Solidaridad Network
has its international secretariat in Netherlands supporting a network of nine Regional
Expertise Centres located in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia. Solidaridad
is apioneer, innovator and transition manager in smart
and sustainable land use andsustainable chain management.
The REC-South and South East Asia (REC-SSEA) is registered as a not for profit
company (Solidaridad Network Asia Limited-SNAL)with regional headquarters in New
Delhi, India and Hong Kong, and is accountable to the Continental Supervisory
Board of Asia. The REC-SSEA has been organising, developing and managing
several market and policy oriented programmes around sustainable development
and food security in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia
and Vietnam resulting in benefits for more than a million smallholder farmers
and workers. In Indonesia Solidaridad has a country office in Jakarta, which
reports to the regional office (in New Delhi?).
Solidaridad South
and South East Asia is looking for a Programme
Manager for Palm Oil (40 hours a week)
Location
The Programme Manager will be located in Jakarta,
Indonesia.
Scope of work
The Programme Manager
(PM) will manage and grow Solidaridad’s expanding Asia Pacific palm program.
The incumbent will represent Solidaridad in existing networks and continue the
collaborative work with key partners in the region.
You report
directly to the Country Manager of Solidaridad Indonesia and Managing Director
of South and South East Asia but work closely with Regional and Global palm oil
coordinators in New Delhi and Netherlands respectively. You will work closely
with all strategic and programme partners across the region. With your
interpersonal and intercultural skills you are good at working with colleagues
worldwide. You understand balancing local individual needs and the necessity of
standardisation. You are capable of translating specific and individual
problems into feasible and effective systems and processes. You thrive in a
dynamic international and intercultural working environment.
Result areas
1. Manage the existing regional program in oil
palm
* Current Solidaridad oil palm
projects are in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea and share experience
and training materials with Solidaridad Palm projects in Latin America, West
Africa and elsewhere. Each of these projects is implemented by local
partners/trainers. The Palm Oil Manager is expected to monitor and oversee SEA
projects and assist in fulfilling the project’s goals (implementation);
* Together with coordinator at the regional office in New Delhi, regularly review performance indicators, reports produced by different programme units and programme partners, while suggesting any changes if necessary;
* Report to the Managing Director of
REC –SSEA on opportunities and bottlenecks related to the palm oil programme on
a regular basis;
* In collaboration with Country
Manager, report on projects, provide input, opportunities for development, and
proactively manage project related issues;
* Establish the connections required
for the training-of-trainers program(s) based on existing technical assistance
programs, generic tools available in the Solidaridad network;
* Developing and providing training
tools and modules such as professional farming techniques, organisational
development and administrative support;
* Development and sharing of basic RSPO
and ISPO smallholder training implementation tools;
* Supporting the REC SSEA
communications team in communicating the programme to internal and external
audiences.
2. Liaison with stakeholders and Policy Influencing
* Lead and drive behavioural change on
sustainability issues in the palm oil sector and assist in institutionalization
of sector wide cooperation by convening key stakeholders in a multi-stakeholder
set up;
* Together with regional coordinator
assist in promoting sustainable palm oil in Asian markets;
* Liaison with partner organizations,
companies, smallholder groups, government agencies;
* Actively engage in the National and
regional policy debates on inclusiveness and sustainability in the palm oil
sector;
* Surveying the regional environment
together with our joint venture partner Business WatchIndonesia for
potential innovative smallholder and supply chain initiatives to be supported;
* Under the close supervision of
Managing Director and Country Manager, develop fundraising proposals,
communication with donors, positioning of Solidaridad in a professional and
unique manner in comparison to other international CSOs in SE Asia.
3. Responsibility towards the REC Administration,
Solidaridad Network and Solidaridad reputation in Indonesia
* Report to the Indonesia Country
Manager and fulfil tasks required for the good functioning/development of the
program;
* If requested, actively participates in the management of the regional office as a senior member of the management team under the supervision of the MD;
* On a monthly basis provides feedback
to the Managing Director and Country Manager in a prescribed format;
* Participate in the Solidaridad
global palm oil team quarterly teleconferences and annual strategy and planning
session;
* On the direction of MD, the position
may have to take up other activities for the development of Solidaridad in Asia
beyond the core responsibilities in palm oil.
Requirements
* Open to citizens and residents of
Indonesia with existing work permits
* Significant experience in
smallholder / community development related training programs relating to
better agricultural practices
* Knowledge and experience of
certification standards and
* Experience in programme management,
partner management, reporting, monitoring and evaluation.
* Specific and extensive oil palm
estate knowledge/experience
* Solid knowledge of, and contacts in,
the SEA oil palm network (sector?)
* Experience in undertaking gap
analyses of smallholder training and training needs assessments
* Excellent communication skills
across a variety of different groups – plantations, government, local
communities, trading / processing companies
* Takes initiative, signals trends and information needs and translates this into policy
* Excellent communication skills
* Ability health-wise and willingness
to travel (mostly within South East Asia) for up to four-five months per year
in total
* Computer literacy (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Project and other package for quantitative analysis)
* Experience in programme management softwares
* Oral and written mastery of both
English and Bahasa Indonesia
Solidaridad Country
Office in Indonesia
It offers a unique and challenging position in an
inspiring and international working environment in the dynamic region of Asia-in
particular Indonesia, which is going through rapid changes. This position is
not just an add-on but will play an integral part in a growth process. You will
be an integral part of Indonesian as well as Asian team of Solidaridad.
Salary and benefits
The senior management salary level prevalent in Indonesian development
sector will be applicable for this position. All other statutory benefits
related to medical and pension will be applicable as per the Indonesian
government rules.
For information: check our website: www.solidaridadnetwork.org. For more specific information on the function, please contact Ms.
Sharada K (sharada@solidaridadnetwork.org).
Send your application by e-mail no later than August 26th, 2013 to sharada@solidaridadnetwork.orgmentioning “Programme Manager-Palm Oil” in the subject line.
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