BASE LOCATION:
Sumbawa Island
REPORTING TO:
Humanitarian Programme Coordinator (HPC)/Program Lead
LINE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES:
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PURPOSE OF DIVISION:
Through
capacity building, programme and monitoring, evaluation, accountability
and learning, Islamic Relief Indonesia keeps the quality of
organisation focus on the socio-economic and humanitarian needs of
vulnerable people.
Based
on the current 2018-2021 MoU with Indonesia Ministry of Home Affairs,
the socio-economic focus are translated into various sectoral
programmes: Livelihood, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), Health
& Nutrition, Education, DRR/CCA, and Child Welfare and Protection
implemented in 3 provinces in Indonesia: Aceh, Banten & West Nusa
Tenggara (NTB). IR Indonesia also have an agenda to provide emergency
response throughout Indonesia area whenever needed taking into account
Indonesia government policy and regulation.
The
Emergency Response and DRR activities fostered by the Humanitarian
Division includes natural and man-made disaster. The division seek to
build community resilience in order to enable the targeted vulnerable
communities to thrive for their lives before, during and after
disasters. The division increases the organisation’s ability to tackle
poverty and suffering by developing continued learning and improvement
for social accountability.
The
project is implemented in the villages where recurring natural disaster
is frequently happening, while social cohesion is repeatedly disturbed
due to identity spatial conflict among the communities.
JOB PURPOSE:
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The purpose of the role is to coordinate a two-year programme funded by
the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) on
peacebuilding-based DRR in Sumbawa island;
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Based in a site around Sumbawa island, the coordinator will be
responsible for coordinating the project implementation over the course
of two years by the three local NGO implementing partners, ensuring that
project deliverables and results are being achieved effectively and
efficiently. The incumbent will be responsible for assuring that the
project is implemented within the agreed scope of work and in compliance
with SIDA’s regulations and within IRW’s policies and processes;
•
As the project is part of the IRW global project jointly implemented
with Philippine, Pakistan, and Kenya and supervised by the Programme
Manager (PM) sitting in IR HQ Birmingham-UK, the Project Coordinator
-upon the consent of line managers including CD, will have to liaise on a
regular basis with the PM and provide him/her with regular updates of
the progress on the project. The Coordinator will assist HPC as the
focal point for the project and will manage the communication to and
from IRW so far as it relates to this project. They will also be
responsible for representing the programme to all key stakeholders both
within the organization and to external stakeholders. This will entail
providing regular updates communicating the progress and proposed work
as well as ensuring that targets are being met and both schedule and
budgets are maximised efficiently
•
The position will report to the Humanitarian Programme Coordinator in
IR Indonesia Country office and will have a direct responsibility for
preparing, producing and disseminating all project related reports and
updates to IRW HQ and/or SIDA and for internal reporting requirements,
including for financial and audit purposes
•
Experience of working on projects associated with donors such as DFID,
SIDA, and with the L/INGOs will be critical to the role as will be
demonstrated experience of working with local partners;
•
Significantly and essentially to capitalise on the organisation’s
approach to conflict prevention and peacebuilding based interventions,
the PC is expected to prepare conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding
dimension for the Community based DRR intervention, centred on the added
value of Islamic Relief as a faith based organisation and the
industry’s need to have faith centric development and humanitarian
approaches
•
The role will provide an essential input to our strategy bringing our
distinctive faith-based perspectives to help resolve some of the most
pressing humanitarian and development challenges, and providing the
opportunity for Muslim communities to engage with us in supporting this
work. In particular the role will enable us by 2020 to be recognised for
a unique contribution to conceptual understanding and discourse on
issues critical to the communities we serve and the wider development
community, including gender justice, inclusion of communities of all
ages and abilities, human rights and the role of faith communities in
realising the targets of the global goals (SDGs).
KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIP (KEY STAKEHOLDERS)
• Peacebuilding Program Manager at IR HQ
• Country Office Team: Humanitarian Program Coordinator/Program Lead, MEAL Coordinator, MEAL officer
• NTB Area Coordinator and his/her supporting staff (Logistic assistant and Finance Assistant)
• Local NGO Implementing partners
SCOPE AND AUTHORITIES
Scope of the Role
•
The Coordinator has the responsibility to provide managerial support to
oversee the deliverables on the project. . The PC will be responsible
for coordinating the LNGO implementing partner in managing their team
and ensuring that they are working efficiently and effectively to adhere
to the requirements of the programme and ensuring that the programme
outputs are of the highest standards.
• The IRW HQ Programme Manager will provide strategic support to the Project Coordinator through HPC
•
The PC will be in direct contact with the above mentioned stakeholders
to ensure tasks assigned by line manager are completed on time and that
all required support in relation to the outputs is timely provided with
maximum efficiency and accuracy;
•
The PC will also have direct responsibility for updating the IR Country
Office Management that oversees the project implementation.
•
Bridge the communication between IR partners and IR Indonesia Country
Office in entire aspects of project implementation as agreed with
partner
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR RESOURCES
The PC is responsible for:
• Gaining familiarisation with and understanding all the compliance requirements necessary for adherence to the contract;
• Working with various stakeholders both internal and externally to coordinate the relevant outputs
• Understanding the necessary procedures, including documentation compliance requirements for the programme
•
Where necessary providing on site support to the LNGO implementing
partners for project implementation, monitoring and evaluating
• Works on all administration aspects of the role to a timely and accurate standard
• Provide backstopping support to the line manager as per requirement
• Provide advise to the LNGO implementing partners in budgeting, expediting, and charging
•
Be responsible to monitor the budget for timely disbursement from IR
country office and timely reporting with accuracy and compliance from
the LNGO partners.
• Perform other duties as required by the line manager
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
The
job holder is accountable for fulfilling his or her roles and
responsibilities in line with Islamic values and principles of fairness,
humanity, honesty, respect and fair treatment of his/her colleagues,
staff, and partners.
•
PERSON SPECIFICATION
It
is essential that the post holder shows a good understanding and
empathy with the Islamic values and principles as well as commitment to
IRW’s vision and mission.
Essential:
Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications
•
A graduate degree or Masters’ Degree or in-depth experience in relevant
field required (e.g. International Relations, International
Development, Peace and Conflict Studies or equivalent experience in
development/humanitarian areas)
• An in-depth understanding of international development issues
• Qualified in PMD-Pro and or any other Project Management professional qualifications
• Demonstrate extensive experience of managing and implementing project through partnership mechanism
• Understanding of conflict prevention and peacebuilding demonstrated through management of projects
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Word and being versed with PowerPoint and Excel
Experience
• Track record of working in a similar role with an International NGO
•
Well versed and with proven capabilities of understanding the key
aspects of conflict prevention and peacebuilding within the context of
international development and humanitarian interventions.
• Demonstrated experience of working with various stakeholders
• Ability to work extensively with a team and or on their own both during field visits and or from the desk
•
Knowledge of the key critical areas impacting the international
development sector, including awareness of SDGs, faith-based
initiatives, CHS, Humanitarian principles, DRR framework, etc.
Personal Qualities
•
Exceptional interpersonal skills including the ability to listen,
sensitivity to others’ views and perspectives, and conflict resolution.
• Problem solving skills
• Culturally sensitive
• Field experience having worked and or being based in remote areas
•
Enhanced ability to work in a multi-cultural team with challenging
language barriers across multiple locations often with different and
sometime conflicting agendas
• Advance English writing skills and ability to communicate effectively
• Ability to move extensively often at short durations and for lengthy periods of time
• Abide by IRW Code of Conduct and other related Codes of Conduct
Desirable:
• Knowledge of the various sectors within the international development arena
• Ability to work in often stressful and time bound situations requiring non-conventional working hours
Strong
interest in development work with respect for confidentiality and
commitment to Islamic Relief overall aims and objectives, including
gender, equality and equal opportunities in all aspects of Islamic
Relief’s work.
Islamic
Relief is a faith based-non government organization that respects
diversity and inclusiveness. Applicants from diverse religions, gender,
race, and physical impairment are encouraged to apply..
ACCOUNTABILITY:
All
Islamic Relief team members are expected to support all efforts towards
accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international
standards guiding international relief and development work while
actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the
design, monitoring and evaluation of our field project
Please send only your application letter and CV to the email address: hrislamic@islamic-relief.or.id
Applications
submit directly to Islamic Relief Indonesia Office will not be
considered. Women are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted
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