Australian
Government Funded Program
Australia
Indonesia Partnership for Rural Economic Development (AIP–Rural)
Position:
Program Director
Full Time: Surabaya, Indonesia
Closing Date: 20 August 2014, 12.00 pm AEST
Background: The Australia Indonesia Partnership for
Rural Economic Development (AIP-Rural) is an ambitious DFAT funded 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 Program works primarily in five provinces of
Eastern Indonesia, but may have additional areas of focus as implementation
unfolds.
The Role: The Project Director (PD) oversees and
manages the delivery of the AIP-Rural program as a whole, with particular focus
on optimising the achievement of the program’s intended outcomes. The PD will
ensure that AIP-Rural’s strategic direction reflects Government of Australia
(GOA) and Government of Indonesia (GOI) development objectives, and that the
Program approach is consistent or complementary across all interventions. The
PD will also contribute to DFAT’s rural economic development strategy in
Indonesia, and promote AIP-Rural’s integration with other GoA and GoI development
programs as appropriate.
Selection criteria:
Essential
- Proven experience in providing strategic direction to, and management of, large, complex, decentralised programs in cross-cultural context
- Applied expertise and proven results in utilising market development approaches to improve agricultural systems used by poor or near-poor farmers
- Experience working in Indonesia’s agriculture sector and/or business enabling environments
- Experience building and leading high performing teams in a in cross-cultural context
- Understanding of social inclusivity and gender equality and the implications for Program implementation
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
- Ability to conduct meetings in Bahasa Indonesia
Highly Desirable
- Familiarity with international donor systems and requirements
- Understanding Indonesia’s decentralisation agenda
Applications:
Applicants must submit a cover letter, explaining why they are suitable
for the role, and an up to date CV in WORD format to aiprural.recruitment@gmail.com with the subject line: AIP-Rural Program Director. Due to the
high number of responses we will only be contacting candidates who are
progressing to the next stage.
