Vacancy at Mercy Corps

We are trying to find the best possible candidates to make the Mercy Corps team stronger.

JAKARTA

1. Program Officer – Our World Our Family Program

The OWOF Program Officer will be responsible for all aspects of project implementation for the Mercy Corps Indonesia component of the OWOF program in the target communities, including project socialization, assessment, community mobilization and implementation of training/capacity building activities for target beneficiaries in coordination with community officials and others stakeholders.

The Program Officer will also assist the OWOF Program Manager in planning, design, monitoring and evaluation, coordination with other involved staff (communications, procurement, other program managers), and reporting.

Qualifications:
· 5 years of field-based experience in financial and or business development program.
· Demonstrated experience and expertise in financial literacy and or business development training.
· BA/S or equivalent in social science, management, Accounting, international development or similar degree.
· Track Record in working with Private Sectors and Micro Enterprises
· Competent English language is a must.
This position will be as temporary staff for 6 months.

WEST SUMATERA

1. Procurement Officer

The Procurement Officer is responsible for carrying out all steps of the procurement process in Padang to assist the program activities in the West Sumatera field offices. In addition the procurement officer will serve as a lead capacity builder for the West Sumatra administrative team. This includes activities such as: acting as point person for receiving Purchase Requests (electronically and written), acquiring competitive quotations from the local and international markets, negotiating on behalf of Mercy Corps, preparation of contracts and filing. He/She will act as point person with vendors in Padang. All activities and filing must be carried out in accordance with Mercy Corps procurement and logistics policies.

Qualifications:

Must have demonstrated understanding of procurement ethics and good managerial skills with a diverse team and large flow of information and activities; must be able to work independently and prioritize, show initiative; experience in an NGO setting; A strong understanding of donor compliance and budgets is required, Report writing; ability to make recommendations for improvement; strong computer (MS Office), filing, and organizational skills; excellent spoken and written English; willingness to travel throughout the project areas in West Sumatera.

This position will be as temporary staff for 4 months.

Please send your CV with position applied on the email subject to: hrd@id.mercycorps.org
Vacancy will be closed 26 June 2011.

We look forward to hearing from those who are interested in taking this opportunity to grow and develop with us.