I.             
Overview

The Indonesia Sustainable Ecosystems Advanced (SEA) Project is a
five-year contract that supports the Government of Indonesia to conserve
biological diversity and improve the governance of marine resources at local,
district, provincial and national levels. By using an ecosystem-based approach
to management and engaging key stakeholders, the SEA Project will 1) enhance conservation and sustainable use of marine resources by reforming fisheries management and
promoting marine protected areas to enhance fisheries
productivity, food and nutrition security, and sustainable livelihoods within
the target area; and 2) strengthen the leadership
role and capacity of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries and local governments to promote
conservation and sustainable fishing. The SEA Project is implemented by Tetra
Tech and a consortium of partners that includes Wildlife Conservation Society
(WCS), Coral Triangle Center (CTC) and WWF-Indonesia (WWF). The SEA Project
will run from March 2016 through March 2021.

The SEA Project is predicated on an
ecosystem approach to fisheries and marine resources management, which implies
that it will integrate across sectors and assist in the development of plans
and implementation actions that address biophysical, governance and
socio-economic concerns.  To accomplish
this vision of ecosystem approach and integration, it will need to formulate a
consistent level of baseline information for project areas so that actions and
longer-term plans will truly address the underlying issues and threats to the
geographic areas of focus.  Such an
approach will also provide a model for other areas in Indonesia and a
systematic means of scaling up coastal and marine resource management by local
districts, provinces and the national government.

The SEA Project will implement
activities in the three provinces —West Papua, North Maluku, and Maluku
Provinces—that lie within Indonesia’s Fishery Management Zone WWP-715. This
zone was chosen to be the site of the SEA Project because of the area’s high
marine biodiversity, status as a national priority area for fisheries, the
presence of small island provinces/districts, high rates of extreme poverty and
high vulnerability to climate change. The project will also operate at a
national scale to support specific activities of the Ministry of Marine
Affaires and Fisheries.

II.           
Background

The objectives of the SEA
Project are to:

• Support
  enhanced conservation and sustainable use of marine resources by reforming
  fisheries management and promoting marine protected areas to enhance
  fisheries productivity, food security, and sustainable livelihoods within
  the target areas.

• Support
  the strengthening of the leadership role and capacity of the MMAF and
  local governments to promote conservation and sustainable fishing.

Overall, at the end of
five years, USAID assistance through SEA will have improved the conservation
and management of Indonesia’s marine biodiversity through increased capacity
and the practical application of marine conservation and sustainable fisheries
management.  The SEA Project will recruit
a Marine Conservation Project Assistant/Coordinator to work with the technical
team in managing day to day project implementation.

III. Job Summary

The Marine Conservation Program Assistantis
responsible to support day to day management and coordination for implementing
the Marine Biodiversity and Conservation work plan activities supported by the
SEA Project to ensure the activities implemented within the defined timeline.  This
will include, but not limited, coordinating with SEA Project’s counterparts, partners
and SEA Project team to undertake required works for activity implementation
preparation, monitoring implementation to ensure activities are implemented in
accordance to designed objectives and outputs, reporting the activities
[including minutes of meetings, and progress reports] undertaken meets SEA
Project’s standards and requirement, and providing recommendations and lesson learns
for improvement. This is to ensure timely implementation of work plan activities, reporting and improved
approaches and implementation.

The
Marine Conservation Program Assistantis also to support conducting assessments needed in
designing and implementing Marine Conservation work plan activities to ensure
activities are developed and implemented based on robust scientific
justification and evidence and best known practices. The
Marine Conservation Program Assistantwill
work closely with the three Technical Advisors (Marine Biodiversity
Conservation Advisor, Sustainable Fisheries Advisor and Marine Policy and
Governance Advisor) as well as the COP/DCOP.

IV. Tasks

The Marine Conservation Program Assistantspecifically will, but will not be
limited to the following:

AMINISTRATIVE
AND REPORTING SUPPORT:

·        
Support tracking and management of project budget and
resource allocations as planned.

·        
Coordinate with contractors and partners to ensure
accurate and timely financial and narrative reporting of monthly, quarterly and
annual activities.

·        
Participate in strategic development of project
implementation, which includes developing work plans, TORs, budget plans,
initiating communication and coordinating with MMAF, provincial/district marine
and fishery offices and related agencies related to work plan implementation.

·        
Coordinate with MMAF, SEA Project
technical team and NGO implementers and others to coordinate project progress
and report inputs.

·        
Draft
workshop reports, handouts, status reports for review and finalization.

PROJECT
ACTIVITY SUPPORT

·        
Prepare
planning documents, invitations to activities, and communicate with
counterparts.

·        
Support
technical events and teams in documenting as reporter/technical writer
including drafting annexes, compiling data, taking photographs, creating diagrams,
conducting analysis, 

·        
Support timely implementation of work plan activities
under the Marine Protected Areas technical approach of the SEA Project by
coordinating any requested aspects of project activities under the guidance of
the Marine Biodiversity Conservation

·        
Conduct background research (2^ndary data),
assist in the collection of first hand data from assessments and
implementation, compile, conduct analysis and prepare technical reports.

·        
Liaison
with NGO and GoI technical teams, events and Ech 3/staff for data
exchange and coordination, collaboration

·        
Ensure
that lessons learned and best practices are incorporated into activities
and project design or adaptation.

·        
Engage with other relevant government agencies
including other ministries and provincial or district agencies to stimulate
better integration in planning and coordinating towards marine conservation,
protected areas and sustainable tourism.

·        
Join
field activities occasionally as technical support, observer or field assistant.

·        
Serve
as POC for logistics/support/escort for contractors on assignment with SEA.

·        
Translate
short documents or assist visitors, if appropriate/needed.

·        
Other
related tasks, as requested.

V. Qualifications          

If you are interested and qualified , please send your latest CV to : Jobs@SEA-Indonesia.org before March 28th, 2017. Please note the title of the position you are applying for in your submission email. 

Note: position titles may be adjusted to reflect level of experience of selected candidates.