Mercy Corps Indonesia Open Vacancies

Mercy Corps Indonesia Open Vacancies


Dear All,
Please find below “Open Position” in Mercy Corps Indonesia.
We are trying to find the best possible candidates to make the Mercy Corps team stronger.


PADANG

Program Summary:
On 30 September at 5.15pm local time, a 7.6 RS earthquake (depth of 71km) struck off the coast of West Sumatra; a second 6.2 RS earthquake struck shortly afterwards at 5.38pm. The impact of the earthquakes on infrastructure and in terms of casualties has been devastating. Confirmed fatalities now exceed 700, but with large numbers of people still missing this number is expected to rise substantially. Over 100,000 homes have been severely damaged, with another 100,000 suffering moderate or slight damage. There has also been substantial damage to essential infrastructure including telecommunications, water pipes and power lines, severely disrupting communications, electricity and water supplies. Mercy Corps has been at the forefront of a coordinated joint assessment by an ECB-consortium of NGOs, along with OCHA and local government.

To address the immediate needs of the populations affected by the West Sumatra earthquake, Mercy Corps is implementing a three-month emergency response program funded by USAID. The program aims to address appropriately the immediate NFI, WASH, and shelter needs of earthquake-affected populations through the distribution of emergency kits, reconstruction kits, and water, sanitation and hygiene interventions.

1. Warehouse Officer
   The Warehouse Officer responsible for carrying out all steps of the warehouse and related, logistical process in Padang to assist the program activities in the West Sumatera based programs. This includes activities such as: acting as point person for receiving goods at the warehouse, organizing storage and dispatch. All activities and commodities are to be documented in accordance with MC formats and procedures.
   
   Qualifications:
   Must have demonstrated understanding of the Mercy Corps warehousing system and natural, organizational skills;
   Able to work with a diverse team and large flow of information and activities;
   Able to work independently and prioritize, show initiative;
   Experience in an NGO;
   Good in English for submit routine, electronic reports or hard copy with good report writing;
   Ability to make recommendations for improvement; computer (MS Office), filing;
   Willing to travel throughout the project areas in West Sumatera.
   

Position above as temporary staff with possibility to be extend.


JAKARTA

Program Summary - RW Siaga Plus
Mercy Corps aims to address the complex underlying causes of malnutrition in urban poor settlements by building healthy physical environments, cultivating positive social contexts, and strengthening supportive economic relationships that facilitate access to and utilization of affordable adequate nourishment. This project will contribute to healthy physical environments in urban poor settlements by increasing access to clean water supplies and improved sanitation, services that are necessary to reduce the incidence of infectious disease, one of the main underlying causes of malnutrition. Building on the core capacities, government relationships, and lessons learned developed through the DAP program, this project will also continue to address the social constraints to improved nutrition, increasing awareness and social support for new behaviors through the existing Ministry of Health RW Siaga program. Both the hardware and the software interventions will be integrated with existing government priorities and programs, in particular the RW Siaga health program, allowing for significant building of capacity and improving the chances for government replication and scaling. The program will also be timed to coincide with the musrenbang government budget allocation process, supporting the potential for communities to seek matching funds and promoting the sustainability of the project intervention.

The overall aim of the project is improved health and nutrition of residents in poor urban communities in Jakarta and Bekasi through increased household access to clean water supplies and improved sanitation.
Access to water supply and sanitation services is crucial to preventing the infectious diseases that are a major cause of child mortality and malnutrition in Indonesia.
The program will be implemented in 3 kelurahan of West Jakarta and 1 kelurahan of Bekasi

1. Water Sanitation Officer
   The Water and Sanitation Officer will work under supervision of Program Manager and is responsible for both the soft and hardware components of the water and sanitation infrastructure activities of RW Siaga PLUS program in targeted implementation areas. Under technical guidance of Urban Infrastructure Coordinator, the Water and Sanitation Officer will assist in supervision of the Consultant and Contractor in implementing infrastructure improvement, provide input on monitoring and evaluation of the project. Together with the Urban Infrastructure Coordinator, the Water and Sanitation Officer is responsible for the quality of infrastructure project. Together with the Capacity Building Officer, the Water and Sanitation Officer will be responsible for building capacity of Water and Sanitation Working Group and community to conduct participatory need assessment, design, planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation the sustainable, low cost, simple technology, and easily maintained water and sanitation infrastructures and replicable by Government and Community. The Water and Sanitation Officer will provide assistance for technical capacity building to the Water and Sanitation Working Group and community and periodically report on the activities.
   
   Qualifications:
   
   • BA/S or higher in Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering or other relevant background and/or relevant experience in water and sanitation that related to slum upgrading program;
   • 3-4+ years in community based water and sanitation project preferably in urban context;
   • Fluency in both verbal and written English highly preferred;
   • Multi-tasking, coordination, organization, prioritization skills essential;
   • Highly-developed computers skills, with strong familiarity with MS Office, Power point, Outlook, Excel, Word, and infrastructure design software;
   • Ability to work independently and cooperatively with team members required;
   • Prior experience in an international NGO/PVO or an international firm is advantageous;
   • Wiling to travel and work in difficult area;
   • Willing to work during evenings and weekends for community mobilization activities.
   
   
2. Capacity Building Officer
   The Capacity Building Officer will work under the supervision of the Program Manager, and is responsible for the successful implementation of all project activities in the assigned targeted area. The Capacity Building Officer will coordinate and oversee the activities of the project, and will directly participate in conducting participatory field research, community based mobilization and outreach providing training, mentoring and coaching to government and community to implement water and sanitation infrastructure projects and hygiene and nutrition behaviors promotion , project development and implementation, and monitoring and evaluation in the Project communities.
   
   Qualifications:
   
   • 3-4+ years of field-based urban community development experience, with a focus on capacity building, community mobilization, water supply and sanitation and/or community health and nutrition, urban livelihoods; including problem solving; program monitoring and evaluation, and communication and report writing;
   • Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team;
   • BA/S or higher in social science, public health, environmental sciences, community development, similar field;
   • Fluency in English verbal and written communication is highly preferred;
   • Ability to multi-task, follow procedures, meet deadlines and works independently and cooperatively with team members essential;
   • Strong familiarity with Microsoft Word and Excel are mandatory;
   • Willing to travel and work in difficult area;
   • Willing to work during evenings and weekends for community mobilization activities.
     

Please send your CV with position applied on the email subject to: hrd@id.mercycorps.org
Vacancies will be closed 25 October 2009.


We look forward to hearing from those who are interested in taking this opportunity to grow and develop with us.


Thanks,
Human Resources Department
Mercy Corps Indonesia