Head of Operations & Finance
AIP-PRISMA, Surabaya, Indonesia
Background
The
Australia Indonesia Partnership for Promoting Rural Income through Support for
Markets in Agriculture (AIP-PRISMA) is an ambitious new rural development
program which aims to contribute to a 30%, or more, increase in net incomes for
1,000,000 poor rural female and male farmers, 300,000 of which will be reached
by June 2017.
The role:
The
Head of Operations and Finance will lead the finance, HR, operations, contract
and IT teams on PRISMA to ensure that the program has the resources (staff,
facilities and finances), systems and procedures needed to deliver expected
program results. In doing so, the Head of Operations and Finance will be
responsible for all day-to-day HR, financial and administrative management for
PRISMA, working with the program management team and GRM Project Manager to
ensure effective planning, coordination, control and overall program delivery.
He/she will also be responsible for managing the financial and economic
analyses in particular on the contracts with private sector partners and the
value for money calculation of private sector and PRISMA investments.
Selection criteria:
- At least 10 years' experience in a senior management position in international development. Experience in management of complex development programmes essential. Additional management experience in the private sector preferred.
- Successful track-record in delivery of complex programmes/projects and development of institutional capacity.
- Experience with working with DFAT/AusAID important.
- Proven excellent leadership, management and organisational skills.
- Strong representation, communication and interpersonal skills.
- The successful candidate must be results orientated, an empowering manager and team player.
- Relevant bachelor's degree required, master's degree or above preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Bahasa Indonesian (preferred).
- Knowledge of Indonesian public sector and experience working with government agencies (preferred).
- Experience working on Rural Development or Agricultural projects or initiatives (preferred).
Applications:
If you
would like to apply for this position, please submit your CV to recruitment@aip-prisma.or.id and put the advertised position title in the subject line by Friday 6th
of June 2014 at the latest.
Due to the
high number of responses, we will only be contacting candidates who are
progressing to the next stage.
