Lowongan Barefoot Engineer Training - Finance & Admin Manager, Jayapura - Papua

Barefoot Engineer Training - Finance & Admin Manager

In 2007, Papua’s and West Papua’s first directly elected governors introduced an ambitious new community-driven development program, channelling community grants of 100 million Rupiah to each of over 4,000 villages in the two provinces to fund development activities in the areas of (i) nutrition and food security; (ii) education; (iii) primary health care; (iv) village infrastructure; and (v) economic livelihoods. In 2008, the governors’ RESPEK -- Strategic Village Development Plan -- was integrated with the National Community Empowerment Program (PNPM Mandiri Rural), bringing hundreds of professionally trained development facilitators and field engineers to assist communities in planning and implementing these funds.

One major challenge facing the PNPM-RESPEK program has been a chronic shortage of qualified community facilitators, especially field engineers. The program requires over 400 technical facilitators but has only been able to recruit less than half of the needed number, mostly from outside Papua, and turnover tends to be very high. In February 2012, almost 300 of the technical facilitator positions were empty. In order to address this acute and chronic shortage, the PNPM Support Facility and PNPM National Management Consultants designed a special program, called Barefoot Engineer Training, to provide local senior high school graduates and technical school graduates from Papua and West Papua with basic training in civil engineering, mechanics, micro-hydro power generation, construction/building analysis, budget planning and infrastructure design, implementation and construction supervision, social facilitation and empowerment, whom later on could be recruited as technical facilitators under PNPM Rural in the region.

This type of training was conducted twice since 2003 and it’s now entering into the third round aiming at providing skills to around 300 successful applicants. The training will combine classroom teaching and practical application of the most common small-scale village infrastructure issues.

Funded by the Multi Donor Trust Fund managed by the PNPM Support Facility (PSF) of the World Bank, Yayasan Bursa Pengetahuan Kawasan Timur Indonesia (BaKTI) was engaged as the lead implementing partner for the third wave barefoot engineer training from June 2012 until December 2013.

To make the planned training successful, BaKTI requires highly dedicated and committed Finance & Admin Manager. Under direct supervision of Barefoot Training Team Leader. The Finance & Admin Manager will perform, but not limited to, the following tasks:

Financial

1. Perform Cash Count of Petty Cash in monthly basis
2. Check and review all financial & Accounting transaction in accordance to Barefoot Program Operating Procedure
3. Ensure all financial transaction have receipt and stamp with “Paid” when they are paid 
4. Check and review all Travel Arrangement Form and Travel Expenses Report Form
5. Check and review all procurement requests and paid in accordance to Barefoot Program Procurement Procedure
6. In Consultation with Program Manager to prepare monthly requests for funds required for the Jayapura Office operation
7. Maintain Budget of Barefoot Program and update monthly projection/cash flow projection
8. Ensure all transaction identified and charged to proper budget line items
9. Prepare and Submit monthly Budget versus Actual report
10. Always coordinate with Operation Manager and/or Finance & Admin Officer of Yayasan BaKTI to ensure the right accounting code and procedures
11. Ensure the work flow of Finance and Accounting meet the Yayasan BaKTI Internal Control Procedure

 Administration

1. Ensure all administrations are follow in accordance to Barefoot Program Operating Procedure
2. Ensure clean and good environment of work field during the project
3. To be prime responsibility to establish, implement and enforcement of Office Security to ensure Barefoot Program staff, property are well safe guard, accessible/contactable and are free from 3rd party liability

Qualification:

1. Minimum Bachelors Degree  in Accounting or Economic
2. At least seven years working experience in Finance
3. At least five years working experience in supervisory
4. Ability to work with computers and in particular Microsoft Office (excel and word)
5. Having experience in Accounting Software is a plus
6. Good communication in Indonesian and English, both spoken and written
7. At least three years experience working with international and local Non Government Organizations
8. Initiative, working under pressure and good motivation
9. Having ability to work with minimum supervision

Length of Contract

The Finance & Admin Manager will be contracted as a consultant from July 2014 to December 2014 (6 months)

This Position will be based in Jayapura, Papua.

Please submit your interest to: operation@bakti.or.id with Subject [FAM] – Candidate Name, not later than 13 June 2014 before 17.00 WITA

Yayasan BaKTI is an equal opportunity employer and the successful candidate will be selected based on merit. There will be no discrimination based upon age, ethnicity, gender, disability, socio-economic status, sexual orientation or religious convictions.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview.