GIZ Indonesia for The Sustainable Urban Transport Improvement - Implementation of the NAMA Facility (SUTRI NAMA) project: Project Officer

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. Its corporate objective is to improve people’s living conditions on a sustainable basis.

SUTRI NAMA as registered with the UNFCCC aims to tackle challenges of growing urban traffic congestion and increasing urban transport related greenhouse gas emissions by transforming urban transport in Indonesia with a mix of capacity-building and investment measures provided through a national sustainable urban transport programme. SUTRI NAMA is implemented starting December 2017 with the support from the NAMA Facility through GIZ as the delivery organization.

A technical assistance component namely Indonesia Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Development Project (INDOBUS), funded by the State Secretariat of Economic Affairs of Switzerland (SECO) added to SUTRI NAMA for the development and start-up of bus rapid transit (BRT) corridors in selected pilot cities of Indonesia. The component has been working at both local and national levels in the field of BRT planning, project management support, BRT operations management, public transport funding as well as reform of the private minibus-sector towards participation in operating consortiums. At national level coordination has to be sought between the several relevant line ministries; best-practice examples / project achievements have to be documented, published and promoted for replication. 

We are seeking one qualified Indonesian candidate for the following position:

Project Officer

Responsibilities

• Supporting the project team of SUTRI NAMA and INDOBUS in monitoring and reporting project activities
• Providing technical advice and assistance on the human capacity development issues to the project team and stakeholders
• Crafting and promoting SUTRI NAMA and INDOBUS project activities through communication strategy
• Together with project team, under the coordination of Programme Director, to ensure all milestones in both SUTRI NAMA and INDOBUS components are achieved timely

1. Task

1.     Professional Advisory Services

·         Project Management

• In coordination with Senior Coordinator, Project Officer TSU and City Advisor, gather inputs, data and information from the SUTRI NAMA and INDOBUS project team on regularly basis to develop and write progress report
• In coordination with Senior Coordinator, assist Programme Director to ensure that report submission to the respective parties (e.g. counterparts, donors, GIZ country office, relevant GIZ cluster projects) are done timely and correctly
• Update Programme Director and project team regularly on the progress status of activity implementation

·         Capacity Development

• Gather and compile inputs, data and information related to capacity development activities in both SUTRI NAMA and INDOBUS and discuss with relevant project team members to ensure there are linkages and no overlapping
• Provide technical inputs on the concept, methodology and approach of capacity building activities, including but not limited to needs assessment, curricula, training design, training materials
• In coordination with relevant project team members, develop training or event reports, whenever necessary
• Ensure that training, workshop or events offered by donors or GIZ are attended by right participants of counterparts
• Develop and maintain capacity development database: trainings, participants, trainers and consultants

·         Communication:

• Capture and collect documentations of project activities
• Develop and gather content for and maintain project website
• Develop and submit news to various parties, including but not limited to GIZ Country Office, GIZ Head Quarter, donors, counterparts
• Develop publications and project marketing tools (e.g. flyers, brochures, slides), whenever required

• Result Based Management
• Learn and understand GIZ Result Based Management (RBM) system
• In coordination with Senior Coordinator, develop RBM for SUTRI NAMA and INDOBUS
• Regular update to SUTRI NAMA and INDOBUS RBM

·         Support relevant activities in SUTRI NAMA and INDOBUS, whenever necessary

2.     Networking and Cooperation

·         Under the coordination of Programme Director, become a contact person and liaison within GIZ in the area of capacity development and communication

·         Maintain networking and linkages with relevant activities conducted by other developing agencies

·         Ensure smooth flow of information between GIZ transport and climate projects in Indonesia, as well as relevant GIZ bilateral, regional and international projects

3..     Project and Knowledge Management

• Support the project team to design and develop knowledge management system throughout project outputs in INDOBUS and SUTRI NAMA
• Together with the project team to implement the system
• Monitor, evaluate, provide inputs/feedback to continuously improve implementation
• Ensure that lessons learned are documented and shared

               

4.     Other duties/additional tasks

·         Support relevant project team members in achieving milestones of the project, both in SUTRI NAMA and INDOBUS

·         Performs other duties and tasks at the request of management

B.     Required qualifications, competences and experience

Qualifications

• Essential: bachelor degree in relevant subjects
• Desirable: additional background and knowledge on transport engineering or science, urban planning

Professional experience

·      At least 5 years professional experience in a comparable position

·      Essential: project management, capacity development and communication

·      Desirable: experience in sustainable urban transport projects, infrastructure projects

Other knowledge, additional competences

·      Proficiency in the Indonesian and English language (reading and writing)

·      Presentation and writing skills

·      Excellent communication skills in both Indonesian and English

·      Excellent command of MS – Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

·      Fluent language skills in English

·      Willingness to up skill as required by the tasks to be performed – corresponding measures are agreed with management 

Duty Station: Jakarta

Expect to join: a.s.a.p.

Direct Superior: Principal Advisor of SUTRI-NAMA INDOBUS project

Interested candidates should submit a motivation letter, CV, trainings attended and list of references (a must), addressed to recruitment-indo@giz.de. The closing date to submit the application letter is on May 18^th, 2018..

Please indicate your application by putting the following code in the subject line: SN – Project Ofcr.

Please name your file as follow format:

[Your Complete Name]_[Motivation Letter/CV/Latest Education Certificate] (i.e: Nakula Sadewa _CV or Nakula Sadewa _Motivation Letter or Nakula Sadewa _Reference)

Only short-listed candidates will be notified