Lowongan Kerja KINERJA - USAID

Duration of Project: Anticipated dates—late 2011 to February 28, 2015
Position: Provincial Coordinator
Duty Station : Banda Aceh, Aceh

General Description of Position

The Provincial Coordinator serves as a technical and administrative liaison between the National Office and the district-based Local Public Service Specialists. He/she will represent KINERJA in the regions, coordinating with province level and district level stakeholders, document project innovations, conduct administrative functions, oversee programs of sub-grantees in the regions and coordinate and facilitate the dissemination of project activities to other regions.

Duties and Responsibilities

Provincial Representation
• Establish and maintain contacts and good relationships with provincial government officials, including with the Governor's Office, the Provincial Planning Board, Finance, related Sector Agencies of Health, Education and Economic Development, with parliamentarians as well as with civil society organizations.

• Keep the designated provincial officers informed of ongoing Kinerja activities in the region.

• Work with the provincial government to coordinate funding sources and service delivery strengthening activities with GOI agencies and other donors operating in the province, for maximum leverage of Kinerja impact.

• Coordinate with other USAID contractors and other relevant donor projects in the province. Establish good relations and cooperation with representatives of Local Government Associations, Local Council Associations and other organizations working in the general area of governance.

Liason with the national office and District Kinerja Service Providers
• Facilitate smooth transfer of information among local activities at the district and provincial level to the national office. Provide information on all project activities carried out in the region.
• Work closely with all subcontractors and Kinerja staff from the main office to coordinate activities at the provincial level, and to encourage maximum coordination in each participating district.
• Provide assistance to Kinerja program advisors and specialists with planning, coordination, and implementation of program activities.
• Provide overall technical and managerial guidance to the district level Local Public Service Specialists to ensure that project targets are achieved in each participating districts. The Provincial Coordinator will alert the DCOP and/or relevant technical staff in the national office when implementation challenges arise and will suggest proactive ways to solve problems.
• Routinely extract lessons learned from the districts and distill them into readily shared innovations on service delivery, via multiple media outlets.
• Prepare Regional Office work plan to be consistent and integrated with Kinerja national office level work plan and update as necessary;
• Prepare periodical progress reports and submit to Deputy Chief of Party as requested.
• Attend coordination and planning meetings with Chief of Party and other project advisors and specialists, as requested.
• Provide other related duties as assigned by the COP and FOA.

Dissemination
• Support information sharing across all Kinerja provinces and as the program reaches out beyond the four target provinces, stand ready to export innovations as demanded.
• Pioneer peer-to-peer learning within the Province—initially with the Kinerja pilot municipalities/districts and then with all municipalities as replication takes hold.


Management of Province Office
• Head of Provincial Office including finance / grants officer, administrative assistant and driver. The Provincial Coordinator will have overall responsibility for all financial and administrative matters in his/her region.
• Coordinate grant solicitation, award, and implementation and technical oversight of sub-grantees in the region.
• Manage tasks of all Kinerja staff in the province. This will include, but not be limited to, holding weekly regional staff meetings to exchange technical and administrative information.

• Maintain monthly and quarterly calendars of project and Local G activities. These will be updated and reported to the National Office on a weekly basis.

This position reports to the DCOP.

Qualifications

• A minimum of Bachelor (S-1) degree.
• Minimum fifteen years working with Local Governments.
• Experience in conducting training at community and district levels.
• Able to work under tight deadlines.
• High degree of adaptability to varied working environments and good interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Able to maintain good relationships with government agencies/institutions at all levels, Non-Government Organization, and Civil Society Organizations.
• Extensive experience in working with provincial or district government officials and civil society leaders.
• Ability to work extensively with district stakeholders in their district offices.
• Experience in implementing a USAID Project.
• Good command of English and Indonesian communication skills.
• Good computer skills, including internet and e-mail.

KINERJA Project, a local governance program funded by USAID focusing on providing service delivery in the areas education, health and economic services is currently looking for Provincial Coordinator according to the scope of work below. Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications to apujiastuti@kinerja.or.id not later than 4 November 2011 indicating the reference subject. All candidates are requested to specify their availability date in the application form. Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

For more detail info about us, please visit www.kinerja.or.id