vacancy announcement: CONCESSIONAIRE COORDINATOR (Jakarta based)

Tetra Tech ARD is currently accepting expressions of interest for the
CONCESSIONAIRE COORDINATOR (Jakarta based) on our USAID Indonesia Forestry
and Climate Support Project (USAID IFACS).

USAID IFACS seeks to reduce the threats of deforestation and climate change,
and help the Government of Indonesia (GOI) conserve the country's tropical
forests, wildlife, and ecosystem processes (including carbon sequestration).

JOB SUMMARY:

He/she will work with other members of the Project's Best Management
Practice (BMP) Unit to inform selected natural resource concessionaires,
SMEs, community enterprises and members of multi-stakeholder forums on BMP
approaches to conserve high conservation values in their areas of concern.
And to assist them incorporate these strategies into their conservation
management planning and implementation processes.

The Project has developed MoUs with a portfolio of 15 large business
enterprises, and community conservation livelihood agreements (CCLAs) with a
similar number of SMEs and community enterprises (as part of the Project's
subcontract and grant mechanisms). It has modified existing technical
guidelines regarding BMPs. In particular, it has developed - in
collaboration with the Indonesian High Conservation Value Network - working
guidelines for the development of conservation management and monitoring
plans (CMMPs) with natural resource concessionaires. It has also developed a
protocol for the development of CCLAs to ensure that Project partner SME and
community enterprises make commitments to conserve HCVs in their areas of
interest. The BMP Unit has also conducted BMP training programs in almost
all Project target landscapes. Through collaboration with the Tropical
Forest Foundation (TFF), reduced impact logging training is being conducted
in the partner concessions. During and after the development of CMMPs in
each natural resource concession, specific topical BMP trainings may be
conducted as required.

One key aspect of the concession coordinator role that now requires
attention relates to the establishment of improved community and private
sector relationships. This is especially the case for communities adjacent
to Project partner concessions. Good relationships with concession workers
and concessionaires are important to achieve sustainable forest practices
and to conserve HCVs in the forest management units. Social impact
assessments (SIAs) are a tool to identify the social condition of such
communities and to develop strategies to mitigate any negative social
impacts and establish better social relationship with concessionaires.
Aspects of such mitigation may relate to increased and more focused
corporate social responsibility (CSR) funding to such communities and
greater opportunities for community members to work with and collaborate
with concession staff.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

1. Continue to coordinate all Project BMP activities with partner
natural resource concessions, SMEs and community enterprises. This will
include assisting with logistics, training programs, workshops, general
communication of progress, and provide assistance during action planning and
implementation.

2. Work with the Community Development Specialist to promote progress
of partners engaged in BMPs.

3. Conduct SIAs with selected concessions as background to incorporate
into development of their CMMPs and as a basis to increase community private
sector arrangements.

4. Communicate all developments throughout the project with all key
partners.

5. With members of the BMP Unit collaborate with multi-stakeholder
forums to improve community and private sector relationships.

QUALIFICATIONS (MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS):

University degree in related discipline.

Five years' experience working with natural resource concessionaires and/or
SMEs preferred.

Demonstrated experience linking the private sector and communities.

Good knowledge of socio-economic and cultural issues of local forest
communities adjacent to natural resource concessions.

Some experience with rapid social impact assessments preferred.

Familiarity with natural resource concessions and a working knowledge of
forests, biodiversity, environmental services and climate change issues.

Native fluency in spoken and written Indonesian.

Professional competency in spoken and written English.

Ability to engage in activities occurring in multiple field sites with
multiple stakeholders across Indonesia.

Willingness to travel extensively in Indonesia.

Please submit your recent CV as of 31 January 2013 (the latest) with subject
CONCESSIONAIRE COORDINATOR to: recruitment@ifacs.or.id>
recruitment@ifacs.or.id

Tetra Tech ARD is an equal opportunity employer.