Job Description
Social and Communications Facilitator for
Village Boundary Setting and Resource Mapping (VBS/RM) Kecamatan Technical Team

Description

Abt Associates has been selected by the Millennium Challenge Account-Indonesia to implement the one-year Participatory Mapping and Planning (PMaP) 6 project. Through this project Abt Associates will help over 300 rural villages in fifteen districts throughout the country to delineate and demarcate their boundaries and map their resources to attract future investment in areas that will improve rural livelihoods in an environmentally sustainable manner. In this project, Abt Associates and its team of Indonesian specialists and subcontractors will implement the 21-step Village Boundary Setting/Resource Management (VBS/RM) methodology in collaboration with local communities and government through a participatory process.

Abt Associates is seeking Social and Communications Facilitators who will work closely with village participation teams, villagers, local governments, and project staff for three to five villages to delineate and demarcate village administrative boundaries and map community resources in a participatory and coordinated manner. This position will work within an assigned interdisciplinary Kecamantan Technical Team which will include approximately nine other staff, half working on social components and half working on geospatial components. The position will directly report to the team’s Community Liaison/Coordination Specialist. The position will be based in sub-district locations in Sumatra Barat or Jambi for five to six months. Frequent travel to assigned villages within the Kecamatan will be required.

Roles and Responsibilities

a. Facilitate village-level activities in the 21-step VBS/RM approach according to MCA-Indonesia’s Guidelines;
b. Work directly with and support the work of the Community Liaison/Coordination Specialist;
c. Identify and map community groups and key leaders (including women, youth, farmers, business, religious, indigenous/customary groups) and any civil society organizations or associations which represent the community and determine their roles and influence in the respective villages;
d. Involve the local community members in the participatory VBS/RM process, including understanding the process, having their concerns recognized and addressed, understanding their rights and responsibilities in the process and the impact on their livelihoods and the need for their consent to the results of the process;
e. Assist the VBS/RM team and the Village Participation Team in the mediation of land-based disputes that arise during the VBS/RM process, as possible;
f. Work with the Village Participation Teams in the identification of critical cultural and natural resource areas, the determination of village boundaries, the preparation of maps and sketches, collection of verbal and written information and collection of village history;
g. Actively lead, facilitate and participate in all interactions, meetings and technical sessions with the community.

Minimum Qualifications:

a. Degree in social science, anthropology, or community development;
b. Experience working on community development projects of at least five years;
c. Familiarity with cartography and technical surveying and mapping techniques;
d. These years of extensive experience facilitating community meetings and community organization;
e. Demonstrated experience in facilitating mediation of disputes;
f. Demonstrated experience in participatory methodologies;
g. Extensive experience working with local cultures and in different socioeconomic contexts;
h. Ability to communicate in the language of the people living in the assigned geographic areas;
i. Five month posting commitment in Sumatra Barat or Jambi. Extensive travel within region is required;
j. Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia, some knowledge of English helpful;
k. Experience and local knowledge in the Provinces of Sumatra Barat and Jambi are a plus.

Interested candidates may send a CV and cover letter to abt.pmap@gmail.com before Oct 03,2017. Only qualified candidates will be contacted.