ThaiNGO

Location: Bangkok, Thailand (home-based; please note that we cannot assist with visas)
Remuneration: Commission-based
Contract type: Full-time (40 hours per week), permanent
Reporting to: Engagement Manager (UK-based)
Deadline for applications: Monday 10th October 2016 (9 am UK time)

The company

Robin Wyatt Vision is a communications consultancy, specialising in servicing the needs of international development and humanitarian organisations. Our global team of communicators includes photographers, videographers, visual storytellers, creative writers and graphic designers, all of whom have a strong background in humanitarian and/or poverty reduction work. In line with the localised needs of our clients, our creative associates are spread across the globe and can reach even the remotest areas.

Founded and directed by Dr Robin Wyatt, who brings a wealth of experience as an eminent humanitarian and development photographer himself, Robin Wyatt Vision is built upon a belief in the transformational power of positive, inspiring images and stories. We combine our ability to create visual stories of change with our deep knowledge of the sector to provide compelling, engaging content to meet the needs of NGOs, international institutions, fundraisers, donors, companies' CSR divisions and other development stakeholders. Our strength lies in our ability to showcase the impact of our clients' essential work in ways that draw more positive attention and funding their way. Central to our approach is our promise to always ensure that people's lives are portrayed in a dignified, accurate and ethical manner.

The position

As our company enters this new and exciting phase of its expansion, we are recruiting our first two regional Business Development and Marketing Managers to take responsibility for the countries of the West Pacific Rim (based in Indonesia) and the Eastern half of Africa (based in Nairobi, Kenya). These motivated, committed individuals will act as ambassadors for the company, serving as the key contact points for regional outreach. They will drive business development in their geographical zones, creating and capitalising on networking opportunities to establish and maintain productive relationships with potential clients. In addition, they will have responsibility for strengthening our pool of creative associates by recruiting, training and supervising talented team members. Regular monitoring and learning is an inherent part of this role and Business Development and Marketing Managers will be required to provide frequent updates and contribute to shared learning via our Global Team Meetings, especially as other Regional Representatives come on board.

The specifics

• This position will require the successful candidate to perform the following duties:
• Act as the key contact point for regional business enquiries.
• Create an outreach / networking plan, mapping out potential clients in the region (organised by country) and potential networking opportunities.
• Research key contacts – both organisations and individuals – to reach out to, and maintain a database of these to be updated regularly.
• Organise and represent the company at client meetings in the region, ascertaining their communication needs and priorities and selling tailored solutions to them.
• Deliver presentations and workshops at appropriate conferences, forums, platforms and networking events to promote the company's services and attract new creative associates.
• Follow up face-to-face meetings with telephone calls, repeated on a periodic basis, ensuring that all action points are addressed.
• When business is won, communicate clients' needs clearly to creative associates and assist them with understanding any details they ask to be clarified.
• Identify new photographers and other creative talent with the potential to join as associates, discuss possibilities with them and help to vet their applications.
• Deliver training to new creative associates and provide ongoing mentoring and monitoring of their work, highlighting any issues as they arise and working with them to resolve these.
• Ensure that creative associates in the region have up-to-date, development-orientated CVs and visual storytelling portfolios.
• Maintain an up-to-date awareness of current, topical issues related to the humanitarian and development sector in the region.

Please note that this is not a comprehensive list, and further duties may be required of the successful candidate as and when needs arise.

Person specification:

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate most, if not all, of the following:

Qualifications and experience

• A post-graduate university degree and a minimum of five years of relevant work experience (either a development-related education accompanied by professional communications experience, or a communications or business-related degree (e.g. MBA) accompanied by international development-related professional experience).

• Significant, proven experience in marketing and/or business development, including a good knowledge of marketing theory and experience of working effectively with others to generate business.

• Demonstrable experience of delivering training, including coaching and mentoring.

• Experience of being managed remotely and working as part of a geographically dispersed team, as well as significant experience working with people across cultural, country and regional boundaries.

• A strong and robust network in the region already in place, which can be quickly grown.

Key skills and attributes

• A results-driven personality, motivated by targets and consistently exceeding them while helping team members to exceed theirs as well.

• Innovative by nature, used to getting results by thinking and acting outside the box.

• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and inter-personal skills, with an aptitude for building effective relationships, including with senior figures.

• Commercial awareness, including the ability to spot opportunities and make the most of them, to communicate value propositions with ease and to tailor a pitch to specific products and services, as well as individual clients' specific needs.

• Strong selling, influencing and negotiation skills, including the ability to engage different audiences and inspire enthusiasm and buy-in both from clients and team members.

• A keen political awareness, and conversant in the field of communication for development as well as humanitarian and development issues more broadly.

• The ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues at all levels, and to work effectively as part of a team.

• Strong organisational skills, attention to detail and the ability to both prioritise and work under pressure.

Everyday essentials

• Ownership of a computer, connection to reliable, fast and unlimited Internet; ownership of and advanced user skills for Microsoft Office; ownership of and advanced user skills for Adobe Creative Suite / Creative Cloud software is also considered advantageous, though not essential.

• Willingness to travel across the region to represent the company at client meetings and events such as conferences.

• The ability to communicate flawlessly in both spoken and written English, with additional skills in languages of the region and/or other UN languages favoured.

To apply

Please send...

1). An essay that explains, with examples from your career to date, exactly why you are the right person for the job;
2). Your tailored CV;
3). Details of your availability (an immediate hire is required)

... in an e-mail with the subject 'Regional Representative - Bangkok' to opportunities@communication-for-development.com by 9 am UK time on Monday 10th October 2016.

All serious applicants will be notified of our decision via e-mail. Shortlisted individuals will be interviewed via Skype.