Background: Communications and Technical Analyst

Under the direct supervision of the Environmental Marine Specialist with the overall supervision of the Senior Project Manager in Bangkok, Thailand, the Technical and Communication Officer will be responsible for providing and ensuring a range of programmatic support in the marine and coastal ecosystem project activities, including the knowledge management platform, financing facility, and project sustainability and governance. The Technical and Communication Officer is also responsible for regularly developing communications materials to relay project initiatives.

The Technical and Communication Officer will undertake the following activities/ responsibilities:

Technical Support

• Support the project team in the execution of approved project plans (including delegated milestones).
• Support the development, implementation and monitoring of the transboundary projects, regional working groups, financing facility, and small grants.
• Support in the operations of the Small Grants facility, including reviewing of submitted concept notes, coordinating with chosen entities, and monitoring of projects.
• Supervise, monitor, and evaluate the performance of service providers to ensure alignment with project priorities.
• Prepare implementation and technical reports or similar documentation, ensure it is regularly updated, monitored, and compliant.
• Support the project team in the achievement of technical milestones of the project.
• Monitor and record best practices and innovative approaches. Contribute to the dissemination and sharing of best practices and lessons learned for planning and knowledge building.
• Maintain records of project files and other supporting documents.
• Support in coordination with regional organizations, stakeholders, and project partners towards the implementation of projects.
• Support in preparation and coordination of project events, workshops, and conference participation.

Communication and Knowledge Management

• Ensure that SCS-SAP Project initiatives are documented and communicated to stakeholders using social media platforms, reports, amongst others.
• Support the technical team in the dissemination, outreach and operationalization of sustainability objectives of the project, including the development of the knowledge management platform.
• Produce communications and visibility materials.
• Support the implementation and monitoring of existing and newly developed project communication plans.
• Managing information flow by keeping, circulating and archiving detailed project notes and records.