Vacancy: Public-Private Partnership Specialist IFAD-SEDSSTC

VACANCY:

PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP 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 public-private partnership specialist. Under the guidance from the DMFF and supervision from the project manager, the public-private partnership specialist is responsible to develop learning notes of the public-private partnership experiences in agricultural development. The Public Private Partnership Specialist is expected to lead the identification, elaboration and advocation of agriculture-related public-private partnership of which has potential to be shared, replicated or scaled up.

Description of Works and Responsibilities

The public-private partnership specialist will work full time for twelve 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 as follows:

1. Identify public-private partnerships based on scoping study report, as well as data collecting and desk review of similar projects and develop the reports;
2. Map and analyse stakeholders and their roles on agriculture-related public private partnership;
3.  Deliver a report of stakeholder mapping on agriculture-related public private partnership;
4. Undertake literature studies on the concepts and ongoing discourses of public private partnership in agriculture;
5. Develop term of references for knowledge documenting activities and sharing events on PPP in agriculture sector;
6. Produce and reproduce 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.;
7. Develop term of references for learning events and coaching clinics for promoting knowledge management;
8. Support the Secretariat to prepare, consolidate, and facilitate learning events, coaching clinics and other necessary meetings, training, workshops and other project activities related to PPP in agriculture sector;
9. As required and directed by the DMFF, liaise with IFAD and other related stakeholders for matters related to knowledge documentation and sharing;
10. Ensure well maintained data and information on project delivery, identify issues on delivery and bring the issues to the attention on the management; and
11. Participate in PPP-related events, either organized by the project or other organization, take notes and document lessons that potentially provide valuable inputs to project activities; and
12. Support the Secretariat on daily operations of the project, including preparation, implementation and monitoring of project annual work plans, reports, and any relevant duties as requested by the Project Manager and DMFF.

Requirements for Qualifications and Competencies

a.   Academic Qualifications

Bachelor or master degree in a relevant discipline, such as development, agriculture economy, public policy, 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 agriculture or public private partnerships. 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 public 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.

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

not later than 27 April 2015, 11.00 am