IT Consultant - Grameen Foundation

Position Title: Information Technology Consultant, Indonesia
Status: Consultancy (End date: March 30, 2010)
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Date: November 2009

Grameen Foundation (http://www.grameenfoundation.org/) is a global non-profit organization that combines microfinance, new technologies, and innovation to empower the world's poorest people to escape poverty.

Grameen Foundation has continued to support Indonesia's poor with Yayasan Mitra Dhuafa (YAMIDA - http://www.mitradhuafafoundation.org/) for four years in the tsunami-devastated region of Aceh, Indonesia.

Grameen Foundation is working with YAMIDA to improve efficiency, streamline financial management, strengthen field operations, and manage human resources to allow YAMIDA to continue to strengthen and grow, and reach thousands more poor women.

Part of this program is to help build Yamida's IT Department to be able to support current and future technology needs. Key to success in this role is the ability to lead multiple stakeholders in developing and implementing a sustainable and practical IT strategy and structure. A strong program management experience in technology implementation will also be essential.

Job Summary:
The IT Consultant will work with YAMIDA's Executive management team to implement YAMIDA's management information system (MIS). This includes identifying and installing needed hardware and software requirements and identifying, recruiting, and mentoring required human resources during and after the MIS implementation.
Reporting and relationships: This position directly reports to Grameen Foundation's Technology Program Manager for Asia and indirectly to Indonesia's Microfinance Program Manager.

Availability:
The IT Consultant will be expected to work a standard work week of 37.5 hours plus additional hours as necessary to get the job done. The position will work on-site in the MFI office for the duration of the contract. Travel to other regions such as Aceh and Sulawesi for project assessment, testing, and monitoring is required.

Essential Job Functions:

• Lead the implementation of YAMIDA's MIS.
• Identify needed human resources and IT Department structure needed to implement and maintain the MIS.
• Identify and install needed hardware, software, and network infrastructure needed to implement and maintain the MIS.
• Recruit and mentor an IT Manager to execute the MIS implementation and overall IT infrastructure (hardware, software, and network).
• Work closely with the MFI at each stage of the project to ensure knowledge and skills transfer and project continuity.
• Lead and mentor the MFI to manage technology vendors needed for the project.
• Facilitate Business Process Re-engineering to ensure that the technology implementation is supported by appropriate business processes.
• Define success criteria for the project and design and implement metrics to measure success.
• Together with YAMIDA's executive team, create an IT Strategy that will support YAMIDA's current and future business needs.
• Define needed resources to implement the IT strategy.
• Share and document challenges, learnings, and best practices to other GF Technology Program Managers.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Deep commitment to eradication of poverty and alignment with Grameen Foundation's mission
• Experience planning and managing complex technology projects with full implementation lifecycle (from program definition to measuring results)
• Ability to design and execute technology projects with limited supervision
• Business process reengineering experience including analysis, mapping and process measurement and redesign
• Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills; experience mentoring team members and influencing executive management
• Ability to effectively communicate priorities, delivery expectations, risks and concerns to multiple stakeholders
• Experience living and traveling internationally, preferably in developing countries
• Fluency in English and Bahasa Indonesia
• Experience in building and managing an IT team preferred
• Knowledge of relevant MIS industry development in region a plus
• Comfortable presenting to a room of business executives and discussing needs with villagers sitting on the dirt floor of a rural home

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of five years progressive and relevant experience
• Experience working in technology for development preferred
  

Interested candidates may apply by email to mvaldez@grameenfoundation.org by November 20, 2009.
Please put "IT Consultant-Indonesi a" in the subject line.
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