VACANCY - PROGRAM MANAGER PATTIRO

VACANCY - PATTIRO

Job title : Program Manager
Location: Jakarta
Language required : English
Expected Duration of Assignment : 24 (twenty four) months
Application deadline: 23 June 2013

I.               Background

The enactment of Law No. 14 of 2008 on
Disclosure of Public Information (abbreviated UU KIP) has significantly
transformed the governance of the country from closed to open government. In
2004, civil society organizations formed Civil Society Coalition for Freedom of
Information to help push the Disclosure of Public Information Bill into a
national legislation. After the passing
of the Law, the coalition transformed itself into Freedom of
Information Network Indonesia (FOINI),
which has overseen the establishment
of the Central Information Commission and a number of Provincial Information
Commissions and provided assistance to public institutions to comply with the
Law. There have been no other laws in Indonesia that has attracted so much
civil society participation since its inception.

The Law, however, has not been
implemented effectively. On the one hand, many local governments still consider
budget documents, for example, as government secret, and only a handful of
government agencies have appointed Documentation and Information Management
Officer (PPID) and developed a system to respond to public demand for data and
information. On the other hand, civil society groups are not aware of their
rights to access public information. Therefore, demands for public information
remain scanty.

At the global level, there have been
efforts to promote information transparency and public information disclosures
as well, such as the Open Government Partnership (OGP). OGP started as a
collaborative effort of several countries, such as Brazil, USA, the
Philippines, South Africa, Mexico, England, Indonesia, and Norway. The collaboration that was launched in
September 2011 in New York has attracted 58 countries to join OGP by early
2013. A key component of OGP in Indonesia is to accelerate the implementation
of Freedom of Information Law (FOI Act).

Indonesia has assumed a co-chair position with the UK since September 2012, and will become the
lead chair in September 2013. The government has called the program to implement OGP as Open
Government Indonesia (OGI). Four NGOs are members of the OGI Core Team,
namely  PATIRO (Center for Regional
Information and Studies), FITRA (Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency),
ICEL (Indonesian Center for Environmental Law) and Transparency International
Indonesia (TII). As the coordinator of two coalitions that promote information
transparency in Indonesia, namely the FOINI and PWYP (Publish What You Pay),  PATIRO has been appointed by
civil society organizations to become the coordinator of the Civil Society OGI
Secretariat.

To carry out the function of a Joint
Secretariat for FOINI and OGI’s civil society components,  PATIRO needs to set up a joint secretariat
with clear organizational structure and working procedures.  PATIRO also needs to facilitate the
development of program planning to implement FOINI’s strategic plan within the
context of OGI implementation in Indonesia.

The Joint Secretariat would need a
working procedure to regulate its works in carrying out its five functions in
administration, public education, capacity building, networking
and resource center. The Civil
Society’s program planning to implement FOINI’s strategic plan within the
context of OGI implementation in Indonesia version would be a civil society’s
contribution to help accelerate the implementation of OGI, which is currently
considered as slow and too cautious. Effective implementation of OGI partly
depends on the effective implementation of the Disclosure of Public Information
Law, especially the creation of public demand for government information and
development of system and procedure within government bodies to respond to the
demands, which is a crucial component of FOINI’s strategic plan.

II.             Duties & Responsibilites

1.     To lead the program implementation in order to carry out its rolein:Developingsynergy between the implementation of
FOINI’s Strategic Plan and OGI’s national action plan; The
Establishment of Documentation and Information
Management Officer (PPID)in Health,
Education and Agriculture Departmentsat the appointed program areas; Strengthening the capacity of citizens and
communities to access and utilize public information; To provide Civil Society
Independent Report on the Indonesian National Action Plan of OGP
2.    Works independently and collaboratively with all team member and
coalition members to plan other responsibilities include supporting
communications activities, serving as liaison and representative at meetings,
and establishing and maintaining partnerships to advance FOINI’s / OGI’s missions.
3.         To manage all team members and other available resources to achieve
all program milestones and proper budget allocation as well as to provide
accountable and qualified reports.
4.         To lead the program implementation in Central
Kalimantan Province,
BantenProvince, Ambon City (Maluku Province), and Kendal Regency (Central
Java Province)

III.           Qualifications
1.         Academic Requirements
·      Master / Bachelor degree in public policy,
economics, management, communication, law, public
administration, governments and other related
areasor equivalent professional work experience in program management.
2.       Experience and qualification
·      Minimum3(three)years of working experience as a Program Manager in a
non-profit project (preferably international NGO)
·      Solid
understanding on disclosure of public informationissuesand good
governance
·      Show strong leadership and effective management skills to manage available
resources and implementing partners.
·      Ability to
liaise and affiliate with government partners working in the area of programs
·      Ability to
work under pressuredan meeting deadlines.
·      Ability to
work well in a cross cultural team and environment
·      Excellent
communication and human relation skills
·      Proficieny in current computer office software
3.       Languages
•    Fluency in oral and written English and Bahasa
Indonesia

IV.           Application Submission
Interested candidates
should submit a CV and a covering letter clearly stating their relevant skills,
experience, vacancy and professional references by e-mail to: info@pattiro.org  Submission DEADLINE: 23 June 2013. On
the subject of email / letter, write “Program Manager FOINI/OGP”
Only shortlisted
candidate will be contacted for further recruitment process.