Bids invitation for Food and Nutrition Security (FNS Project) Evaluation (IDN0120) Plan Indonesia

Plan Indonesia has implemented Food and Nutrition Security (FNS Project) Evaluation (IDN0120) and had been ended on December 2009. Plan Indonesia want to evaluate this project as required by the donor. We will invite any body who are interester to join the bidding to seek consultancy of this evaluation. Please kindly find the enclosed TOR of FNS Evaluation as reference.

If you are interested to join with this bidding, please submit your proposal, work plan, and budget to Hasto.Teguh@plan-international.org and Wahdini.Hakim@plan-international.org, not later than March 2nd, 2010.

Thank you very much and looking forward for your respond.
Food and Nutrition Security Project (IDN0120) Evaluation Terms of Reference

Background
In West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) and East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) provinces of Indonesia, child undernutrition is one of the foremost critical constraints in child development. Undernutrition implies the negative imbalance between the nutrients the body needs and what it receives. This condition is far more common in areas where Plan works, and will be the program’s focus.
Research (University of Indonesia, 2006 and Bogor Agriculture Institute, 2007) commissioned by Plan showed that – as always - undernutrition has many underlying causes, but in NTT some very specific root causes were poor caring practices within households, very limited diversity in diets especially of <5 children, poor food quality, high child morbidity with especially diarrhea and malaria affecting nutrient intake, limited carrying capacity for food production affected by erratic rains and long dry spells, and limited livelihood opportunities beyond farming. Lack of awareness and knowledge about good nutrition was a contributing factor to a number of these causes.

Responding to the above mentioned empirical evidence, Plan Indonesia developed and implemented a program approach that addressed food and nutrition security in an integrated way. The program was essentially a learning project with the following overall goal:

• To develop integrated Food & Nutrition interventions with evidence effect in reducing child undernutrition to be used for replication in Indonesia and elsewhere.
• To contribute to national and international insights into the development of an integrated food and nutrition security program interventions in order to reduce child undernutrition
  

In other words, the program endeavored to develop an integrated Food & Nutrition intervention approach with evidence effect in reducing child undernutrition and can be used for replication.

The specific goal of this program is:
To reduce child undernutrition by 5%, in Plan’s program areas of Lembata, Sikka and Dompu by year 2010 (end of program)

The program was actually expected also contribute to combating child undernutrition in Nusa Tenggara provinces of Indonesia.This program thus has two distinct elements:

• The first one being pilot projecting in 3 PU’s of Dompu, Sikka and Lembata aimed at developing & implementing a model of integrated Food & Nutrition Security with proven evidence of reducing undernutrition among children.
• The second element was focused on organizational learning and aims at documenting a set of effective integrated Food & Nutrition Security interventions and shares these models within Plan Indonesia, in Plan-wide food & nutrition networks, at national and international networks. As such the project will strengthen and institutionalize learning in the organization.
  

There were two major categories of interventions (the so-called “Lembata model”):

• Interventions that directly address affected households or those at risk (e.g. focusing on caring practices, food production or access to food)
• Community-based interventions, such as sanitation, awareness rising, Posyandu strengthening, etc.
  

The bottom up approach ensured that the program interventions would be contextual, adapted to the local situation and responsive to stakeholder demands and expectations. By creating awareness and empowering communities to claim their basic rights, local governments will be mobilized and pressed to perform its duties with respect to entitlement of the poor to basic rights. These processes would trigger accountability from district governments to reform the local food and nutrition security policies and regulations and as such it will contribute to the long term objectives of food and nutrition security for all.

This program will be ended on 31 December 2009 and refer to Grant Agreement Document for IDN0120, it is required to conduct the evaluation to evaluate this project with due date at March 2010.

Objectives
The objective of this evaluation is to assess the achievement of project goal with:

1. Assessing the project achievement as mentioned by indicators on project logical framework
2. Assessing effectiveness and efficiency of this program in achieving program goal and objectives
3. Assessing the relevance of the program models and implementation towards undernutrition situation among children in Lembata, Sikka, and Dompu.
4. Identifying the equal access among children to qualified community based health services
5. Assessing monitoring, reporting, and learning process within this program in supporting program accountability to community and partners.
6. Identifying possibility of impact and effort to sustainability of this program towards the reducing child under-nutrition and its replication to other areas.
   

Methodology
This evaluation will be conducted with using qualitative approach, completing with qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques, such as secondary data collection and review, Focused Group Discussion/FGD, In Depth Interview/IDI, and observation.

Technique and the targets are as follow:

1. Technique Target Number
   
   • FGD Cadres 8 – 10 persons per village
   • Parents of CU5 (Male) 8 – 10 persons per village
   • Parents of CU5 (Female) 8 – 10 persons per village
   • Village Food and Nutrition Committee (VFC) member 8 – 10 persons per village
   • Community members 8 – 10 persons per village
   • IDI Midwife 1
   • Village head 1
   • Head of VFC 1
   • Related government officials (District Health Office, District Food Security Office, etc.) 1 – 3 persons
   • Plan Staffs (Nusa Tenggara Area Manager, Health Specialist, FNS Project Manager, Health Area Coordinator, FNS Project Officers, PUMs, RDCs) 12 persons
2. The secondary data collection and review can refer to monitoring data (see on Appendix 2.).
3. This evaluation will be conducted in Lembata, Sikka, and Dompu Districts, with hiring external consultant through bidding process. The candidates are expected to send evaluation design, completed with research question, methodology, data collection techniques, requirement tools, work plan, and budget, to support evaluation process. The research design must include Plan and other documents review.
   

For getting good quality, this evaluation requires qualified persons with qualification as below:

1. Team Leader/Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) Specialist
   The lead consultant must have the following qualifications:
   
   • Substantial experience of FNS program, preferably with child rights or child centered approaches, gender analysis (in particular gender in FNS program), and corresponding academic qualifications,
   • Substantial evaluation experience of FNS programs
   • Experience of working with government departments, agencies, NGOs, and INGOs
   • Having experience to implement FNS program in school will be an added value
   • Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English and Bahasa Indonesia
   • A high degree of inter-sectoral development experience and capacity to manage an interdisciplinary team of consultants, synthesize data and findings of the study, and write a report in compliance with Plan’s requirements and specifications.
     
     
   • Duties and responsibilities:
     Take overall responsibility for the evaluation including supervision and coordination of the team of consultants, fieldwork, data processing and analysis, inception report and the production of the draft and final reports. Take overall responsibilities for the evaluation of the FNS program.
     
     
2. Community Development Specialist
   Should have the following qualifications:
   
   • Professional qualifications and substantial experience in community development with participatory approach, preferably with child centered and gender approach.
   • Competencies and experience in designing and implementing community development.
   • Experience in conducting research and evaluations in community development sector.
     
     
   • Duties and responsibilities:
     Take overall responsibility for the review and evaluation of community development approach process in developing FNS program.
     

Time frame and outputs
Period Activity

• Feb 24 TOR approval
• Feb 24 ToR will be shared with potential candidates/ institutions
• Mar 2 Interested organizations/ team submit proposal, work plan, and budget
• Mar 3 – 5 Selection of consultant and noticement of the winner
• Mar 8 - 9 Meeting with winning consultant
• Mar 12 Contract finalization
• Mar 15 Start of field assignment
• Apr 2 End of field assignment
• Apr 9 Consultant submit summary of key findings and recommendations to Plan
• Apr 16 Draft report submitted to Plan
• Apr 23 Plan to comment on draft report
• Apr 30 Final report submitted to Plan
  

Role and responsibility of Plan Indonesia

• Contractual arrangements
• Financial arrangements
• Collect and submit program related data as requested by team
• Arrange appointments and field visits for team
• Provide support in documentation and publication / printing
• Provide feedback as scheduled in TOR
• Settle payments in line with agreement
  

Reporting requirements

• The submission of a work plan should include the detailed study design and plan of action to be submitted in English.
• Submission of a summary of key findings, conclusions, and recommendation max. 5 page note containing 1. Major findings and observations; 2. Conclusions; and 3. Recommendations; to be submitted in both Bahasa Indonesia and English version
• The submission of the draft report in English with the following format
  
  1. Executive summary
  2. Introduction
  3. Objectives and approach of the evaluation
  4. Evaluation results
  5. Conclusions and recommendations
  6. Annexes
     
  
  Total length max. 50 pages (sections 1-5) plus annexes.
  In addition to general review and assessment of the program, the report must specifically address all evaluation objectives above.
  
  
• Submission of final report in English and Bahasa Indonesia with similar format as the draft report.
  

Appendix 1. Child Centered Community Development

CHILD CENTRED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN PLAN
(Approved by the International Board in November 2003)

Introduction
Plan knows that children and their development must be understood and promoted within the context of their communities. We are committed to ensuring that children are at the heart of community development and we recognise that, for children now and in the future, community is not only local but also global. Consequently Plan must respond to this new paradigm by building on what we have already learned. We recognise that efficient and effective community development that will transform the lives and opportunities of children, their families and their communities can only be achieved through an integrated approach that recognises the complex systems that continue to keep millions of children living in poverty. The way we organise our work must reflect our understanding of these complexities and Plan has a strategic advantage due to our long term commitment to communities and the trust we have built with national governments and our constituencies in the
‘developed world’.

Child Centred Community Development builds on Plan’s long experience of working with children and communities. This is not a new development for Plan; it is the weaving together of many strands of experience in all parts of the organisation and at all levels into a coherent approach. We have seen and proven to our sponsors and donors that positive development is achieved by poor children, families and communities participating in and taking ownership of their own development. In short, they are the ‘experts’ of what it means to live in poverty and, with the relevant information and support that Plan can provide, they can effect positive change. Through its community, national and international trust and reputation, Plan has a unique opportunity to assist poor children and their communities to have their voices heard at the highest levels in order to make a difference in addressing the root causes of child poverty and realising children’s rights.

We know from experience that child poverty is distinct from adult poverty for four reasons:
• Poverty in childhood has a long term impact on the individual.
• In a population, children are disproportionately poor.
• Child poverty is hidden within households.
• Children’s potentials are undervalued.

Child Centred Community Development is an inclusive, non-discriminatory approach that focuses on the child in his/her context, reflects good development practice and incorporates qualities that are important for effective and sustainable people-centred development. It articulates Plan’s work in light of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Human Development Indicators and the Millennium Development Goals.

Child Centred Community Development has the potential to be Plan’s organisational identity and will enable us to work coherently at a global operational level towards our Vision. However, it is more than an operational framework and to be effective it must incorporate all the Strategic Directions approved by the Board and provide a unique branding for the organisation.

In all of this, sponsorship is a key element of Child Centred Community Development and places Plan, without apology, on the development platform with our communities, donors, governments and peer agencies. Through sponsorship, we have the potential for building global commitment for change and we have existing and potential communication channels in order to engage our constituencies and explain the reality of poverty and the lack of entitlement that children face.

The external operating environment is one of ‘donor fatigue’ and the time is right for us to engage our sponsors at a different level and to significantly bridge ‘the commitment gap’. In order to capitalise on this opportunity, Plan will change its communication profile and enable children to represent themselves and other children in their communities whether they are sponsored or not. National Organisations and Country Offices have already given us a lead with their decision to bring children into their decision making or advisory structures and we now have the potential and opportunity to ensure that the communication relationship between children in the South with adults and children in the North and vice versa can become more meaningful to all children and sponsors. If Plan fails to seize this opportunity it is missing a unique window.

Plan’s challenge is to ensure it makes its identity in sponsorship a meaningful development reality in a changing world. It has the means to do this, but it will require changes and a more vigorous approach to engage sponsors who are already more informed about development issues but like the idea of putting a name and situation to the issue or sponsors or who want to deepen their understanding of what they read in the newspapers or on the internet. Child Centred Community Development provides Plan with an opportunity to engage sponsors and donors with the issues facing all children living in poverty and for the engagement of the heart and mind with the day to day reality of children living in abject poverty.

Definition
Child centred community development is a rights-based approach in which children, families and communities are active and leading participants in their own development. It enhances their capacity and opportunity to work together with others to address structural causes and consequences of child poverty at all levels.

Foundations

(i) Rights and principles
Plan’s program principles are our values in Child Centred Community Development.
Child centredness mandates our programs to focus on improving children’s lives and is how we strive for the realisation of children’s rights within the broader context of human rights. We recognise the inherent capacity of people (children and adults) to act for their own and their community’s good.

Gender equity establishes the concept of fairness and equity between the sexes.
Empowerment and sustainability recognises the importance of communities managing their own development processes and participating at all levels in their society. Integration and Cooperation establish and support the need to work in partnership and coordination with others.

Child Centred Community Development requires us to ensure the principles are put into practice in the way we work, whilst recognising that we cannot address every rights violation without losing focus. Rather, we need to work more effectively with others, identifying partners and working collaboratively with those groups and organisations that have complementary skills and expertise, encouraging them to work together with children and communities to address the issues preventing them from reaching their potential.

(ii) Civil society
Weak structures fail to respond to, and often exacerbate, the issues faced by people living in poverty. It is necessary to strengthen these and increase the capacity of families and communities living in poverty so that they can raise and address the concerns of marginalized groups to local and national governments. Starting with the families and children, we work with people living in poverty, supporting and mobilising their resources and capacity to organise and act in the advancement of their interests.

Fundamental to tackling poverty and creating sustainability is the recognition that communities are not homogeneous or necessarily just, and that elites exist in all communities. Through strengthening the participation of community-based organisations and nurturing inclusion, Plan can help to identify the poorest and build community organisations around them and their needs rather than around those of the elites. Participatory democracy promotes public good at the community level. Democratic organisations rooted in the communities can limit abuses of concentrated power and promote government accountability towards the whole population, demanding better quality services from state institutions and government. By helping to strengthen community-based organisations and building capacity, Plan expects to further encourage social mobilisation.

Child Centred Community Development addresses children’s concerns at all levels; it is firmly rooted in the child’s community but effecting change at this level alone does not create sustainable improvement for as many children as possible. Consequently Plan has a role to play in raising these concerns from community to district, national and international levels. Our approach empowers people to mobilise and influence policy change at all these levels. Building relationships and constituencies, facilitated through development education and advocacy in program and donor countries, are important to further civil society participation. Plan is in a position and has the legitimacy to create global constituencies around issues that negatively affect children as we witness the impact from the family to the international level.

(iii) Scaling up
The symptoms of poverty are local, but the causes are national and global and individuals, families and communities should not be considered separate from the larger society. Core causes of local issues should be identified so that innovative activities in one community can serve as a model for replication and be mainstreamed into institutions serving children and their families, e.g. schools and health services. Scaling up depends both on local empowerment and mainstream institutions that provide people living in poverty with opportunities and access to quality services.

Plan’s presence on the ground at community level is vital in order to act as a catalyst for positive change. We need to understand best practices together with families, communities and partners to identify the constraints that cause children to remain living in poverty and excluded from opportunity. Once these constraints and potential solutions have been identified, we can help in the transformation of institutions and support community management of quality services. Through scaling-up and working with other networks and alliances, we can influence national policies and advocate for change at international fora and institutions such as the World Bank.

Cornerstone components
The foundations of Child Centred Community Development are strengthened by four fundamental cornerstone components or ways of working:

(a) Partnerships, networking and relationships building
Children and communities rely and depend on outside institutions to provide services, such as health and education, to realise their rights. Child Centred Community Development seeks to involve these stakeholders at all levels. It provides a framework within which to forge networks and make partnerships and alliances between organisations, institutions and others to make them effective, influence policy and transform institutional structures, making them pro-poor, more participatory and child friendly. Relationship and constituency building is essential for linking issues, building knowledge and understanding of those working with the community (government, international and other non-governmental organisations) and working together with them to address the concerns expressed by the community.

An understanding of these relationships, their complexity and linkages is key to identifying the structural and institutional causes of poverty as well as the means through which these causes can be addressed. Through these relationships (including Plan’s own relationship with all the stakeholders) , issues can be addressed from community to policy level. At the same time Plan is responsible for its existing relationship with communities, particularly in those communities that pre-date the Child Centred Community Development model. We recognise that these relationships (not simply systems) must improve and that mutual learning between Plan and community stakeholders is critical for community transformation.

(b) Child centred programming
Plan will work with children as actors in the development process rather than treating them as passive recipients. To ignore the unique contribution of children would be to risk failing to address key issues and concerns and, therefore, the root causes of child poverty. Children will be given an opportunity to play an active part in all stages of the program/project cycle from the identification of issues through research, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. However, child centred approaches must always be contextualised and consideration taken of culture, language, religion, geography, social isolation, kinship and so on.

Children’s concerns are identified through a participatory strategic planning process and causes are identified, discussed and analysed. The program is designed to address the immediate needs but also the institutional causes and does not concentrate solely on the material or infrastructure aspects. Child centred programs identify institutional discrimination toward children and poor families and the opportunities for reform. They build on indigenous knowledge and are supported by technical expertise, in order to provide models of community action that promote replication. Communities and technical experts are equal partners in discussing the problem and identifying the solution. Good examples and models of child centred programs are the Child Friendly School and 100% sanitation.

(c) Facilitating participatory processes
Children and their families must be the owners of their development. Programs need to be cognisant of indigenous knowledge and practices, but Plan recognises that at times these practices are not in the best interests of all children. We have a role and responsibility as participants in the process to inform and bring new knowledge and understanding to the community. We will build community capacity to address their concerns by mobilizing community resources and assisting them in this process. This will require skilled judgement by Plan staff to understand at what points in the process assistance is needed. Poor adults and children are busy just trying to survive and Plan will need to recognise that participatory processes are time consuming but that the time investment pays dividends in relevant development. \

Officials from local government structures and institutions are often unaware of the living conditions of children in poorer and more remote communities. Through participatory processes Plan can facilitate improved understanding and accountability between the decision makers and those to whom they are accountable. Plan has positive experiences of how the participation of children and adults from these ‘invisible’ communities in district situation assessment and planning activities can be effective in extracting commitments to improve service delivery to those communities.

(d) Supporting groups and organisations
The voices of poor, marginalised people are not normally heard in decision-making processes. The capacity of poor children and adults to influence decisions and improve their lives is enhanced if they form their own organisations in which they can work together and speak with a common voice. Plan can play a key role in strengthening collective action and nurturing community solidarity. By strengthening these community-based organisations at whatever level they operate and encouraging the inter-generational approach, Plan can assist in the promotion of democratic civil society that increases a community’s influence on service provision.

However, we must recognise that power relations exist in a community based organisation or a children’s group just as in all other parts of society. Child Centred Community Development requires Plan to develop an understanding of the village structure and power relations and to address the ‘culture of silence’ by proactively engaging the marginalised and promoting transparent systems through participatory monitoring and evaluation.

Challenges ahead
To bring this framework to life will need sustained effort by all of Plan’s staff and the good will, patience and efforts of the numerous stakeholders committed to Plan’s success. The organisational change plan to implement the Strategic Directions will need to have Child Centred Community Development at its heart.

It represents what staff and friends of Plan consider our best path forward to realising our Mission.



Appendix 2: FNS PROJECT MONEV FRAMEWORK

Logframe Reference Indicators Means of Verification Primary Data Source Data Collection Frequency Report Produced

Purpose of PU Model
To reduce child undernutrition by 5%, in Plan’s working area of Lembata, Sikka and Dompu by year 2010

% of underweight among underfive years old boys in Plan’s working area
% of underweight among underfive years old girls in Plan’s working area

• Weighing Report in Plan’s working area (all villages) (W/A)
  (Laporan penimbangan dalam area kerja Plan (Semua Desa BB/U)
  Collected by ECCD point person at PU level (data available quarterly, from the end of September 2009)
  
  
• Secondary data from local government
  (Data Skunder dari Dinkes/Pemda)
  
  
• Posyandu Report
• District Health Office (Dinkes Kab) Annually: October
  

In Dompu, Lembata & Sikka Nutrition Survey Report (weighing report) from ECCD point person

Program Objective 1 –
By December 2010, to increase children’s access to qualified community based health services provided by posyandu in FNS project areas in Lembata, Sikka and Dompu District.


% of Posyandu at the level of Purnama in Plan’s working area
Posyandu Assessment Report District Health Office (Dinkes Kab.)
Annually Posyandu Monitoring Survey

% of underfive boys attend and weighted in Posyandu (as measured by D/S)
% of underfive girls attend and weighted in Posyandu (as measured by D/S)

Note: focus on the trend of coverage in a year, not annual average of D/S
Posyandu report Posyandu Monthly Posyandu Monitoring Survey

% of underfive boys with insufficient weight increase-stagnant weight-reduced weight (as measured by T/D) in Posyandu

% of underfive girls with insufficient weight increase-stagnant weight-reduced weight (as measured by T/D) in Posyandu
Posyandu report
Posyandu cadres/ village midwives/
TPG Puskesmas Monthly Posyandu Monitoring Survey

Program Objective 2–
To increase the proportion of parents/caregivers who have appropriate* knowledge & caring practices for underfive years old boys & girls, in FNS project areas in Lembata, Sikka and Dompu District by December 2010

% of underfive boys who have 3 meals a day
% of underfive girls who have 3 meals a day

• Food Diary
• Households
• Households
• January, May, October
• October (midterm) & Endline
• Food Diary Report
  

% of parents/ care givers who practice key nutrition behaviors* promoted by the program: EBF, Complementary Feeding, reguler monthly weighing, using iodized salt, vit A supplementation

KPC survey
Households October 2009 (midterm) & Endline

Next: September/October 2009
Survey Report

Program Objective 3:
To improve household food security through increased access, availability, and consumption of food through out the year in FNS project area in Lembata, Sikka, and Dompu by December 2010.

Number of villages with established food security and nutrition village surveillance system to support households’ food and nutrition fulfillment

VFC report Badan Ketahanan Pangan
(Food Security Board) Annually Laporan Situasi Pangan Kabupaten
(District Food Situation Report)
% of vulnerable HHs [1]with underfive children whose improved coping strategy on food security

Home visit report
VFC report HHs
VFC members Monthly (in food unsecured period) Laporan Ketahanan Pangan Keluarga
(Family Food Security Report)

% of underfive boys who consume minimum 4 food groups/day*
% of underfive girls who consume minimum 4 food groups/day*

Food Diversity Diary Survey HHs On January, May, and October Food diary survey report

Program Objective 4:
By December 2010, minimum package of integrated intervention on FNS has been defined, documented and shared with local government, national and international bodies

% of well functioning and sustainable Village Food Committees created
VFC/ ECCD committee performance tool

VFC members
Village government Every 6 months VFC/ ECCD committee Performance Report
Number of documents produced and shared on effective integrated FNS intervention/ events organized, both in Indonesia and internationally · Minutes of LLG meetings
· Minutes of meeting with other development agents
· Documents (program’s module/manuals)
· Published articles LLG Members Every 6 months · Annual Progress Report
· FNS Buletin,
· Video
· Articles about FNS



Appendix 3. Program Location

District Sub-district Village #HH with under-5 children #under-5 children Remarks
Boys Girls Total
Dompu Hu’u Adu 204 96 120 216 PilotVillage
Dompu Hu’u Sawe 160 99 78 177 PilotVillage
Dompu Hu’u Daha 253 137 151 288 PilotVillage
Dompu Pajo Ranggo 580 433 241 674 Scale Up Village
Dompu Dompu Mbawi 305 136 222 358 Scale Up Village
Dompu Manggelewa Banggo 206 101 118 219 Scale Up Village
Sikka Tanawawo Detubinga 114 74 47 121 PilotVillage
Sikka Mego Wolodhesa 77 56 43 99 PilotVillage
Sikka Talibura Wailamung 186 101 106 207 PilotVillage
Sikka Waiblama Tanarawa 142 98 80 178 PilotVillage
Sikka Magepanda Kolisia 283 175 165 340 Scale Up Village
Sikka Magepanda Magepanda 309 226 172 398 Scale Up Village
Sikka Magepanda Done 122 95 83 178 Scale Up Village
Sikka Magepanda Reroroja 279 167 176 343 Scale Up Village
Lembata Lebatukan Waienga 63 51 31 82 PilotVillage
Lembata Lebatukan Lerahinga 38 29 24 53 PilotVillage
Lembata Lebatukan Merdeka 65 38 35 73 Scale Up Village
Lembata Ile Ape Watodiri 55 36 24 60 Scale Up Village
Lembata Ile Ape Dulitukan 83 43 44 87 Scale Up Village
Lembata Ile Ape Waowala 62 38 33 71 PilotVillage
Lembata Ile Ape Bunga Muda 65 35 30 65 Scale Up Village
Total 3651 2264 2023 4287


____________ _________ _________ __

[1]Needs to be defined 20 HHs that is categorized as vulnerable HH per village and coping strategy in local context.

Tenaga Ahli Pemasaran - BKM Sejahtera

BKM Sejahtera Kelurahan Wonokriyo bekerja sama dengan Pemerintah Kabupaten Kebumen membuka lowongan bagi para profesional muda untuk bergabung sebagai : Tenaga Ahli Pemasaran

Pengertian Tenaga Ahli Pendamping Pemasaran
Tenaga Ahli pendamping pemasaran adalah tenaga ahli yang memiliki kompetensi di bidang "pemasaran hasil perencanaan/ pembangunan kawasan" yang akan direkrut dan ditugaskan untuk mendampingi dan memperkuat kapasitas masyarakat (BKM,Lurah / Kepala Desa, Tim Pemasaran) dalam melaksanakan setiap tahapan PLP BK, yang fokus pada kegiatan pemasaran.
Tenaga Ahli pendamping pemasaran dapat perorangan maupun Tim dengan catatan: satu orang Koordinator Tim akan melakukan kontrak kerjasama dengan pihak Masyarakat (dalam hal ini diwakili oleh pihak Kelurahan.)

Tugas Utama
Tugas Utama tenaga Ahli Pemasaran dalam kegiatan ini adalah mendampingi masyarakat di dalam mengembangkan strategi pemasaran hasil perencanaan kawasan/rencana pengembangan dan pembangunan kawasan.

Syarat

1. Perorangan atau Ketua Tim harus memiliki kualifikasi akademik Sarjana (S1) dari disiplin ilmu yang relevan(Arsitek, Planologi, Komunikasi, Antropologi, Pengembangan Wilayah, Ekonomi Pembangunan dengan kegiatan pemasaran sebuah kawasan dan atau rencana-rencana pengembangan sebuah kawasan, yang telah lulus minimal >= 3 Tahun
2. Diutamakan berpengalaman di bidang pemasaran kawasan permukiman, kawasan industri, kawasan sentra produksi dan budaya, kawasan pariwasata dan atau sejenisnya
3. Memiliki Pengalaman dan Kemampuan yang cukup untuk melakukan sosialisasi, komunikasi,dan negosiasi kepada pemerintah (daerah dan atau pusat) maupun kepada pihak – pihak lain (investor swasta, lembaga Internasional, BUMN dan sejenisnya)
4. Memiliki Visi yang baik (visoner) terhadap pengembangan kawasan.
5. Memiliki pemahaman dan visi yang cukup terhadap Perencanaan Kawasan/Tata Ruang wilayah.
6. Memiliki Pemahaman yang cukup terhadap aktifitas Pemberdayaan Masyarakat
7. Memiliki Kompetensi dan atau pengalaman di bidang :
   
   • Entrepreunership termasuk di dalamnya mengorganisasikan kegiatan/event sosial marketing dan kegiatan pemasaran perencanaan pengembangan kawasan.
   • Komunikasi dan atau social marketing
   • Menghitung rencana investasi (termasuk di dalamnya perhitungan cost and beneffit)
   • Memiliki kreatifitas dan inovasi di dalam membangun strategi pemasaran, dan mengembangkan event pemasaran rencana pembangunan kawasan
   • Memiliki kemampuan untuk dapat mentransformasikan kompetensinya tersebut secara sederhana kepada masyarat
8. Memiliki kemampuan berkoordinasi dengan pihak-pihak lain dalam skala kecil maupun besar.
9. Bersedia ditempatkan dan bertugas dilokasi proyek (Kelurahan/Desa)
   

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FAO TRAINING SPECIALIST (FAO-HPAI/TS/17/02-52) (NATIONAL)

Location : Makassar- with travel within South and West Sulawesi,, INDONESIA Application
Deadline :07-Mar-10
Type of Contract :Other
Languages Required :English
Duration of Initial Contract :2 months with possibility of extension

Background

I. Organizational Context
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) together with the Ministry of Agriculture’s National Animal Health Diseases Control Centre, is consolidating a system of active highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) disease surveillance and control at the community level, based on the participatory disease surveillance and response (PDSR) approach. Evidence suggests that many aspects of the way villagers live with, produce, trade and harvest poultry contributes to the ongoing transmission of HPAI in these village environments. Prevention of disease in commercial poultry requires the producer to actively enforce an effective/ comprehensive bio-security program and to maintain an intact and functional immune system in the chicken. Therefore developing and implementing a farmer-based education, information and communication program would be complementary, and would greatly increase the promotion of specific changes in practice of prevention of disease transmission in commercial farms.

Duties and Responsibilities

II. Functions / Key Results Expected
Summary of key functions:

• With the IBCP team and local partners, develop curriculum and materials development skills of field training staff from government and industry and provide direct mentoring and technical assistance to improve training delivery.
• Deliver direct training of trainer for local trainer network (consisting of Dinas Staff, NGO staff and local volunteers), and provide mentoring and technical assistance.
• Conduct an initial assessment of IBCP training modules and observe and evaluate the conduct of commercial poultry farmer training activities by locally trained partners from industry and government. With the FAO Makassar team, develop a list of training curricula and modules needed for different sections of the commercial poultry sector in South and West Sulawesi.
• As the major output of the program, with support from the IBCP team and local trainers, develop and edit existing training curricula according to the needs defined in the initial assessment. Existing modules need to be developed, standardised and improved on where necessary, with the aim to produce a complete set of training materials. Training materials should be developed based on best practice, adult learning principles, a competency-based approach, as well as utilizing innovative methodologies suitable for low-literate communities. Review and edit curricula and other training documents in preparation for publication and dissemination (including assessing materials for training flow, formatting, consistency, branding and clarity).
• Develop a standard protocol for monitoring and evaluation of training.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor
  

III. Impact of Results
The key results have an impact on the success of FAO/ GOI Avian Influenza Control Programme implementation in Indonesia.

Competencies

IV. Competencies

• Demonstrates commitment to FAO vision, mission and values
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
• Contributes effectively to team work and team outcomes
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.
• Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities.
• Ability to plan own work, manage conflicting priorities and work under pressure of tight and conflicting deadlines.
• Ability to work without direct supervision
• Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills as well as interpersonal and public relation skills.
  

Required Skills and Experience

V. Recruitment Qualifications

Education:

• A bachelor degree in education, Animal Health education or a related field. An advanced degree preferred.

Experience:

• At least 3 years of experience designing, developing, and editing professional- level training materials for adults in commercial poultry production
• Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing training programs in the area of disease prevention and control
• Extensive experience in delivering training to a range of audiences (low literate adults, training of trainers, animal health professionals, etc).
• Ability to travel extensively and spend 50% of time at IBCP project sites.
• Demonstrated possession of excellent interpersonal and organizational skills; written and oral communication skills; a solid understanding of adult learning theory, interactive skill building, as well as methodologies used in low-literate and culturally diverse communities.
• Experience with the evaluation of participatory training
  

Language Requirements:

• Good knowledge of the English language and speak Bahasa fluently

All applications should be addressed to:

Operations Support Unit
Office of the FAO Representative in Indonesia,
11th floor Menara Thamrin Building
Jalan M.H. Thamrin Kav.3 Jakarta 10250
E-mail: FAO-ID@fao.org

FAO INTERPRETER/ TRANSLATOR (FAO-HPAI/IT/ 17/02-74) (NATIONAL)

FAO INTERPRETER/ TRANSLATOR (FAO-HPAI/IT/ 17/02-74) (NATIONAL)

Location :FAO Project Office, Directorate of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Jakarta, INDONESIA
Application Deadline:14-Mar-10
Type of Contract :Other
Languages Required :English

Duration of Initial Contract :3 months initial contract with possibility of extension

Background

I. Organizational Context

Under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative in Indonesia, The Chief Technical Adviser and Project Manager/ Operations Coordinator and directly supervised by the Senior Translator, The translator will provide interpretation and translation to support the FAO/ GOI Avian Influenza Control Programme, Indonesia.

Duties and Responsibilities

II. Functions / Key Results Expected
Summary of key functions:

• Provide oral translation from Indonesian into English and vice versa to technical advisors, project visitors and project personnel during trainings, workshops, meetings, field visits and research
• Translate related project documents as requested
• Assist in and facilitating contact between technical advisors or project visitors and other parties deemed necessary in the course of the work of the project
• Assist in taking meeting minutes if required
• Perform other related duties as required by the Senior Translator
  

III. Impact of Results
The key results have an impact on the success of HPAI Programme implementation in Indonesia

IV. Competencies

• Demonstrates commitment to FAO vision, mission and values
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
• Contributes effectively to team work and team outcomes
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.
• Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities.
• Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills as well as interpersonal and public relation skills.
  

Required Skills and Experience

V. Recruitment Qualifications

Education:

• Diploma or University (S1) graduate from any related field

Experience:

• Minimum of consecutive two (2) years experience in translation or interpretation work
• Previous employment in international organizations preferably within the UN specialized agencies;
• Possess good, interpersonal and communication skills;
• Ability to work in a multi- cultural environment with sensitivity and respect to diversity; and
• Ability to work with minimum supervision
  

Language Requirements:

• Excellent written and spoken English and Bahasa Indonesia

All applications should be addressed to:

Operations Support Unit
Office of the FAO Representative in Indonesia,
11th floor Menara Thamrin Building
Jalan M.H. Thamrin Kav.3 Jakarta 10250
E-mail: FAO-ID@fao.org

FAO TRAINING ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK (FAO-HPAI/TAC/ 17/02-75) (NATIONAL)

Location : FAO Project Office, Directorate of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Jakarta,, INDONESIA
Application Deadline :07-Mar-10
Type of Contract :Other
Languages Required :English
Duration of Initial Contract :3 months initial contract with possibility of extension

Background

I. Organizational Context
Under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative in Indonesia, technical supervision of The Chief Technical Adviser, the general supervision of the Operations Coordinator/ Project Manager and under the direct supervision of the Senior Administrative Assistant of the project, Training Administrative Clerk is responsible for handling administration of FAO HPAI Trainings and Workshops.

Duties and Responsibilities

II. Functions / Key Results Expected
Summary of key functions:

• Prepare in advance budget estimates and list of needed supplies for the training/ workshops/ seminars/ meetings
• Make travel and hotel reservations, prepare travel authorization forms and assemble information pertinent to purpose of travel
• Facilitate all logistical/ administrative needs during the training/ workshops/ seminars/ meetings convened by the Project
• Provide proper and updated documentation of logistics/ finance during the project activities assigned
• Ensure that the office filling systems and records are properly maintained for easy retrieval
• Provide efficient reception services to guest and facilitate their travel to project sites if needed
• Supervise and monitor LDCC financial issues (travel plan, travel report, operational cash)
• Supervise and monitor training preparation, execution and finalization from each LDCC admin clerk
• Operate office equipment such as typewriter, word processor and other similar keyboard equipment as required
• Monitor supplies and equipment for the project- complete the inventory form for the project
• Coordinates with DCC Senior Administrative Clerk in monitoring and assisting LDCC offices
• Back up and assists other administrative clerks when required
• Performs other related duties as required
  

IV. Impact of Results
The key results have an impact on the success of FAO/ GOI Avian Influenza Control Programme implementation in Indonesia.

V. Competencies

• Demonstrates commitment to FAO vision, mission and values
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
• Contributes effectively to team work and team outcomes
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.
• Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities.
• Ability to plan own work, manage conflicting priorities and work under pressure of tight and conflicting deadlines.
• Ability to work without direct supervision
• Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills as well as interpersonal and public relation skills.
  

Required Skills and Experience

V. Recruitment Qualifications

Education:

• Diploma or University (S1) Graduate from any related field

Experience:

• 2 years experience in administrative work
• Previous employment in international organizations preferably within the UN specialized agencies
• Possess good planning, coordination, interpersonal and communication skill
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment with sensitivity and respect to diversity
• Ability to work with minimum supervision
  

Language Requirements:

• Good knowledge of the English language and speak Bahasa fluently
  

All applications should be addressed to:

Operations Support Unit
Office of the FAO Representative in Indonesia,
11th floor Menara Thamrin Building
Jalan M.H. Thamrin Kav.3 Jakarta 10250
E-mail: FAO-ID@fao.org

SUPPORT FOR POOR AND DISADVANTAGED AREAS (SPADA) PROJECT PNPM Mandiri

SUPPORT FOR POOR AND DISADVANTAGED AREAS (SPADA) PROJECT
PNPM Mandiri Daerah Tertinggal dan Khusus / Percepatan Pembangunan Daerah Tertinggal dan Khusus (P2DTK)

Dalam rangka pelaksanaan kegiatan Proyek Percepatan Pembangunan Daerah Tertinggal dan Khusus (Support for Poor And Disadvantaged Areas (IBRD Loan No. 4788-IND and IDA Credit No. 4076-IND)) maka saat ini perusahaan kami, PT. Multidecon Internal, membutuhkan tenaga pendamping kegiatan di lapangan sebagai Konsultan Manajemen Kabupaten Bidang Kesehatan (Health Specialist), Bidang Pendidikan (Education Specialist), dan Bidang Infrastruktur (Infrastructure Specialist) di Propinsi Nusa Tengggara Timur. Program ini mendorong keterlibatan perempuan di dalamnya.

KONSULTAN MANAJEMEN KABUPATEN
(KM-KAB) bertugas melakukan pendampingan terhadap Tim Koordinasi P2DTK Kabupaten dan memberi dukungan teknis kepada pelaku-pelaku program P2DTK lainnya di kabupaten untuk menjamin pelaksanaan program sesuai dengan prinsip-prinsip dan mekanisme Program P2DTK.

Persyaratan:

1. Pendidikan minimal S1 dengan pengalaman minimal 3 (tiga) tahun;
2. Latar belakang pendidikan di bidang terkait;
3. Memiliki pengalaman dalam pendampingan masyarakat, penguatan kapasitas masyarakat, pelatihan partisipatif, mediasi, dan pengembangan jaringan kerja;
4. Lebih diutamakan yang memiliki pengalaman dalam program-program pemberdayaan masyarakat;
5. Tidak sedang aktif sebagai Pegawai Negeri Sipil (PNS);
6. Bersedia untuk tinggal di kabupaten lokasi program.
7. Menulis essai tentang pemberdayaan masyarakat & perkembangan di bidang masing-masing secara umum dan lebih khusus di Nusa Tenggara Timur serta solusi ataupun inovasi pemberdayaan di wilayah NTT. Essai dibuat dengan format huruf Verdana 10, + 5 halaman A4, Spasi 1,5.
   

Bagi calon-calon KM-KAB yang memenuhi kualifikasi dan merasa tertantang untuk bergabung dalam program ini silahkan mengirim Surat Lamaran, Daftar Riwayat Hidup (CV), Ijazah Akademik (scan) dan KTP (scan) ke Sekretariat SPADA NTT-1 via email: p2dtk.ntt.1@gmail.com paling lambat tanggal 28 Februari 2010.

Konsultan Management Kabupten (KM-KAB) - PNPM Mandiri

SUPPORT FOR POOR AND DISADVANTAGED AREAS (SPADA) PROJECT
PNPM Mandiri Daerah Tertinggal dan Khusus / Percepatan Pembangunan Daerah Tertinggal dan Khusus (P2DTK)

Dalam rangka pelaksanaan kegiatan Proyek Percepatan Pembangunan Daerah Tertinggal dan Khusus (Support for Poor And Disadvantaged Areas (IBRD Loan No. 4788-IND and IDA Credit No. 4076-IND)) maka saat ini perusahaan kami, PT. Multidecon Internal, membutuhkan tenaga pendamping kegiatan di lapangan sebagai Konsultan Manajemen Kabupaten Bidang Kesehatan (Health Specialist), Bidang Pendidikan (Education Specialist), dan Bidang Infrastruktur (Infrastructure Specialist) di Propinsi Nusa Tengggara Timur. Program ini mendorong keterlibatan perempuan di dalamnya.

KONSULTAN MANAJEMEN KABUPATEN
(KM-KAB) bertugas melakukan pendampingan terhadap Tim Koordinasi P2DTK Kabupaten dan memberi dukungan teknis kepada pelaku-pelaku program P2DTK lainnya di kabupaten untuk menjamin pelaksanaan program sesuai dengan prinsip-prinsip dan mekanisme Program P2DTK.

Persyaratan:

1. Pendidikan minimal S1 dengan pengalaman minimal 3 (tiga) tahun;
2. Latar belakang pendidikan di bidang terkait;
3. Memiliki pengalaman dalam pendampingan masyarakat, penguatan kapasitas masyarakat, pelatihan partisipatif, mediasi, dan pengembangan jaringan kerja;
4. Lebih diutamakan yang memiliki pengalaman dalam program-program pemberdayaan masyarakat;
5. Tidak sedang aktif sebagai Pegawai Negeri Sipil (PNS);
6. Bersedia untuk tinggal di kabupaten lokasi program.
7. Menulis essai tentang pemberdayaan masyarakat & perkembangan di bidang masing-masing secara umum dan lebih khusus di Nusa Tenggara Timur serta solusi ataupun inovasi pemberdayaan di wilayah NTT. Essai dibuat dengan format huruf Verdana 10, + 5 halaman A4, Spasi 1,5.
   

Bagi calon-calon KM-KAB yang memenuhi kualifikasi dan merasa tertantang untuk bergabung dalam program ini silahkan mengirim Surat Lamaran, Daftar Riwayat Hidup (CV), Ijazah Akademik (scan) dan KTP (scan) ke Sekretariat SPADA NTT-1 via email: p2dtk.ntt.1@gmail.com paling lambat tanggal 28 Februari 2010.

IPEC - Internship for Summer 2010

Vacancy No: IPEC/INTERN 10
Position title: IPEC Internship for summer 2010
Grade: NO-A
Contract type: Internship
Duration of contract: 3 to 6 months
Date:9 November 2009

Deadline for application: 31 May 2010
(102 day(s) until closing deadline)
Currently accepting applications

Organization unit: IPEC
Duty Station: Geneva, Switzerland

Description of Duties
Internship with IPEC provide an opportunity for students who are pursuing a course of study in fields related to child labour to:

• Increase their understanding of relevant issues at the international level by involving them directly in the work of IPEC;
• Gain practical work experience in the field of child labour and its links to other related fields, such as education, youth employment, gender, agriculture, mining, etc.

Under the supervision of a professional in IPEC, typical assignments for interns include:

• Review and analyse literature
• Undertake research in a particular subject area
• Organise data and documents
• Develop tools and guidelines
• Draft reports and conduct case studies
• Participate in on-going projects implementation and/or evaluation
  

Required Qualifications

Education
Interns should have completed graduate and/or post graduate studies or be in the final year of undergraduate studies in related fields.

Experience
Experience in research and/or academic/voluntary work in the related area(s) would be an advantage.

Languages
Working knowledge of English, French or Spanish. Knowledge of the second language or Portuguese would be an advantage.

Competencies
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
- Show willingness to acquire new knowledge
- Ability to work as a member of a team
- Ability to produce quality results in time
- Ability to work in a multicultural and multilingual environment

Additional Information:
Applicants for internships can be of any nationality.
An intern should not be a close relateive of a serving ILO official.

Applicants
should indicate the following information in your covering letter: -
Field(s) of interest - Proposed dates - Region(s)/country( ies) that you are interested.

Please note that due to the large number of applicants, we are not in a position to reply to each request and only short-listed applicants will be contacted for telephone interview.

Internship positions are filled on an on-going basis during a year as appropriate assignments are identified.

We will contact you if any suitable opportunity is identified for your profile.

Interns based at headquarters in Geneva without any external source of funding will receive CHF1,500 per month as a stipend.

Thank you very much for your interest in the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour.


____________ _________ _________ __

APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED DIRECTLY IF SELECTED FOR WRITTEN TEST.
APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED DIRECTLY IF SELECTED FOR AN INTERVIEW.

____________ _________ _________ __

Please note that all candidates must complete an on-line application form.
To apply, please visit ILO's e-Recruitment website at: erecruit.ilo.org

The system provides instructions for online application procedures.

The ILO does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process whether at the application, interview, processing or training stage.

Messages originating from a non ILO e-mail account - @ilo.org - should be disregarded. In addition, the ILO does not require or need to know any information relating to the bank account details of applicants.

Horticulture Assistance - AMARTA

A USAID sponsored project in agribusiness markets and support activities seeks applicants for a Horticulture Assistant based in Simalungun and Pakpak Bharat.

The Horticulture Assistance will contribute to project overall objective to produce measurable results in horticulture productivity. The tasks and responsibilities include but not limited to:
1. Work with agribusiness stakeholders to achieve maximum collaboration in implementing AMARTA program.
2. Together with Horticulture Coordinator to organize farmers groups, cooperation, association and other related institution to respond of increasing competitiveness.
3. Organizing farmers training, collecting data, processing and monitoring of horticulture programs.
4. Maintaining relations with other stakeholders and invite their participation to create more coordinated and business oriented in horticulture.
5. Maintaining, monitoring and evaluating of all AMARTA horticulture programs in the farmers’ level, such farmers training, demonstration plot and farmers field school.
6. Other responsibilities as assigned by the Regional Agribusiness Specialist or Horticulture Coordinator.

Qualification
For this position, she/he must have minimum 2 years of field-based experience in project implementation, community mobilization, and monitoring and evaluation. Experience and expertise in Horticulture specifically in Citrus, Potato and Chili, including understanding of horticulture best practice. Minimum Bachelor Degree on agribusiness or equivalent in horticulture science or similar degree. Experience in working effectively and respectfully with host country government, INGO and NGO partners. Demonstrate skill in communication, report writing, financial management, monitoring, evaluation, team management and problem solving. Competent English language preferred and ability to speak in Simalungun or Pakpak Bharat is considerate.

Applications are open to qualified men and women with the right to work in Indonesia.

Send cover letter and resume/CV to: hrd.amarta@gmail. com, NLT February 25th, 2010.
Only short listed applicants will be contacted.

Tropical Fruit Value Chain Coordinator - AMARTA

A USAID sponsored project in agribusiness markets and support activities seeks applicants for a Tropical Fruit Coordinator based in Simalungun and Pakpak Bharat.

The Tropical Fruit Value Chain Coordinator will contribute to project overall objective to produce measurable results in tropical fruit productivity.

The tasks and responsibilities include but not limited to:
Work with agribusiness stakeholders to achieve maximum collaboration in implementing AMARTA program.
Together with Banana Demo plot Supervisor, Goverment Extension agent and BPTP to organize farmers groups, cooperation, association and other related institution to respond of increasing competitiveness.
Organizing farmers training, collecting data, processing and monitoring of Tropical fruit programs.
Maintaining relations with other stakeholders and invite their participation to create more coordinated and business oriented in tropical fruit.
Maintaining, monitoring and evaluating of all AMARTA horticulture programs in the farmers’ level, such farmers training, demonstration plot and farmers field school.
Other responsibilities as assigned by the Regional Agribusiness Specialist

Qualification
For this position, she/he must have minimum 3 years of field-based experience in project implementation, community mobilization, and monitoring and evaluation. Experience and expertise in Horticulture, specifically understand of banana best practice. Minimum Bachelor Degree on agribusiness or equivalent in horticulture science or similar degree. Experience in working effectively and respectfully with host country government, INGO and NGO partners. Demonstrate skill in communication, report writing, financial management, monitoring, evaluation, team management and problem solving. Competent English language preferred.

Applications are open to qualified men and women with the right to work in Indonesia.

Send cover letter and resume/CV to: hrd.amarta@gmail. com, NLT February 25th, 2010.
Only short listed applicants will be contacted.

Program Manager – Global Citizen Corps (GCC) - Mercy Corps

The Program Manager (PM) for the Global Citizen Corps Program (GCC) will lead the overall implementation of GCC activities in one of the multiple countries involved. The CM will work with the Global Management Team serving eight countries to optimize the effectiveness of project activities worldwide. The PM will report directly to the Mercy Corps Country Director in his/her country, and indirectly to the Global Program Coordinator. The PM’s work will also include donor relationship management for fundraising to ensure sustainability and expansion of activities as needed.

S/he will be responsible for ensuring that all aspects of the GCC program are executed effectively and in alignment with their respective grant agreements. S/he will be responsible for assessing the effectiveness and impact of program activities on participants through direct supervision, results of pre- and post-surveys, participant interviews, etc and for solving problems to ensure continuous improvements.

Qualifications:

• 3 years experience in international relief and development with field positions;
• Proven leadership, project coordination and communication skills;
• Ability to function as a goal-oriented and inspiring social entrepreneur – to work both independently and cooperatively with team members is required;
• Experience in building, training, motivating and managing a team;
• Ability to anticipate and solve problems, and communicate effectively across cultures and learning styles;
• Expertise with tools and innovations in Information Communication and Technologies;
• Experience in youth development, and community organizing;
• Baccalaureate or equivalent in international development, management, or related field;
• Ability to travel regularly to field locations and out of the country for international coordination and training;
• Rich experience in cross-cultural work;
• Experience in program evaluation;
• Proven fund development experience helpful.
  

Please send your CV with position applied as Program Manger GCC on the email subject to: hrd@id.mercycorps.org
Vacancy will be closed 24 February 2010.

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

NGO Management School Geneva: February - May 2010 Management Courses for NGO Staff

Dear reader,

Please find below the management courses for staff of NGOs and international organisations, taking place in Geneva from February to May 2010.

Courses are for practitioners and address challenges faced by non-profit managers, leaders, and staff. These training courses help sharpening key skills and developing strategies that participants can immediately use in their work.

FEB-MAY 2010 COURSES:

15-19 February: Project Cycle Management Compact (5 days)
Fast-track project management for practitioners

22-23 February: Exit Strategies: Effective Programme Disengagement (2 days)
Achieving programme and project sustainability

22-26 February: Essentials of NGO Management (5 days)
How to manage and lead an NGO

1-5 March: Essentials of Human Resource Management (5 days)
How to lay the foundation for a solid approach in Human Resources

10-12 March: Essentials of Fundraising (3 days)
How to raise funds for NGO activities

22-24 March: Improving the Effectiveness of Your Board (3 days)
Essential of Non-profit Governance and Board Relations

5-9 April: Training of Trainers (5 days)
How to design, deliver and follow-up a training course

12-16 April: Delivering Relief in Emergencies (5 days)
Saving lives and protecting livelihoods through relief assistance

17-21 May: Project Cycle Management Compact (5 days) course in French
Fast-track project management for practitioners

24-28 May: Designing and Planning Projects (5 days)
Mastering fundamental project design skills

Registration for these courses is now open. For course objectives, detailed programme, course fees and inscription, please visit www.ngoms.org/coursedates.htm. Group tariffs are available.

The NGO Management School Switzerland is a registered Swiss non-profit association based in the Geneva area. For more information about us, please visit www.ngoms.org/ whoweare. htm. For more information about our team, visit www.ngoms.org/ contact.htm.

Please do not hesitate to share this email with your friends & colleagues and contact us should you wish to receive more information about our courses.

Kind regards,

Virginia Valdueza
Course Coordinator

Administrative Assistant - UCLG ASPAC - Vietnam

Post Title: Administrative Assistant
Organization: United Cities and Local Governments Asia Pacific (UCLG ASPAC)
Duty Station: UCLG ASPAC Sub-Regional Office/Association of Cities of Vietnam (ACVN) Hanoi, Vietnam
Type of Contract: Service Contract – 1 year, with possibility of extension
Reference: AA Vietnam


Background
United Cities and Local Governments Asia Pacific (UCLG ASPAC) is one of the eight Regional Sections of the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and based in Jakarta, Indonesia. UCLG is the largest local government organization in the world and the officially recognized World voice of Local Government by the United Nations.
The Asia and Pacific region is the biggest of the eight sections in UCLG with linkages to more than 7.000 local governments. It represents well over 3.76 billion people –more than half of the world population- and incorporates economically fast developing countries such as China, India and Indonesia.
UCLG ASPAC is the key knowledge management hub on local government issues in the Asia-Pacific region. It promotes democratic local government, supports cooperation between cities and their associations, and facilitates programs, networks and partnerships to develop the capacity of local governments and the associations.

UCLG ASPAC will implement the European Commission funded Project “Partnership for Democratic Local Governance in Southeast-Asia” in close co-operation with Konrad-Adenauer- Foundation (KAS), LOGODEF, The Thai Environmental Institute (TEI) and various Local Government Associations.
The project activities are carried out for a period of 30 months in five countries in South-East-Asia: Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam.
The overall objective is the improvement of living conditions of disadvantaged groups in South-East-Asia through increased participation of people in local planning and decision making. More specifically, it is aimed to set up a sustainable network of Las, LGAs, NGOs and Academic Institutions for the promotion of best practice exchange in democratic local governance in SEA which contributes to the improved knowledge, attitude and practice of the LGAs in this field of services for their members.

The administrative assistant will closely work with the National Coordinator in Hanoi on a day-to-day basis within the overall supervision of the UCLG ASPAC Regional Office in Jakarta and in collaboration with the Association of Cities of Vietnam (ACVN) ensuring high quality, accuracy and consistency of work delivery.

Responsibilities
The Administrative Assistant will be responsible for the following:

• Coordinate meetings and appointments for the National Project Coordinator
• Maintain the office documentation (preparation, distribution, sorting and storing) in accordance with established guidelines and procedures
• Arrange travel and lodging for local/external partners and experts together with the National Project Coordinator an the Project Manager
• Assist National Project Coordinator on assigned duties; Monitor assigned project deliverables and timelines together with the National Project Coordinator
• Welcome and host guests to the Project Office + telephone
• Make sure that all needed items for daily office routines are being bought and stored
• Assist Chief Accountant in preparing the monthly accountability as well as the interim and financial reporting
• Collect, sort and collate receipts, contracts, tax-papers or any material or information requested by the Chief Accountant
• Handle all payments connected with the running of the project (cash, cheque, online); issue payments of advances or refund for project expenses; transparently document all payments in accordance with established guidelines and procedures and according the legislation of the respective country
• Manage the project cash box; transparently document all transactions in and out of the cashbox in accordance with established guidelines and procedures
• Verify that all receipts are in accordance with established guidelines and procedures and according the legislation of the respective country
• Inform the National Coordinator on all financial matters concerning his/her duties;
• Assist National Coordinator in tracking budget expenses and budget analysis
• Perform other duties as required from time-to-time
  

Special requirements of the assignment

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration, economics or related field
• At least three years of professional experience in accounting or administrative work
• Good written and oral communication skills required (Vietnamese and English)
• Computer software skills in basic Microsoft word and accounting programs
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines required
  

Assignment period
The assignment will be for up to 30 months and will commence in March 2010.

Candidates are expected to submit an updated CV along with the application by mentioning reference on mail subject to hardjoa@gmail.com and a copy to gesabah@yahoo.com until 15th of February 2010 at the latest.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Men and women will be given equal consideration.

National Coordinator -UCLG ASPAC - Vietnam

Post Title: National Coordinator
Organization: United Cities and Local Governments Asia Pacific (UCLG ASPAC)
Duty Station: UCLG ASPAC Sub-Regional Office/ Association of Cities of Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam
Type of Contract: Service Contract– 1 year with possibility of extension
Reference: NC - Vietnam


Background
United Cities and Local Governments Asia Pacific (UCLG ASPAC) is one of the eight Regional Sections of the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and based in Jakarta, Indonesia.
UCLG is the largest local government organization in the world and the officially recognized voice of World Local Government by the United Nations. The Asia and Pacific region is the biggest of the eight sections in UCLG with linkages to more than 7.000 local governments. It represents well over 3.76 billion people –more than half of the world population- and incorporates economically fast developing countries such as China, India and Indonesia. UCLG ASPAC is the key knowledge management hub on local government issues in the Asia-Pacific region. It promotes democratic local government, supports cooperation between cities and their associations, and facilitates programs, networks and partnerships to develop the capacity of local governments and the associations.

UCLG ASPAC will implement the European Commission funded Project “Partnership for Democratic Local Governance in Southeast-Asia” in close co-operation with Konrad-Adenauer- Foundation (KAS), LOGODEF, The Thai Environmental Institute (TEI) and various Local Government Associations. The project activities are carried out for a period of 30 months in five countries in South-East-Asia: Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam.
The overall objective is the improvement of living conditions of disadvantaged groups in South-East-Asia through increased participation of people in local planning and decision making. More specifically, it is aimed to set up a sustainable network of Las, LGAs, NGOs and Academic Institutions for the promotion of best practice exchange in democratic local governance in SEA which contributes to the improved knowledge, attitude and practice of the LGAs in this field of services for their members.

Under the direct supervision of the UCLG ASPAC Regional Office in Jakarta and in collaboration
with the Association of Cities of Vietnam, the National Coordinator provides support to the project ensuring high quality, accuracy and consistency of work.
The National Coordinator will be assisted by a (part-time) administrative assistant on day-to-day operational work.


Responsibilities
The National Coordinator will be responsible for the following:

• Manage contacts with LGAs, municipalities, academic institutions, CSOs, decision makers and media
• Identification and facilitation of local experts
• Office management
• Finalization and approval of project reports (e.g. best practices)
• Documentation of project activities in a transparent and comprehensive way
• Monthlystatus reporting to the coordination office
• Carry out the internal monitoring activities as agreed with the Project Manager and report to the Project Manager
• Inform the National Administrative/ Accounting Assistant on upcoming deliverables and expenditures, so that he/she can prepare payments and accounting procedures on time
• Respect EC visibility guidelines
• Perform other duties as required from time-to-time
  

Special requirements of the assignment

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in public administration, international relations, economics, political science or related field
• At least five years of professional experience in governance related work with key qualifications comprising capacity development, project management, public service provision, community participation
• Strong written and oral communication skills required (Vietnamese and English)
• Computer software skills in all basic Microsoft word programs
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines required
• Ability to develop liaison with senior LA and LGA officials and work co-operatively
• Considerable domestic and international travel may be required
  

Assignment period
The assignment will be for up to 30 months and will commence in March 2010.


Candidates are expected to submit an updated CV along with the application by mentioning reference on mail subject tohardjoa@gmail.com and copy to gesabah@yahoo.com until 15th of February 2010 at the latest.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Men and women will be treated equally in consideration of this position.

Public Service Delivery Advisor

The Urban Institute (UI), a non-profit organization founded in 1968, is seeking applications for the position of Public Service Delivery Advisor for the upcoming USAID Kinerja project.

UI was established to investigate social and economic problems confronting the US and the government policies and programs designed to alleviate them. Over the last 25 years, UI has expanded its role to address analogous problems in developing countries.

UI’s international work has focused on decentralization and local government capacity building, structured around four outcomes:

1. creation of a clearer legal and regulatory framework for local government rights and responsibilities through a consensus-oriented dialogue among central government, local government, and public stakeholders;
2. improved financial management and greater transparency in local government budgeting and expenditure;
3. more cost-effective and responsive delivery of services by local governments; and
4. greater interaction and more effective communication between local government (both elected officials and civil servants) and citizens about community priorities and the reality of the constraints under which local governments operate.

Public Service Delivery Advisor Responsibilities:
The PSDA will serve as the main resource to ensure effective implementation of service improvement approaches of the project. PSDA will identify and develop tools and methods for improving services of local governments. PSDA is to ensure that the approaches and innovations promoted by the program are technically sound and appropriate for Indonesia. He/she will also
ensure that project approach and policy is in line with and reflects GOI decentralization policy, particularly in minimum service standards.

Qualifications:

• A master’s degree in a relevant field;
• A minimum of 10 years experience working with local governments related to public service delivery and performance management;
• Must have expertise in one of more areas of economic development, education or health service delivery;
• High degree of adaptability to varied working environments and good interpersonal and teamworking skills;
• Proven leadership and organizational skills, successfully managing and coordinating large and disparate work groups;
• Basic knowledge of management processes and systems, such as human resources management and development (including performance evaluation), financial management, and management of employee compensation systems;
• Experience in working with Non-Government Organizations and Civil Society Organizations;
• Experience in the implementation of USAID project(s), or other donor projects in Indonesia;
• Ability to speak, read and write fluently in English is mandatory. The ability to speak Indonesian, at a working level, is also required.

Interested applicants are requested to send a cover letter, resume, and list of three references (references will not be contacted prior to interview) to indokinerja@ gmail.com as soon as possible but no later than February 10, 2010.

Only the strongest candidates will be contacted. No telephone inquiries, please.
The Urban Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer.