PROJECT
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
The National Program for Community Empowerment (PNPM) Peduli—a
program funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
(DFAT)—is expected to improve social inclusion across Indonesia by increasing
access to services, choices, and human rights for those who have been
marginalized. The program is designed to improve people’s access to public
services (health, education, legal, administration, and financial), to
employment opportunities, and to participation in broader community processes.
PNPM Peduli is also expected to improve social relations between marginalized
people and broader community members, as well as to improve social inclusion
policies and regulations issued by the national and local governments.
PNPM
Peduli will support social inclusion for marginalized people in six specific
sub-populations over the next 2.5 years, namely: (1) Vulnerable children/youth;
(2) Traditional people, indigenous people in remote areas, and forest-dependent
people; (3) Religious minorities; (4) Victims of gross human rights abuses in
1965 and 1998; (5) People living with disabilities; (6) Waria. The managing
partner is The Asia Foundation (TAF) which will achieve its objective by
working directly with a team of six (6) Executing Organizations (EOs)—one per
sub-population—and about 70 civil society organizations (CSOs) that will
receive grants from EOs to conduct their work promoting social inclusion.
The
Outcomes Research Coordinator will be part of TAF’s team managing support to
civil society organizations (CSOs) under PNPM Peduli. This is a two-year
position coordinating positive impacts on some of Indonesia’s most challenging
development issues. The Outcomes Research Coordinator will work within TAF and
with technical support from Farsight. The expected start date is in October
2014 and the end date is in June 2016.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Outcomes Research Coordinator will join a
team from Farsight helping TAF manage support to CSOs. In collaboration with
this stakeholder network, the Outcomes Research Coordinator will be responsible
for:
- Leading qualitative research and training to establish program outcomes.
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) administration, participation at MEL partners’ meetings and roundtables, as well as mentoring, travel and advice to EOs.
- Leading the development and implementation of baseline and endline surveys, focus groups, in-depth interviews, mid-term review and impact assessment of PNPM Peduli.
- Reporting and training on forms for the Management Information System (MIS).
- Conducting trainings and results reviews for quality assurance and the Theory of Change.
- Coordinating technical inputs from Farsight to develop systems for collecting, analyzing and disseminating program performance information.
- Providing a seminar on baseline results, outcomes and lessons.
SKILLS
AND EXPERTISE
An excellent candidate for this position will
have the following characteristics:
- At least five years (5-7 preferred) of experience leading qualitative research and trainings, preferably on topics of relevance to PNPM Peduli.
- Achievements in leading qualitative research and conducting technical trainings for Indonesian CSOs.
- Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia and English, along with experience working in a bilingual environment.
TO
APPLY FOR THIS ROLE
- On or before 11 August 2014, send an introductory email or cover letter, along with a CV, to mel@seefar.org.
- Use the following subject line for your email: ORC, Your Name.
- Your email or cover letter should describe why you are an excellent choice for the job, referring only to the three characteristics above under Skills and Expertise.
- This is a preliminary recruitment stage and we do not want it to be a burden for you, so please use only one paragraph for each characteristic.
- In your CV or your email, provide three referees to comment on your suitability for this position.
We will short-list applicants and invite successful applicants for
an introductory interview by 29 August 2014.
