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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.
We are currently looking to fill the following position for our office in Jakarta:
Terrestrial Program Director
Job Summary:
The Terrestrial Program Director is a senior
level position that has strong technical and management responsibility for the
CI Indonesia portfolio on conservation and development program encompassing
biodiversity, forestry, climate change and green economic development. The
Director Leads science based strategic planning and program development, policy
engagement with government counterparts, as well as program implementation of
policy objectives and partnerships. The Director plays and oversees national policy
works related to climate change mitigation and adaptation in
forest/biodiversity conservation management and also CI’s terrestrial program
strategies such as the sustainable landscape partnership program (SLP)
Responsibilities:
Project Development and Implementation. Provide technical support to existing carbon projects
within the region and ensure that project results meet CI and project donor
quality standards and expectations and that these projects are progressing on
schedule.
Policy Development. Ensure legal and policy feasibility assessments are
completed for SLP and related programs.
Capacity Building and
Partnership. Facilitate
and train CI-I Sumatra and Papua program managers and other CI-I senior staff
to develop and maintain transparent advisory partnerships governments and
relations with local private sector and civil society partners on aspects
related to climate change initiatives and carbon projects.
Assist in coordinating
multidisciplinary and team approach to implementing terrestrial programs with
climate change, improved livelihoods, private sector engagement, and
biodiversity conservation components. Communicate climate
change program outcomes and implementation, evaluation, and adjustment needs
and support CI-I terrestrial program Senior Management Team (SMT) and their
direct reports and provide leadership needed to work together as a team to
achieve them.
Actively involved in
fundraising, strategic planning, partnerships, liaison with other agencies and
partners. Periodically review
available literature and other sources of information, including global and
region specific materials, and keep CI-I offices informed of trends and issues
related to climate change in the region/sub-region.
Minimum Required
Qualifications:
·
MSc. in Environmental management or
similar qualification
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At least 10 years terrestrial field
experience managing and advising on community-based conservation programs in
Indonesia, including research throughout Indonesia’s 3 Bio- geographical
regions.
·
Experience with analysis of
climate change scenarios and related climate change impacts on human
communities and tropical ecosystems.
·
Extensive networking
experience with donors, central, provincial, government agencies and alliance
building and institutional networking
·
Strong written and verbal
communication skills in Bahasa Indonesia and English
Apply your passion, skills,
and talents to helping us protect the most important places around the world.
Submit the
application by 10 June 2015 to hrd@conservation.or.id
Only short
listed candidates will be contacted.
