Location: Mentawai, West Sumatera
Reports to: Country Representative
Yayasan
Fondasi Hidup is an independent non-governmental organization based in Medan,
North Sumatera and has program operations in Aceh, North Sumatera and West Sumatera
Provinces. FH has been working in Indonesia since 2005 and aims to alleviate
all forms of poverty through wholistic programming and approach.
Currently,
FH works in the Agriculture, Economic Development, Education sectors as well as
addressing cross cutting issues such as Gender Balance and Equity, Good Governance
and Disaster Risk Reduction. Our goal is to walk with families and community
leaders to bring sustainable change.
Main purpose of the role
The Area
Coordinator is based in Mentawai (Siberut) and reports to Country
Representative on all matters pertinent to her/his
job. He/she is responsible for supervising
all program activities in his/her area and ensuring program quality. Area Coordinator
is also responsible for providing guidance and direction to program and support
staff.
This role
will:
- Work closely with Country Representative (CR), Senior Programming Advisor (SPA) and other staff in the Medan office.
- Responsible for developing good working relationships with local partners: other NGO’s, government agencies, etc.
- Conduct continuous needs analysis in participation with key steak-holders, including community members
- Assure the successful implementations of all programs.
Responsibilities (JD)
- • Supervise program and support staff
- In coordination with CR and SPA design and implement programs
- Assure quality and effectiveness of all programs
- Together with the Finance Officer assure compliance with all FH financial policies
- Monthly submission of Financial Reports and weekly program updates
- Maintain Inventory lists and update Logistics Officer as needed
- Represent FH in key meetings with government officials and look out for the best interest of the organization
- Others as required
Qualifications, experience and competences
Essential
- Ability to read, write and communicate in Indonesian, strong command of English
- Computer literate, highly organized
- Ability to get along with people from all walks of life
- Ability to handle details and contribute to team building environment
- Experience working with and participating effectively as a part of a team.
- Attention to detail.
- Teachable spirit, passionate about FH vision, mission and values.
- Ability to effectively present information
- Interpret general business periodicals, technical procedures, and/ or government Regulations
- Familiarity with MS Office
- Strong analytical skills
- Bachelor degree in a relevant field
- Good working knowledge of Participatory Assessment tools
- A minimum of 4 years experience in managing (from design to implementation) of social programs
- At least 2 years experience in managing staff
- Willingness/commitment to stay and work in Mentawai
Desirable
- Working knowledge of the local language and prior working experience in the area.
Salary
range: IDR 5 – 7 million.
Please
send your application, updated CV, recent photograph, salary expectation and three
latest references (max 300kb) to ina-applications@fh.org no later
than Friday, October 25th, 2013.
Please put “title/position” as email subject (e.g “Finance Officer”), and
please put your name after CV and/or cover letter title (e.g CV-John.Johnson,
Cover letter-John.Johnson).