Yayasan Konservasi Alam Nusantara (YKAN) is a scientific based non-profit organization, established in 2014. With the mission to protect lands and waters on which all life depends, YKAN provides innovative solutions, for realizing harmony between nature and humans, through effective management, non-confrontational approaches, and building collaborative partnerships with all stakeholders for a sustainable Indonesia. Please visit ykan.or.id to learn more about our conservation programs.
We currently have several openings for:
IMPACT INVESTMENT SENIOR MANAGER
Impact Investment Senior Manager will work closely with the Terrestrial Program Director and other relevant teams to scope, identify, structure and close investment opportunities domestically and globally that support YKAN’s primary conservation priorities.
Duties include:
- Develop the impact investment case around sustainable forestry (including NTFPs, carbon, sustainable timber, etc.) in Indonesia by working closely with the YKAN internal teams and relevant partners. This shall include collecting primary market information related to forestry operations, NTFP business models, current value chains, potential revenues, associated costs with sustainable timber management, logistics planning, etc.
- Grow a pipeline of conservation impact investment opportunities in sustainable forestry, aligned with YKAN’s priorities and values that can be funded through various sustainable financing strategies based on the projects’ underlying economic business case.
- Lead the development of all business proposals, financial models, strategy decks, and pitch decks, and support the development of investment memorandums and any other necessary investor materials.
- Develop the detailed financial model for the shortlisted impact investment opportunities, with support from other relevant teams.
- Develop creative business models, financial mechanisms and solutions that meet the unique needs and financial attributes of conservation finance projects and work with other team members for structuring and launch of such solutions. For e.g. meeting requirements of financing communities for NTFP business models, developing financial mechanism for logging concessions to implement reduced impact logging, carbon finance, etc.
- Conduct business and financial analysis and due diligence, as required, on external partners and projects to identify new business and investment opportunities.
- Supervise staff and consultants that might be engaged for different feasibility studies, including business and investment analysis, DED, stakeholder consultations, etc.
- Collaborate with relevant teams to conduct detailed negotiations and manage risk with potential investors, operating partners, and key stakeholders.
- Collaborate
closely with local, global and regional partners to identify and
cultivate potential international and domestic investors
- As the principle contact to government agencies, investors, conservation organizations and foundations, and local community on finance, business incubation and market related issues.
The Impact Investment Senior Manager will supervise the Community-based Business Development Manager and will report to the Terrestrial Program Director. This position is based in Jakarta, with frequent travel to respective YKAN work areas in other provinces.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree and 7 years’ experience in a private sector environment, such as management consulting and investment banking, or with a leading conservation organization or government entity, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience developing and implementing complex projects and strategic initiatives in an unstructured environment.
- Experience leading and managing large scale projects, including working with both internal and external stakeholders, primarily investors, conservation organizations and foundations, and government agencies.
- Experience negotiating complex agreements.
COMMUNITY-BASED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
The Community-based Business Development Manager will work closely with internal and relevant external parties to initiate business incubation and develop selected non-timber business in YKAN’s terrestrial working areas.
Duties include:
- Lead business incubation and development of all potential non-timber business in YKAN’s terrestrial working areas by working closely with local communities and the rest of YKAN team.
- Lead preparation of detailed business plans and feasibility studies and detailed engineering design (DED) for selected non-timber business by working with internal and consulting teams.
- Support supervision of consultants that might be engaged for different feasibility studies, including business and investment analysis, DED, stakeholder consultations etc.
- Connect with entire value chain for non-timber and carbon business models starting from farmers until off-takers and develop overall investment and implementation plans. This shall require primary information collection by identifying and engaging with several stakeholders across the value chain.
- Connect the market demand side stakeholders, including but not limited to potential off takers, Indonesian corporates, aggregators and traders, certifications providers (including BPOM, Halal, Organic certifications, etc.), packaging providers, logistics and warehousing companies, etc. to support information collection and partnership development for YKAN’s selected sustainable non-timber commodities business model.
- Collaborate with relevant internal teams to mobilize all required resources (including equipment, vendors, human resources, etc.) to initiate production, including but not limited to harvest, processing, packaging, branding, logistics, warehousing, shipping, etc.
- Deliver advice towards improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the production processes of selected non-timber business.
- Explore and develop partnerships with other market players (like corporates, traders, start-ups, communities, etc) to implement non-timber business models.
- Explore and develop relationships with other organizations (non-profits, foundations, development organizations) that are active in this sector in Indonesia. This includes, but not limited to, IDH, SystemIQ, Fairventures, GGGI, UNEP TLFF, Earthworm foundation, CLUA, Rabo Foundation, etc.
The Community-based Business Development Manager reports to the Impact Investment Senior Manager and is based in Jakarta, with frequent travel to respective YKAN work areas in other provinces.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree and 5 years’ experience in a private sector environment, such as management consulting and investment banking, or with a leading conservation organization or government entity, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience developing and implementing complex projects and strategic initiatives in an unstructured environment.
- Experience leading and managing large scale projects, including working with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience negotiating complex agreements.
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Please send your CV and application letter to recruitment.indo@ykan.or.id, and please insert the position title you are interested to apply on the subject line.
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