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Working in
30+ countries globally, Conservation International (CI) Foundation is a
non-profit organization committed to empowering societies to responsibly and
sustainable care for nature for the good of humanity.
We are constantly growing
and expanding into areas new and old. With each step, we need more and more
hands. Apply your passion, skills, and talents to helping us protect the most
important places around the world.
Conservation
International Indonesia (CII) is currently
looking for highly qualified candidates to fill the Bird
Head Seascape (BHS) Secretariat Manager position
for our project
based in Manokwari-Papua, Indonesia.
Job
Summary:
The BHS Secretariat Manger is a senior level position, which will
be the head of the BHS Secretariat office based in Manokwari, Papua Barat.
Working closely with the BHS Secretariat Senior Papua Marine Policy Advisor,
the secretariat manager position will be focused on strengthening and building
partnerships with the provincial government and other important stakeholder
groups as well as providing technical inputs on provincial level spatial
planning and natural resource management decision-making processes. The
specialist will help track government policies, legislation and decisions, as
well as new partnership opportunities, that can or will directly affect
conservation goals and objectives of the Bird’s Head Seascape marine
conservation initiative and will keep the Senior Advisor, Marine Program
Director, Bird’s Head Seascape Secretariat Executive Team and the BHS
program/site managers informed of any such development. This position will
include managerial responsibilities including managing a small staff and the
BHS secretariat budget.
Responbility:
- In close coordination with the Senior Papua Marine Policy Advisor, build meaningful alliances with all important conservation stakeholders at the provincial/seascape level, including governmental agencies and the Papuan people’s parliament (MRP), Adat and religious leaders, universities, local NGOs, and the private sector. Keep these stakeholders informed of and engaged in seascape management initiatives and provide strategic technical input when required.
- Support close coordination between the three primary implementing partners (CI, TNC, and WWF), by providing regular updates on success and challenges within the network and facilitating opportunities for learning across the network such as planning the BHS secretariat executive team quarterly meetings and the annual BHS meeting.
- As required, provide Jakarta-based Marine Policy Specialists and Coral Triangle Initiative representatives with updates and information on BHS initiative and help ensure that national-level initiatives take into account and are beneficial to the BHS initiative.
- Manage the BHS Secretariat office, including supervising and supporting secretariat staff (with the exception of the Senior Papuan Policy Advisor) and manage the secretariat budget Proactively identify key program and themes areas for evaluation and analysis.
Minimum
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of an undergraduate degree in environmental management, marine policy or spatial planning required, with 5-10 years’ experience working within conservation programs and interacting with provincial-level government officials.
- Fluent in English (speaking, reading and writing)
- Strong in leadership and interpersonal skills and able to interact and engage with the full range of important provincial-level Papuan stakeholders, from government officials to university, NGO and Adat leaders.
- Knowledgeable in natural resource management
- Knowledgeable and capable in policy and advocacy for sustainable marine resource use in an era of decentralization of natural resources management.
- Demonstrated ability to manage budgets
- Experience in advocating issues
- Experience in partnership building and facilitation
- Able to write reports in English and Indonesian
- Experience working and living in Papua strongly preferred.
- Graduate level degree in relevant field preferred.
Interested
candidates should send the following documentations: Application letter
and CV with 3 referees.
Please
indicate the position you are applying for in the email subject, and submit the
application by 31 March 2015
to ciindoneisa.hrd@gmail.com
Apply your
passion, skills, and talents to helping us protect the most important places
around the world. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
