Cardno Job Vacancy: Change Management Adviser, Jakarta

Job Summary

Background

Australia’s Education Partnership with Indonesia (the Education Partnership) is currently the largest bilateral development intervention funded by the Australian Government. Through the Education Partnership Australia supports the Indonesian Government’s long-term strategy to strengthen and consolidate its national education system, with a particular focus on the current Indonesian five-year development plan (2010 – 2014) and support for the initial stages of the subsequent five-year development plan (2015 – 2019). The Education Partnership (2011-2016) builds on the successes of previous Australian Government support to the Indonesian education sector by strengthening government systems. Under the Education Partnership, there are four areas of support referred to as ‘components’. The program is implemented by the Government of Australia through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) and the Government of Indonesia supported by three managing contractors. Cardno manages the largest contract, School Systems and Quality (SSQ). SSQ covers three of the four components, providing a combination of technical support and implementation management.

Each of the SSQ-supported components is national in scope, supporting existing government structures. Component 1 focuses on strengthening systems for infrastructure development within the education sector — specifically, supporting the Ministry of Education and Culture (MoEC) to assure construction quality of new junior secondary schools. Component 2 is centered around the professional development of school and district management, particularly school principals, supervisors and district education officials, and design and implementation of a school induction program for schools built under Component 1. Component 3 supports the Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA’s) five-year plan to achieve universal national accreditation of private madrasah (Islamic schools) in the Islamic education sub-sector.

 

The Education Partnership will end on 30 June 2016. The partnership is currently planning a transition phase over 2015/2016 to complete current contracts, promote sustainability of Partnership benefits and to plan the transfer of responsibilities to MoEC and MoRA, and the transition of Australian-funded supports to other DFAT investments in the education sector. This transition is part of a major shift in the relationship between Australia and Indonesia away from a focus on aid and development, towards economic cooperation. The transition is happening in a context of significant reductions in development budget from Australia and sensitive bilateral relationships. The transition will take place in the context of emerging GoI priorities for the education sector focusing on teachers’ professional development and accreditation and education quality. Support is needed to ensure that key decision-makers and stakeholders have the best advice on how to manage budget cuts, closure of a program and transition to a new program. The communication and relationship with the Government of Indonesia –MoEC and MoRA is a specific priority.

Key Responsibilities

Job Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Cardno SSQ Contractor Representative, the Adviser will:  

1. Advise the Australian Embassy’s Basic Education team on how best to manage change and communicate with all stakeholders around the closure of the Education Partnership and transition to new investments.
2. Advise Cardno on how best to manage change and communicate with key stakeholder while successfully complete the activities.
3. Consult with the Performance Oversight and Monitoring (POM) contractor.
4. Possible advice to senior managers in the Australian Embassy and other sector team on how to manage the major changes in budget, cooperation and relationships.

Key Selection Criteria

The Adviser must demonstrate the following skills and experience:

1. Around fifteen years’ experience in managing and leading development programs through times of significant change.
2. Experience working with Indonesian Government systems or managing program supports embedded within the Indonesian government. In the absence of direct Indonesia experience, significant experience working in national government systems in comparable contexts will be considered.
3. Strong inter-personal and inter-cultural skills with a demonstrated capacity to work with senior government officials.
4. Excellent oral and written English communication skills.
5. Strong change management skills.
6. The following are desirable but not essential:
7. Post-graduate qualifications in international development, business management and administration, education or similar.
8. Experience in managing organisational change in a development context
9. Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia.

Deliverables

1. Communications plan that identifies stakeholders and best communications methods towards the close of the Education Partnership.
2. Short report and debrief after each visit on how the transition and communication is tracking.
3. Quarterly update of communications plan.

Duration of Contract:

The duration of contract for this position is up to 70 input days to 30 June 2016 subject to approval by the Client.

How to Apply for This Position

1. Response against each of the Key requirements for the position
2. Curriculum vitae/resume.
3. Name and contact details (phone and email) of three referees.
4. Applications that do not address all the requirements stated above will not be considered.

Submitting Applications 

1. By email: email your application with the reference " AEPI SSQ – Change Management Adviser" in the subject line to emergingmarkets.jakarta@cardno.com ; or 
2. On-line application. Go to HERE  and search for this position. Click "Apply for this job" located at the end of the job description.

Application this position closes on 10 May 2015.

Late applications will not be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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