Program and Logistics Officer/ Government Liaison -JSI

JSI, a Boston-based organization, will employ a Program and Logistics Officer/ Government Liaison for the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT and its in-country operations in Jakarta, Indonesia. The project is a USAID-funded global technical assistance program aimed at improving the availability of essential health supplies through procurement services and strengthening supply chains.

The Program and Logistics Officer/Government Liaison will support USAID Avian Influenza (AI) objectives in Indonesia, particularly the implementation of an avian influenza preventive and preparedness program.

Background
Indonesia has been a critical battleground in the containment of avian influenza. To date, most of the worldwide human deaths from avian influenza have been in Indonesia and there are concerns that the country may be the site of transmutation from bird-to-human to human-to-human transmission. In light of this situation, Indonesia has been putting into place sophisticated avian influenza surveillance and emergency response system.

USAID has been providing assistance to the Indonesian government in developing economically and culturally appropriate AI outbreak intervention strategies. Subsequently, USAID has supported Operational Research (OR) in Indonesia for More Effective Control of Avian Influenza, which was launched in July, 2008 and will continue through May, 2009. The USAID | DELIVER PROJECT TO 2 has been asked to assist USAID\Indonesia and its partners, FAO\MOA and ILRI, by providing technical assistance and troubleshooting in monitoring commodity and logistics for the MOA vaccination program, including cold chain, vaccine, and waste management activities at the district and sub-district levels. Interacting with government programs and top level staff as well as efforts to institutionalize programs and good practices, as part of making the program sustainable, is a very important part of the program strategy.

Role
The Program and Logistics Officer/Government Liaison will support Deliver’s technical team and will provide TA in the implementation of preventive and preparedness activities, including commodities and logistics management at the district and sub-district levels. He/she will assist DELIVER in-country partners, FAO\MOA and the representatives of district and sub-district
levels staff participating in these activities. He/she will work closely with the JSI technical team and the DELIVER In-Country Manager in Jakarta. A focus for this position will be interaction with government counterparts in an effort to improve their understanding of good management, logistics and vaccination practices and consider ways and means to institutionalize these
good practices in government policy and programs. He/she will report to the In-Country Manager.

Specific tasks will be as follows:

• Assist in organizing and conducting training of government officials in various new practices for program implementation including logistics.
• Participate in the distribution of future procurements of vaccination equipment, attire for vaccinators and cold chain materials to district and sub-district locations.
• Participate in field-based monitoring of program management, logistics, cold chain, and waste management issues during future vaccination campaigns with a focus on government liaison activities.
• Identify problems and propose/implement solutions; act as troubleshooter, with a focus on liaison with government programs and government personnel for the USAID|DELIVER activities.
• Provide TA to Animal Health or Agriculture offices to improve logistics and vaccination management at the central, provincial and district levels, with the focus on being an agent of change to influence the improvement of government policies.
• Coordinate with technical staff of stakeholder organizations in all USAID|DELIVER activities including PATH, FAO, ILRI and USAID
• Provide technical support to KOMNAS as suggested by the In-Country Manager and/or USAID | DELIVER
• Support future training activities by developing curriculum, holding workshops and training participants as prescribed by the In-country Manager and or USAID | DELIVER
• Provide necessary field monitoring support to future technical initiatives as prescribed by the In-country Manager and/or USAID | DELIVER
• Respond to request for technical support and information from USAID Indonesia and USAID | DELIVER.
  

Qualifications

• Post graduate or graduate degree in management, program development, and logistics or equivalent work experience.
• At least 15 years in-country experience working with government programs and personnel and a proven track record in influencing government policy.
• At least 5 years in-country experience working in the area of health programs and health commodity supply chain management and logistics programs as a team leader or manager.
• Proven ability to work both as a part of a team and independently.
• Good English written and oral communications skills.
• Excellent Bahasa Indonesia language required.
• Demonstrated skills in Microsoft Office Suite applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  

This is a 6-month full-time position with extensive in-country travel to provide technical assistance.
Please send your CV, application letter and 3 references to d.caturherdinwati@gmail.com by 20th August 2009 the latest

Regards,
HR-DELIVER