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GIZ Vacancy - Senior Advisor for Private Sector Involvement, Jakarta

The Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a German international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. GIZ is commissioned by Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) to set up a Strategic Partnership to support capacity building for climate finance and trust funds (BMUB-ICCTF) in Indonesia seeks a qualified Indonesian candidates for

Senior Advisor
For Private Sector Involvement

A.      Responsibilities
The tasks and responsibilities will be carried out in close collaboration and coordination with the principle advisor of the ICCTF Support to the Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund / BMUB (including team leader and staff of all components), to whom the senior advisor also reports.  The Senior Advisor will be responsible for leading and implementing the activities in Output 3 of the ICCTF project in cooperation with the staff and principal advisor.

Within this context, he/she is expected to fulfil the following tasks:

B.       Tasks
1.  Professional Advising and Consulting

-     Development of policy recommendations and related policy papers for cooperation with the private sector in the climate change regime of Indonesia, in order to develop the needed framework conditions for the transformation process of the ICCTF
-     Develop the concept of transformational change and how it can be implemented and integrated in the context of the ICCTF
-     In collaboration with Output 4, study the design of the Indonesian public policy framework and incentive structure to improve the enabeling environment for increased private sector investment
-     Develop a concept and strategy for private sector in engagement in the context of Green Public Partnerships (Green PPPs) and Climate Partnership
-     Advise on the development and implementation of a strategy for engaging private sector participants (investors, technology providers, financing institutions etc.,) in the design and implementation of NAMAs, particularly in early-stage development
-     Managing a matchmaking process between NAMA developers (NC4ND) and finance entities (together with principal advisor, CIM expert in ICCTF and other staff members)
-     In cooperation with senior advisor for Output 2 and CIM expert in ICCTF,identify and define training needs targeted at the private sector
-     Ensure the quality of the advisory processes to the project counterparts (ICCTF, BAPPENAS, Ministry of finance), both in terms of substance (private sector engagement in climate finance) and timing of inputs
-     Develope advisory concepts for the fundraising and financial strategy of the ICCTF (together with principle advisor and CIM expert in ICCTF)
-       Responsible  in defining terms of reference, selection, and supervision of contracted third parties in consultation with the Principal Advisor in carrying out project/program’s activities, including performance evaluation
-       Conceptualize, prepare and implement workshops, seminars, and other events on subjects that are related to the program’s/project’s field of activities
-       Develop and organize quality assurance and proposes necessary changes, improvements, and initiatives
-       Monitor project progress, review reports and documents concerning the progress of collaborative programs, determine bottlenecks and recommend alternative courses of management action to the principal advisor of BMUB-ICCTF

2.  Networking and Cooperation
-       Develop and maintain a solid network with private sector representatives and associations, including maintaining cooperation with other GIZ Indonesia activities in the area of private sector cooperation
-       Co-operate with and ensure regular contacts, dialogues with donors, applicants and beneficiaries of the ICCTF, local governments, financial institutions, relevant organizations, nongovernmental bodies and persons within the program’s/project’s environment as well as with other projects in order to enhance and maintain good working relationships
-       Maintain regular exchange with the Public-Private Climate Finance for Asia-Pacific and ensure that regional and international lessons learned and best practices are translated to the Indonesian Context
-       Communicate and channel private sector interests and aspirations and exchange ideas and information for the benefit of the program

3.  Knowledge Management
-       Compile information about the various national and international, public and private financing instruments and tools relevant to the ICCTF and climate finance, in general: their requirements, availability and usage; document the policy dialogue and lessons learnt from related endeavors in Indonesia and abroad and ensure knowledge transfer
-       Develop strategies and technical concepts including guidelines, manuals, and procedures for enhanced private sector engagement in the context of mitigation and adaptation activities
-       Prepare reports and presentation materials
-       Formulates appropriate input for various project/programme reports including annual reports, and contributes to the other reports required by the principal advisor and GIZ Head Office

4.  Management and Coordination Tasks
-       Support general project planning and design of the project, including preparation, ogranisation and moderation of planning exercises, implementation, monitoring, quality management, evaluation, communication and documentation
-       Coordination of activities in Output 3 so that the objective and indicators can be achieved
-       Supervise consultants for the project
-       Prepare the budget for key events and related financial documentation
-       Monitor operational budget against funds availability for the different program components
-       In the absence of team leader, undertake appropriate actions to facilitate continued operation of the program

C.      Other duties/additional tasks
§  Supports the Principal Advisor on coordination and communication activities and performs other duties and tasks at the request of management
 
D.      Required qualifications, competences and experience
Qualifications
§  Masters/MSc in an area that is related to the project/programme objectives, with a focus on a relevant field
§  Preferrable, an educational background in economics or project finance with a basic technical understanding of renewable energy, energy efficiency and/or environmental sciences

Professional experience
§  5-7 years’ professional experience, with at least 5 years’ professional experience in a comparable position
§  Exposure and experience of working with the private sector, particular in the context of development cooperation and environment

Other knowledge, additional competences
§  very good working knowledge of ITC technologies (related software, phone, fax, email, the internet) and computer applications (e.g. MS Office)
§  a proven track record in a managerial position
§  Strong communication skills with fluency in English, both written and spoken, are required and
§  Excellent writing, presentation and reporting skills.
§  willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed –corresponding measures are agreed with management

Interested candidate should submit the application letter, CV with list of references (Max. 300 kb) to recruitment@paklim.org before 10th May 2014.  Please indicate your application by putting the following code in the subject line: SAPS-ICCTF