GIZ for SUTRI NAMA Project: Advisor MRV & Environment in Transport
The
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is an
international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide
operations. Its corporate objective is to improve people’s living conditions on
a sustainable basis.
SUTRI
NAMA as registered with the UNFCCC aims to tackle challenges of growing urban
traffic congestion and increasing urban transport related greenhouse gas
emissions by transforming urban transport in Indonesia with a mix of
capacity-building and investment measures provided through a national
sustainable urban transport programme. The pilot phase of SUTRI NAMA will be
implemented starting from the year 2016 with support from the NAMA Facility
provided through GIZ as the delivery organization.
SUTRI
NAMA has been added a technical assistance component funded by the State
Secretariat of Economic Affairs of Switzerland (SECO). The new component
targets at technical advisory related to the development and start-up of bus
rapid transit (BRT) corridors in selected pilot cities of Indonesia. The
component will be active both at local and national level in the field of BRT
planning, project management support, BRT operations management, public
transport funding as well as reform of the private minibus-sector towards
participation in operating consortiums. At national level coordination has to
be sought between the several relevant line ministries; best-practice examples
/ project achievements have to be documented, published and promoted for
replication.
Further
information: www.transport-indonesia.org
We are seeking one qualified Indonesian candidate
for the following position:
Advisor MRV &
Environment in Transport
Responsibilities
The
responsibilities of the Advisor MRV & Environment will vary. The focus of
the position is on GHG emission in transport at national and city level,
including target setting, monitoring & evaluation of progress and project
results as well as liaison with officials (see specific tasks in section C); in
addition, the incumbent may be requested to support project leadership in
project management and results-based monitoring. Overarching result of the
advisor´s assignment is to establish a framework, implement procedures and provide
a thorough understanding and enabling of relevant counterpart staff about
GHG-emissions, climate & MRV in urban transport both at national level and
in the pilot cities of the project in order to meet the project´s targets.
Existing national and international methodologies and best practices are to be
studied and applied in the project context.
Additional
responsibilities could include any of the following activities:
- Provide technical advice and assistance on
climate issues and/or MRV of urban transport to the entire SUTRI NAMA project
team and stakeholders (government institutions, relevant organizations and
third parties, other projects within GIZ) - Manage international and national consultants
working on MRV - Together with relevant counterparts at national
and local level and the consultants, to establish a MRV system for urban
transport in Indonesia
A.
Tasks
Climate/MRVs
and Urban Transport
- Provide technical advice, inputs and
recommendation to the team and stakeholders related to sustainable urban
transport and climate/MRVs, including but not limited to training material,
capacity building concept, project implementation - Gather data and information from literature,
consultants, other staff, relevant stakeholders, or other resources and provide
technical summary and recommendation to the team and Team leader - Prepare and develop technical reports and
publications in the area of climate/MRVs in transport where required - Deliver oral and written contributions at senior
level to events, conferences and other outreach activities, which the project
engages in - Prepare training materials and conduct training
session in the area of climate/MRVs in transport both to national and city
level; - Develop Terms of Reference of consultants
related to urban transport and climate/MRVs - Together with the counterparts, the team and
relevant consultants, establish a MRV system for urban transport in Indonesia - Evaluate project progress identify chances and
weaknesses in project delivery and advise Team leader
Networking
and Cooperation
- Advise Team leader and independently conduct
liaison and communication with officials of partner ministries and institutions
(e.g. particularly institutional units responsible for climate &
environment such as the Indonesian Ministry for Environment
KLHK) - Be the contact person of the project to relevant
government institutions related to urban transport and climate/MRVs - Actively contribute to anchor the SUTRI NAMA
project within the global GIZ urban mobility and climate portfolios through
engagement in communication and collaboration and by presenting and
promoting SUTRI NAMA developments, approaches and lessons learnt as contribution
to global knowledge management; encourage any subordinate advisors accordingly - Manage counterpart expectations by maintaining
good communication and managing support interventions through project team - Advise Team leader and independently conduct
liaison and communication with officials of partner ministries and institutions - Bridge communication with Indonesian
counterparts and facilitate and promote project objectives, activities and
conduct.
Project Management (if operationally required, to an
extend assigned by the team leader)
- Assist team leader and relevant stakeholders
(including projects in municipalities) to develop annual work plan and
budgeting - Develop and implement a monitoring and
evaluation system and procedures based on agreed log frame and based on
relevant best practice and applicable standards - Develop monthly quarterly and annual project
reporting format and template to be used by all team members (including
projects in municipalities) - Gather, analyses and summarize data and
information related to project implementation - Monitor project implementation and develop
regular (monthly, quarterly, annual) project progress reports to relevant
stakeholders - Monitor technical implementation of
consultancies, provide report to Team leader where required - Provide recommendations to Team leader in
relevance to project progress and implementation, monitoring and
evaluation - Together with Office Manager, assist Team leader
to ensure that application of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) are in
place based on GIZ’ and donors’ requirements. - Revise or produce new SOPs if required
- Develop and review Terms of Reference of consultants
where required
Knowledge
Management
- Design and develop knowledge management system
of the project based on GIZ standards - Together with the project team: implement the
system, - Monitor and evaluate the implementation
- Continuously improve the system
General
Tasks
- Together with other staff, liaise with relevant
officials of government institutions and other stakeholders - If assigned to do so, take over the functional
and/or disciplinary lead of other technical advisors of the team - Answers inquiries, present and disseminate
information related to the project - Coordinate and attend relevant meetings,
workshops and trainings - Provide inputs and articles related to project
articles, website contents, and publication materials - Undertake any other duties as assigned by the
Team leader
B.
Required qualifications, competences and experience
- Minimum Bachelor degree in environment or urban
transport or other related subjects; - At least 5 years’ experience in managing
projects in development works with international cooperation at national level; - Experience and networks within the relevant
Indonesian public sector (at level of echelon 1-3); - Strong methodological and conceptual skills in
project management; - Experience in institutional & policy
analysis, development of legal and administrative documents and capacity
building will be an advantage; possibly in environmental related subjects; - Experience in managing projects with budgets
more than three million Euro and including activities in several cities
will be an advantage; - Experience in the fields of climate policy and
mitigation / emission reduction, urban mobility, the transport sector or urban
development would be an advantage; - Extensive experience in dealing and working with
multi-cultural stakeholders, including government institutions at national and
local levels, non-government institutions, donors, etc.: experience in
facilitating, liaising and building consensus amongst stakeholders will be an
advantage; - Excellent written and spoken in English and
Bahasa Indonesia; German language skills would be an advantage; - Travel to the project sites (several cities
across Indonesia).
Duty Station: Jakarta
Expect to Join: a.s.a.p
Direct Superior: Principal Advisor of SUTRI NAMA Project
Interested candidates should submit a motivation letter, CV,
trainings attended and list of references (a must), addressed to [email protected]. The closing date to
submit the application letter is on 21 May 2017.
Please
indicate your application by putting the following code in the subject line: SN-MRV&ET
Please name your file as follow
format:
Letter/CV/Latest Education Certificate] (i.e: Putra Pangeran_CV or Putra Pangeran_Motivation Letter or
Putra Pangeran_Reference)
Only short-listed
candidates will be notified