Abt Associates intends to respond to an upcoming Request for Proposal
from the Indonesian Government, through the Millennium Challenge
Account-Indonesia, to implement a one-year project helping over 300 rural
villages in fifteen districts throughout the country to delineate and demarcate their boundaries and map their resources to
attract future investment in areas that will improve rural livelihoods in an
environmentally sustainable manner. In
this project, Abt Associates and its team of Indonesian specialists and
subcontractors will work with local communities and government in a
participatory process to determine each community’s physical boundaries and
then mapping its natural and cultural resource areas to create a geo-spacial
database of its land, assets, and resources.
Abt Associates is seeking a Surveying/Mapping Coordinator who will
directly report to the project’ Chief of Party and be responsible for the
technical surveying and mapping component of the project. This position will support and oversee
subcontractors who will provide geodectic and unmanned aerial systems (UAS)
surveying of village boundaries and closely work with other technical and
implementation specialists on the project team.
The position will be based in Jakarta and require travel to remote
locations in the field.
Roles and Responsibilities
a. Provide day-to-day technical and operational
planning and supervision of the technical surveying/mapping aspects of the
implementation of the participatory Village Boundary Setting and Resource
Mapping (VBS/RM) process in selected subdistricts and villages;
b. Participate in the district and subdistrict
level planning meeting and serve as technical surveying / mapping resource
person in all meetings, as needed;
c. Provide expert support to the District
Coordinators, Kecamatan Technical Working Groups and the Village Participation
Teams as needed in surveying /mapping issues which arise during the VBS/RM
process;
d. Prepare data and materials related to field work
for use in for technical reports and presentations. Coordinate directly with
the Chief of Party, District Coordinators, and other project staff in the planning,
coordination, and implementation of field work, office processing, and
preparation of reports and presentations;
e. Coordinate and liaise with BIG regarding
technical aspects of VBS/RM including data feeding to relevant databases,
specifying data requirements, boundary markers, and ground control points
Minimum Qualifications
a. Bachelor’s degree in natural resource
management, forestry, geography, geodetic engineering, or related field.
b. Seven years of experience in project planning
and management, especially in the management of community-based natural
resource management, community development, or participatory mapping projects.
c. Demonstrated skill in management of
technical teams and communication and interaction with local government and
community representatives.
d. Knowledge of mapping and or land use
planning. Knowledge of unmanned aerial vehicle utilization for GIS mapping /
surveying is an advantage.
e. Knowledge on and experience in participatory
methodologies;
f. Demonstrated ability to work independently
with minimum supervision;
g. Previous work experience in Indonesia as well
as strong knowledge of Indonesian land issues;
h. Ability to travel to remote locations in
Indonesia;
i. Fluency in English both in written and
oral. Mandatory experience in writing technical reports in both the English and
Indonesian languages.
The following qualification
is also desirable:
a. Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia
Interested candidates may
send a CV and cover letter to abt.pmap@gmail.com
as soon as possible but no later than 11 November 2016. Only qualified candidates will
be contacted.
Thank you for your interest
in Abt Associates.
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