CSR jobs - HELP!!

Hi All,


Am I looking for a needle in a haystack???


I am looking for CSR/Sustainable Development jobs in Asia. I am suitably qualified with a Masters and several years work experience in the global CSR team of one of Europe's leading banks.


I want to move to Asia to work with the movement in the world's most exciting region. Are their any soul brothers or sisters out there who can assist?


Any concrete advice on where to look (in addition to Civic Exchange) would be very helpful.


Thanks

classifiedpost.com click through to "more categories" then enter CSR etc and you'll get about 4 hits, not sure if they are what you are looking for but it might start you off, eg....CSR ASIA LIMITED

CSR Asia provides information, training and consultancy on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the Asia-Pacific region. It also organises 1 day and 2 day conferences and monthly meetings of interest to the local business community.



MARKETING AND EVENTS MANAGER

We are looking for an enthusiastic person to manage CSR Asia¡H events in Hong Kong and develop our marketing capacity across the whole region. In this role, you will be responsible for the promotion of CSR Asia conferences, summer schools, training, forums and other events. Your task will be to reach new audiences, interested in CSR in the Asia-Pacific region. You will contribute to the further development of the CSR Asia brand and reputation.

Responsibilities:

-Implementation of marketing and communications plans, budgets and schedules

-Managing relationships with strategic marketing partners

-Developing and overseeing marketing efforts

-Developing and managing target audience databases

-Create innovative and attractive marketing materials

-Work with a team to manage regular CSR Asia events

Requirements:

-3 years of experience in marketing and promotion of events and conferences

-A commitment to and interest in CSR

-Strong project management skills, with special attention to deadlines

-Strong people management, organisational skills and team building capacity

-Strong knowledge of promotions creation and distribution

-Knowledge of relevant IT skills and promotion of events via the Internet

-Relevant degree in marketing or communications or equivalent experience

-Excellent English-language skills essential, Cantonese and/or Mandarin Chinese desirable

Basic salary plus an attractive bonus scheme is offered to the successful candidate.

Please send a letter of application outlining how you could contribute to the development of CSR Asia, with a CV and details of expected salary to lharfoot@csr-asia.com or by fax on +852 3579 8080.

All information received will be kept in strict confidence and only for employment-related purposes.


Date Posted:

10 May 2006


ADVANZ GROUP LIMITED

Advanz Group is a leading search and selection firm in Hong Kong. We believe it takes talent to recognize talent. Our team is one of the most experienced and proven recruitment teams in the industry. Established in late 2002, we specialize in the recruitment of middle to senior management level professionals across a wide sector of industries in the Greater China region. Our aim is to provide levels of service and quality that sustain long-term partnerships with our clients. Advanz Group is the recruitment Partner for you.

For more information about the Advanz Group, please visit our website www.advanzgroup.com.



PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

Job Reference number: 3173

Hong Kong Region (including Macau)

Reports to Region Manager

Encompass a broad range of responsibilities to help maintain and create, through public affairs and communications, a favorable trading environment for the business, including marketing communications and corporate affairs in Hong Kong and Macau.

Key duties include overall management of external affairs function for the region, as well as assisting the Company with product promotion, trademark recognition, corporate reputation building and managing business risk from an EA perspective, and to protect the company and brand name with protective measures and act as the company's spokesperson in times of incidents.

Principal Accountabilities

-Responsible for overall development and implementation of regional public and media relations programs.

-Assist with identifying those needs and opportunities which will promote meaningful external and government affairs programs.

-Assist in the development and implementation of regional sponsorship programs.

-Responsible for handle professionally and respond quickly to the requirements of the media, the public and to those events which directly or indirectly affects the business of the Company.

-To enhance relationship with local and international media.

-Assist in External Affairs aspects of Scientific Regulatory Affairs and Environmental Protection issues.

-Manage all aspects of crisis management, and to serve on the Division's Crisis Management team. Alert Region and Division when potential crisis occurs in HK and Macau Region.

-Advise and liaise with Marketing, operations and other departments on marketing communications, public relations, and external affairs aspects of Company activities.

-Supervise and organize media functions and press conference.

-Handle and monitor budgets for the Department.

-Coordinate and handle VIP visits as appropriate.

-Monitor and distribute news clippings and other relevant materials to management and Corporate as appropriate.

Technical Skills -Public Affairs & Communications

Strategic Communication

-Have a thorough understanding of the business needs, and see the big picture on how to best support it

-Able to develop and deliver messaging proactively to the required stakeholders as required by the strategic business needs

Tactical Communication

-Have a sharp and good business judgment and be able to identify the opportunity for tactical communication

-Ability to communicate focused and precise messaging that serve particular tactical purposes

Media Relations

-Develop excellent media network with national, regional and local media for effective communication on corporate and business messages.

-Establish good relations and understanding on the Company among key and influential media to protect the Company and brand names in times of issues

¡HHandle media inquiries professionally and promptly

-Supervise and organize media events and implement with excellent professionalism

Public Affairs

-Possess a good sensitivity of the social / economic / political environment that would affect the growth of the business

-Have a strategic mind and good knowledge to analyze and advise management on the right move to avoid unnecessary sensitivity

-Update the management on sensitive and potential public affairs/ consumer affairs issues that might affect the business

Government Affairs / Lobbying

-Establish good contact and knowledge of national / local related government officials who have direct influence on the Company's business.

-Good relationship and/or negotiation skills to influence/lobby the officials to make decisions favorable to the Company business

Employee Communications

-Have a keen sense of interest and knowledge in employee's concerns, and be able to identify areas to improve communication

-Work with HR to ensure the year-round employee communications initiatives are effective, responsive and proactive

Issues Management

-tay alert of on-going issues that might affect the business in near-term or in the future

¡HAble to devise and advise effective measures proactively to tackle the issues proactively to minimize the negative impact

Crisis Management

-Understand the situation of the crisis and be able to develop effective action plan to contain the negative impact

-Be proactive and prepared before the crisis becomes full-blown

-Able to work with related parties in the system various functions and bottlers and external stakeholders and leverage available resources

-Lead, control and mitigate the crisis until the event is over

-Post-crisis review and sharing of learning be done thoroughly and systematically to educate the system and to avoid similar issues in future.

Brand PR and Marketing Communications

-Deliver creative execution of brand PR to drive maximum and positive publicity effect

-Good understanding of brand program and mechanisms, and be able to avoid sensitivity areas that might negatively impact the campaign or promotion

Financial Communication

-Understand the financial performance of the Company division

-Able to communicate with target media/ external stakeholders with specific messaging that help build image of the Company brand without releasing sensitive information

Citizenship/External Affairs

-Identify opportunities of CSR External partnership that would create positive impact on corporate brand image

-Able to evaluate the financials of the opportunities and advise if it is cost-effective

Activist Relationships

-Understand the NGOs / activists activities in the division/ region/ local cities and how it would affect the Company's business

-Build communication channels and maintain appropriate contact with NGOs/ activists group

-Advise the Company the appropriate action to be taken in relation to activist activities that might affect the Company

Creativity and Ideation

-Creative in all communications initiatives and refrain from repeating past exercise

-Foster an environment where people are happy and enthusiastic to share ideas and brainstorm for good ones

Systematic and Analytical Skills

-See the big picture as well as the myriads of activities within the global and China system

-Able to approach their job systematically with in-depth analysis and relevant advices

Requirements

You will be a Degree holder in Public Affairs, Communications or Journalism with a minimum of 6 years' experience working in Corporate Affairs and Public Relations, preferably in consumer product sector. You will be a strategic thinker and a tactful communicator with a good understanding of how to work with the media and the government body. You will be a self-motivated individual with commercial sway and a strong desire to excel. You will be presentable, articulate in both English and Chinese with excellent interpersonal skill.

Please submit your application by email to: stephen.wong@advanzgroup.com

quoting Ref No. 3173

Your interest will be treated in the strictest of confidence. Personal data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only.




STAR GROUP LIMITED

STAR is a leading media and entertainment company in Asia, broadcasting over 50 television services in eight languages across the region, with more than 100 million viewers tuning in every day.



TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT



Job Reference number: TDC-HR-C-0506

Responsibilities:

 Based in Hong Kong, the T&D Consultant is responsible for designing and delivering training and development initiatives for staff at various levels in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China.

 Conducting training needs analyses, designing training programmes from scratch and delivering the finished product, often within a short time-frame.

 As part of the STAR Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and STAR Care team, the T&D Consultant is also expected to play an active role in STAR's CSR and STAR Care initiatives and will be expected to help organise and participate in staff volunteer activities and other similar projects organised by the company.

Requirements:

 Able to speak and write fluent English, Cantonese and Putonghua, and be confident conducting training in all 3 languages.

 An excellent facilitator and have experience in conducting workshops with cross-cultural groups.

 At least 3 years experience on developing interactive, learner-driven training and development initiatives.

 A confident presenter and communicator.

 Able to work independently.

 A strong team player, be flexible and able to multitask.

 Have some understanding of organisational development.

 Analytical, creative, organised, outgoing, energetic and have a good sense of humour.

The above advertisement is for a position available in the STAR Group of companies.

Please send application, quoting job reference with present and expected salary by mail to

Human Resources Director

STAR Group Limited

8/F One Harbourfront

18 Tak Fung Street

Hunghom, Kowloon

or via e-mail: hr@startv.com

or via fax: 2621 8300

Please visit our website for more details: http://www.startv.com

Personal data provided by job applicants will be used strictly in accordance with our personal data policy, a copy of which is available on written request.

in addition to classifiedpost.com you can try jobsdb.com.hk.


Also, to keep Ed happy...if you go onto the careers section here there is a whole list of headhunters - worth checking out what they do and banging your cv off to them.

Or drop unsolicited letters directly to http://www.asria.org and www.csr-asia.com


good luck!

Thanks for all the help!!.. Really appreciate it.