Community Development Specialist II

Project Management Institute; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive package

Skills development

Global network access

Flexible work options

Awards & bonuses

Job summary

Project Management Institute in Malaysia seeks a Community Development Specialist to plan, coordinate and deliver priority community initiatives across the APAC region. You will enable effective execution across student, CIP aligned, and specialized initiatives while building program ownership.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in community management, excellent organizational and communication skills, and a passion for building meaningful connections across chapters and global owners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in communications or related field.
• 3–5 years in community management or related role.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Support planning, coordination and delivery of priority community initiatives across APAC.
• Partner with chapters and global owners to enable effective execution.
• Identify gaps and opportunities, and recommend improvements to regional leadership.

Skills

Community management

Project management

Communication

Organizational skills

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Communications

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

Do you love new ideas and look to improve the world in ways big and small?

How will you make a difference to PMI?

The Community Development Specialist will support the planning, coordination, and delivery of priority community initiatives across the Asia Pacific region. The role focuses on enabling effective execution across student, CIP aligned, and specialized community initiatives, while building toward deeper program ownership over time.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in community management, exceptional organizational skills, and a passion for building meaningful connections.

What You'll Bring To The Role

• The Community Development Specialist will support the planning, coordination, and delivery of priority community initiatives across the Asia Pacific region. The role focuses on enabling effective execution across student, CIP aligned, and specialized community initiatives, while building toward deeper program ownership over time.
• The ideal candidate will have a strong background in community management, exceptional organizational skills, and a passion for building meaningful connections.
• What you'll bring to the role:
• Support coordination, delivery, and continuous improvement of student focused initiatives across APAC, in partnership with chapters through established chapter engagement structures.
• Serve as a liaison and coordination point for emerging volunteer, specialized, and CIP aligned community initiatives, supporting intake, readiness, and alignment with chapters and global owners.
• Identify delivery gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities, and make recommendations to regional leadership.
• Progressively take on greater ownership of defined programs or initiatives, based on demonstrated capability, clarity of scope, and organizational need.
• Support additional time bound or ad hoc initiatives as assigned by regional leadership.

Role Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Marketing, Education, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in community management, engagement, development, or a related role.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in project management and organizational tools is a plus.
• Experience supporting multi-stakeholder initiatives with competing timelines and dependencies.
• Experience working with student, academic, or early-career audiences is a plus.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively.
• Strong sense of ownership, follow through, and ability to bring structure to early stage or ambiguous initiatives.
• Experience in event and/or association management a plus.
• Experience building and sustaining broad relationship/account management programs and learning culture.
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills, including demonstrated team-based operational and strategic results, balancing consistency and localization and communicating with one voice.
• Proficiency in English is required, as English is PMI's primary business and working language across the organization.
• Additional language proficiency is an asset, particularly in Southeast Asian languages (e.g. Tagalog/Filipino, Bahasa Indonesia, Malay, Thai), given the regional scope of the role.
• Travel 10-15%+

What you can expect from us

We value and nurture an environment of inclusivity and diversity, and a culture of communication and collaboration. Your health, safety and well-being come first, and we believe that you should have time for your work, but you should also have time for you.

Join Us And You'll Get

• an excellent total package, with compensation and benefits based upon your geographic location.
• skill development opportunities, to help you grow now and into the future.
• access to a global network, to enrich your professional experience.
• flexible options to help balance work time and your time
• award and bonus opportunities.

The salary offer will be based on several factors, including the candidate’s demonstrated skills, qualifications and relevant experience.

Let's help make the world work better for everyone.

Project Management Institute, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunities without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.