Vacancy: Knowledge Management Specialist IFAD-SEDSSTC

VACANCY: 

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

IFAD-SEDSSTC

 The Government of Indonesia and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have long history of development cooperation. IFAD has supported development initiatives in Indonesia related to agriculture and fisheries sectors. IFAD work together with Government of Indonesia to improve situation of the smallholder farmer by provide policy recommendation, management of knowledge and partnership establishment.

Directorate for Multilateral Foreign Funding (DMFF) of the Ministry of National Development Planning/ National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS) is implementing a project, funded by IFAD, to use projects experiences as evidence for policy making. Under the umbrella of “sustainable economic development through south-south and triangular cooperation in Indonesia, DMFF Bappenas is aiming to escalate result from previous and existing projects in agricultural sector with particular emphasis on public-private partnership component. Any success identified by the project is expected to contribute south-south and triangular cooperation. The project will also focus on scale up and contribution to evidence-based policy making to enable poor farmers to achieve sustainable economic development.

The project has three key outputs namely (i) documentation of experiences; (ii) knowledge sharing and management; and (iii) project implementation and performance monitoring. One of key work is on knowledge management and therefore DMFF Bappenas is looking for a knowledge management specialist. Under the guidance from the DMFF and supervision from the project manager, the knowledge management specialist is responsible to develop a system of knowledge documentation and sharing. The knowledge management specialist is expected to lead the assessment, elaboration and production of knowledge which has potential to be shared, and replicated or scaled up.

Description of Works and Responsibilities

The knowledge management specialist will work full time for eleven months period. Under the guidance and close coordination from the DMFF and supervision from the project manager, the knowledge management specialist is expected to carry out responsibilities related to knowledge sharing and management as follows:

1. Communicate project result, study report and learning notes to governments both national and local, development partners and other relevant stakeholders;
2.  Assess current state of knowledge management system of foreign loans and grants in Bappenas;
3. Develop a report to recommend alternatives of development or improvement on the respected system;
4.  Develop term of references for knowledge documenting activities on knowledge management;
5. Produce or repackage knowledge products by using the documented knowledge and lessons, through various form of writings including policy briefs, articles for print and online mass media, learning notes, storytelling articles, etc.;
6. Develop term of reference for learning events and coaching clinics for promoting knowledge management.
7.  Support the Secretariat to  prepare, consolidate, and facilitate  learning events, coaching clinics and other necessary  meeting, training, workshops and other project activities related to knowledge documentation and sharing.
8. As required and directed by the DMFF, liaise with IFAD and other related stakeholders for matters related to knowledge documentation and sharing;
9. Ensure well maintained data and information on project delivery, identifying issues on delivery and brings the issues to the attention on the management;
10. Support the Secretariat on daily operations of the project, including preparation, implementation and monitoring of project annual work plan, project reporting and any relevant duties requested by project manager and DMFF.

Requirements for Qualifications and Competencies

a.   Academic Qualifications

Bachelor or master degree in a relevant discipline, such as development studies, agriculture, public policy, communication, social science, or other relevant fields of study.

b.  Language Requirements

·      Fluency in written and spoken English is an absolute necessity;

·      Fluency in written and spoken Bahasa Indonesia is an absolute necessity.

c.   Professional Experiences

Minimum 3 years of professional experiences for master degree and minimum 5 years of professional experiences for bachelor degree, preferably in the field of development or knowledge management. Following requirements are assets:

·      Demonstrate strong familiarity  with  development  projects  and  foreign  assistance’s programmes/ projects in Indonesia;

·      Proven ability to produce different styles of well-composed writings, both in English and Bahasa Indonesia

·      Demonstrate ability to write high quality reports, both in English and Bahasa, is a must;

·      Hands-on experience or strong knowledge on knowledge management;

·      Experience and knowledge on public and private partnership in agriculture sector is an advantage;

·      Familiar with the Government of Indonesia and IFAD procedures is an advantage.

·      Familiar with information technology. Up-to-date computer skill is required, experienced in handling web-based management systems would be preferable;

d.  Competencies

The consultant is expected to have the following core competencies:

·      Strong analytical skill;

·      Demonstrating/safeguarding ethics and integrity;

·      Demonstrating corporate knowledge and sound judgment;

·      Self-development and initiative-taking;

·      Acting as a team player and facilitating team work;

·      Facilitating and encouraging open and effective communication in the team;

·      Demonstrating ability to manage conflict and problem solving;

·      Promoting learning and knowledge management/ sharing;

·      Transparent decision making;

·  Demonstrating a sufficient level of understanding regarding communication and information technologies and their potential use.

Submit your application through lpse.lkpp.go.id (section Jasa Konsultansi Perorangan)

not later than 27 April 2015, 11.00 am