**CRD/OFR/017/R2**Opening Date**:07/02/2024**Job Title**:CRD Officer (re-advertised)**Closing Date**:21/02/2024The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was founded in 1967 with the purpose of promoting regional cooperation in Southeast Asia, in the spirit of equality and partnership and thereby contribute towards peace, progress and prosperity in the region. ASEAN comprises ten (10) countries in Southeast Asia. It was proclaimed a Community through the "Kuala Lumpur Declaration on ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together", signed by the Leaders of ASEAN Member States at the 27th ASEAN Summit in 2015. The ASEAN 2025 calls for the ASEAN Community to forge ahead together, and to work towards building a community that is politically cohesive, economically integrated and socially responsible.The ASEAN Secretariat was established in 1976 by the Foreign Ministers of ASEAN with the basic function of providing greater efficiency in the coordination of ASEAN organs and for more effective implementation of ASEAN projects and activities. It is also envisioned to be the nerve center of a strong and confident ASEAN Community that is globally respected for acting in full compliance with its Charter and in the best interest of its people.**Remuneration and Benefits**:**Responsibilities**- Reporting to the Assistant Director/Head and Senior Officer of Community Relations Division, the staff shall be responsible to:- **Provide technical assistance and coordination to the Secretariat's engagement with the ASEAN Centres and Entities Associated with ASEAN activities, where relevant**:- Develop Work Plans, Priority Programmes and implement related programmes to develop modalities of engagement between ASEAN and its Secretariat with ASEAN Centres & Entities associated with ASEAN.- Monitor and provide regular updates concerning the ASEAN Secretariat's engagement with the above bodies, in coordination with the relevant Desk Officers of the ASEAN Secretariat.- Monitor and update the contact database of ASEAN Centres and Entities associated of ASEAN in regular basis.- Monitor and seek out annual report and/or summary of activities of the entities associated with ASEAN.- Function as the main focal point of engagement between ASEAN Secretariat and ASEAN Centres and Entities associated with ASEAN, and vice versa.- Engage in the development of relations, rules, procedures, guidelines for the various entities.- Support and contribute to the meetings of relevant ASEAN bodies by ensuring efficient and effective development and production of documents, such as meeting agenda, information and discussion papers, concept papers, project proposals and other materials as well as meeting reports as requested.- In the case where ASEAN Secretary-General sits on the Board of ASEAN Centre's management, albeit ex-officio, coordinate ASEAN Secretariat's representative to attend the meetings of said Centre and develop outcome reports.- Facilitate the engagement of ASEAN with entities associated with ASEAN.- **Provide technical assistance to the accreditation process of entities seeking to be associated to ASEAN.**- Consult with relevant Desk Officers across ASEAN Secretariat in finding relevant sectoral bodies for the entities seeking accreditation with ASEAN.- Following a conclusion of accreditation process, depending on the result, notify the applicant and update the register of entities associated with ASEAN in ASEAN Website and Annex II of the ASEAN Charter.- **Provide technical assistance and coordination to the Digital Platform for Entities Associated with ASEAN.**- In coordination with Webmaster, function as the administrator of the Digital Platform, populating it with ASEAN contents and updates.- Facilitate access of entities associated with ASEAN to the Platform and provide regular training for its intended users to increase Platform's utilisation level.- Monitor the activities of users in the Platform and provide follow up actions accordingly.- In coordination with Webmaster, develop maintenance and improvement plan of the Digital Platform to increase user experiences of the Platform.- Direct entities seeking accreditation to submit the documentation through the Platform to digitalise accreditation process.- **Facilitate communication and cooperation among ASEAN Member States and other relevant stakeholders.**- Attend CPR and CPR-Working Group meetings under relevant agendas.- Represent the Division and/or the ASEAN Secretariat to serve as a resource person when needed.- Draft and summarise reports, prepare briefing notes/talking points, speeches, conduct researches, moderate discussion, and deliver presentations.- **Any other matters as directed by the Division or Directorate.****Qualifications*****- **Advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent degree) in Social Studies majoring in Mass Communication, Economics, International Relations, or other relevant fields, or Bach
