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Vacancy: Community Development Specialist - Kelay, Kalimantan Timur

The Nature Conservancy is a conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.

Currently we are searching for a qualified candidate to fill the position of:

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST - KELAY

The Community Development Specialist - Kelay is responsible for engaging and supporting communities in natural resource management. S/he uses the full range of participatory methods, tools, and processes to meaningfully engage communities in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the program. S/he provides administrative and project management support and other general assistance to program staff and consultants working towards the achievement of social objectives, conservation, or stewardship goals.

These may include one or more of the following functions:
  • Together with his/her supervisor and other team members, develops and implements conservation strategies and institutional best practice that suits with local community.
  • Support the development of innovative scientific methods, analyses, tools, and frameworks to meaningfully engage communities in development and natural resource management initiatives
  • Facilitate communities in their initiatives to take part in natural resource management, climate change mitigation, livelihood development, etc.
  • Build and strengthen local institutions (community groups, village leaders, etc.) in administration, financial management, and other strategic and technical areas.
  • Help link communities and village government with government agencies at the different levels, private companies, NGOs, etc.
  • Coordinate and help build the capacity of local NGO partners, as needed.
  • Collect, document and analyze various types of data and information through focus group discussions, key informant interviews, household survey, etc.
  • Provide technical and logistical support during field trips, etc.
Specific deliverables will be:
  • Trip reports
  • Monthly reports
  • Workshop and training reports
  • End-of-year reports
This position reports to the Community Development Manager and will be based in Tanjung Redeb, Berau – East Kalimantan.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor’s degree in forestry, ecology or related fields and at least 2-4 years of experiences in natural resource management, community development or conservation practice, or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Knowledge of social and community development principles, tools, and processes
  • Experience in engaging local communities to achieve human wellbeing objectives and conservation goals
  • Ability to complete tasks independently within assigned time frames
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities, with assignments sometimes coming from a number of sources and work independently
  • Strong administrative skills including attention to detail and numerical ability.  Ability to plan, administer and record results of work-team meetings and activities
  • Experience in training and curriculum/process design
  • Proven interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills
Please send your CV and application form to recruitment.indo@tnc.org, not later than January 30th, 2013. Please insert: Community Development Specialist - Kelay  in your email subject.

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