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              :  Regional Advocacy Officer Green and Inclusive
Energy

Duty
Station : 
Jakarta, Indonesia

Duration       : 
One year

The Regional Advocacy Officer Green and
Inclusive Energy is part of the Green Energy Team in Jakarta and reports
directly to the Senior Programme Manager Climate, Energy and Development in
Hivos Head Office under supervision of the Green Energy Programme Development
Manager in Jakarta.

Functional context

In 2015, Hivos Global Office and several
international civil society organisations partnering with the Dutch government
launched a five-year lobby and advocacy programme called the Strategic
Partnership Green and Inclusive Energy (SP-Energy). The programme is globally
led but nationally designed, aims at empowering and engaging citizens in order
to way the public debate and increasing social pressure towards change in the
energy agenda.

The programmes implement
evidence-based advocacy and adopts the combination of two L&A (Lobby and
Advocacy) tracks: challenging and confrontational tactics towards established
interests (‘outside track’) and cooperative, working with institutional and
business actors to help develop their capacities to act more responsively and
accountably (‘inside track’). By doing this, the programme aims to translate
activism into real change. This means that it brings together stakeholders of
diverse backgrounds behind a common goat; to pursue viable solutions to
persistent problems.

At the Hivos Southeast Asia hub, SP-Energy is
collaborating with three local frontrunner CSOs from various themes: energy,
gender and consumer’s protection. The alliance has formed a strong partnership
where each member contributes based on its respective expertise,
complementarity and added value.

In October 2016, SP-Energy
Southeast Asia held its kick-off meeting. Among the outputs was the national
Theory of Changes (ToC), which forms the basis of SP-Energy activities in the next
five years. The national ToC shows two key strategies: capacity building (CD)
and lobby and advocacy (L&A). The CD agenda aims to prepare the alliance to
become influential and knowledgeable advocates in the field of energy, while
the L&A agenda aims to push GOI to generate policies, regulations,
incentives and budgets to support the development of decentralised green and
social, gender inclusive energy systems.

The Regional
Advocacy Officer Green and Inclusive Energy manages and implements both the
advocacy agenda and the day-to-day project management of the SP-Energy in
Southeast Asia. S(h)e positions and profiles the SP-Energy, engages in the
energy debate and communicates with stakeholders in the broadest sense to
generate the moral and political support needed to successfully implement the
two SP-Energy agendas. The Regional Advocacy Officer is also responsible for
working in close liaison with alliance organisations, building and developing
advocacy capacity and ensuring partners’action in the area of advocacy. The
programme also includes national and international research, relevant for
(inter)national energy advocacy.

   Roles
and responsibilities

–       To manage and implement both the advocacy and
the project management dimensions of the SP-Energy in Southeast Asia.

–       To manage the existing and new energy advocacy
contracts with partner civil societies, consultants and others

–       To work closely with the Green Energy Team in
developing advocacy strategies of Hivos in Southeast Asia.

–       Actively engage in energy access
meetings/discussions and provide support to civil society organizations engaged
in energy access advocacy work in Southeast Asia.

–       Build and improve networks with non-energy
interest groups and CSOs, e.g. around health, consumers and trade unions

–       To develop networks and strategies with the
private sector for a joint approach in energy access advocacy.

–        To design
and Implement capacity development strategies for Hivos Southeast Asia and its
partners on energy advocacy

–       To develop advocacy positions and materials in
close coordination with the global climate and energy team.

–       To represent Hivos Southeast Asia in (advocacy)
meetings in Southeast Asia and act as spokesperson for Hivos on these issues

–       Identify and analyze new approaches, cooperation
and funding for green and fair energy systems and Hivos role in this

–      
To contribute to
Hivos overall organizational and policy development.

Knowledge, experiences and competencies

–       A master degree in environmental policies,
sustainable energy, environmental and natural resource management, economics of
natural resources, public policy, political science or other relevant fields.
(or Bachelor degree with several years of relevant experience)

–      
5 to 7 years of
work experience in a relevant sector

–      
An excellent
understanding of energy and development policies and experience in lobby
advocacy work.

–      
 Excellent communication skills including
public speaking in English and Bahasa Indonesia

–      
Strong
interpersonal communication and negotiation and leadership skills with private
sector, civil society organizations, government officials and communities

–      
Good
understanding of and strong affinity with civil society, in particular with
non-governmental organizations

–      
Capacity and
willingness to strategize and work closely with private sector actors and
government bodies

–      
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.

Regional
Advocacy Officer Green and Inclusive Energy 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 30 April 2017.

This
is an opened position at national level.

Please
specify the position name you are applying for (‘Regional Advocacy Officer Green Energy’) in the ‘subject’ line of
your email.  Only shortlisted candidates
will be notified.

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