Vacancy Announcement: Institutional Development/Governance Advisor, Jakarta based

Tetra Tech ARD is currently accepting expressions of interest for the
*Institutional
Development/Governance Advisor**, Jakarta based* on our USAID Indonesia
Forestry and Climate Support Project (USAID IFACS).**

USAID IFACS seeks to reduce the threats of deforestation and climate
change, and help the Government of Indonesia (GOI) conserve the country’s
tropical forests, wildlife, and ecosystem processes (including carbon
sequestration).****

**JOB SUMMARY:

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Lead efforts to strengthen natural resource governance capacity, increase
multi-stakeholder coordination, and improve implementation of forest
management, climate change, and environmental law enforcement mandates.
Achieve this through direct performance of tasks and supervision of
designated staff, consultants, and partner organizations. S/he report to
the Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP).****

**MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:


   1. Conduct analyses required to inform spatial planning and land-use
   decisions, including costs/benefits of alternate land use options, perverse
   or un-intended consequences of policies and regulations, ecological
   appropriateness for intended use, promotion of Forest Management Units
   (FMUs), likely impacts of climate change, and identification of low carbon
   options for development.
   2. Facilitate government institutional coordination and policy making,
   including technical assistance for budget planning, zonation,
   multi-stakeholder participation, clarifying land and resource rights, and
   inclusion of climate change adaptation and mitigation.
   3. Train government officials, NGOs, private sector and community
   members in relevant aspects of spatial planning, landscape approaches,
   carbon finance, and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
   4. Enhance investigative and forensic capabilities of law enforcement
   through technical assistance, improved information access, strengthened
   community engagement and wildlife crime units, forensic and investigative
   training, and linkages to the ICITAP program conducted by the Department of
   Justice.
   5. Supervise all project activities within specific sites if requested
   by DCOP.

QUALIFICATIONS (MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS):

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   - A graduate degree in public financing, regional development,
   economics, political management, business administration, or similar fields.
   - At least 10 years of general institution strengthen and partnership
   building expertise including a track record in effective institution
   strengthening, public policy development, public participation and
   partnership building with government at local and national levels.
   - Proven experience in undertaking activities aimed at increased
   political support and access to financial resources for community and
   environmental improvement.
   - Demonstrated understanding of decentralized governance systems
   including experience advising executive and legislative branches of local
   government in budgeting, planning, management of services and/or policy
   development, particularly with respect to forestry and climate change.
   - Native fluency in spoken and written Indonesian.
   - Professional competency in spoken and written English.
   - Ability to engage in activities occurring in multiple field sites with
   multiple stakeholders across Indonesia.
   - Willingness to travel extensively in Indonesia.

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Please submit your recent CV as of* 18 August, 2013 (the latest) with
subject Institutional Development/Governance Advisor, Jakarta based *to:
recruitment@ifacs.or.id****

** Tetra Tech ARD is an equal opportunity employer.