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PROREP - JOB VACANCY : Policy and Environment Governance Specialist, Jakarta

Policy and Environment Governance Specialist

Chemonics International, a leading international development consulting firm based in Washington, D.C., seeks qualified Indonesian candidates to fill the position of long term Policy and Environment Governance Specialist on its project entitled Program Representasi (ProRep) in Jakarta. Funded by USAID, Program Representasi (ProRep) is designed to help civil society organizations (CSOs), public policy research centers and universities, and other policy actors become more representative, effective and responsive to citizens’ needs, and facilitate these groups to engage effectively for better informed and more representative policy processes and outcomes.

The ProRep Policy and Environment Governance Specialist will have primary responsibility to contribute to technical strategy and the development and implementation of the environment policy community, especially with regards to environment governance. He or she will perform basic specialist functions including, but not limited to, the following:

Capacity building roles:
  • Provide advisory, mentoring, technical assistance and if necessary training to CSO and research institutions partners and grantees, especially for activities that connect advocacy CSOs and/or research institutions with policy making at different level of government.
  • In coordination with the ProRep Communication Team, advise CSOs and think thanks to develop and improve their communication strategies for the purpose of public outreach and expanding network for better policy changes.
  • Collaborate with short-term experts, subcontractors, and grantees involved with ProRep.
Coordination roles:
  • Assist in ensuring that program activities and achievements contribute to the project’s performance management plan indicators and achieve desired impact.
  • Provide technical oversight to project partners (including grantees and letter of collaboration/LOC partners).
  • To develop and to manage the environment policy community involving CSO partners, research institutions and other important stakeholders.
General and administration roles:
  • Monitoring and reporting on partners’ performance and providing input into ProRep’s Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) PMP.  Contributing to project efforts to assess and report on impact including but not limited to M&E-led evaluations and assessments, quarterly, annual, and final reports, success stories, newsletters and other means of communication.
  • Review grants reports and deliverables and provide suggestions for refinement.
  • If necessary, review CSO and research institution partners or grantee’s products (for example: publications, modules) and provide inputs for improvements
Applicants should have these following qualifications:
  • University graduate, Master Degree preferred
  • Have at least 10 years of experience in CSO and/or think tanks grants and activities support on policy advocacy work and capacity building 
  • Well acquainted with CSOs and think tanks/research institutions, particularly in regards to their role in policy reform 
  • Deep understanding and experience working on policies regarding provision of environment regulations, forest management, social forestry, indigenous forest, budgeting on environment and natural resources management, both in national and local government agencies.  
  • Have excellent interpersonal communication skills 
  • Creative and open minded 
  • Able to work in cross cultural environments 
  • Excellent English language skills 
  • Experience working with International donor agencies / USAID and knowledge of USAID policies and procedures is an advantage.
If you think you are the perfect candidate for this position, please send a cover letter and CV to recruitment@prorep.or.id , no later than May 19, 2015. Please mention the position in the subject line of your email. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.