Strategic Planning Specialist

We’re looking for a Strategic Marketing and Communications Specialist who can live and volunteer for12 months in Timor-Leste.

• This assignment is important because RAEOA Oé-Cusse Ambeno is strengthening its role in coordinating and advancing strategic development opportunities across the region.
• This assignment seeks to strengthen RAEOA’s strategic marketing, communications and stakeholder engagement capacity to better promote tourism, trade, investment and regional development opportunities.
• You will be working alongside RAEOA leadership, communications staff, government officials and key stakeholders to develop and implement effective branding, marketing and engagement strategies.
• As a volunteer, you will support capacity building, mentoring and skills transfer by assisting counterpart staff to develop communications tools, promotional materials, digital engagement approaches and sustainable marketing systems.

About the partner organisation 

RAEOA Oé-Cusse Ambeno is the Special Administrative Region Authority responsible for governing Timor-Leste's Oé-Cusse Ambeno exclave, located in the municipality of Oé-Cusse with its administrative centre in Pante Makasar. RAEOA leads regional development planning, public administration, and service delivery to support sustainable economic and social development across Oé-Cusse Ambeno. The authority works with communities, government agencies, businesses, civil society organisations, and development partners to strengthen infrastructure, public services, skills development, tourism, trade, investment, labour mobility, and community wellbeing. As RAEOA expands its efforts to promote tourism, trade, investment, labour mobility, and regional partnerships, there is a growing need for specialist expertise in strategic marketing, communications, and stakeholder engagement. The volunteer will help strengthen RAEOA's capacity to promote development opportunities, attract investment and partnerships, improve public awareness, and build sustainable marketing and communications systems. The role will also provide mentoring and skills transfer to counterpart staff in an area where specialised expertise is currently limited within the local labour market.



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