Program Manager - Provincial Support, Indonesia

Organisation: Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)

Position Title: Program Manager - Provincial Support, Indonesia

Location: Jakarta (with up to 75% of time spent in Palangka Raya and Samarinda)

Salary Package: Competitive plus benefits

Closing Date: 18 February 2013 or until suitable candidates are found

Introduction

The Global Green Growth Institute is looking to hire an outstanding Program Manager with expertise in natural resource management, climate change, sustainability and forest policy in order to oversee their Provincial Support program in Indonesia. This component of GGGI’s Indonesia program will focus primarily in Central and East Kalimantan.

Background

GGGI is dedicated to supporting developing and emerging countries to meet their own development and growth objectives by exploring and implementing green growth plans that simultaneously target key economic and environmental objectives. These include poverty reduction, job creation and social inclusion as well as mitigation and adaptation to climate change, biodiversity loss and energy and water security.

GGGI’s theory of change leads it to focus on three major outcomes: adoption and implementation of rigorous green growth plans that form the core of national and provincial economic development strategies; research which builds a strong theoretical and empirical basis for green growth, while providing concrete options and guidance for policymakers; and public-private partnerships that strengthen incentives for the scaling of resource-efficient investment, innovation and practice as well as for the engagement of companies in the implementation of national and sub-national green growth plans.

Role Description

This Program Manager position will report directly to the GGGI Country Director and will be part of the global Green Growth Planning and Implementation (GGPI) team. This position will be responsible for managing the ‘Provincial Support’ component of the Indonesia program, which runs in parallel to GGGI’s other components on ‘Greening the Masterplan’ and ‘REDD+ Finance and Policy Support’. While it will be your responsibility to provide leadership and strategic vision to the ‘Provincial Support’ component, you will work closely with the Program Managers of the two other components to ensure consistency and integration between the national and local levels of the Indonesia program, while guaranteeing alignment to GGGI's overall vision.

As the Program Manager, you will manage a hybrid team that consists of government representatives (Bappenas and Bappeda), external consultants, local experts and GGGI staff, including two Program Officers. This will require establishing and managing relationships with the relevant coordinating institutions green growth and climate change in Central and East Kalimantan while coordinating the efforts of the external consultants and internal staff to ensure the delivery of high-quality and timely technical support.

The objective of the ‘Provincial Support’ component is to help create the necessary enabling environment to support green growth at the provincial and district level in three key Indonesian provinces. There will be a focus on identifying pilot projects and programs that can demonstrate the multiple benefits of green growth at a variety of scales and across multiple sectors. In order to achieve this, you will work closely with provincial governments to carry out detailed assessments of the policy and technology requirements in order to identify potential incentive mechanisms that would facilitate green investment necessary to build sustainable local economies.

This will include (although not be limited to) exploring regional incentive mechanisms, fiscal transformation, land tenure and spatial planning reform, as well as sector-specific interventions, e.g. sustainable palm oil, sustainable forest management, renewable energy and alternative livelihoods, which can be scaled up. This analysis must be in carried out to ensure coordination with both current and proposed medium and long-term development plans (RPJM and RPJP).

As the majority of these provinces’ greenhouse gas emissions originate in the land use sector, a key component of each green growth strategy will be reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). Your team will help identify and design technical assistance for REDD+ implementation, along with other green growth opportunities identified in the ‘Greening the Masterplan’ component, with a focus on delivering tangible results on the ground. Considering the synergies with the other two components of GGGI’s work in Indonesia, your role will include supporting the other Program Managers with the necessary engagements at provincial and district level.

As a result, you will become a key focal point for supporting green growth at the sub-national level in Indonesia. You are based in Jakarta with frequent travel to the provinces and districts to allow you to act as central liaison with government officials at all levels of government. In addition, you will be responsible for communicating GGGI's engagement at the provincial and district level to key stakeholders and facilitating their engagement in the identification and implementation of pilot projects.

As you implement the above, you will be sensitive to the importance of government ownership of the various analytical assessments and outputs under this component. This will require the position to be innovative and proactive in finding solutions to various bottlenecks and the challenges related to implementing pilot projects. In addition, you will also oversee capability building amongst key stakeholders in these provinces for developing and implementing green growth plans.

Qualifications and Experience

All applicants must hold exemplary and relevant academic credentials, and ideally hold a post-graduate degree in a relevant subject from a leading academic institution. Individuals will also have substantial work experience in a relevant field in Indonesia and, preferably, Kalimantan.

Other key skills and capabilities will include:

• University degree in Natural Resource Management, Environment/Ecological Economics, Forestry or a related field;
• Over 8 years experience in this field of which at least three to five years experience in Indonesia developing and fostering strong relationships with key government institutions, especially at the provincial level (and ideally in Central and/or East Kalimantan);
• Exceptional synthesis and strategic thinking skills in the areas of expertise relevant to GGGI and, in particular, REDD+, forestry and agriculture, valuation of ecosystem services etc;
• Broad knowledge of climate finance, international climate policy, REDD+, carbon markets and the social and environmental safeguard criteria related to REDD+;
• Broad knowledge on the required enabling environment to ensure a successful REDD+ program as well as the challenges and opportunities facing REDD+;
• Familiar with provincial REDD+ and climate strategies, Indonesia’s national REDD+ Strategy and other related government plans at national and sub-national levels;
• Recognized leadership in developing and implementing development policies and strategies on the ground, including public administration to plan for and implement economic development policies and projects;
• Demonstrated capacity for strategic thinking and facilitating in-depth and effective stakeholder dialogues and consultations on multi-disciplinary issues and across sectors, while maintaining a strong sense of realism with regard to country conditions;
• Demonstrated ability to garner support from a diverse range of stakeholders to ensure local ownership of the various analytical results of the assessments;
• Flexibility, responsiveness, and ability to manage multiple activities to tight deadlines, and with demonstrated ability to lead and work in multidisciplinary teams; outstanding stakeholder engagement, client relationship, and consensus building skills;
• Have a wide network across global and Indonesian academic research institutions as well as NGOs and government bodies on climate policy and economic development;
• A track record of delivery of complex programmes, with multi-stakeholder management in Indonesia;
• Effective and efficient operational and organisational skills – project management and project coordination experience;
• Ability to communicate complex economic and policy issues in a clear and simple way to a diverse audience;
• Multi-cultural literacy and easily adaptable;
• Actively seeks and considers diverse ideas and approaches and ability to work as part of a team;
• Strong oral and written English and Bahasa Indonesia are both essential.

The successful individuals will be part of a global team at GGGI: the role presents an opportunity to work with talented, dynamic and driven individuals on projects at the cutting edge of economic development and sustainability. GGGI offers opportunities for an international and diverse career within a new and innovative international organization.

To apply, please send a (1) Covering Letter stating your interest in this position and indicating why you are the most suitable person for this position and (2) your CV to recruitmentgggipm3@gmail.com