Vacancy at ILO - International Consultant Road Master Planning, Sigli-Aceh

Vacancy No: JAKARTA/ 2012/010 Date:  22 March 2012
Position title: International Consultant Road Master Planning
Deadline for application: 02 April 2012
Project title: Creating Jobs: Capacity Building for Local Resource-based Road Works in Selected Districts in NAD and Nias Organization unit: ILO Jakarta
Grade: N/a Duty Station:  Sigli (Pidie District)
Contract type: Consultant    
Duration: 13 weeks Expected starting date: 15 April 2012
For any questions related to this post, please contact: – Mr. Bas Athmer, Chief Technical Adviser, Road Project, NAD, CO ILO Jakarta - athmer@ilo.org


A. General Project Information
The UNDP/ILO Project “Creating Jobs: Capacity Building for Local Resource-based Road Works in Selected Districts in NAD and Nias” has been implemented since March 2006. The Project’s central aim is to support the Aceh Government in improving the livelihoods of the Acehnese people by enhancing the capacity of local governments to generate maximum employment opportunities through investments in rural infrastructure, particularly the road sector. Five years of post-tsunami reconstruction in Aceh has achieved improvements in rural road networks. But local governments are facing significant difficulties to put in place an effective maintenance system for these roads.  Specifically, they do not have practical tools and systems that will support budget planning to obtain necessary approval for the resources that are needed.

To ensure the sustainability of the Project’s interventions and the created/improved physical assets, a comprehensive Exit Strategy for the Project has been prepared for the Aceh cluster of the Project (Pidie and Bireuen District) from 1 September 2011 until 31 August 2012 .  This exit strategy – i.e. phase III of the Project – seeks to ensure that the LRB approaches that have been successfully demonstrated by the Project over the last five years will be sustained and that the lessons learned will be mainstreamed. Phase III aims at ensuring the sustainability of the investments made during phase I and II of the Project, in terms of their management and maintenance by the Government. An important element of phase III is the development of road master plans for Pidie and Bireuen District for the improvement and maintenance of the district and village road network at district level for which the Governments of Pidie and Bireuen district are
responsible. The intention is that these master plans – once developed and adopted by the local government – can serve as a model for wider replication in other districts in Aceh, and beyond. As it is important that master plans are being updated regularly, it is also very important that an affordable and practical system and procedure is being developed that will enable the district governments to regularly update the master plans (i.e. data availability and staffing resources issues need to be considered). 

B. Duties and Responsibilities
The Consultant Road Master Planning (CRMP) will work under the overall supervision and guidance of the Project’s Chief Technical Advisor ( CTA ) to whom he/she will report. The CRMP will be responsible for the formulation of multi-year road master investment plans for classified district and village roads for Pidie and Bireuen district. He/she will work in close coordination and collaboration with the Project staff and consultants, and with the concerned Government stakeholders – in particular with those at district level. The CRMP will be based in Sigli (Pidie district) but it is envisaged that he/she will have to divide his/her time equally between the two districts (Pidie and Bireuen). Occasional visits to Banda Aceh and Jakarta are also envisaged under the assignment.

During the first period of 6 weeks of the field-based consultancy input, the main emphasis will be on reviewing the current progress, on finalizing specific requirements, and on initiating, supervising, coordinating and supporting various activities that are required to collect, process and analyze data that will be required to inform the planning of investments in the district and village road network in Pidie and Bireuen district.

After the completion of the initial period of 6 weeks of input, the CRMP will provide a total of 5 working days of back-stopping and monitoring support (home-based) with regards to the finalization of activities that were initiated during the initial 6 weeks of input.

The second block of 6 weeks of the field-based consultancy input will focus mainly on the preparation of the actual road master plans, including consultations with concerned stakeholders from legislative and executive bodies, and the presentation of the road master plans at various relevant forums and seminars at district, provincial and national level.

Specific tasks and responsibilities of the CRMP include, but are not limited to:

1.      During the first 6 weeks of the field-based work:

• Review the current progress regarding preparatory activities for the development of the master plans, including an assessment of the already available information and the work being done on database and GIS development;
• Consult with provincial and national level stakeholders – in particular wsith Bappenas, Public Works an the OTSUS team, and possibly also with the Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs – regarding standards, procedures, requirements and formats related to district-level road master planning;
• Review in close consultation with the national, provincial and district level stakeholders other planned, on-going and/or completed initiatives and/or models related to district-level road master planning;
• Conduct workshops with the district-level stakeholders, including the recently established Advisory Group, to discuss and agree on a specific time-bound work plan of activities for the development of the road master plans;
• In close consultation with the district stakeholders, identify the information and data requirements that are needed to enable the preparation of the road master plan. This should – inter alia –include (spatial) information on; i) the road network and its condition; ii) spatial economic production potentials (against actual production); iii) accessibility indicators (like access to economic and social facilities and services and typical origin-destination routes); iv) demographic information (distribution of population, poverty indicators, information about under- and unemployment):
• In close coordination with the district stakeholders, discuss and finalize the strategy, standards and prioritization criteria that will be used for prioritizing and allocating resources for the development, improvement and maintenance of the district and village roads, and for typical costing for investments in construction, rehabilitation and maintenance activities;
• Identify sources of information/data that can be used in the preparation of the master plan and coordinate the collection, processing and analysis of these data/information;
• Coordinate, supervise and provide leading inputs in the implementation of the agreed work plan, including data collection, processing and analysis, and the development of prioritization criteria, standards, etc.
• Finalize the table of contents for the road master plan and start with preparation of the master plan, using the available information/data.
• Any other tasks, as directed by the Project’s CTA , that are relevant to the assignment.

2.      Between the first and the second period of field-based work

• Provide through email and by phone technical guidance, inputs and backstopping support to the field-based project staff/consultants regarding the implementation of the activities related to the preparation of the master plan (for this activity a total of 5 working days is allocated; this activity will be carried out as a home-based assignment).  

3.      During the second 6 weeks of the field-based work

• Review the progress regarding the activities related to the preparation of the master plan;
• Consolidate all the information/data that have been collected;
• Identify information/data gaps and coordinate/supervise the collection, processing and analysis of additional data;
• Prepare a complete first draft of the road master plan for Pidie and Bireuen district;
• Discuss the completed first draft of the road master plan with the concerned stakeholders of Pidie and Bireuen district in meetings and during a workhop;
• Based on the feedback received from the stakeholders, edit/modify the road master plan for Pidie and Bireuen district;
• Present the final draft of the road master plan to the local parliaments of Pidie and Bireuen district for its approval;
• Present the final draft master plan for Pidie and Bireuen district in seminars to provincial and national level stakeholders;
• Prepare a report outlining the resources, institutional set-up and skills that will be required to enable the regular updating of the road master plans.
• Any other tasks, as directed by the Project’s CTA , that are relevant to the assignment.  

C. Outputs    
Upon the completion of the assignment, the CRMP should have at least provided the following outputs to the satisfaction of the Project’s CTA :

1. Completed road master plans for Pidie and Bireuen district that have been discussed and agreed upon with the district-level stakeholders;
2. A report, outlining the resources, institutional set-up and skills that will be required to enable the regular updating of the road master plans;
3. A completion report of the assignment in a format that will be provide by the Project;
4. Various presentations given during workshops/seminars at district, provincial and national level.
5. All the data/information that have been collected, processed and/or analyzed by the consultant in electronic format.            

D.  Required Qualifications and Experience
Education: Advanced university degree in Planning, Rural Development or another relevant discipline.
Work Experience:  At least 10 years of relevant working experience, of which at least 3 years in the preparation of infrastructure/road investment master plans. Prior relevant working experience in Indonesia is considered an important advantage.   
Competencies:

• Demonstrated and recognized ability in the preparation of infrastructure master plans;
• Ability to work as a team player and to operate individually;
• Ability to maintain a good balance between initiating activities and consulting with stakeholders;
• Capability to perform efficiently and effectively in a highly demanding working environment with very tight deadlines;
• Endurance and commitment to pursue and complete complex assignments;
• Conceptually and analytically very strong;
• Excellent communication and reporting skills, in speaking and in writing.
• Good computing skills, including the use of MS applications;
• Languages: Excellent command of English, both orally and in writing. Knowledge of Bahasa Indonesia is considered an important an advantage.

Qualified women and men are encouraged to apply. Only qualified candidates will be notified. Please submit application indicating the Vacancy Announcement Number along with CV, 3 references and other supporting documents to:

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE
Email : hrdjkt@ilo.org

Closing date: 02 April 2012

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Trainer for Fundraising Training - Handicap International Federation

Important Note:
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Interested applicants must mention Requested Fee on a signed page, either on application letter or on specific page. Other compulsory documents to be sent with application:

• Methodology of the Training and its Syllabus
• CV or Company Profile

Max size 400 kB

Applications to be addressed to:
proc.tender@handicap-international-id.org
CC to:
hiindo_tender@yahoo.fr
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TERMS OF REFERENCE DETAILS
Name of Project: Disability Rights
Title of activity: Training on Fund Raising

1. Introduction
Handicap International is a non-governmental organization, specialized in the field of international solidarity. It was formed in 1982, with its headquarters in Lyon (France). Handicap International is working in over than 55 countries worldwide and a co-winner of 1997 Nobel Prize for Campaign against Land Mines. Handicap International is made up of a Federation and eight sections (national associations) which work together on mobilizing resources, co-managing projects and promoting the movements’ principles and activities. Handicap International is neither exclusively a development NGO nor exclusively an emergency relief NGO.
Handicap International Federation is Non-governmental, non-religious, on-political and non-profit making, Handicap International works alongside people with disabilities, whatever the context, offering them assistance and supporting them in their efforts to become self-reliant.

Handicap International has been working in Indonesia since 2005 to support health and social initiatives related to disability issue. In collaboration with the Ministry of Social Affairs of Republic of Indonesia, Handicap International Indonesia implements activities that will allow people with disabilities in Indonesia to have greater opportunities to exercise their rights to enhance their dignity.

Handicap International Indonesia formulated a strategy which stated that the specific objectives of the activities are to increase the capacity of institutions and services working in disability field, confirming to
general public and decision makers are aware that disability is a human rights and development issue, and empowering people with disabilities and their organization to become active actors in their communities.

2. Disability Rights Project Presentation
This project seeks to empower grassroots Disabled Peoples’ Organizations (DPOs) with the knowledge, attitudes and practices to advocate for their economic, social and political rights at a local and national level. Its messaging will engage a wide audience from government officials, international agencies and semi-governmental entities, to civil society organizations that are not disability focused.

The activities implemented will become more directly focused on capacity building initiatives targeting local DPOs to engage in disability rights advocacy. In accordance with this objective of the project and result
from project mid term evaluation, Handicap International with financial support from Irish Aid will provide capacity building activities with aim to develop DPO’s and the members’ capacity.

2.1. Disability Rights Project Objective:
The overall Objective of the project is that People with disabilities (PWDs) in Indonesia live in a barrier-free environment where they are empowered, recognized as equal partners in the development of their communities, and have the same opportunities and responsibilities as all other members of Indonesian society.

2.2. Disability Rights Specific Objective:
Indonesian DPOs demonstrate the knowledge, attitudes and practices to advocate for the rights of People with Disabilities. DPOs will develop their ideas, technical capacity, and organizational capacity through
practices capacity building training in the community and family life.

3. Justification of the Activity:
A training focused on fund raising was designed to contribute on the sustainability of current partners’ advocacy initiatives and a part of exit strategy of DR project. This training has been discussed with some
of DR project partners and based on those discussions partners see this opportunity will help and contribute to increase their personal and organizational capacity after the project finished. In this training, the DPOs partner will learn on fund raising strategy and methods and possible initiative fund raising activities.

4. Objectives of Activity:
4.1. Specific Objectives:

• To provide DPOs partners knowledge on fund raising issues, strategy and methods
• To provide DPOs partners on capacity to develop innovative strategy and methods on fund raising
• To strengthening DPO to organize internal fund raising for the contiuation and existance of DPO(s) activities.

4.2 Activity Expected Outputs:

• 15 DPOs partners have skills and knowledge on organizational fund raising issues.
• 15 DPOs partners are able to develop fund raising strategy based on their experiences and capacity
• 15 DPOs partners are able to identify potencial source of funding to develop fund raising (i.e. individuals, private companies, donors agencies, governments, etc)
• 15 DPOs partners are able to understand the fund raising cycles.
• 15 DPOs partners are able to improve their fund raising strategy and methods

5. Topics delivered in the Training

• Understanding fund raising in organization (concept and how its works)
• How to identify potential source of funding
• Fund raising strategies and cycles
• Accountability of managing funds
• Lesson learnt from best practices.

6. Tools, methods, sessions or topics
Facilitators/Trainers will use:
Lectures

• Discussions on the basis of case studies and real documentation
• Participative approaches, such as role-play and brainstorming exercises, in order to foster sharing of information, experiences and relevant practices based the training’s topics.

7. Profile, technical competencies & tasks of the Service Provider:
Expected trainer/facilitator(s) have following capacity:

• Persons or Institution experienced in professional training on fund raising and organizational development
• Persons or Institution capable to deliver trainings, case studies and role play using tools and subjects adapted to trainee specialized in working with Local Non Profit Organization, communities and Parents
• Ability to propose techniques, trainings and tools adapted to the needs of People with Disabilities’

Person with Disabilities’ candidates are strongly encouraged

Deadline for the submission of the Technical & Financial Offer: 22 March 2012

7. Practical Information
Venue: The training is planning to be conducted in Bali on early May 2012. It will be 2 days training session.
Language: The training will be implemented in Bahasa Indonesia.
Date : May 2012 (2 days)
Participants : 30-40 persons from DR project partners

Budget for Trainers Fee (Nett): Total Rp 9.000.000 for 2 days Training
Including preparation and reporting.
Exclude Accommodations and transportation (team, maximal 2 people)

How to Apply
Send Complete Proposal which includes:

• Proposal / Application
• Methodology of the Training and its Syllabus
• Requested Fee (compulsory) on a signed page
• CV or Company Profile

Max size 400 kB

Addressed to:
proc.tender@handicap-international-id.org
CC to:
hiindo_tender@yahoo.fr

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UKCCU Consultancy: Mgt and Admin Support for PKPIM

As part of Low Carbon Strategy Project, the UK Climate Change Unit, a joint unit of UK Foreign Commonwealth Office - FCO and Department for International Development - DFID is seeking for consultant for Management and Administrative Support for the Policy Center for Climate Change and Financing and Multilateral.

Detailed information can be found in Terms of Reference below.

To apply, please e-mail your cover letter and CV, including the consultancy title in the subject line, to: dfidjktconsultancy@dfid.gov.uk
Closing date:  Thursday, 15 March 2012, 24:00

Contract will be issued by the Department for International Development (DFID)


Terms of Reference
Management and Administrative Support for the Policy Center for Climate Change Financing and Multilateral  (Pusat Kebijakan Perubahan Iklim dan Multilateral)  for the Delivery of its Mandate and the Low-Carbon Strategy Project

Objective
The principal purpose of this consultancy is to strengthen the administrative and management capacity of the Pusat Kebijakan Perubahan Iklim dan Multilateral (PKPIM), Ministry of Finance (MoFin), to deliver its mandate and the Low-Carbon Strategy (LCS) Project.

Rationale
PKPIM has been mandated to coordinate low-carbon policy development across a multitude of stakeholders, both national and international, and deliver output 1 of the LCS Project (policy proposals). Achieving this highly complex and challenging task requires a strong and well-functioning management and administrative system, well beyond PKPIM’s current capacity.   

Approach
The LCS project will temporarily support critical management, administrative and technical functions to enable PKPIM to deliver against its mandate.  

Deliverables
The key deliverable of this consultancy is an effective and efficient management and administration system for PKPIM. This general output will be detailed in monthly work plans, to be agreed with the project manager and PKPIM’s management group. Payments will be made against the satisfactory delivery of the outputs specified in these monthly plans.

Activities
Activities to be undertaken by the Consultant include, but are not limited to:


(a)   Key tasks

• Organise and coordinate executive schedules and appointments.
• Organise and coordinate all forms of executive communication, both national and international.
• Assist in setting up and maintaining an effective office filing system.
• Assist in the drafting and editing of ministerial and managerial correspondence and technical briefing notes in Bahasa Indonesia and English.
• Organise and coordinate office logistics.
• Organise and coordinate project activities related to capacity building, technical assistance, workshops, meetings and travel in close coordination with the Project Coordinator.
• Coordinate activities and communications with third parties and stakeholders, eg, focus group discussions (FGD).
• Support PKPIM’s financial administration in close coordination with the Finance Department and the Office of the Secretary General.
• Assist in the preparation of the work plans, reports, presentations, publications and media information material.

(b)  Other duties

• Assist PKPIM project-related training and capacity building activities of PKPIM and other staff.
• Assist in the recruitment, drafting of ToR and job descriptions, and training of PKPIM administrative staff.
• Assist in and/or carry out other project activities and tasks, as assigned by the PKPIM Management Group or the Project Manager.
• Undertake further job training related to the Consultant’s position and duties such as secretarial, computer, office, and language skills, if required.

Management Arrangements
The Consultant will be posted into PKPIM’s office at the Ministry of Finance and temporarily assume the position of PKPIM’s executive secretary to oversee and direct PKPIM’s administration.

The Consultant will report to the Head of PKPIM and the LCS Project Manager and shall liaise closely with the LCS Project Coordinator. The Consultant shall follow DFID’s guidelines on matters related to procurement under the LCS project.

PKPIM’s management group and the LCS Project Manager will specify and review deliverables on a monthly basis and provide feedback to ensure that the Consultant’s activities and outputs are well aligned with the project’s objectives and workflow. Payments will be made upon the satisfactory delivery of the specified monthly outputs.

Timing
The consultancy will commence work on March, 2012, and complete the assignment by the 30th of September, 2012.

Qualifications
The Consultant’s qualifications should include:

• At  least 5 years of professional working experience in a similar position;
• Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia and English, both orally and in writing;
• Excellent communication and writing skills;
• Ability to work well within multidisciplinary teams;
• Working experience in aid/development agencies and/or Government agencies will be considered an advantage;
• A MBA and/or any other relevant academic decree are not mandatory but will be considered an advantage;
• Good working knowledge of modern telecommunication systems (telephone, fax, e-mail, internet);
• Good working knowledge of modern office technology;
• Ability to perform well under pressure;

Excellent management and administration skills
Integrity and social competence

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Open vacancy at The British Embassy - Administrative Assistant, Vice Consul, Research Analyst

The British Embassy, Jakarta, is looking to recruit the following positions:

• Administrative Assistant (Closing date: 9 Mar 2012)
• Vice Consul (Closing date: 12 Mar 2012)
• Research Analyst (Closing date: 19 Mar 2012)

Please visit the website at www.ukinindonesia.fco.gov.uk/vacancy for the job details.
Interested applicants please remember to submit your CV and the completed application form (which can be downloaded at the website) by the closing date.

Incomplete applications will not be considered.



Regional HR Officer, SE Asia
British Embassy, Jakarta

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