Tetra Tech ARD is currently accepting expressions of interest for the BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES SPECIALIST (Jakarta based) on our USAID Indonesia Forestry and Climate Support Project (USAID IFACS).
USAID IFACS seeks to reduce the threats of deforestation and climate
change, and help the Government of Indonesia (GOI) conserve the
country’s tropical forests, wildlife, and ecosystem processes (including
carbon sequestration).
JOB SUMMARY:
He/she will work with other members of BMP Unit to inform selected
natural resource concessionaires on appropriate BMPs for their
concessions, train their staff in these practices, and assist them
develop and implement conservation management plans. The BMP unit will
develop agreements for collaboration with USAID IFACS, take existing
technical guidelines regarding BMPs, and modify if necessary (for use in
training), assist staff in target concessions to increase their
familiarity with BMPs, facilitate concessionaires to develop
conservation management plans that incorporate BMPs using a phased
approach, incorporate these BMPs into standard operating procedures
(SOPs), assist them to develop adaptive monitoring and evaluation
(M&E) procedures, facilitate implementation of their conservation
management plans.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:
- Revise the BMP documents to include additional information on conservation of environmental services, management for Climate Change, and management at landscape scales.
- Use these revised BMPs to train key actors in BMPs, concessionaires and their concession staff, local government staff, NGOs, and selected local communities in the target landscapes.
- Be the lead facilitator, with support from both the Concession Coordinator and Environmental Planner, in the development of conservation management action plans that incorporate BMPs in 15 concessions.
- Collaborate with concessionaires to incorporate key elements of these plans into concession Standard Operating Procedures and assist implementation.
- Work with regionally based staff, especially the GIS/Spatial Planner and Forest & Conservation Advisor, to train landscape multi-stakeholder coordinating groups in BMPs, and management planning to improve their capacity to implement conservation BMPs throughout the target landscapes.
- Work collaboratively with the BMP Unit and the Forestry, Climate Change, and Biodiversity Conservation Advisor to achieve all goals and deliverables listed in the work plan and task order contract.
QUALIFICATIONS (MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS):
- University degree in related discipline
- Five years’ experience working in the general area of natural resource management
- Experience working with USAID funded projects is preferred
- Good knowledge of conservation issues related to forests, biodiversity, environmental services and Climate Change.
- Experience in facilitating development of objective based conservation management plans.
- Experience working with natural resource concessionaires and their staff.
- Strong written and verbal communications skills and proven management skills.
- Native fluency in spoken and written Indonesian;
- Professional competency in spoken and written English.
- Ability to engage in activities occurring in multiple field sites with multiple stakeholders across Indonesia;
- Willingness to travel extensively in Indonesia.
Please submit your recent CV with subject BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES SPECIALIST to:
recruitment@ifacs.or.id
Tetra Tech ARD is an equal opportunity employer.
