Background
RED is a cooperation
between the Indonesian National Planning and Development Agency (BAPPENAS) and
the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The
program is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
(GIZ) and strives to increase regional competitiveness through a more
sustainable path to economic growth. One of the challenging issues in the
regional development in Indonesia is the persistent condition of regional
disparity. Most economic activities are running in the Java and Bali islands.
About 60% of national GDP is generated from these two islands, the rest are
contributed by other major islands. These conditions imply to high rate of
urbanisation in these islands which causes many issues such as poverty,
imbalance distribution of infrastructures etc. Regional disparity is also
caused by disparity between production center (as hinterland areas) and the
market outlet (i.e. cities). Most of value added of economic products are
generated in cities since cities have better access to information, market,
technology and infrastructures.
In the national
midterm development plan 2010-2014 (RPJMN), one of the strategies to overcome
regional disparity is to improve the performance of local economic development
by applying three principles which are:
1.
Focusing on improving comparative and competitive
advantage of regions
2.
Improving the value chain of commodities
3.
Improving market system to boost market mechanism at
local level and to minimise the negative effects of market mechanism
One of the success
keys to apply those principles is a solid coordination and synchronisation
among LRED programs which organised by many stakeholders. Currently, many
government agencies (national and local level), donors, state owned enterprises
(SOEs), NGOs, universities have similar programmes/projects/activities to
improve local economy. Some of them overlap each other and cause redundancy. To
optimize the performance of programs, it is necessary to develop a solid coordination
among stakeholders. Bappenas (Directorate for Urban and Rural Affairs) has
established a coordinating team which consists of intersectoral line ministries
and also a stakeholder forums which consists of government agencies, private
sectors, universities and donors. Some donors have agreed to support this
stakeholder forum. These donors are CIDA, AusAID and the Government of Germany
via GIZ.
In order to carry out
the agenda of the coordinating team, a secretariat will be established soon.
The function of this secretariat is as a motor for the coordinating team. In
general, the role of the secretariat is to assist the team in implementing its
agenda and achieving milestone and goals. The secretariat will consist of a
Head of Secretariat, a Senior advisor, 2 Junior advisors and supporting Staff.
This term of
reference is prepared for Junior Advisor position which will be assigned
to support the secretariat.
A. Responsibilities
The junior advisor will work in the TKPED Secretariat
Office under supervision of and report to the Head of TKPED Secretariat and RED
Principal Advisor.
The junior advisor provides support for
§ the Head of Secretariat and other experts for whom the junior
advisor performs technical tasks
§ carrying out project activities in close collaboration with RED staff
§ carrying out specific research tasks which are required for planning the
implementation of project/programme
§ carrying out specific tasks in connection with knowledge management for
the project/programme
The junior advisor performs the following tasks:
B. Tasks
1.
Key Secretariat Function
The junior advisor
§ serves as liaison
officer (focal point) of the national level for the pilot regions (for day to
day communication), such as:
- to build up and maintain close contacts with the
authorities/counterparts on national/regional level and other parties concerned
- to compile and provide information on project related issues
- to assist in increasing the awareness of ministries/institutions/pilot
regions about TKPED
§ monitors the
achievements of activities and milestones
§ prepares
documents/reports of the Secretariat to the Coordinating Team and the pilot
regions
§ prepares materials
and logistics for meetings (internal meeting and stakeholders meeting)
§ prepares for, assists and
follows up on workshop/s and seminar/s.
§ prepares minutes of
meetings and circulating them among the stakeholders after approved by Head of
TKPED Secretariat
§ Prepares term of
refference for activities related to TKPED agenda
§ makes arrangements
for project related visitor/s and members of the coordinating team for
monitoring and supervisions in coordination with the RED
administration team
administration team
§ assists the RED
administration team in preparing and smoothing the process of procurement for
goods and services
2.
Research
The junior advisor
§ In consultation with the Head of TKPED Secretariat, prepares and carries
out research projects (e.g. developing survey instruments, field trials,
training field
staff, organisational preparation in the field, collecting and analysing data)
staff, organisational preparation in the field, collecting and analysing data)
§ Supporting the drafting process of LRED strategy to be integrated into mid
term development plan for urban and rural development.
3.
Knowledge management
The junior advisor
§ assists in drawing up reports and translations and organises updates on
project documentation
§
assists in
establishing and developing the TKPED website/resource centre
§ actively engages in updating, collecting and sharing of information related
to LRED
§ establishes a project database
§
analyses local and
regional databases
4.
General obligations
The junior advisor
§ is familiar with programme components and measures, concepts and status
of implementation of RED as well as TKPED Secretariat and knows the
corresponding experts and staff
corresponding experts and staff
§ represents the interest of the measures of RED and TKPED Secretariat and
always acts on their behalf
§ must have good knowledge on database management including knowledge in data
and statistic software
§ carries out important tasks for the project/programme, even if these are
not explicitly cited in the job description
5.
Other duties/additional tasks
The junior advisor
§ assists other experts, if necessary as translator
§ performs other duties and tasks at the request of management
C. Required qualifications, competences and experience
Qualifications
§ having at least bachelor degree in economics, business, management
Professional experience
§ at least 2 years working experiences in the relevant fields in the national or
international agencies
§ able to communicate with relevant stakeholders (private sectors and
public sectors, universities, practician)
§ having good knowledge in program/projects/activities formulating,
implementation and partnership building issues
§ experience in result-based management and monitoring
§ high sensitivity of communication skills with the public sector
§ high sensitivity of intercultural communication between local
stakeholders and international experts
Other knowledge, additional competences
§ good working knowledge of ITC technologies (related software, phone,
fax, email, the internet) and computer applications (e.g. MS Office, Access or
other
database programme)
database programme)
§ native speaker of Bahasa Indonesia and good knowledge of the English
language in spoken and written form
§
experience of project
management and research experience in an area related to the
project’s/programme’s requirements is desirable
§ willingness to up skill as required by the tasks to be performed –
corresponding measures are agreed with management
Please see our
website at www.red.or.id
for further details and the Terms of Reference. The closing date for
applications is Tuesday, 11 March 2014.
Candidates are asked
to submit a comprehensive resume to :
Deutsche Gesellschaft
für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH /
Regional Economic
Development Program (RED)
Attn. Mr. Frank
Bertelmann
by e-mail to: Jakarta@red.or.id
