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                  :  Project Manager GADING/PROFARM

Duty Station      :  Jakarta

Report
to          :  Coordinator/Program
Development Manager Sustainable Food Hivos Southeast Asia
Duration            :  11 (eleven) months

Functional
Context

Under its Green Prosperity Project, Millennium Challenge Account
Indonesia (MCA-I) has granted funds for a project initiated by Hivos together
with its consortium partners Yayasan Rumah Energi (YRE) and Wageningen
University and Research Center (WUR), which is titled Gathering and
Dissemination of Information and Green Knowledge for a Sustainable Integrated
Farming Workforce in Indonesia (GADING).

The
Project Manager GADING/ PROFARM will be responsible for professional
implementation of the Hivos GADING and PROFARM projects, which aim at research,
knowledge dissemination and workforce and enterprise development around the
utilization of bioslurry and Lemna production as part of mixed farming systems.
Key responsibilities include acting as a dynamic and inspiring team leader;
directing the delivery of project results including donor reports; mobilising
and securing resources; and managing project staff.

The
Project Manager is a key staff employed by Hivos who will be responsible for
supervising the entire project team. This includes YRE and WUR personnel, as
well as partners from local research/ education institutes. He/she will
supervise four Organic Fertilizer Officers (OFO) who are located in the project
office in Yogyakarta, Bandung, Mataram, Waingapu. With full support of finance
manager and program assistant, he/she will also work with our specialists in
food, gender, and biology to achieve the goals of the project.

Roles and
responsibilities

1.  
Take responsibility for project delivery in line with Hivos commitments
to donors, and ensuring donor satisfaction. This includes ensuring that outputs
and activities are systematically addressed in a timely and professional
manner, through proper planning, implementation, reporting and evaluation of
GADING and the embedded PROFARM project. The project manager will also ensure
proper deployment of people and resources, and monitoring associated budgets.

2.  
Lead and ensure close coordination between a mixed team of Hivos staff,
YRE staff, WUR experts, local research/ education partners and consultants in
reaching the project outputs.

3.  
Establish bioslurry management and business development as an important
aspect of mixed farming in Indonesia, and put bioslurry business and duckweed
cultivation on the agenda of GoI agencies;

4.  
Work closely with the BIRU (Biogas Rumah) team to optimize the use of
bioslurry by biogas owners;

5.  
Properly represent the GADING and PROFARM project to donors (MCAI and
WOTRO) and to all relevant stakeholders at the regional level;

6.  
Promote a creative and inclusive learning environment, and play a lead
role in coordinating GADING Knowledge Management activities together with
consortium members and partners, including data gathering, codification,
translation, curriculum development, sharing and assessment

7.  
Show leadership to project staff in key activities, including for
community engagement and applied research activities, and ensure that the
project develops and maintains a knowledge database;

8.   Undertake the management of knowledge
gathering and dissemination during project execution.

Knowledge, experiences and competencies

–      
At least
bachelor’s degree of any major from a reputable university;

–      
At least 5
years of experience in development work;

–      
Experience
working as project manager;

–      
Experience
in the areas of rural enterprise and agricultural development, and applied
research, knowledge management and dissemination are strongly preferred;

–      
Work
experience in an international environment is preferred;

–      
Good
command of English language;

–      
Able to
cooperate and communicate well with peers and stakeholders;

–      
Willing
to travel domestically and internationally for related events.

–      
Having
respect for humanitarian or humanist principles and willing to work in a non-
discriminating, neutral, impartial and gender equal environment.

What do we offer?

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

Project Manager
GADING/PROFARM graded in Grade: 10-11 (from 1-12 Hivos’s SEA salary grade).

How to apply?

To apply for this
position please submit your CV and a cover letter to [email protected] no later than 7^th April 2017.

Please specify the position name you are applying
for (‘PM GADING’) 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/