Hivos is a Dutch non-governmental organization guided by humanist
values. It aims at structural poverty alleviation with a strong focus
on civil society building and sustainable economic development. Hivos
provides financial support for local NGO's, is active in networking,
lobbying and exchanging knowledge and expertise. For its Southeast
Asia Regional Office in Jakarta, Hivos seeks qualified Indonesian
candidates for the position of:
Job Title: MAVC (Making All Voices Count) Programme Officer - Asia
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Line Manager: Regional Director
Functional Manager: Director MAVC
Responsibilities:
The Programme Officer will analyse the MAVC’s strategy, identify key
opportunities and co-develop and implement the Asian part of the
programme. The Programme Officer is responsible for identifying
interesting organizations, individuals and /or initiative that can
contribute to the MAVC objectives. The PO is responsible for due
diligence, assessment, contracting and monitoring of these
initiatives. The PO is also responsible for linking the different
groups together as well as identify capacity building needs.
More specifically, the Programme Officer is responsible for the grant
making component of MAVC in Asia with regards to component 2 of MAVC:
Scaling Up. He/she is also the liaison Officer of MAVC towards
Ushahidi and Component 1 of MAVC : Innovation for the Asian region.
The focus countries are Indonesia, Philippines, Bangladesh and
Pakistan.
Key tasks:
As PO the scouting/brokering role will be a very important element of
this function.
The PO develops and systematically manages the MAVC programme in the
region.
• Identifying , assessing, selecting and contracting potential
grantees in component 2 – Scaling Up and administrate component 1 –
Innovation Grants.
• Preparing contracts, plans and evaluates reports and maintain a
close relationship with partner organisations in the region and work
with them on regularly basis to ensure MAVC’s objectives are met.
• Use monitoring data to draw lessons and continuously nudge
partnership outputs to superb level
• Work closely with the Policy Director to bring out and publish
lessons, and to use lessons drawn from monitoring, evaluation and
international knowledge, in the current partnerships
• Maintain high quality documentation throughout
• Identify capacity building needs for grantees and prepare action
plans to address these.
• Identify common capacity building needs and liaison with the MAVC
Programme Officer Southern Africa on this.
• Plan and implement networking/brokering events in the region
according to the annual work plan
Profile & Competences:
• You have an masters degree in international cooperation or another
relevant field.
• You have a minimum of 5 years working experience in Asia
• In addition to the available knowledge and experience in the field
of Governance, Citizen Engagement and technology (strategy, practice
and application), in an international development context, you have
extensive experience in project management including project
administration
• You have a keen understanding of country political and social
dynamics; analytical and conceptual skills, and ability to translate
these into program development
• Creative thinker, imaginative, able to think outside the box and
make unorthodox connections
• Strong affinity with the thinking behind the MAVC concept
• Excellent networking, relationship building and negotiation skills
• You work with a high degree of independence and am entrepreneurial /
innovative attitude
• Demonstrated team working qualities, and ability to deliver quality
results
• You have excellent verbal, writing and communication skills in
English
What do we offer?
An inspiring and dynamic working environment, dedicated colleagues and
the possibility to work for an ambitious new international initiative
called Making all Voices Count: A Grand Challenge for Development. A
one-year contract with possibility of an extension.
Applicants should send a CV and a cover letter to: hrd@hivos.or.id
with reference code 'Vac – PO MAVC'.
Applications are requested by 20 July 2013, thereafter the position
will remain open until filled.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
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