Hivos is a Dutch non-governmental organization guided by humanist
values. It aims at structural poverty alleviation with a strong focus on
civil society building and sustainable economic development.
Hivos
provides financial support for local NGO's, is active in networking,
lobbying and exchanging knowledge and expertise.
For its Southeast Asia
Regional Office in Jakarta, Hivos seeks qualified Indonesian candidates
for the position of:
Title : Junior Programme Officer OPEN-MFS
Duty Station : Jakarta, Indonesia
Duration : April – December 2015
Report to : Coordinator/Senior Business Development Officer(s) OPEN
Functional context :
- The Junior Programme Officer OPEN is under supervision of and reports to both the Coordinator/Senior Business Development Officer OPEN TA FoE and Coordinator/Senior Business Development Officer OPEN WA SR.
- The Junior Programme Officer OPEN-MFS is assisting the management of Hivos portfolio for the OPEN programme, especially for the violence against women, women leadership, good governance, freedom of expressions and pluralism components.
- The Junior Programme Officer OPEN-MFS works closely with OPEN program team, Senior Business Development Officer(s) OPEN, Finance Officer and Operations Manager.
Roles and responsibilities:
A.Programme Management Support
- Managing the partnership with a small number of civil society organizations working on violence against women, women leadership, good governance, freedom of expressions and pluralism including performing monitoring and evaluation.
- Assisting studies or researches for the development of Hivos’ OPEN programme, including performing desk reviews.
- Organizing workshops, meetings, trainings, and the design and printing of publications as necessary.
B. Project Administration
- Assisting the Programme Officers/ Senior Program Development Manager in processing proposals leading to rejection or taking into proper assessment procedures.
- Assisting the preparation of all necessary documents and administrative handlings for new outgoing contractual commitments for partner organizations and consultants according to existing procedures (rejection letters, organisation assessments, project summary and organisation descriptions, entrance of data in project administration, contract letter and cover letter to partners).
- Assisting the Program Officers/ Senior Program Development Managers in maintaining existing partners include entering data to the project administration software.
- Processing of annual progress reports, drafting the report to be reviewed by Program Officer/ Manager and informing partners on the outcome.
- Monitoring the timeliness of report submission from partners.
Knowledge, experiences and competencies :
- Minimum 3 years working experience in Civil Society Organizations or familiar with development works.
- Excellent knowledge of development issues with emphasis on violence against women, women leadership, good governance and freedom of expressions. Sufficient knowledge on pluralism.
- Good understanding of and strong affinity with civil society, in particular with non-governmental organizations.
- Strong administrative and communication skills, particularly proficiency of writing in English.
- A good team worker.
- Prior experience in grant making will be regarded as an asset.
- IT literate.
What do we offer?
An inspiring and dynamic working environment, dedicated colleagues
and the possibility to work for an ambitious new international
initiative of OPEN project.
How to apply:
To apply for this position please submit:
- A cover letter expressing motivation for the position.
- A CV, no more than 4 (four) pages, that highlights how the candidate meets the expected qualifications.
To: application.id@hivos.org no later than Tuesday, 10 March 2015.
This is an open position for national (Indonesian nationality) only.
Please specify the position name you are applying for (‘jPO OPEN-MFS’) in the ‘subject’ line of your email. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
