PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODELS FOR MICRO ENTREPRENUERS (PROSIMEE)

Program Summary

In partnership with a Private Sector donor, Mercy Corps Indonesia will sustainably improve livelihoods of Intermediate Service Providers (ISPs) and their micro enterprises because of accessing bundled services. In close consultation with the donor and the relevant government authorities, Mercy Corps Indonesia will help facilitate access to bundled services (input market, advisory, financial and output market services) business training, mentoring, and business development with a view to strengthening the institutional capacity of each ISP. Particular focus will be given to helping with business plans, building business leadership, financial management, and marketing skills for each ISP so they can continue providing such services to other ISPs in the future. The programme aims to help transform ISPs from yellow to green and where possible, to gold.

Program Coordinator - PROSIMEE

Subject to funding approval from the donor, the Program Coordinator will be responsible for overall coordination and implementation of PROSIMEE to identify the required ISPs and micro-entrepreneurs, in close consultation with the donor.  He/She will also be responsible to lead a small Jakarta based team but also provide leadership to a larger provincial team in Riau and the target districts. The Programme Coordinator is responsible for providing strategic direction by way of strategic planning for the team strategic engagement with the donor, relevant government authorities and other stakeholders. Specifically, the Programme Coordinator is expected to establish, strengthen and maintain a collaborative relationship with different value chain actors in the entrepreneurship ecosystem, i.e.. business development services, financial institutions, community business organizations to be able to facilitate bundled services at the systems level, ultimately contributing to economic empowerment of the ISPs.

Qualifications :

·           University degree, preferably in social sciences, economics or business development;

·           More then 4 years working as Program Coordinator with strong project management skills, including financial management, supervision, and operational management skills;

·           More then 4 years working in development programs with strong emphasis on agriculture, business development services, entrepreneurship, and public private collaboration;

·           Experiences to build a relationship with different stakeholders;

·           Highly skilled in people management, having good interpersonal skills and experience in managing, motivating and mentoring teams;

·           Experience in monitoring and evaluation of program outputs, outcomes and impact (familiarity with quantitative and qualitative measurement methods);

·           Computers skills with strong familiarity with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint;

·           Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both Bahasa Indonesia and English, with excellent English reporting writing skills.

Please send your CV together with a form on this link with position applied on the email subject to hrd@id.mercycorps.org 

Vacancy will be closed 29 September 2019 and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview. We look forward to hearing from those who are interested in taking this opportunity to grow and develop with us.