Writing Specialist

Position Description

Position: Writing Specialist

Program: Strongim Bisnis

Location: Honiara, Solomon Islands with provincial travel

Duration: 3 – 4 days a month ongoing

Line manager and directly report to: Communications and Engagement Director (DTL), Strongim Bisnis

Works with: Communications, Partnerships, Finance and Operations, and MRM teams

Background

Strongim Bisnis is an innovative pro-business program funded by the Australian Government.

Strongim Bisnis supports Solomon Islands businesses to increase productivity, access greater income

earning opportunities and higher value markets; with the intention of enabling greater resilience and creating

jobs. Poverty reduction will be the desired result. Strongim Bisnis also supports the private sector and the

Solomon Islands Government to work together effectively to increase opportunities for trade and investment

and accelerate business growth. A key focus of the program ensures that Solomon Islands women, youth and

people with disability have increased economic opportunities.

The program takes a market systems development (MSD) approach to unlocking opportunities for growth in

selected sectors (cocoa, coconut, tourism, timber, horticulture, financial services, and waste management).

MSD requires Strongim Bisnis to carefully select partnerships, and design interconnected activities that

deliver tangible and measurable results. For each activity it must be possible to track progress from improving

the performance of Solomon Islands enterprises, to achieving resilient systemic change in markets, and

ultimately increasing income and employment. In this way, Strongim Bisnis avoids ad hoc activities and seeks

deep engagement with market actors.

Strongim Bisnis activities may include developing and testing new business models, sharing the risk of new

ventures in partnership with private sector actors, facilitating market access, supporting structural changes

to the ‘business enabling environment’, product marketing to bring about greater scale, and improving

women, youth, and people with disability’s participation in markets and their access and control over

productive resources.

Position summary and justification for the role

This consultancy will support the Strongim Bisnis Communications team to develop high-quality, clearanceready

written products in a timely manner, including media releases and social media copy for Australian

Government-facing communications. The consultant will also deliver some practical writing coaching to

strengthen the writing capability of mid-level staff, improving quality, consistency, and speed of drafting

across the program.