AIP PRISMA Job Vacancy - Provincial Manager (West Papua), reposting

PROVINCIAL MANAGER (WEST PAPUA)

 

Background:

The Australia Indonesia Partnership for Promoting Rural Income through Support for Markets in Agriculture (AIP-PRISMA) is an ambitious new 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 Position

Reporting to the Head of Business Enabling Environment, you will ensure the buy-in from the local and provincial governments in your province; manage the relationship of our program with all public stakeholders;  understand and support the implementation of all program interventions in West Papua; collaborate with the sector teams to ensure a successful implementation of their strategies; support the results measurement team in quantitative and qualitative data collection; and contribute to strategy development and adjustment.

To perform this role, you should have several of the following qualifications:

·             a background in economics, public law, public administration, or political science;

·             a good understanding of area competitiveness and economics and the drivers of change;

·             a good understanding of the political economy in West Papua;

·             experience working with local government, preferably in West Papua;

·             existing network among public and private stakeholders in West Papua;

·             willingness to learn from mistakes and ability to think ‘out-of-the-box’;

·             willingness to live in West Papua;

·             fluency in English and Bahasa Indonesia.

·             Direct experience in development is not required. 

 

Download Standard CV at http://goo.gl/arNvpk

  Applications:

 

If you would like to apply for this position, please submit your CV to recruitment@aip-prisma.or.id and put the position title in the subject line by Friday 7^th of November 2014 at the latest.  AIP PRISMA is headquartered in Surabaya, East Java and work in 5 provinces in Indonesia: East Java, East Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa Tenggara, Papua and West Papua.

 

Due to the high number of responses, we will only be contacting candidates who are progressing to the next stage. This is a local/national position.