The National Program for Community
Empowerment – PNPM Mandiri – was launched by Indonesia’s president in 2007 as a
core component of the Government of Indonesia’s (GoI) poverty reduction
strategy. PNPM Mandiri provides support to community based programs and has an
overall objective to alleviate poverty by raising rural incomes, improve
local-level governance and accountability, promote community participation in
development, create assets for the poor and create sustainable employment.
The PNPM oversight team (“Pokja
Pengendali”) is responsible for PNPM’s ongoing implementation. Since the
sustainability of PNPM requires strong partnerships and support from Local
Government as well as broader PNPM stakeholders, Pokja Pengendali is
responsible in ensuring high quality communication and networking strategies.
Pokja Pengendali is also tasked to highlight the importance of strengthening
good governance and anti-corruption in the implementation of PNPM program.
To support Pokja Pengendali in establishing
policy platforms for PNPM sustainability and strengthening PNPM good
governance, the Secretariat of Pokja Pengendali in Kemenko Kesra office
requires consultants to assist Set. Pokja Pengendali in coodination and liason
in technical level with relevant Ministries and PNPM stakeholders incuding the
office for accelerating poverty reduction (TNP2KP), Bappenas, Finance, MOHA,
and the donor community that is represented on PNPM’s Joint Management
Committee.
Policy Analyst/Monitoring:
Background
PNPM Mandiri is a national Community
Driven Development program aimed to reduce poverty and improve local-level
governance in Indonesia. Through PNPM, Indonesia manages one of the world's
largest Community-Driven Development initiatives. Each year, approximately
60,000 rural villages hold a participatory planning exercise. More than 11,000
facilitators hired by the GOI help villagers prioritize their development
needs, negotiate which ones take precedence, and train villagers in proper
financial and technical management. The program disburses nearly $2 billion per
year over some 50,000 subprojects.
Since PNPM was scaled up in 2007, the
program has been a foundation of the government’s strategy for reducing
poverty. Various reviews and analyses confirm that PNPM contributes unique
benefits to Indonesian development. The program combines effective social
assistance with building useful basic assets for poor people as well as builds
human capital. Therefore, the Government of Indonesia has launched the PNPM
Roadmap as a key policy mechanism to improve project implementation as well as
for building a basic platform for PNPM sustainability. The PNPM Roadmap consists of five pillars:
(a) sustainability of community institutions, (b) sustainability of PNPM
Facilitators; (c) strengthening the role of Local Government; (d) integration
and consolidation of the PNPM programs and, (e) strengthening PNPM Good
Governance and Anti-Corruption. To implement the Roadmap, the Government has
formulated 12 key policy agendas that have to be delivered during 2013 –
2015. The relevant Ministries are
involved and take responsibility in developing the regulations and policy to
support the implementation of the pillars.
The PNPM oversight team (“Pokja
Pengendali”) is responsible for PNPM’s ongoing implementation, and ensuring the
PNPM Roadmap will be implemented as outlined in its action plan. This will
include monitoring the progress of the road map’s key agendas, better
coordination and communication among relevant Ministries as well as leading the
policy development process of the roadmap. Since the sustainability of PNPM
requires strong partnerships and support from Local Government as well as
broader PNPM stakeholders, Pokja Pengendali is responsible in ensuring high
quality communication and networking strategies. Pokja Pengendali is also
tasked to highlight the importance of strengthening good governance and
anti-corruption in the implementation of PNPM program.
To support Pokja Pengendali in
establishing policy platforms for PNPM sustainability and strengthening PNPM
good governance, the Secretariat of Pokja Pengendali in Kemenko Kesra office
requires a Policy Analyst to assist Set. Pokja Pengendali in coodination and
liason in technical level with relevant Ministries and PNPM stakeholders
incuding the office for accelerating poverty reduction (TNP2KP), Bappenas,
Finance, MOHA, and the donor community that is represented on PNPM’s Joint
Management Committee.
Objective
The overall objective of the
assignment is to ensure that the tasks of Set. Pokja Pengendali on the
implementation of PNPM Roadmap policies are delivered. Specific objectives are:
(i) to assist the Lead of Set. Pokja Pengendali in managing PNPM oversight
activities; (ii) to assist the Senior Policy Advisor in strengthen the
coordination and communication among Ministries and other agencies on the
implementation of Roadmap key agendas.
Tasks and Responsibilities
Specific Tasks will include:
a. To assist the Lead of
Set. Pokja Pengendali office to manage activities to oversight PNPM Project
implementation including to monitor the workplan, follow up of the Roadmap
policies at the technical level;
b. To assist Set. Pokja
Pengendali office to ensure the close coordination between relevant Ministries
including reviewing the policy recommendation, providing the policy draft as
well as monitoring the implementation of the policy related to PNPM Roadmap
c. To help Set. Pokja
office in communicating the Pokja Pengendali’s policies including provide brief
draft of policies and arrange technical coordination meetings;
d. To support Set. Pokja’s
TAs to manage the technical coordination and communication related to the
implementation of PNPM Roadmap.
e. As a job description
cannot be exhaustive, the position holder may be required to perform other
related duties that may be assigned.
Output and Reporting
The outputs of this task will include
following:
i. Reguler report of the
progress of policy development of PNPM Roadmap key agendas
ii. Reguler report on
technical coordination meetings and discussions in development and
implementation of the progress Set. Pokja activities in oversight of PNPM
implementation
iii. Regular input to
ensure the close coordination in implementing Pokja Pengendali Policies to
strengthen the implementation of PNPM Mandiri.
These
outputs can be provided through a concise unified summary report provided to
Set. Pokja Pengendali on a monthly basis.
Qualification
The consultant should have the
following qualifications:
· Master degree in
social science, with 5 years of relevant experience.
· Have demonstrated
experience working on the policy development and inter-ministerial coordination
support;
· Has a strong
understanding of poverty reduction and or community empowerment and experience
of working with government and donor agencies.
· Demonstrated
excellent policy analysis and policy development skills.
· Excellent written and
verbal communication skills with the ability to prepare short and concise
report and information materials
· Demonstrated capacity
to develop and implement work plans, reports and presentations
· Excellent time
management and organizing skills;
· Ability to work under
pressure to meet deadlines with minimal supervision;
Contract duration
All positions' temporary contract are expected to be effective
immediately up to June 30, 2014. The contract can be renewed based on the
project.
Application Sending :
Intrerested applicants are invited to send a complete application
letter:
1.
CV and Application letter in MS Word
file / in pdf file (no more than 500kb)
2.
Name of three references
latest by 24 February 2014.
Please write the name of position applied in the subject line of
email. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified and invited for interview.
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