Vacancy at Mercy Corps - Based in Lampung

Mercy Corps Indonesia
Open Vacancy


Mercy Corps helps people turn the crises they confront into
the opportunities they deserve. Driven by local needs, our programs provide
communities in the world's toughest places with the tools and support they need
to transform their own lives. Our worldwide team in 41 countries is improving
the lives of 19 million people.

Mercy Corps Indonesia is currently seeking to fill the post
through external candidates:

Lampung

1. Project Officer - Scale Resilience

PROGRAM SUMMARY:
Indonesiafaces diverse and severe natural
hazards that are being exacerbated by climate change. The effects of these
hazards take a great toll on communities, the economy and the environment.
However, cost effective opportunities exist for strengthening resiliency such
as disaster preparedness planning, mitigation measures and adaptation to
climate change. With its sound Disaster Management Law, existing National
Action Plan Addressing Climate Change, and a robust culture of civil society, Indonesia is in
a strong position to find practical and scaleable solutions for these problems.
The critical need is to link political will at the national level, with
institutional capacity among provincial, district, and sub district
governments, civil society organizations and the private sector. While at the
same time, resiliency activities must utilize local knowledge and the
mobilization potential of vulnerable communities themselves.

Climate change will dramatically impact cities and other
urban areas, especially those in coastal zones. The high incidence of
hydro-meteorological and other disasters affecting urban areas, particularly in
vulnerable regions, is a challenge to local officials and their communities in
being prepared and proactive in addressing increasingly frequent and extreme
climate change events.

To address these inter-related challenges of climate change
adaptation and disaster risk reduction, Mercy Corps Indonesia was awarded
funding by the USAID to undertake CADRE – The Stakeholder Coordination,
Advocacy, Linkages and Engagement for Resilience (SCALE Resilience) as the leading
agency . The overall goal of CADRE – SCALE Resilience program is to, “improve
resiliency of populations in Indonesia that are vulnerable to natural hazards
and impact of climate change through strengthening the capaprovinces and sub
districts of government, civil society, and the private sector to reduce risks
and adapt to climate change.”

In partnership with the Indonesian
Society for Disaster Management (MPBI), the Urban and Regional Development
Study (URDI) and an international research organization -Institute for Social and Environmental Transitions
(ISET), Mercy Corps will have activities across a wide array of geographies
including the provinces of West Sumatera, Lampung, and Maluku and the
municipality of West Jakarta with focused in two sub districts of each area.
Mercy Corps will work through secondary partnerships with a broad spectrum of
actors including national, provincial, and sub districts government,
universities and research institutions, local NGOs, and the private sector to
experiment with a range of activities that will provide visible demonstration
and documentation on how they collectively improve the ability to withstand,
prepare for, and recover from the disaster risks and projected impacts of
climate change.

The three main objectives of the CADRE – SCALE Resilience
program are including:
1. The improved linkages between national-level government, provincial and district governments and communities, leading to more coordinated and inclusive planning for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.
2. Government and vulnerable communities demonstrate improved awareness of specific risks from hazards and climate change
3. Targeted vulnerable communities have reduced their vulnerability to hazards and climate change impacts, by developing and implementing pilot projects in collaboration with local government

The Project Officer will work closely with Provincial
Advisory Committees (PACs) or existing platform and Sub District Working Group
(SDWGs) coordinators to organize and facilitate their activities to develop,
plan, budget, and identify potential funding for participatory, local level,
climate change resilience and DRR strategies;. The project officer will be
required to work with a wide range of networking with provincial and sub
districts stakeholders spanning civil society, private sector, local
government, etc.

Qualifications:
* Experience in Indonesia DRR or climate change initiatives and urban development;
* Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team;
* Experience in networking and project implementation, and documentation related to Indonesian climate change issues, and Indonesian government climate change initiatives and actors;
* BA/S or higher in environmental sciences, or similar field;
* Ability to communicate in English verbal and written preferred;
* Strong familiarity with Microsoft Word and Excel are mandatory.
* Candidate must be willing to travel regularly to Jakarta.

This position will be as a temporary staff for 1 year.

Please send your CV with
position applied on the email subject to: hrd@id.mercycorps.org
Vacancy will be closed 14 October 2011.


We look forward to hearing
from those who are interested in taking this opportunity to grow and develop
with us.


Thanks,
Human
Resources Department
Mercy
Corps Indonesia