Crown Agents USA, Inc. (CA-USA) is seeking a Technical Team Leader
for the MCA Indonesia funded Data Collection for the Baseline Survey of
the Community-Based Health and Nutrition to Reduce Stunting Project in
Jakarta, Indonesia.
Our Business
Crown Agents is an international development company employing over 600 personnel worldwide with a presence in more than 40 countries, subsidiaries in 12 countries, and permanent staff working on the ground in 22 corporate offices in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Crown Agents provides direct assistance, management consulting, and human and institutional development for public and private sector clients in customs and trade facilitation, public financial management, procurement, logistics, and health systems strengthening.
Crown Agents USA (CA-USA), the U.S. incorporated subsidiary of Crown Agents, provides direct technical assistance, capacity development, and procurement services to stimulate economic growth, establish good governance, and improve health outcomes across the developing world. Since its incorporation in the United States in 1998, CA-USA has provided technical assistance services and support to U.S. Government agencies and international organizations such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), Department of State (DOS), and the Gates Foundation.
Project Description
The project will implement a baseline survey for an impact evaluation of the Community-Based Health and Nutrition to Reduce Stunting Project. It will cover 4,560 households, along with puskesmas (health center) and desa (village)-level surveys across Central Kalimantan, West Kalimantan and South Sumatra. The project will collect data that will be analyzed by the Evaluation Team of the Community-Based Health and Nutrition to Reduce Stunting Project to make statements about the Nutrition Project’s impact.
Role & Responsibilities
The Technical Team Leader shall ensure overall management and quality control of the project. The TL should be employed for the duration of the contract and spend 30% of his/her time in the survey locations (West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, & South Sumatra).
Specific Responsibilities
Our Business
Crown Agents is an international development company employing over 600 personnel worldwide with a presence in more than 40 countries, subsidiaries in 12 countries, and permanent staff working on the ground in 22 corporate offices in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Crown Agents provides direct assistance, management consulting, and human and institutional development for public and private sector clients in customs and trade facilitation, public financial management, procurement, logistics, and health systems strengthening.
Crown Agents USA (CA-USA), the U.S. incorporated subsidiary of Crown Agents, provides direct technical assistance, capacity development, and procurement services to stimulate economic growth, establish good governance, and improve health outcomes across the developing world. Since its incorporation in the United States in 1998, CA-USA has provided technical assistance services and support to U.S. Government agencies and international organizations such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), Department of State (DOS), and the Gates Foundation.
Project Description
The project will implement a baseline survey for an impact evaluation of the Community-Based Health and Nutrition to Reduce Stunting Project. It will cover 4,560 households, along with puskesmas (health center) and desa (village)-level surveys across Central Kalimantan, West Kalimantan and South Sumatra. The project will collect data that will be analyzed by the Evaluation Team of the Community-Based Health and Nutrition to Reduce Stunting Project to make statements about the Nutrition Project’s impact.
Role & Responsibilities
The Technical Team Leader shall ensure overall management and quality control of the project. The TL should be employed for the duration of the contract and spend 30% of his/her time in the survey locations (West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, & South Sumatra).
Specific Responsibilities
- Be in charge of human resource management and coordinating all teams
- Develop the operational plan of survey implementation
- Ensure financial management (this means that s/he has control over the budget and can make decisions about field logistics that have budget implications)
- Communicate with MCA-INDONESIA
- Coordinate closely with MCA-INDONESIA to collect data in the structure and format they require to perform analysis
- Overcome problems that disturb progress of the survey
- Oversee the quality and timely preparation of the deliverables stated in this TOR
- Demonstrated ability to lead and manage a multi-disciplinary team, to achieve specific and measurable results
- Three years of experience implementing household surveys (of at least 2000+ households) in the South-east Asia region with similar rural or remote locations to West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, & South Sumatra, Indonesia
- Experience implementing house hold surveys in Indonesia highly preferable
- Excellent communication skills and experience in working with a wide range of individuals in government, the private sector, and civil society
- Masters degree in a related field such as Economics, Sociology, Demography, Statistics, Geography, Public Health, Nutrition, Public Policy, Business, or Math
- Experience working with MCC highly desirable
- Fluency in written and oral English is required
- Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia is highly desirable
How to apply:
Application ProcessTo apply to this position, please email your CV to careers@crownagents.com. Include your name, along with “14-30A Technical Team Leader”, in the subject line. Visit our website at www.crownagentsusa.com for more information about our company. No phone calls, faxes or walk-ins please. Crown Agents USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V.
Closing Date: 05 May 2014
Crown Agents USA will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with qualified disabilities in accordance with the ADA and local labor law as applicable. If you require a reasonable accommodation for our application process, please contact our Recruiting department directly. Requests will be kept confidential and shared strictly on a need-to-know basis only.
