I.             

Overview

The USAID
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 Area (FMA)-715. This FMA 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 and Role in SEA
Project

At the end of five
years, the SEA project is expected to improve the conservation and management
of Indonesia’s marine biodiversity through improved capacity and practical
application of marine conservation and sustainable fisheries management.
High-level results that must be achieved by the completion of the project are:

1.    
At

least six million hectares in the target WPP or sub-WPP under improved fisheries
management as a result of USG assistance, measured through the MMAF EAFM and
MPA Effectiveness Index scores or other approved national or international
standards, disaggregated by national, provincial and district jurisdiction, and
by whether within or outside MPAs.

2.    
At
least six policies, laws, regulations, and/or operational protocols in support
of marine conservation and sustainable fisheries management created,
strengthened, promulgated, and/or enforced at all levels.

3.    
Key
drivers and highest-rated pressures to marine biodiversity show a declining
trend in the target areas.

In the light of
this mandate, the SEA Project is expected to improve fisheries management and
sustainability of fishery resources in Indonesia, and in particular in FMA 715.

Fisheries is a market-driven sector of
the food industry. Fisheries products of Indonesia are consumed in Indonesia
and also exported to other countries. The opportunity of Indonesia to increase
its export of sustainable fishery products is indicated by the stagnation of
world fisheries production. Indonesia takes this opportunity to accelerate its
economic development in the near future in order to improve the Indonesian
economy since the economy in rural areas does not develop without guidance and
assistance. The President of the Republic of Indonesia has issued the
Presidential Instruction to four Coordinating Ministers, 12 Ministers,
Governors, Regents, Mayors and other State Officials to accelerate the
development of the national fisheries industry (The Presidential Instruction
no. 7 of year 2016 on the Acceleration of National Fisheries Industry
Development). To implement the Presidential Instruction, MMAF has requested the
SEA Project to support in the preparation of draft policy on the Acceleration of
Sustainable National Fisheries Industry Development, particularly for the
Indonesia’s priority outer islands. Focusing on Morotai Island as part of
Indonesia’s priority outer islands, this is an opportunity for the SEA Project
to support Indonesia to sustain its fishery resources by taking into account
the limit of fishing industry to grow in the Acceleration of National Fisheries
Industry Development.

To
follow-up the request of the MMAF, The SEA Project is recruiting the
Sustainable Fisheries Development Policy Specialist (SFDPS) to assist MMAF in
the preparation of draft policy on the Acceleration of National Fishery Industry
Development. The assignment will be conducted in Jakarta, Indonesia, with
travel to project areas in FMA 715 or other areas as required.

III. Job Summary

Under
direct supervision of Deputy Chief of Party and regular consultation with Senior
Fisheries Advisor, and to a lesser extent with Sustainable Fisheries Advisors,
Governance Advisor, as well as Biodiversity Advisor, the SFD Policy Specialist is
responsible to carry out the following:

1.    
Desk study and field work for profiling fishing and fish processsing
industries in Indonesia;

1. Facilitation of Focus
   groups discussions (FGD) with relevant MMAF units and relevant
   stakeholders to identify and prioritize issues, and opportunity and
   challenge in the development of national fishery industries, in particular
   in Indonesia’s priority outer islands;
2. Preparation of a draft
   policy on the Acceleration of National Fisheries Industry Development consolidating
   result from desk study, field work and FGD, with a focus on Morotai Island
   as part of Indonesia’s priority outer islands;
3. Facilitation in a workshop
   with relevant MMAF units and relevant stakeholders to present results of
   the fisheries profiling and the draft policy on the Acceleration of
   National Fisheries Industry Development, with a focus on Morotai Island as
   part of Indonesia’s priority outer islands;
4. Finalization of the draft
   policy on the Acceleration of National Fisheries Industry Development.

IV. Tasks and Deliverables

The
SFDPS will complete the following deliverables:

·        
Monthly updates, in a format prescribed by SEA;

·        
Day-by-day activity records (time sheets);

·        
Detailed reports and insights on any trips, workshops and/or
meetings involving the Policy Specialist during the work plan period;

·        
Copies of any presentations prepared under SEA;

·        
Draft policy on the Acceleration of Sustainable National
Fisheries Industry Development, with a focus on Morotai Island, North Maluku.

The
Policy Specialist will provide all written outputs as Microsoft Word documents,
and as ready-to-print PDFs.

 VI. Qualifications        

VII. Supervision
        

For this assignment the Policy Specialist will report to the DCOP

VIII.       Post of Assignment

he
assignment will be conducted in Indonesia, based in the SEA Project office in
Jakarta. This assignment may require occasional travel to field locations
within Indonesia.

IX.        
Time
Frame and Level of Effort

The
period of this assignment will begin on or about January 15, 2016 and be
completed on or about March 15, 2017 (2 months). The level of effort will be 40
days.

When you are interested on the above position and consider that you possess the necessary qualification, please submit your job application consisting of updated curriculum vitae, this work and/or this organization to

 [email protected].

Please fill the ‘subject’ column of the e-mail in this format “GIS Assistant” _(name of candidate).

Deadline

January 15, 2017

No correspondence, only short-listed candidates will be notified