South Sorong Livelihood Coordinator
Konservasi Indonesia is a national foundation established to support sustainable development in the country. We are the main partner of Conservation International in Indonesia. For more information, please visit: www.konservasi-id.org
We envision a healthy and prosperous Indonesia where biodiversity is valued and preserved. With offices and project sites across Indonesia, we promote a sustainable landscape-seascape approach and establish partnerships with multiple stakeholders across sectors and jurisdictions to deliver lasting impacts for people and nature in Indonesia.
As we are constantly expanding, we are currently hiring to fill the following position for our office in Sorong Selatan:
South Sorong Livelihood Coordinator
(Code: SSL-C)
Yayasan Konservasi Indonesia (KI), the main partner of Conservation International (CI) in Indonesia, envisions a healthy and prosperous Indonesia where biodiversity is valued and preserved. With offices and project sites across Indonesia, we promote a sustainable landscape-seascape approach and establish partnerships with multiple stakeholders across sectors and jurisdictions to deliver lasting impacts for people and nature in Indonesia.
In the last two years KI has expand its support in forestry sector to South Sorong. It is a regency that is home to large extend of critical ecosystems. Significant part of South Sorong area is classified as area of high value for biodiversity. South Sorong forests provide critical ecosystem services, and its sustainability is important not only for wildlife, but also global climate stability as well as the prosperity and resilience of the local, nature-dependant indigenous communities. South Sorong Livelihood Coordinator will be responsible in coordinating KI’s efforts to develop existing livelihood opportunities in South Sorong, to bring added social, environmental, and economic benefit, that can improve communities’ prosperity, and either directly support forest protection and management, or indirectly give positive impacts by reducing threats to the forest.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work closely with communities to build their capacities in developing or improving forest-positive income streams.
- Coordinate the development and implementation of business model of the selected livelihood options in South Sorong
- Provide analysis and coordinate the implementation of activities for improved supply and value chains of local commodities.
- Explore potential markets for sustainable commodities produced by local communities and facilitate access to the selected markets
- Coordinate and work closely with relevant government offices at district and province levels such as agriculture office, industry office, community development offices, etc. to obtain support and ensure alignment with the existing and future programs.
- Undertake necessary assessment for social and environmental safeguard of livelihood-development initiative implemented.
- Collaborate with teams across KI and partners to help ensure the sustainability of impact of forest-based enterprise developed in South Sorong.
- Coordinate data collection and management on people transformed in livelihood sector. Work with KI’s Monitoring and Evaluation team on the tracking of impact for this aspect.
- Perform related duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Individual with open mind, strong interpersonal skills.
- Minimum of bachelor’s degree and 5 years or more related experience.
- Understanding of environmental and socio-economic issues in forestry sector in Tanah Papua.
- Experience in working directly with Papuan indigenous communities, especially in developing forestry-related social enterprise.
- Ability to diagnose problems and identify solutions.
- Fluency in written and spoken English.
- Ability to set priorities and deliver quality results.
WORKING CONDITIONS
- This position to be based in South Sorong field office. While the work will generally be based in the office with a standard work schedule, the staff will be expected to spend long periods in outdoor.
Please send your current resume and cover letter (no more than 4 pages) to:
Please fill the “subject” column of the e-mail with this format:
< SSL-C > – < your name >
Closing date for the application is Apr 11, 2024
(Only short-listed candidates will be notified).