Job Description
Archivist
Village Boundary Setting and Resource Mapping (VBS/RM) Kecamatan Technical Team

Description

Abt Associates has been selected by the Millennium Challenge Account-Indonesia to implement the one-year Participatory Mapping and Planning (PMaP) 6 project. Through this project Abt Associates will help over 300 rural villages in fifteen districts throughout the country to delineate and demarcate their boundaries and map their resources to attract future investment in areas that will improve rural livelihoods in an environmentally sustainable manner. In this project, Abt Associates and its team of Indonesian specialists and subcontractors will implement the 21-step Village Boundary Setting/Resource Management (VBS/RM) methodology in collaboration with local communities and government through a participatory process.

Abt Associates is seeking Archivists who will be responsible for recording, collecting, and archiving documentation developed as part of the Village Boundary Setting and Resource Mapping (VBS/RM) process. This position will work within an assigned interdisciplinary Kecamantan Technical Team and coordinate with village participation teams, local governments, and the project staff to delineate and demarcate village administrative boundaries and map community resources in a participatory and coordinated manner. This position will report to a VBS/RM Team Leader and be responsible for leading the team’s data collection, storage, and reporting requirements consistent to contractual and project requirements and ensuring the quality of data generated by the assigned VBS/RM team. The position will be based in sub-district locations in Sumatra Barat or Jambi for five to six months. Frequent travel to assigned villages within the Kecamatan will be required.
Roles and Responsibilities
a. Data collection
• Ensure proper usage of project data collection instruments and tools developed by project management;
• Supervise and coordinate on-going data collection and data entry as required by project management;
• Train VBS/RM team staff on project’s data collection and storage systems and verification procedures.
b. Data management
• Ensure proper use of project database systems;
• Data error identification and adjustment;
c. Measurement
• Provide statistical analysis with needed controls as required by project management.
d. Reporting
• Prepare and provide data for regular and ad hoc reports required by PMAP 6 project.
e. Document and disseminate information as required by project.

Minimum Qualifications
a. Bachelor’s degree in data management, information technology, statistics or a relevant subject;
b. 2-3 years’ experience working in database management;
c. 2 years’ experience working with donor-funded projects;
d. Experience using qualitative and quantitative data collection tools and survey instruments;
e. Intermediate to advanced Microsoft programs skills,
f. Personable with good conflict mediation skills and the ability to collaborate efficiently and effectively with technical staff;
g. Experience in writing reports in Indonesian is mandatory. Experience in writing reports in English is an advantage;
h. Five month posting commitment in Sumatra Barat or Jambi. Extensive travel within region is required;
i. Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia, some knowledge of English helpful;
j. Experience and local knowledge in the Provinces of Sumatra Barat and Jambi are a plus.

Interested candidates may send a CV and cover letter to abt.pmap@gmail.com before Oct 03,2017. Only qualified candidates will be contacted.