USAID IFACS - Technical Coordinator Position

Responsibilities:

Supervise the Jakarta based technical unit; including spatial planning, lansdscape conservation, private sector, community development and communication specialist.
Coordinate and manage the technical direction and support to 4 regional offices to ensure integrated program development and implementation in eight target landscapes;
Contribute to the development of all project deliverables including work plans, performance monitoring plans and monthly, quarterly, annual, and trip reports;
Build the local management capacity within USAID IFACS and partner organizations, by building internal management systems that include individual work plans, structured meetings to review advances to hold people accountable, team meetings to establish team moral and resolve issues facing the technical unit, among others; and
Conduct periodic reviews of staff's performance and make recommendations for changes, annual increases, and promotions as appropriate.

Required Qualifications:

Masters (minimum) in forestry, ecology, private sector enterprise (SME), sustainable development or the equivalent experience and technical skills;
At least 15 years of experience implementing international development programs focused on sustainable forest management,sustainable natural resource use or closely related fields;
Ability to oversee and manage a strong technical team by developing management systems and working with local staff to place them into action; training local staff to adapt these systems and take on increasing management responsibilities
A team leader and player as demonstrated by having led numerous teams on projects or doing project design and evaluation work, producing quality deliverables;
Strong writing skills in English and experience producing high quality deliverables to USAID such as technical reports, work plans, annual, and quarterly reports, etc.
Experience working in Indonesia and strong Bahasa language skills are required;
Must be able to prepare written documents and reports in English.

To Apply:
Please email full, current CV in reverse chronological format with 3 references, a brief cover letter explaining why you are qualified for the position to recruitment@ifacs.or.id referring to Technical Coordinator in the subject line by COB 10 June, 2011. Candidates best meeting position requirements will be contacted. No phone calls, please.