Program Director AIP-Rural

Australian Government Funded Program 

 

Australia Indonesia Partnership for Rural Economic Development (AIP–Rural)

Position:  Program Director

Full Time: Surabaya, Indonesia

Closing Date: 20 August 2014, 12.00 pm AEST

Background: The Australia Indonesia Partnership for Rural Economic Development (AIP-Rural) is an ambitious DFAT funded rural development program, which aims to contribute to a 30%, or more, increase in net incomes for 1,000,000 poor rural female and male farmers, 300,000 of which will be reached by June 2017. The Program works primarily in five provinces of Eastern Indonesia, but may have additional areas of focus as implementation unfolds.

The Role: The Project Director (PD) oversees and manages the delivery of the AIP-Rural program as a whole, with particular focus on optimising the achievement of the program’s intended outcomes. The PD will ensure that AIP-Rural’s strategic direction reflects Government of Australia (GOA) and Government of Indonesia (GOI) development objectives, and that the Program approach is consistent or complementary across all interventions. The PD will also contribute to DFAT’s rural economic development strategy in Indonesia, and promote AIP-Rural’s integration with other GoA and GoI development programs as appropriate. 

Selection criteria:

Essential

1.     Proven experience in providing strategic direction to, and management of, large, complex, decentralised programs in cross-cultural context

2.     Applied expertise and proven results in utilising market development approaches to improve agricultural systems used by poor or near-poor farmers

3.     Experience working in Indonesia’s agriculture sector and/or business enabling environments

4.     Experience building and leading high performing teams in a in cross-cultural context

5.     Understanding of social inclusivity and gender equality and the implications for Program implementation

6.     Excellent verbal and written English communication skills

7.     Ability to conduct meetings in Bahasa Indonesia

Highly Desirable                               

1.     Familiarity with international donor systems and requirements

2.     Understanding Indonesia’s decentralisation agenda

Applications:

Applicants must submit a cover letter, explaining why they are suitable for the role, and an up to date CV in WORD format to aiprural.recruitment@gmail.com with the subject line: AIP-Rural Program Director. Due to the high number of responses we will only be contacting candidates who are progressing to the next stage.