VACANCY
Chemonics International Inc.
USAID BIJAK Project (Bangun Indonesia Untuk Jaga Alam Demi Keberlanjutan)

Chemonics International seeks applications for
an Environmental Enterprise Development Specialist on the newly awarded USAID
BIJAK project.

Position: Environmental
Enterprise Development Specialist
Date of Hire: July 18^th,
2016
Type: Fixed-term employment
Period: 2 years (with possible
extension)

Project Overview

USAID’s BIJAK (Bangun
Indonesia Untuk Jaga Alam Demi Keberlanjutan) is a Jakarta-based, five-year
project implemented by Chemonics International. The overarching objective of
USAID’s BIJAK project is to address the constellation of market forces,
financial incentives, policy levers, social norms and values driving
deforestation and biodiversity loss in order to promote enduring changes in
individual and organizational behavior which reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions and conserve valuable marine and terrestrial biodiversity. To realize
this object, BIJAK will work through national instruments and systems to impact
the following:

• Number
  of national level laws, policies, regulations, decrees, procedures, or fiscal
  and budgetary practices reformed, revised, adopted and/or applied with USG
  assistance in order to reduce GHG emissions, reduce wildlife trafficking, and
  conserve valuable terrestrial and marine biodiversity.
• Improved
  capacity and willingness of Indonesian institutions and organizations to
  address biodiversity conservation, especially wildlife trafficking, and climate
  change as a result of USG assistance
• Number
  of businesses engaged in extensive land-use practices, especially palm oil,
  developing green business practices and sharing them widely with others in
  their industry with USG assistance.
• Amount
  of investment leveraged in USD from private and public sources for biodiversity
  conservation and/or climate change as a result of USG assistance
• Public
  opinion and behaviors changed as a result of advocacy campaigns developed and
  implemented with USG support to support targeted terrestrial and marine
  biodiversity conservation and low carbon development issues.
• Model(s)
  for successful low emissions development and forest conservation developed and
  shared with USG assistance at all levels of government and with other key
  stakeholders.

Position Responsibilities

• Advises
  and supports the Deputy Chief of Party in the development and implementation of
  a comprehensive private sector strategy, which includes reforms to both the regulatory
  environment and to industry best practices, to promote conservation-oriented
  best practices within Indonesian extractive industries, with a focus on the
  palm oil sector.
• Liaises
  and collaborates with government counterparts and key public and private
  stakeholders to establish strategic relationships and partnerships
• Guides
  day-to-day direction of all BIJAK activities related to private sector
  engagement, including oversight of subcontractors and grantees.

Minimum
Qualifications

• Advanced
  degree in natural resource management, environmental law, environmental
  economics, or a related field
• Minimum
  of five years of relevant professional experience in Indonesia, including a
  track record of effective engagement with the private sector on environmental
  or land use issues
• Experience
  leveraging public-private partnerships and implementing reform in the palm oil
  industry highly preferred
• Fluent
  in Bahasa Indonesia; excellent written and oral communications in English
• Demonstrated
  leadership, versatility, and integrity

Instructions

If

you are interested and qualified for the Environmental Enterprise Development
Specialist position on BIJAK, please send your latest CV to [email protected] by
July 12, 2016. Early
submissions encouraged. Please note the title of the position you are
applying for in your submission email.