Vacancy: Environmental Enterprise Development Associate – USAID BIJAK Project

VACANCY
Chemonics International Inc. USAID BIJAK Project (Bangun Indonesia untuk Jaga
Alam demi Keberlanjutan)

Chemonics
International seeks applications for an Environmental
Enterprise Development Associate
with experience performing forestry/land-based
business engagement.

 

Position: Environmental Enterprise
Development Associate (Code: COMP3-Associate)

Report to: Environmental Enterprise
Development Specialist

Applications due
by:
November 7,
2016

Date of Hire: As soon as possible

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 in collaboration with Kemitraan
and Wildlife Conservation Society. 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 emissions and conserve valuable marine and
terrestrial biodiversity. To realize this objective, 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 developed, revised, adopted and/or applied in order to
reduce GHG emissions, reduce wildlife trafficking, and conserve valuable
terrestrial and marine biodiversity with support from BIJAK.

·        
Improved
capacity and willingness of Indonesian institutions and organizations to
address biodiversity conservation, especially wildlife trafficking, and climate
change.

·        

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.

·        
Amount
of investment leveraged in USD from private and public sources for biodiversity
conservation and/or climate change.

·        
Public
opinion and behaviors changed as a result of advocacy campaigns developed and
implemented 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 at all levels of government and with other key stakeholders.

 

Position Responsibilities

  • Assisting Component 3 Specialist in developing project activities plan for
    the Component. 
  • Contributing to
    project efforts to develop M&E plan and Communication Plan.
  • Assisting Component 3 Specialist in managing project activities, ensuring all plan
    well executed.
  • Running the component
    activities implementation and achievement record that is accessible both
    for verification purpose and for project reporting purposes.
  • Drafting of Component 3
    quarterly report, annual report, and occasional reports as needed. 
  • Assisting Component 3 Specialist in reaching out
    various stakeholders to look for new and emerging opportunities for the
    development of environmental enterprise and sustainable business
    practices.    
  • As appropriate,
    coordinating with the project’s communication team to support partners’
    communication and outreach plan; including developing stories and messages
    to be framed into communication materials.
  • Providing input to
    foster synergies, cross-learning, and collaboration across the BIJAK
    components.

·        
Contributing
to the team general performance through proposing, attending and actively
engage in regular and occasional meetings, conversation and knowledge sharing.

 

Minimum Qualifications

·        
Advanced degree in forestry, natural
resources and economic of environment or a related field.

·        
Minimum of three years of relevant
professional experience in strengthening and supporting small-medium-big
enterprises linked to low carbon and conservation oriented business practices.

·        
Demonstrated commitment to
environmental values.

·        
Experience working with the private sector,
NGO’s, host country government institutions, and local associations.

·        
Proven experience in administering project
management and implementation.

·        
Fluent in Bahasa Indonesia; excellent
written and oral communications in English.

·        
Ability to join full-time as soon as
possible is highly preferred.

 

Instructions

If
you are interested and qualified for the Environmental
Enterprise Development Associate
position on BIJAK, please send your latest
CV and cover letter to BIJAKRecruitment@bijak-indonesia.org no later than
November 7, 2016. Early submissions
encouraged.Please put the code(COMP3-Associate)
on the subject of your submission email.

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