BBC Media Action is the BBC’s international charity – we believe in media and communication for good. Last year, we reached more than 130 million people in some of the world’s poorest and most fragile countries. BBC Media Action uses media and communications to help people take control of their lives and make informed decisions. We do this through our focus on health, governance and rights, resilience and humanitarian response, partnering with civil society, local media and governments to produce creative programmes in multi-media formats which inform and engage audiences and strengthen the media sector through building professional capacity and infrastructure.
BBC Media Action is working in Indonesia supported by UK, Norwegian and EU donor partners on projects around media development, and climate and deforestation. We have a small team of Research, Project, Finance, HR, Admin and Production staff in Jakarta that is currently remotely managed by the BBC Media Action Cluster Director for South East Asia and Pacific from outside Indonesia.
Job Purpose
BBC Media Action requires a senior manager to oversee in-country operations in Indonesia. This position will be the senior representative of BBCMA in Indonesia and undertake both management of internal operations and projects, as well as assisting with business development and external partner relations. The Country Manager will line manage a small team of Admin, Finance, HR, Project, Research and Production staff to meet agreed project targets and objectives and to oversee daily operations in country. The position will act as a focal point in communication with the Indonesian government, local BBC news team and UK based BBC Media Action teams.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
The position will be remotely supervised by the BBCMA South East Asia and Pacific Cluster Director. Reporting to the Cluster Director.
- The position will take responsibility for overseeing the planning and implementation of country projects and activities in Indonesia.
- Work with Cluster Director and the Indonesia Senior Management Team (SMT) to manage contingency planning and response, to ensure the security, health and safety of staff and contractors, and ensure compliance with all BBC safety rules and other relevant legal requirements.
- Supervise Finance and Admin processes for ongoing office operations. This will include sign approval of daily in-country finance transactions within designated limits according to BBCMA Finance policy.
- Working with the Senior Finance Officer, manage project budgets and ensure that the delivery of outputs is in accordance with budget and in line with BBC Media Action’s financial procedures and the funder’s operating guidelines.
- Work with Cluster Director and Indonesia Senior Finance Officer for internal and donor reporting including month end finance reporting, business development budgets and project audits and finance reporting.
- Supervise HR, Finance, Project, Research, and Production leads in the Indonesia office.
- Ensure the design and implementation of project activities adhere to workplan and logframe commitments and remain in line with BBC editorial standards and values and BBC Media Action’s best practice.
- Oversee contractual and logistics arrangements with consultants, advisors, suppliers.
- Develop and manage effective relationships with donors, stakeholders and partners.
- Work with the Cluster Director to contribute to the development of new business for BBC Media Action in Indonesia.
- Work collaboratively with other members of the SMT and staff in a leading role to manage daily operations, safeguard staff and partners, and ensure the positive reputation and visibility of BBC Media Actions work in Indonesia
Safeguarding Role:
- Ensure that relevant safeguarding due diligence is conducted with any local partner organisations that may be working with vulnerable adults or children as part of the project. Where any risks are identified, ensure that projects are designed to mitigate these risks.
- Factor safeguarding issues into project design and include costs within budgets.
- Understand and comply with the Safeguarding policy and the staff Code of Conduct.
- Participate in relevant mandatory training on Safeguarding and Respect at Work.
- Report any Safeguarding concerns immediately to the Cluster Director or any respective functions
Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience
- A minimum of 5 years experience as a senior manager supervising staff teams across multiple roles / departments
- Experience developing and managing large-scale, donor-funded projects and knowledge of the reporting requirements of donors
- Strong financial management skills, with proven experience managing complex medium to large budgets for donor-funded international development projects
- Experience in managing and monitoring financial transactions and processes
- Demonstrated ability to build external relationships with donors, media and civil society to support business development
- Proven ability to help develop and secure new donor-funded international development projects, including the ability to develop new business ideas and present these persuasively to potential partners and funders
- Experience working in complex, high risk environments and a demonstrated understanding of safeguarding principles and approaches
- Good judgment and decision-making skills, including the ability to adapt, react and respond to crises, and to evaluate risk.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated experience of effective team management
- Proven ability to manage a complex and demanding workload
- Ability to work on own initiative and a high level of self-motivation, planning and organisation
- Knowledge of BBC editorial and operational policies
- Excellent written and spoken Bahasa Indonesia and English.
Desirable skills and experience
- Experience working in one or more of BBC Media Action’s impact areas—stronger democracies (governance), climate and environment and inclusive societies (rights).
- Experience of working in both the media/communications and development sectors.
- Demonstrable editorial judgement skills and understanding of BBC editorial values, or demonstrable potential to acquire strong editorial skills in order to help make sensitive editorial judgements at a senior level.
- Experience mainstreaming disability inclusion into projects or managing projects focused on disability inclusion.
Competencies
- Managing relationships and teamwork: able to build and maintain effective working relationships with a range of people. Works co-operatively with others to be part of a team, as opposed to working separately or competitively. Values individual’s differences and demonstrates a commitment to knowledge sharing and informal learning, for the benefit of the team.
- Strategic thinking: Able to identify a vision and create plans for implementation of that vision to meet the end goal. Evaluates situations, decisions, and issues in the short, medium and long-term.
- Leadership: Ability to inspire others to realize an identified vision.
- Analytical Thinking: Able to simplify complex problems, processes or projects into component parts, explore and evaluate them systematically. Able to identify causal relationships, and construct frameworks for problem solving and/or development.
- Change Management: Able to understand and anticipate the need for change and to build frameworks for planning and managing the continuous process of change.
- Planning and Organization: Able to think ahead in order to establish an efficient and appropriate course of action for self and others; planning of activities taking into account all the relevant issues and factors such as deadlines, staffing and resources requirements.
- Resilience: Can maintain personal effectiveness by managing own emotions in the face of pressure, setbacks or when dealing with provocative situations. Can demonstrate an approach to work that is characterized by commitment, motivation and energy.
- Decision Making: Able to take the initiative, originate action and be responsible for the consequences of the decision made.
The post will be based in Jakarta with occasional national travel. You may from time-to-time be asked to take on extra responsibilities by senior members of BBC Media Action.
This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities and duties.
The BBC is an equal opportunity employer
The role may involve working with groups of vulnerable children and adults. For the successful candidate, mandatory training will be provided on BBC Media Action’s safeguarding policy and staff code of conduct. A police background check will form part of the recruitment process. BBC Media Action operates a zero-tolerance policy concerning all forms of abuse and exploitation of vulnerable people.”
How to apply
Interested applicants should submit a CV with an introduction letter detailing their skills, knowledge and experience, and outlining what they can bring to the job. Please do not include certificates.
Email to recruitment@id.bbcmediaaction.org
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted to attend an interview.
Closing date: 21 June 2026