KINERJA Project Vacancy: West Kalimantan Provincial Coordinator, Pontianak

KINERJA Project, a local governance program funded by USAID focusing on providing service delivery in the areas education, health and economic services is currently looking for Provincial Coordinator for West Kalimantan according to the scope of work below.
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications to dfatkhuriana@kinerja.or.id  <mailto: dfatkhuriana@kinerja.or.id > not later than 5 February 2014 indicating the reference subject. All candidates are requested to specify their availability date in the application letter. Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Duration of Project: Anticipated dates—February 2014 to February 28, 2015

Position:  West Kalimantan Provincial Coordinator (PC)

 

Duty Station: Pontianak, West Kalimantan

Purpose of the Assignment

The Provincial Coordinator serves as a technical and administrative liaison between the National Office and the district-based Local Public Service Specialists. He/she will represent KINERJA in the regions, coordinate with province level and district level stakeholders, document project innovations, conduct administrative functions, oversee programs of sub-grantees in the regions and coordinate and facilitate the dissemination of project activities to other regions. 

 

Duties and Responsibilities

Provincial Representation

• Establish and maintain contacts and good relationships with provincial government officials, including with the Governor’s Office, the Provincial Planning Board, Finance, related Sector Agencies of Health, Education and Economic  Development, with parliamentarians as well as with civil society organizations.
• Keep the designated provincial officers informed of ongoing Kinerja activities in the region.
• Work with the provincial government to coordinate funding sources and service delivery strengthening activities with GOI agencies and other donors operating in the province, for maximum leverage of Kinerja impact.

• Coordinate with other USAID contractors and other relevant donor projects in the province. Establish good relations and cooperation with representatives of Local Government Associations, Local Council Associations and other organizations working in the general area of governance.
   
  Liaison with the National Office and Kinerja Provincial and District Intermediary Organizations

• Facilitate smooth transfer of information about local activities at the district and provincial level to the national office. Provide information on all project activities carried out in the region.
• Work closely with all sub-grantees/intermediary organizations and Kinerja staff to coordinate activities at the provincial level and to encourage maximum coordination in each participating district.
• Provide assistance to Kinerja program advisors and specialists with planning, coordination, and implementation of program activities.
• Provide overall technical and managerial guidance to the district level Local Public Service Specialists to ensure that project targets are achieved in participating districts. The Provincial Coordinator will alert the Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) and/or relevant technical staff in the national office when implementation challenges arise and will suggest proactive ways to solve problems.
• Routinely extract lessons learned from the districts and distill them into readily shared innovations on service delivery, via multiple media outlets.
• Prepare Regional Office work plans that are integrated with the Kinerja National Office work plans  and update as necessary;
• Prepare periodical progress reports and submit to the DCOP as requested.
• Attend coordination and planning meetings with Chief of Party (COP)/DCOP and other project advisors and specialists, as requested.
• Provide other related duties as required.
   
  Dissemination
• Support information sharing across all Kinerja provinces and as the program reaches out beyond the four target provinces, stand ready to export innovations as requested.
• Pioneer peer-to-peer learning within the province—initially with the Kinerja pilot municipalities/districts and then with all municipalities as replication takes place.
   
  Management of Province Office
• As Head of the Provincial Office supervise the provincial finance / grants officer, administrative assistant and driver, in addition to district level program staff The Provincial Coordinator will have overall responsibility for all financial and administrative matters in his/her region.
• Coordinate grant solicitation, award, and implementation and technical oversight of sub-grantees in the region.
• Manage tasks of all Kinerja staff in the province.  This will include, but not be limited to, holding weekly regional staff meetings to exchange technical and administrative information.
• Maintain monthly and quarterly calendars of project and local government activities.  These will be updated and reported to the National Office on a weekly basis.

 

This position reports to the Public Service Delivery and Field Oversight Advisor.

Qualifications

• A minimum of Bachelor (S-1) degree.

• Extensive experience working with provincial and district governments.

• Demonstrated leadership and management skills with supervisory responsibilities

• Able to develop networks and maintain good relationships with government agencies/institutions at all levels, non-government organization, and civil society organizations.

• Extensive experience in working with provincial or district government officials and civil society leaders.

• Able to work under tight deadlines.

• High degree of adaptability to varied working environments and good interpersonal and teamwork skills.

• Experience in implementing a USAID Project.

• Good command of English and Indonesian communication skills.

• Good computer skills, including internet and e-mail.

• Previous working experience in West Kalimantan strongly preferred

 

For more detail info about us, please visit www.kinerja.or.id <http://www.kinerja.or.id>