Conservation International,
an international non-governmental organization, is seeking to fill the Position
of TERRESTRIAL MONITORING AND
EVALUATION SPECIALISTto be base in Jakarta.
The Sustainable
Landscapes Partnership (SLP) program will establish a replicable model of
public-private partnerships that foster low carbon development opportunities,
thereby helping to address global climate change and contribute to economic
growth. The SLP will combine public (USAID) and private philanthropic (Walton Family
Foundation) funding into an initial $20 million Facility focused on catalyzing
low carbon private sector investment in specific landscapes of high
conservation value in Indonesia over a five-year period. This Facility will
invest in low carbon and Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest
Degradation (REDD+) development activities and business models that seek to
reduce or eliminate deforestation and associated CO2 emissions.
This position will ensure that the methodology and approach are sufficient
and practical with the time frame allocated.
S/he will provide technical support to the team for issues of
information collection and data management, and s/he will establish a database
and collection system that ensures key data sets can be collected and analyzed
in a practical, timely, and efficient manner. S/he will work with management
and monitoring teams to verify findings and recommendations.
Key
Duty/Responsibility:
1. Review and analysis of existing SLP /
IFACS M&E instruments
a. Analyze the information garnered with a
view to identifying the potential role and utilization of each instrument in
the M&E framework for the enhanced SLP Strategy/ CII Papua Terrestrial
Program Strategy;
b. Produce specific recommendations on the
potential for utilization of each of the instruments within a SLP/ CII Papua
Terrestrial Program monitoring and evaluation framework;
c. Provide an analysis, including
recommendations as to the relative benefits of having one or more instruments
contributing to the SLP/ CII Papua Terrestrial Program monitoring and
evaluation framework;
d. Recommend what a standardized M&E
framework to monitor SLP/CII Papua Terrestrial Program implementation at the
regional, national and sector levels should include;
2. Articulate the actual M&E framework
and baseline assessment components
a. Develop performance
monitoring indicators, annual milestones and end of Project targets for the
SLP/CII Papua Terrestrial Program.
b. Develop logic models
and illustrate linkages between the components: inputs, processes, outputs,
outcomes, and impacts.
c. Develop a baseline
component for the assessment of the current state of regency
d. (Biodiversity, livelihood, agriculture, etc.)
Including standardize methodology / instruments.
e. Develop
a training manual on the M&E framework and train the SLP team and CII Papua
Terrestrial Program team to implement it.
3. Establish,
implement, evaluate, and adjust a SLP and a CII Papua terrestrial program monitoring and evaluation plan
together with CII and its partners. This
should be based on the above CII/SLP Terrestrial M&E framework, and
include:
a. Develop
a plan for simultaneously tracking CI institutional indicators together with
those for the USAID Program Management Plan (PMP) including a results
monitoring framework and description of data sources required for reporting
progress, data collection methods; approach to ensuring data quality and survey
plans;
b. Competent and confident in preparing,
fielding and analyzing results (both qualitative and quantitative methods)
using a range of survey instruments spanning SLP/IFACS thematic elements;
c. Work
with SLP/IFACS technical leads to ensure timely and adequate data collection on
indicators on quarterly basis;
d. Format
and process data for reporting to USAID (which should include monthly or
quarterly progress reporting and annual review);
e. Schedule
Timing and methodologies for external reviews, evaluations and impact
assessments;
f. Build
on and support the partners and Governments of Mandailing Natal/TapSel to
develop and improve their own monitoring and evaluation capacity as far as
possible;
g. Ensure
that all project interventions are based on and consistent with international
and national protocols/standards;
h. Develop
lessons, research and recommendations that will contribute to future SLP
monitoring and evaluation and program implementation strategies;
i. Lead and supervise
the implementation of the socio-economy and natural resource database component
of the Mamberamo program (IFACS);
j. Provide technical
leadership to install the new database system, develop a user’s manual, and
conduct training for the Kabupaten’s
independent use of the data system;
k. Provide technical support to assist theKabupaten in using the data system as
part of its economic development decision-making. Contribute to the CI team’s
design and implementation of the Strategic Environmental Assessment component.
Qualification:
· Advanced
degree (MA or higher) in M&E in a conservation, agribusiness or rural
development field with demonstrated technical proficiency in carrying out high
quality data collection, analysis with 5 years’ experience; or
· Bachelor’s
Degree with relevant and practical experience in M&E linked specifically
too conservation, strategic ecosystems services, management of natural capital
with a track record of successful reporting against program deliverables with 8
years’ experience in M&E with a preference for experience that has occurred
in a range of geographic settings in Indonesia;
· Experience with
building capacity building in technical applications of M&E for program staff
and stakeholders;
· Proven
track record in obtaining, analyzing and reporting on project/program results
for donors, and a broader audience;
· Proven
track record in working in challenging settings to achieve successful outcomes
in improving strategic environmental services and natural capital management;
· Ability
to spend between 50-60% in SLP program locations so as to ensure progress
against deliverables;
· Experienced
with donor reporting and developing systems to capture data that can be
reflected in accurate and well written reports;
· Excellent
communication skills both in English and Bahasa Indonesia (reading, writing,
oral and presentation);
· Ability
to delivering presentations; interpreting and presenting information to suit
the target audience
· Ability
to work with a variety of stakeholders from local and national governments to
the private sector.
· The
preferred candidate will be self-motivated, team-oriented and able to meet
project deadlines often under difficult circumstances.
Interested
candidates should send a current resume and cover letter addressing the
required skills and capabilities (no more than 4 pages) to:
hrd@conservation.or.id
Closing date for the application is 31
May 2013
(Only
short-listed candidates will be notified).
For more information about
CI, please visit our web:
www.conservation.or.id http://www.conservation.org
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