GERES Job Vacancy: Project Facilitator, YogyaKarta

Clean Stove Initiative (CSI) Indonesia The World Bank in collaboration with Directorate of Bioenergy of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources launched Indonesia Clean Stove Initiative (CSI) in early 2012. CSI Indonesia aims to scale up access to clean and efficient cooking solutions in Indonesia through capacity building, policy development, and support of government action plans. CSI Indonesia comprises of four phases. The first phase centers on initial stock taking, which is critical for developing the intervention strategy, designing subsequent program phases, and establishing policy dialogue with the country’s institutional focal point. The second phase focuses on required institutional strengthening, capacity building, and piloting the program. The third one scales up program implementation, while the fourth centers on program evaluation and dissemination of lessons learned.

As the main component for the second phase of CSI Indonesia, the pilot program is piloting RBF (Results Based Financing) subsidy which aims to provide incentive to participating Market Aggregators to promote the sales of clean cookstoves. It is expected that lessons learned from the pilot program using RBF subsidy would enable CSI Indonesia to fine tune the third and fourth phase of CSI Indonesia and ultimately create sustainable market for clean cookstoves in Indonesia.

GERES & StovePlus
GERES - Groupe Energies Renouvelables, Environnement et Solidarités - is a French non-profit NGO created in 1976 after the first Oil Crisis. Environmental conservation, climate change mitigation and adaptation, reducing energy poverty, and improving livelihood of the poor are the main focus areas for GERES. GERES teams are particularly involved in the implementation - in partnership with the communities and local stakeholders - of engineering solutions for development.

GERES will provide support to CSI Indonesia through the StovePlus program. Funded by the French Global Environment Fund (FFEM), StovePlus aims at facilitating access to improved cooking solutions, by providing technical support to project developers around the world. StovePlus offers service packages designed to respond to the most pressing needs of project developers working in Asia and Africa. 

StovePlus technical assistance to CSI Indonesia
StovePlus intervention’s overall objective is to provide technical and implementation assistance, in the form of Service Packages, with the aim to contribute to achieving access to modern cooking solutions in Indonesia. Within the CSI Indonesia project and thanks to Agence Francaise du Développement and DfID funding, StovePlus positions itself as a facilitator between policy makers and project holders on the field, acting under 4 components:

• Testing centre enhancement, supervision and development of a business plan 
• Development and setting of Monitoring & Verification system for the pilot program 
• Identification and support of market aggregators able to produce quality stoves qualifying for the subsidy scheme 
• Awareness raising for local authorities

StovePlus supports the local NGO Yayasan Dian Desa (YDD), the local implementing agency hired by the World Bank, and works in partnership with the Jogjakarta Consumer Institute – Lembaga Konsumen Yogyakarta (LKY). 

GERES and StovePlus are currently looking for candidates to fill the position of Project Facilitator / Business Development Specialist to support the Clean Stove Initiative in Indonesia. This is a consultancy contract to be performed from May to November 2015 with possible extension depending on project’s funding.


Purpose
The Project Facilitator / Business Development Specialist will act as StovePlus local representative in Indonesia, coordinating the activities in a timely manner, ensuring proper follow-up with the stakeholders and delivering quality reports. More specifically, s/he will lead the identification and support of market aggregators qualifying for the CSI.

Main Responsibilities The Project Facilitator / Business Development Specialist will work under the supervision of the StovePlus Regional Coordinator for Asia and the Lead Technical Advisor for the assignment and interact directly with the stakeholders in Indonesia. S/he will be responsible for overall project coordination, including ensuring that all processes, team activities and recommendations are documented and communicated. In the case of issues with schedule or quality of implementation, s/he will propose solutions in cooperation with StovePlus and the other CSI stakeholders.

More specifically, the Project Facilitator / Business Development specialist will lead the identification and support of market aggregators (small to medium scale domestic stove producers) able to produce quality stoves qualifying for the subsidy scheme, coordinating the following activities:

• Screening and diagnostics of identified potential market aggregators
• Support to technical and/or technological processes
• Support to business and/or marketing processes

The consultant’s specific skills will particularly be required for the diagnostics of identified potential market aggregators and the support to business and/or marketing processes while the technical aspect will be supervised by StovePlus Lead Technical Advisor and other specialized consultants.

The consultant will then provide support to selected market aggregators (small to medium scale domestic stove producers) as follows:

• Economic analysis of the production process,
• Market intelligence,
• Definition of marketing mix,
• Business planning,
• Business and management training
• Legal guidance or linkage with legal adviser
• Other identified needs

Deliverables

• Weekly report on activities progress and achievement and status of relationships with stakeholders
• Business analysis of selected market aggregators including data collection, findings and recommendations
• Training documentation including proceedings
• Interim and final reports to donor with the contribution of partners and other assigned consultants

Qualifications

• Master Degree in Business Management or equivalent
• 5 years related experience
• Institutional knowledge of Indonesia
• Excellent interpersonal skills, experience liaising with a range of international stakeholders an asset
• Capacity building and experience working in development project desirable
• Fluent in English, Bahasa Indonesia and Javanese

Conditions

• Consultant position based in Yogyakarta.
• Workload estimated from 70 to 140 days (extendable depending on project’s funding).
• Starting date: asap.
• Remuneration commensurate to experience, please indicate your man/day rate in your application.
• Frequent travels in Indonesia with per diems and accommodation covered.
• The consultant shall be responsible to cover his/her insurance expenses, applicable taxes and housing costs.

How to apply:

Interested candidates are invited to submit their CV including 2 references and a motivation letter to: s.khan@geres.eu by May 31^st, 2015. Early applications are encouraged.

Only pre-selected candidates will be contacted for an interview.

GERES is an equal opportunity organization: suitable applications are invited irrespectively of age, race, religion, gender and physical criteria.