Term
of Reference – KARINA
Yogyakarta “Advocacy Officer”  

A.  
Background
 KARINA (Caritas Indonesia) is the humanitarian arm of the Bishops’
Conference of Indonesia based in East Jakarta and is officially considered as a
member of the Caritas Internationalis confederation. Established in mid-2006,
it recently completed its first strategic planning in early 2008. One of the
results of the strategic planning is the identification of 3 (three) main
divisions: Programs Division, Support Division and Total Quality Management
Division. KARINA (Caritas Indonesia) acts as a coordinating and facilitating

body for all the 37 Dioceses incorporated under the Bishops’ Conference of
Indonesia.The
Netherlands Red Cross, CARE Netherlands, Cordaid, Wetlands International and
Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre have formed a global alliance to reduce
the impact of hazards on vulnerable communities. We call ourselves the Partners
for Resilience (PfR) and aim to support 750.000 to 1.000.000 people in 9
countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Uganda, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Indonesia,
the Philippines and India. The five-partner organizations will collaborate on
the intersection of Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation and
Ecosystem Management and Restoration, through three strategic intervention
areas: strengthening community resilience, civil society capacity building and
policy dialogue at all levels. In Indonesia, the Partners for Resilience
include: Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), Netherlands Red Cross, CARE International
Indonesia, Wetlands International Indonesia Programme (WIIP), KARINA, and The
Red Cross Crescent Climate Centre. PfR in Indonesia (2011-2015) worked with 38 villages in Nusa
Tenggara Timur. In 2016, a
program called Strategic Partnership is launched in Netherlands to follow up
the achievement gained by Partner for Resilience program worldwide with the
main agenda for Lobbying and Advocacy at all levels (District, Province and National).  In line with the agenda of Strategic Partnership, in 2016 KARINA Yogyakarta seeks to increase policy
influence emphasizing on:

• Promoting
  the integration of watershed management through landscape approach into
  village and district development plans, including district spatial plan in
  Nusa Tenggara Timur. This will be evidence brought to National level for
  wider influence on national development agenda, especially related to integrated
  risk management and building community resilience.
• Focusing
  the national advocacy on the implementation of Sustainable Development
  Goals, especially for Goal 6, 11, and 13, Sendai Framework for Disaster
  Risk Reduction, and resilient city and village. It will also promote best
  practices of those implementations at district/city level through channeling
  to local development planning and monitoring. 

B.  
Position Scope of Work Advocacy Officer will work to support the lobbying and advocacy activities
conducted by partners in NTT and will report directly to KARINA Yogyakarta National Advocacy Specialist. He/She will work
closely with National Advocacy Specialist and KARINA Yogyakarta Program Manager. He/She must also facilitates communication,
positive influencing and fostering linkages between project supported
interventions and District government’s plan and program.B.1. Main Responsibilities

• Support KARINA Yogyakarta
  project and its partners in planning and implementing advocacy and lobby strategies with local
  government and other actors
• Maintain strong and positive relations with district (and provincial when needed) and other key actors, assure excellent understanding
  of local policy context and ensure recognition of opportunities are well
  communicated within the KARINA Yogyakarta team

B.2. Specific Functions

• Identify advocacy and lobby opportunities, assess capacities, gaps,
  challenges at local level to
  provide KARINA Yogyakarta an advocacy and lobbying
  strategy during the implementation of the Strategic Partnership project
• Assisting partners in preparing advocacy
  materials, communicating those with local governments, and together with
  partners conducting various advocacy activities to propose the project
  agenda into government policies
• Document best practices and results of
  supporting communities and CSO to strengthen communication and engagement
  with local government and other actors on integrated risk management and
  impact on targeted policies and programs
• Strategically building and maintaining relevant
  advocacy and lobby networks at local level, and channeling with partners
  to more effectively advocating the project agenda
• Represent KARINA Yogyakarta and build good relations with local authorities
  and relevant organizations
• Assist KARINA Yogyakarta
  partners to organize, implement, and facilitate workshops and events related
  to capacity building and advocacy activities at local level
• Participate in KARINA Yogyakarta team coordination meetings
• Submit regular updates to the KARINA Yogyakarta Program Manager indicating updates, emerging results and
  challenges faced
• Document project outputs in-line with Planning-Monitoring-Evaluation
  system and innovations, lessons and practices at local level to support
  advocacy and lobby efforts, and at project level as a basis of project
  development

C.  
Technical
QualificationRequired for
“Advocacy Officer”

• Experience of advocacy and lobby in the field
  of Integrated Risk Management with proven experience in working with
  communities, Civil Society Organizations, local and municipal government, and
  other key actors to facilitate effective communication as a basis of
  policy influencing

• Knowledge and
  understanding of policy process, development planning procedure, and
  legislative procedure at local level
• Have experience and
  show understanding of Integrated Risk Management (planning, budgeting and
  legislative process)
• Good communication,
  documentation and writing skills, e.g. preparing policy briefs / articles
  and presentations
• Experience working
  within and contributing to an M&E framework and the identification of
  innovation and opportunities

1. WORKING PRINCIPLES

1.          
Deus Caritas Est, especially
second part, about organized charity action.2.          
Based on KARINA and Caritas Internationalis
guiding values and principles.3.   
Working in a team,
internally with program staffs and working team from
other institution.4.   
Good planning and good
implementation.5.   
Participatory and communicative.6.   
Efficient, accurate, supportive
and responsible.7.   
No corruption.8.   
Accountable and transparent
(have to appropriate with what had been spent and had been accepted, also show
supportive evidence). This position is Short
Term Technical Consultant and will be based in Maumere, Sikka, Nusa Tenggara Timur,
Indonesia with frequent travel to Yogyakarta and Jakarta. The contract period
will be from February, 2017 to April 30, 2017 with a possible extension up to
31st December 2017 based on the performance. We offer you a competitive
remuneration for this post. Application, CV and
contact details for 3 references should be submitted by e-mail to:
[email protected] at the latest January 31st 2017.