WE’RE
HIRING!!
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.
Sector Coordinators (up to 7 positions)
As a Sector Coordinator, you will be responsible for up to three commodities
selected from the wide range of agricultural sectors promoted under the
Program. Together with your Intervention Coordinators, you will conduct analyses
the value chains of these commodities in specific provinces; develop a set of strategies
to introduce innovations and business models to increase their competitiveness
of the value chains; negotiate and conclude deals with agribusinesses and other
enterprises to introduce the innovation/business models; oversee the implementation
of these strategies; and monitor the progress and adjust your strategies until
you succeed to transform your commodity value chain in a more competitive one.
To be able to do this, you should meet several of the following
criteria:
- A post-graduate level qualifications or higher in economics, business administration, marketing or similar discipline;
- A sound understanding of business and economics;
- A strong analytical mind and a flair for numbers;
- Demonstrated negotiation skills;
- Strong interpersonal and management talent;
- Willingness to learn from mistakes and ability to think ‘out-of-the-box’;
- A good understanding of the role public services play for economic performance;
- Fluency in in English and Bahasa Indonesia.
- Proven work experience in supply chain management, business consulting, management, finance, marketing or agribusiness is of advantage. Direct experience in development is not required.
Intervention Coordinators (up to 15 positions)
As an Intervention Coordinator, you will report to a Sector Coordinator
or Business Enabling Environment (BEE) Coordinator and be responsible for up to
three interventions in one or more commodity value chains. For this, together
with your Sector or BEE Coordinator, you will analyse the values chains
assigned to your Sector or BEE Coordinator; identify constraints and develop innovations
(technical and other solutions) to overcome the constraints; develop business
models for these innovations; and collaborate with agribusinesses, other enterprises or
government to introduce these innovations in the market. For these partners,
you will be the key point of contact and become a valuable business consultant.
To be able to do this, you should meet several of the following
criteria:
- At least graduate level qualifications in economics, business administration, marketing or similar discipline;
- Understanding of and interest in how markets work;
- A strong analytical mind and a flair for numbers;
- Ability and experience of developing business plans;
- Willingness to learn from mistakes and ability to think ‘out-of-the-box’;
- Strong interpersonal skills to be able to work with partners; and
- Fluency in in English and Bahasa Indonesia.
- Proven work experience is of great advantage and willingness to travel frequently a must. Direct experience in development is not required.
Result Measurement Coordinators (up to 3 positions)
As a Results Measurement Coordinator, you will closely collaborate with
Sector and Intervention Coordinators. You will guide them in scrutinizing, analysing
and improving their strategies. For this you will support the sector team in articulating
causal models and respective indicators for measurement; identifying, quantifying
and verifying milestones and targets; developing monitoring plans; designing
surveys; collecting data; and analysing the result, to enhance appropriate
decision making strategy adjustment.
To perform this role, you should have several of the following
qualifications:
- At least graduate level qualifications in economics, business administration, mathematics or similar discipline;
- Experiences in designing and conducting qualitative and quantitative research;
- Strong analytical skills;
- Experience in working with statistical software like SPSS, PSPP or others and proficiency in using Excel;
- Willingness to learn from mistakes and ability to think ‘out-of-the-box’;
- Good communicator and team worker;
- Experience with mobile data collection;
- Fluency in English and Bahasa Indonesia.
- Working experience in a private or public research institute or in a development project following the principles of the DCED Standard for Results Measurement are of strong advantage and willingness to travel frequently a must.
Provincial Manager - West Papua (1 position)
Reporting to the Head of Business Enabling Environment, you will ensure
the buy-in from the local and provincial governments in your province; manage
the relationship of our program with all public stakeholders; understand and support the implementation of
all program interventions in West Papua; collaborate with the sector teams to
ensure a successful implementation of their strategies; support the results measurement
team in quantitative and qualitative data collection; and contribute to
strategy development and adjustment.
To perform this role, you should have several of the following
qualifications:
- A background in economics, public law, public administration, or political science;
- A good understanding of area competitiveness and economics and the drivers of change;
- A good understanding of the political economy in West Papua;
- Experience working with local government, preferably in West Papua;
- Existing network among public and private stakeholders in West Papua;
- Willingness to learn from mistakes and ability to think ‘out-of-the-box’;
- Willingness to live in West Papua;
- Fluency in English and Bahasa Indonesia.
- Direct experience in development is not required.
Business Enabling Environment (BEE) Coordinators (1 position)
As a BEE Coordinator, you will manage selected strategies targeting the
improvement of the legal, policy, and planning environment relevant for the
program’s sectors. For this you will collaborate with the sector teams in
analysing value chains, their performance and constraints; and their political
economy. Together with your Intervention Coordinators, you will develop a set
of strategies to introduce cleverer policies and public services; you will
negotiate and conclude deals with local government and collaborate with private
companies to strengthen their role in policy development; and oversee the
implementation of these strategies; and you will monitor the progress and
success of failure and adjust your strategies until you succeed to create a
more conducive environment for the enterprises and farmers.
To perform this role, you should have several of the following
qualifications:
- At least post-graduate level qualifications in economics, business administration, public law, public administration, political science or similar;
- A good understanding of area competitiveness and economics and the drivers of change;
- A good understanding of the political economy eastern Indonesia;
- A good understanding of the role public services play for economic performance;
- Experience working with local government and private companies;
- Willingness to learn from mistakes and ability to think ‘out-of-the-box’;
- Fluency in English, Bahasa Indonesia and preferably local language.
- Proven work experience in public policy, business consulting, agribusiness is of advantage. Direct experience in development is not required.
Attend
PRISMA’s Talk Show and Recruitment seminar in Surabaya (13 October), Jakarta
(14 October), Jogjakarta (15 October), Kupang (28 October) and Jayapura (3
November) to learn more PRISMA and building a career on its program by
registering to angie.gardieni@aip-prisma.or.id.
Download
Standard CV at HERE
Applications:
If
you would like to apply for this position, please submit your CV to recruitment@aip-prisma.or.id
and put the position title in the
subject line by Friday 7th of November 2014 at the
latest. AIP PRISMA is headquartered in Surabaya, East Java and work in 5
provinces in Indonesia: East Java, East Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa
Tenggara, Papua and West Papua.
Due
to the high number of responses, we will only be contacting candidates who are
progressing to the next stage. This is a local/national position.
