Hivos Southeast Asia is an International non-governmental
organization guided by humanist values. It aims at structural poverty
alleviation with a strong focus on civil society building and sustainable
economic development. Hivos Southeast Asia provides financial support for local
NGOs, is active in networking, lobbying and exchanging knowledge and expertise.
For its Hivos Southeast Asia (Hivos SEA) seeks qualified Indonesian candidates
for the position of:

Title                              : Gender
Specialist TERANG-SII

Duty
Station                  : Jakarta based

Report
to                      : Project Manager Green Energy Sumba

Duration                        : One year with
possibility of extension

Functional
context

In December 2015, Hivos Southeast Asia signed a
partnership agreement with the Millennium Challenge Account-Indonesia (MCA-I)
which allows Hivos Southeast Asia to rapidly scale up renewable energy access
and income benefits by replicating the successful approaches and business
models developed under our Sumba Iconic Island (SII). The partnership agreement
is working to achieve two outcomes; improvement of rural livelihoods through
utilization of renewable energy in rural communities; and sustainable business
models to create market (energy market and energy appliances market) of
off-grid RE technologies adopted.

The Gender Specialist position is aimed to provide
support on mainstreaming gender into green energy projects in Hivos Southeast
Asia. Together with the other team members and local partners the Gender
Specialist plays a role in ensuring that gender components are well-represented
and implemented in project implementation and advocacy work in accordance with
project commitments and the mandate of Hivos. The position is Jakarta-based
with frequent travel, primarily to Eastern Indonesia.

The role of the Gender Specialist is to play a leading role in
mainstreaming gender into all activities of the Green Energy division in Hivos Hub SEA. This is done by contributing to
proposals and reports, writing training modules and (draft) policy documents,
developing instruments, documenting and researching gender issues related to
sustainable development, environmental issues, and access to resources and by
advocating and implementing awareness and training activities towards
community  members, government officials
and other stakeholders.  Furthermore, the
Gender Specialist is expected to contribute to strengthening capacity of Hivos staff,
partners and project team members to integrate gender analysis, issues, and
equity by developing approaches and methodologies for integrating gender issues
in Green Energy projects and initiatives

Roles and responsibilities

• Work in a team and communicate well with the
  colleagues/PO/PM;
• Ensure that a gender approach is integrated in
  in all Green Energy proposals;
• Integrate gender mainstreaming in existing
  Green Energy programmes/projects when appropriate;
• Prepare gender awareness programmes for team
  members and partners as deemed needed;
• Contribute to the development and
  implementation of gender sensitive monitoring systems.
• Where appropriate, develop a ToT programme for
  trainers to efficiently apply the gender monitoring system throughout the whole
  cycle from the design phase, implementation until the evaluation and phasing
  out phase;
• Develop manuals on gender mainstreaming in
  Green Energy programmes;
• Coordinate and contribute to knowledge

  development on gender through collecting and assessing documents on gender,
  gathering good practices and lessons learned, action research, inquiries and
  pilot projects, etc.;

• Contribute to dissemination of results and
  sharing of information through website articles, presentations, contributions
  to brochures, travelling exhibit, etc.;
• Advise on opportunities with donors and in the
  Indonesian society to apply gender sensitive activities.

Knowledge, experiences and competencies

1.    
Minimum bachelor
degree in social sciences. A master degree will be of advantage.

2.    
A minimum of 7 years of experience in gender mainstreaming

in development programmes/projects.

3.    
Strong knowledge of
gender, women, and development issues in Indonesia as well of the related civil society movement in Indonesia and knowledge of the challenges with respect to
gender mainstreaming, preferably within Renewable Energy programmes.

4.    
Experience in capacity
building (training), mentoring and knowledge development.

5.    
Experience in
coordination of research activities and Monitoring and Evaluation.

6.     Strong organizational administrative and
communication skills, particularly proficiency of speaking writing training report.

7.    
A good team worker, strong
personality, assertive initiatives.

8.    
Proven project design
and writing skills, also in English.

9.    
Can indicate his/her
limits in time, plan well, be assertive and decisive and independent.

What do we offer?

An inspiring and
dynamic working environment, dedicated colleagues and the possibility to work
for an ambitious new international initiative.

How to apply?

To apply for this
position please submit your CV and a cover letter to [email protected] not later
than October 25th  , 2016.

This is an opened
position at national level.

Please specify the position name you are applying
for (“Gender Specialist-SII”) in the
‘subject’ line of your email. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

For more information
about Hivos Southeast Asia, visit https://www.hivos.org/