CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat
Vacancy
as Legal and Agreement Specialist for CTI-CFF ( LAS )Background
The
Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI-CFF)
is a multilateral partnership of six countries working together to sustain
extraordinary marine and coastal resources by addressing crucial issues such as
food security, climate change and marine biodiversity. There is broad
scientific consensus that the Coral Triangle represents a global epicenter of
marine life abundance and diversity. Spanning only 1.6% of the planet’s oceans,
the Coral Triangle region is home to the highest coral diversity in the world
with 600 corals or 76% of the world’s known coral species. It contains the
highest reef fish diversity on the planet with 2,500 or 37% of the world’s reef
fish species concentrated in the area. It also a spawning and nursery ground
for six species of threatened marine turtles, endangered fish and cetaceans
such as tuna and blue whales. These unparalleled marine and coastal living
resources provide significant benefits to the approximately 363 million people
who reside in the Coral Triangle, as well as billions more outside the region.
As a source of food, income and protection from severe weather events, the
ongoing health of these ecosystems is critical.
                                                                                        
The
CTI–CFF Regional Secretariat is mandated to promote regional cooperation,
sharing of lessons, and facilitate learning across the six (6) Coral Triangle
countries – Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands
and Timor-Leste. The Regional Secretariat also coordinates and monitors the
progress in achieving the CTI–CFF Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) goals. Its
main activities cover the following areas: organizational development, outreach
and communication, regional coordination and mechanisms, technical and thematic
working groups, development of key regional reports, and capacity development.
It also serves as the main liaison and for all CTI–CFF official functions such
as the annual CTI-CFF Senior Officials Meetings (SOM) and the bi-annual CTI-CFF
Ministerial Meetings (MM).
 
In a view
to promote and anticipate the increasing current workload of the CTI-CFF
Regional Secretariat in the near future, and considering the implementation of legally binding
measures to help strengthen the operations and implementation of
the CTI-CFF goals and targets, the Secretariat needs additional resource
and seek for experienced individual for the following position as Legal
and Agreement Specialist (LAS). This position will specifically
handle a variety of legal-subject matters in the Secretariat and serve as an integral member of the
management team that will play a lead role in the design and technical
implementation of Secretariat activities.Job
Mission

• The Applicant shall facilitate and be
  responsible for providing legal advice and services in regard of CTI-CFF
  Regional Secretariat.
• The Applicant will also ensure any
  other documents including but not limited to agreements, letters,
  regulations and documentations are legally binding to comply with host
  country’s regulations as well as applied in international best practices.

 Job IllustrationThe Applicant must perform the
activities to his/her best professional ability and comply with international
best-practices. The Applicant is mainly responsible to:

• Prepare and provide any legal documentation in
  relation with internal and/or external parties including but not limited
  to agreement, letters, decree, and MoU in full subject-matters;
• Engaging with the government institutions and partners
  in coordinating, facilitating, and convening regular meeting to follow up
  regarding the relevant legally binding matters such as MOU and Host
  Country Agreement;
• Provide legal advices or opinions
  including but not limited to the letters, agreements, MOU, and publication
  materials as required by Executive Director or Regional Secretariat in
  general;
• Prepare, maintain and organize knowledge products and
  other collateral materials in legal matters which are used for the
  regional exchanges, and Senior Officials’ Meeting / Ministerial Meeting;

• Participate in such meetings and activities
  related to the law which regarding to the work plan of CTI-CFF Regional
  Secretariat or as may be reasonably requested;
• Managing the production and dissemination of legally
  binding materials (e.g., publications, factsheets, videos, photos, etc.)
  to update the CTI-CFF, and Executive Director in particularly;
• Perform special assignments which consigned by
  Executive Director of CTI–CFF including but not limited to correspondence,
  planning, meetings, conference calls, internal and external communication,
  documentation and report;
• Provide support as may be required by

  the Regional Secretariat i.e. preparation of reports, presentation
  materials, decision documents and the like.

 
Expected
OutputThe expected outcome is to ensure
that any kind of activities and the resulting products which related to
CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat in accordance with the applicable rules and
regulations.
                             
Coordination
and Reporting
The Legal and Agreement
Specialist of CTI–CFF Regional Secretariat will report directly to the Finance
and Administration Senior Manager of CTI–CFF Regional Secretariat in the daily
implementation and completion of the services and deliverables outlined in TOR.
 
Competency
Requirements

• Nationality of the Applicant is
  Indonesia;
• University degree in Legal or Master degree especially
  in International Law and Public Policy would be an advantage; 
• At least 5 years of experience in delivering
  legal advice and services implemented by
  corporation/national/international/ NGO/Government;
• Extensive knowledge and understanding
  in full legal subject-matters including but not limited to letters, agreements,
  MoU, rules and regulations; 
• Demonstrate an understanding on
  marine, fisheries, and coral environment or other relevant issues is a
  plus;
• Excellent analytical and problem
  solving skills;
• Excellent in communication skill in
  Bahasa and English (with spoken and written);
• Ability to work
  independently as well as part of a team with people in multidisciplinary
  teams and institutions;
• Good in personal organization,
  planning and priority setting;
• Excellent in facilitation
  and presentation skills;
• Computer literacy and ability to effectively
  use office technology equipment;
• Assignment location in
  Manado, North Sulawesi – Indonesia

 
Period
of Performance

• The period of performance will
  be annual basis with possibility to be extended, and commences on the appointment
  date;
• Competitive
  salary commensurate with qualification jobs.

Submission
of Application

• Application letter and
  updated CV should be sent to regional.secretariat@cticff.org with
  the “subject” column of the emails in this format “< LAS > – < Your Name >”.
• Closing date for application
  is 26 March 2017.
• Please note that only selected candidate will be contacted.