Position
Description
Position: Water and Sanitation Project Officer
Unit/dept/delegation: Health/Watsan Department in Netherland Red Cross
Reports to: Program Manager
Responsible for:
Duration:
Starting Date: Netherland Red Cross Indonesia Programme
1 year (with possible extension)
2nd week of July
Objectives
of the Job
Indonesia
The
Netherlands Red Cross (NLRC) is supporting the Indonesian Red Cross Society (Palang
Merah Indonesia = PMI) since PMI was established in 1945. At this moment NLRC
support consists of a bilaterally organized longer term development programme
and an emergency response & early recovery programme. Emergency response is
organized both bilaterally and multilaterally through the Federation or through
ICRC (in particular in case of large-scale (natural) disasters).
The
development programme focuses on the following areas of intervention: public
health care; water & sanitation; HIV AIDS prevention, care & support
and stigma reduction; disaster risk reduction (rural and urban – with a
microfinance component); and capacity building at all levels of PMI
organization.
As part of NLRC development programme, water and sanitation (watsan) is
planned to extend to new area, Papua. Papua,as a sensitive area, adaptation and
recognized of the local context is a priority to run and manage the project.
Due to this reason, highly important to has the NLRC Programme Officer based in project site to supervise the
watsan programme, in this case specific in Papua. TheNLRC Programme Officer will provide technical assistance to PMI in the
implementation of below outlined NLRC funded projects,
Key
tasks and responsibilities
Inrelation to the programmes mentioned above,
the specific activities of the PA include (but are not limited to):
The overall task will be to provide support to the Programme Manager related to
the water and sanitation project implemented by Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI)
Water and
sanitation Project Officer will also
work very closely with the other Programme Team staff to support her/him on the
following task:
1. The planning,
implementation and monitoring of the NLRC funded projects;
Advise PMI Divisions and chapters and branches on program / project management,
with priority for activities that is part of the PA portfolio.
2. Follow up and
assist PMI Divisions and chapters and branches in the preparations of project
documents such as project proposals, agreements, MoU's, etc.
3. Monitor the
financial situation of the projects in the portfolio in close cooperation with
PMI finance officer in accountable way. This includes follow up of financial
administration and reporting.
4. Facilitate the
timely organization by PMI of reviews, evaluations and audits related to the
activities.
5. Identify and
support training needs and plan, organize and supervise training and general
activities in collaboration with the Watsan PMI staff
6. Strengthen the
capacity of targeted PMI Provinces and PMI branch in promoting Watsan programme
in order to engage local government, private sector, and community partner in
support programme implementation, particularly on community and resources
mobilization.
7. The candidate has
to be motivated to work in a humanitarian organization and should adherence to
Red Cross vision and principles are a necessity.
8. The candidate
should be flexible and able to work in a team as well as independent. He/she
should be open minded, willing to work in an advising and coordinating position
and being able to communicate openly with PMI Divisions, chapters and branches.
9. He/she should be
able to build up a good working relationship with PMI staff and volunteers and
expat delegates, based on trust, confidence and respect.
10. He/ she should be
sensitive, patient and diplomatic.
11. The candidate
should have excellent translation skills Bahasa Indonesia – English and vice
versa.
12. The candidate
should be able to cope with irregular working hours, field travel and stressful
working conditions.
13. The PO will report
to and will be supervised by the Programme Manager of the NLRC Program and will
work in close collaboration with PMI and Federation staff and representatives
of other PNS's.
14. There will be occasions when he is
asked to carry out additional tasks outside of these duties for variety of
reasons due to the nature of humanitarian work
in which SRC is engaged. As a SRC staff,
he is expected to carry out these additional tasks willingly and responsibly to
the best of his abilities.
Reporting
The NLRC
Programme Officer will supervised by NLRC Programme Coordinator (Senior
Programme Officer); the NLRC
Programme Officer will reported to NLRC Programme Coordinator (Senior Programme
Officer) andNLRC Country
representative in Indonesia will also work with the NLRC technical
advisors, in particular on the topics of Health, water & sanitation and
Planning Monitoring and Evaluation to ascertain that the NLRC adopted technical
quality standards are adequately adopted and considered in PMI’s programmes.
Additional information
· The NLRC
Programme Officer, he/she have to travel frequently to Papua. In the first
quarter of project implementation PO will be based in Papua to support PMI in project
setting up
· The PA frequently travels to the programme locations (whenever
necessary).
· The PA will abide by and work in accordance with the Red
Cross/Red Crescent Principles
· As part of the labour contract, the PA will sign the Red Cross
Code of Conduct.
REQUIREMENTS AND COMPETENCIES
- Should have Indonesian Nationality
- Have educational background (minimum
bachelor degree in relevant subject)
- Have minimum 2 years working
experiences on Water and Sanitation Program, preferably in the Non Governmental
Organization (NGO), as programme staff.
- Should preferably have experience in
project cycle management, including project preparation, formulation,
implementation and evaluation. Knowledge of Program Monitoring and Evaluation
is an advantage.
- Should have adequate computer skills
- Should have excellent communication, a
good team player organizational skills.
- Proven analytical and summarizing
skills also able to take initiative
- Knowledge of and working experience
with the Red Cross movement is an advantage.
- Ability to work in a multi-cultural,
challenging environment in minimum supervision as well as to adapts easily to
local (basic) condition
Please submit you application by sending a Resume, Motivation
Letter and expected salary to: VWijaya@redcross.nland CC to : KartikaJ@redcross.nlwith Subject :
Watsan PO Application (applicant name).
Deadline :before 2 pm on 15th June 2012
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