main characteristics of depletion of shared ATS transboundary stocks by fishery were assessed as part of the ATS transboundary diagnostic analysis (TDA) in 2012. In addition to climate change, unsustainable harvesting, illegal unreported unregulated (IUU) fishing, and bycatch are having significant impacts on the populations of key marine species in the ATS region, particularly globally threatened coastal marine megafauna including migratory, rare, and threatened species of turtles, dugongs, seabirds/shorebirds, sea snakes, cetaceans, sharks and rays. Lastly, potential sources of marine pollution in the ATS region include marine debris, marine based pollution from oil and gas activities, as well as waste from fishing and shipping vessels.

This project will cover the five-priority transboundary environmental problems identified by the TDA: (i) unsustainable fisheries and decline and loss of living coastal and marine resources; (ii) modification, degradation and loss of coastal and marine habitats; (iii) marine and land-based pollution; (iv) the decline and loss of threatened and migratory species; and (v) impacts of climate change on the ATS

This project is building upon the foundational results realized in the first phase of the ATSEA program, which applied the tried and tested GEF International Waters focal area approach, starting with a participatory transboundary diagnostic analysis (TDA) and followed by development of a regional strategic action program (SAP) and national action programs (NAPs). This second phase of the ATSEA program, is designed to support the initial implementation of the ATS SAP, endorsed through Ministerial Declaration in 2014.

Scope of Work

The ATSEA-2 project needs to develop and implement a local, provincial, and national level communication and outreach strategy, as part of the effort to engage and involve local stakeholders in the implementation on the Arafura & Timor Seas National Action Plan, and to disseminate the results and achievement of the project to local, national, and international stakeholders.

Therefore, the consultant would be expected to develop outreach and awareness strategies for ATSEA-2, both at the NCU level as well as at the field level, as well as develop their action plan and facilitate its implementation. The consultant is also expected to support the development of popular communication and outreach/campaign materials that would be disseminated to the stakeholders and the public, in close coordination with the RPMU communications unit.

The key activities under this assignment would include but not limited to:

• Outreach and awareness strategy and material development to support awareness of the benefit from MPA establishment in Merauke
• Outreach and awareness Strategy and material development to support awareness of women’s role in fisheries & marine resource management in Aru and Rote Ndao
• Outreach and awareness Strategy and material development to support marine pollution action plan and ICM/EbA action plans in Rote Ndao, highlighting gender-related issues
• Outreach and awareness Strategy to support awareness of threats & protection of sea turtles, sawfish, and other ETP species in Aru and Merauke/Kolepom
• Support & collaboration with the ATSEA-2 RPMU communications team in the development of regional and international level information dissemination products.

Academic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in communications, Public Relations, graphic design, Environment science, or other related natural/social science or equivalent relevant works.

Minimum experience requirement:

• 5 years of experience in developing communication & outreach strategies
• Experience in developing media campaign outreach material for environment issues, marine and fisheries are preferable
• Experience in developing popular publication/communication materials targeted for different stakeholder levels (local communities, local government, and national government, general)

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English with excellent written communication skills, and experience in writing and editing popular publications is required.
• Excellent written and spoken skills in Bahasa Indonesia.

Competencies and special skills requirement:

• Strong leadership and good communication skills;
• Ability to plan, organize, implement and report on work;
• Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines;
• Proficiency in the use of office IT applications and internet in conducting research;
• Good presentation and facilitation skills;
• Demonstrates integrity and ethical standards;
• Positive, constructive attitude to work.