Program Background

Chemonics is preparing for an upcoming solicitation entitled, the Indonesia Infrastructure and Climate Finance investment Facility expected in Autumn of 2025. The goal of this investment will be to support Indonesia’s sustainable and inclusive economic transformation by mobilising high quality investment in infrastructure and supporting Indonesia’s just transition to net-zero emissions.

About Chemonics
At Chemonics, we promote meaningful change around the world, helping people live healthier, more productive, and more independent lives. From our founding in 1975, we have worked in more than 140 countries to help our clients, partners, and beneficiaries face difficult challenges, from political instability to limited healthcare to a lack of market infrastructure. We have helped them overcome those challenges by working together to find and implement innovative projects that achieve development impact. We are committed to living our values of caring, excellence, innovation, integrity, and opportunity to implement efficient and effective programs that build a better future for those we serve. We are proud to have worked in Indonesia for more than 47 years across a range of sectors.  For more information about Chemonics, please see www.chemonics.com.

About The Roles

Facility Director

The Facility Director provides strategic and operational leadership across all facility components, ensuring alignment with DFAT’s development priorities and delivery to high standards.

Responsibilities:

• Lead strategic planning and implementation of facility activities.
• Represent as senior-most position in discussions with government, donor, private sector, civil society, and development partners.
• Oversee performance management, staff development, and team culture.
• Manage subcontractors and delivery partners compliantly.
• Ensure the integration of Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) principles in all facility activities across all implementing countries.
• Ensure compliance with DFAT policies, including GEDSI, safeguarding, and financial accountability.
• Manage risk, reporting, and adaptive learning processes.
• Coordinate with other DFAT and donor-funded programs to build upon synergies and avoid duplication.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree in economics, law, business administration, or similar area and 10 years of experience, or bachelor’s degree and 15 years of experience required in technically relevant work
• At least 10 years of senior level management experience in the design, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of activities of a complex program.
• Skillful in high-level strategic leadership and effective stakeholder management, with experience successfully building and maintaining relationships with counterparts, particularly senior-level officials from the government, private sector, and civil society.
• Proven leadership in managing complex development programs.
• Strong understanding of DFAT’s strategic priorities and aid modalities.
• Experience successfully working in Indonesia and region preferred.
• Expertise in blended finance, grants management, GEDSI, and climate preferred.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Applied use of political economy analysis, MEL, and CLA.
• Fluency in verbal and written English. Understanding of Indonesia Bahasa would be an advantage.

Climate Finance Officer

The Climate Finance Officer will inform the strategic design and implementation of climate finance enabling environment and programmatic activities.

Responsibilities:

• Lead climate finance partnership facilitation, engaging with investors to identify opportunities to secure private funding in support of climate change mitigation and adaptation
• Oversee financial models, financial analysis, and provide deal structuring recommendations as appropriate
• Identify and scale innovative investment solutions that can be tailored to the needs of diverse groups
• Enhance capacity of the private sector (e.g., finance, investment, corporate) to make their investments more inclusive of and responsive to the priorities of underrepresented communities including women and indigenous populations.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree and 5years of experience, or bachelor’s degree and 10 years of experience required in technically relevant work
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in capital mobilization, investment facilitation, impact investing, and/or blended finance
• Minimum 5 years of experience leading sector analysis, investment opportunities and deals, financing solutions, and leveraging strategic relationships
• Well-developed analytical skills, such as investment analysis, systems analysis, market reviews or benchmarking, financial and economic modelling
• Direct investment transaction experience in emerging markets required
• Fluency in verbal and written English. Understanding of Indonesia Bahasa would be an advantage.

MERL Director

The MERL Director leads the strategic direction, implementation, and oversight of the facility’s MERL system. This role ensures that monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning activities are coherent, inclusive, and aligned with DFAT standards, enabling evidence-based decision-making and adaptive management.

Responsibilities:

• Set and maintain the MERL system for the facility.
• Ensure system coherence, relevance, and alignment with DFAT’s performance and safeguarding standards.
• Lead integration of cross-cutting themes such as GEDSI, climate resilience, and inclusive governance.
• Oversee design and implementation of data collection, analysis, and reporting tools.
• Ensure quality assurance across all MERL outputs and evaluations.
• Guide the use of mixed-methods research and participatory approaches.
• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary MERL team across countries or program components.
• Build capacity of partners and stakeholders in MERL principles and tools.
• Foster a culture of learning, reflection, and adaptation.
• Prepare high-quality reports, learning products, and performance assessments.
• Contribute to public diplomacy and knowledge-sharing platforms.

Requirements:

• Postgraduate qualifications in evaluation, development studies, economics, or related fields preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in MERL leadership roles, preferably in DFAT or donor-funded programs.
• Strong understanding of DFAT’s MEL standards and OECD DAC evaluation criteria.
• Experience with feminist MERL, GEDSI integration, and climate-sensitive evaluation.
• Experience in data analytics and automation preferred.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and team leadership skills.
• Fluency in verbal and written English. Understanding of Indonesia Bahasa would be an advantage.

Application Instructions

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please provide your CV and cover letter (mapping your experience against the qualifications and indicating the position) to DFATIndonesia@chemonics.com by September 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET. No telephone inquiries, please. Chemonics will contact short-listed candidates.

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