VACANCY – LOCAL GOVERNANCE OFFICER
The Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) is a French non-profit organization working in over 30 countries worldwide to provide emergency response, early recovery, and development assistance to communities in need. ACTED’s interventions seek to cover multiple aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a multidisciplinary approach that is both global and local, and adapted to each context.
ACTED’s vision is to establish emergency, rehabilitation, and development. ACTED aims to guarantee the sustainability of relief interventions carried out during crises by remaining in the field after the emergency to engage in long-term support to communities in food security, health, education, economic assistance, microfinance, advocacy, and cultural promotion. ACTED’s actions are needs based and identified in a participatory manner with communities in the areas where we are present. ACTED has been active in Indonesia since April 2005, assisting those affected by the tsunami and Nias earthquake and is now working to support livelihoods, community-based disaster risk reduction, and child protection in North Sumatra, Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT), and elsewhere.
Currently ACTED has an immediate need for qualified and experienced staff to be part of our project combating child laborur in rural communities with support from the European Union. ACTED is partnering with PKPA to implement this project which includes a component related training local authorities in issues related to child labor and facilitating the drafting of perda in line with international conventions.
ACTED is recruiting for a Local Governance Officer to be based in the Gunungsitoli (Nias) project office. In order to apply, please submit (1) cover letter stating how your experience and qualifications meet the desired criteria and Terms of Reference, and (2) your Curriculum Vitae (CV) in English labeled with your name (maximum file size 200KB).
The Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) is a French non-profit organization working in over 30 countries worldwide to provide emergency response, early recovery, and development assistance to communities in need. ACTED’s interventions seek to cover multiple aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a multidisciplinary approach that is both global and local, and adapted to each context.
ACTED’s vision is to establish emergency, rehabilitation, and development. ACTED aims to guarantee the sustainability of relief interventions carried out during crises by remaining in the field after the emergency to engage in long-term support to communities in food security, health, education, economic assistance, microfinance, advocacy, and cultural promotion. ACTED’s actions are needs based and identified in a participatory manner with communities in the areas where we are present. ACTED has been active in Indonesia since April 2005, assisting those affected by the tsunami and Nias earthquake and is now working to support livelihoods, community-based disaster risk reduction, and child protection in North Sumatra, Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT), and elsewhere.
Currently ACTED has an immediate need for qualified and experienced staff to be part of our project combating child laborur in rural communities with support from the European Union. ACTED is partnering with PKPA to implement this project which includes a component related training local authorities in issues related to child labor and facilitating the drafting of perda in line with international conventions.
ACTED is recruiting for a Local Governance Officer to be based in the Gunungsitoli (Nias) project office. In order to apply, please submit (1) cover letter stating how your experience and qualifications meet the desired criteria and Terms of Reference, and (2) your Curriculum Vitae (CV) in English labeled with your name (maximum file size 200KB).
Applications must be submitted by e-mail to indonesia.jobs@acted.org Applications must be submitted by e-mail to indonesia.jobs@acted.org
no later than the 11th of June 2013. This position having to be filled
urgently, ACTED reserves the right to proceed to the recruitment process
before the deadline above mentioned. Only shortlisted candidates will
be notified.
LOCAL GOVERNANCE OFFICER
Under the supervision of the Project Manager, the Local Governance Officer shall carry out the following duties:
II. Project Management:
LOCAL GOVERNANCE OFFICER
Under the supervision of the Project Manager, the Local Governance Officer shall carry out the following duties:
II. Project Management:
- Providing overall leadership for the output of Local Governance activities;
- Coordinate with ACTED local partner and other project departments proper implementation of Local Governance activities;
- Contribute to the development of Project Management Frameworks (PMF) especially work planning for Local Governance activities;
- Utilize the PMF or other tracking tools to provide regular (monthly at minimum) reports on progress towards and tracking of projects Local Governance outputs and indicators;
III. Technical:
- Contributing to the development and execution of the plan of action and implementation strategy of the project, in particular the review of Local Governance activities;
- In coordination with and project partner introduce project to relevant local authorities in project intervention area;
- To develop and mantain good communication with local authorities, keeping them informed of all ACTED activities and making sure ACTED programme is not in conflict with government plans;
- To supervise the planning, organization and implementation of training for local authorities;
- Support the Appraisal, Monitoring, and Evaluation (AME) Unit with reports and in data collection activities to ensure that LG activities are monitored and results indicators are produced in a timely and accurate manner;
- Coordinating with technical consultants, relevant local government agencies (e.g. Camats, Bupatis, DPRD, E-Commission and Manpower etc) to ensure that appropriate technical support is provided for project implementation.
- Developing project management tools that will ensure the effective and efficient implementation of project activities.
- Developing beneficiary progress tracking tools that will enable the project to measure and gauge effectiveness of project interventions.
IV. Reporting and communications:
- Provide weekly and monthly reports on Local Governance activities, outputs against indicators and results, as well as planning for the upcoming month to the Area Coordinator and ACTED Coordination;
- Sharing data with the AME Unit and working with them on survey forms and data collection strategy
- Contribute to Indonesia country communications including weekly Flash News updates and Newsletter articles;
Other:
- Perform other duties as requested and use own judgment to suggest and advise on other duties as he/she sees fit;
VI. Qualifications:
Candidates must have the following qualifications:
Candidates must have the following qualifications:
- Outstanding communication skills, including adapting information to different audiences;
- Demonstrated relationship-building skills, including negotiation;
- Solid knowledge of district and sub-district government structure as well as the context in Nias
- Advanced problem-solving and critical analysis skills;
- Able to multitask, set realistic deadlines, and meet deadlines;
- Native Nias speaker and a good understanding of the local culture;
- Good English, both written and oral;
- Strong computer skills.
Desirable:
- Bachelor Degree or above;
- Experience working on projects to combat child labor or other activities related to child protection;
- Experience working in advocacy;
- Experience working at the same position with an international NGO;
