Title:
Country
Liaison – Indonesia
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
LOE: 150 days October
1, 2018 – October 1, 2019
Reports
to:
MWRP Chief of Party
To
support MWRP, the DIG team continues to identify and work with key stakeholders
in the plastic waste stream (notably NGOs, private sector, municipal government
representatives, environmental advocates, service providers, academics, etc..).
DIG has developed an understanding of the problems and opportunities related to
plastic waste entering the environment, as well as current waste management
practices, and the roles of local government and of beneficiaries. Ongoing
activities will seek to identify potential grantees by understanding the local context,
solutions that have emerged, and engage people in the sector while visiting
relevant sites. With the APS issued and initial grants awarded, DIG needs
ongoing intermittent support to liaise with active and potential grantees and
stakeholders.
Specific
tasks include:
- Provide logistical and administrative support to DIG in advance of and during travel in Indonesia, including to set-up meetings and organize local transportation, in coordination with DIG or DIG visitors;
- Assist DIG with pre-grant award activities including communicating with selected Apparently Successful grantees, facilitating responses to inquiries related to the APS announcement, liaising with local MWRP board advisors, and for related activities as directed by DAI or DIG representatives.
- After grants have been awarded, provide ongoing project management (assistance and oversight of grantees and their projects) in Indonesia, in coordination with Bryan Winston.
- Serve as local point person on-the-ground to questions from DIG, DAI, or USAID. Provide technical feedback to DIG and DAI representatives on environmental, MSWM, recycling, and M&E topics, in coordination with technical supervisors.
- Visit the grantees on a quarterly basis for monitoring and evaluation, in coordination with Henri Disselkoen. Discuss the checklist of questions/checks with each Henri and Bryan.
- Call the national project managers of all MWRP projects on a monthly basis, regularly on a fixed day and time (between Monday-Wednesday), on progress made in the projects, milestones, bottlenecks, and concerns, or on events to come, etc, in coordination with technical supervisors.
- Send each month to technical supervisors by Wednesday COB local time: (i) progress bullets of MWRP grantees, and (ii) relevant news articles (e.g. new regulations of plastics, government crises, etc), in coordination with technical supervisors.
- Review incoming applications and concept notes.
Deliverables:
- As directed for travel: Agenda for DIG travelers, with names, titles, addresses, and contact details; support DIG to procure logistics services.
- Monthly report detailing tasks completed and updates on all grantees and Indonesia affairs, as applicable.
- Grants management or M&E and Environmental assessment reports for each grantee as requested.
Minimum
General Qualifications:
- University Degree required. Degree in environmental studies, business administration, or other related field preferred. Master’s degree preferred.
- Minimum three years of experience providing management oversight support, preferably for an international organization or donor-funded project.
- Knowledge of municipal services, solid waste management, and/or recycling.
APPLICATION
SEND
Interested applicants are invited to send a complete
application to Abby_Yarger@dai.com
before August
25, 2018.. We regret that we are unable to acknowledge receipt of
all applications and only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
