| Position | Program Officer - Community Rights & Natural Assets - Jakarta |
| Date Posted | 25 Mar 2009 |
| Application Deadline | 29 May 2009 |
| Location | Jakarta, Indonesia |
Summary Description
The Program Officer will be responsible for implementing, monitoring, and coordinating grant making activities in the Expanding Community Rights and Voice over Natural Resources portfolio, which seeks to sustainably increase the well-being of the poor in fragile rural areas by promoting policies that give poor and marginalized groups more control over natural resources and mechanisms that give these groups greater influence in decision-making processes.
The program strategy within this portfolio is designed to influence the natural resource policies and policy processes of the national, provincial, and district governments of Indonesia. Specific attention will be given to helping communities to secure customary and statutory rights to forests and land, increasing the voice and participation of disadvantaged rural groups in policy processes (particularly ethnic minorities and women), minimizing social conflicts related to forests and other natural resources, and promoting rural climate change and biofuel policies that favor poor rural communities.
Working closely with the Country Representative in Jakarta (to whom she or he will report), the Director of the Natural Assets unit, and other Program Officers, the Program Officer will develop grant making and other program activities to implement five strategies to achieve program goals: 1) supporting research and development efforts to build the case for appropriate policy reforms, 2) pilot projects in a few Indonesia provinces designed to demonstrate the viability of pro-poor approaches to natural resource management; 3) promoting advocacy and communications work that directly promotes pro-poor natural resource policies and processes; 4) strengthening the capacity of Indonesian institutions and professionals committed to pro-poor natural resource policies; and 5) promoting networks and exchanges that facilitate learning among professionals focused on these issues. The Program Officer will also have responsibility for providing input into, designing, and monitoring similar types of activities that form part of the foundation’s work in Indonesia on Responses to Climate Change that Lift the Rural Poor. That work will be coordinated from the foundation’s New York office, but the Indonesia office will be heavily involved.
Specifically, the program officer will review the current status of the field, the recently developed program strategies related to Natural Assets, and the status of the grants in the Foundation’s existing portfolio; formulate plans to implement grant making in the new program strategies; solicit, review, and respond to grant proposals; prepare recommendations for foundation funding; and work with other foundation staff to develop learning strategies related to natural resource policies and policy processes. The Program Officer will be expected to provide intellectual leadership in the field of pro-poor natural resource policies and to work closely with other Program Officers throughout the Foundation whose work relates to the central mission of the portfolio. The Program Officer also is expected to collaborate broadly with scholars and practitioners, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and other donors on issues of common program concern. The Program Officer will contribute both to the office’s strategic direction for Indonesia, and to the foundation’s overall goals related to natural resources worldwide.
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Qualifications
Significant professional experience and leadership directly related to the fields of environmental policy, community-based natural resource management, and / or rural development. Demonstrated capacity to understand and influence policy processes and work with organizations representing low-income rural communities, and a nuanced understanding of the links between environmental issues and social justice. Demonstrated capacity to analyze, research, and design innovative strategies; advanced oral and written communication skills (in both English and Bahasa Indonesia). Graduate degree in related field is required. Experience in Indonesia or Southeast Asia is desirable. Grant-making experience is an advantage. Excellent academic credentials with an advanced degree in public policy, economics, law, or other relevant field; a strong desire to achieve impact; a proven track record of achieving change; strong communications capabilities, including a clear ability to convene and drive a group to action; and the proven capacity to work in teams.
Salary
Salary is based on experience and on the Foundation’s commitment to internal equity. A generous benefits package is provided.
Equal employment opportunity and having a diverse staff are fundamental principles at the Ford Foundation, where employment and promotional opportunities are based upon individual capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation/affectional preference, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as established under law.
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