British Council Indonesia: Vacancies in Kab. Kaur, Bengkulu Province

The British Council has signed an Agreement with The European Union to
manage a Grant for the implementation of the Action entitled: Improving
Basic Education through Strengthening the Capacity of Local Government,
Non-State Actors, and Schools.



The project is a 24 months project based in Kabupaten Kaur, Bengkulu
Province, Indonesia.



The British Council is currently seeking some personnel with roles and
responsibilities are outlines below:

*Project Manager:*

- Preparing planning activities in consultation with relevant
stakeholders;
- Providing day-to-day project activities and professional management of
the project consultants (scheduling inputs, providing terms of reference,
agreeing quarterly work plans, reviewing progress and assessing reports);
- Line management of the administrative assistant and support staff;
- Maintaining policy dialogue with the Bupati, Wakil Bupati, Dinas
Pendidikan, Bappeda, DPRD, Dewan Pendidikan, Muhammadiyah, and related
institutions in the district.
- Supported by the National Senior National Advisor, negotiate agreement
on the aims of the project:

· Explaining the approach and methodology to the interested
stakeholders;

· Ensuring these agreements are disseminated at operational levels;

· Regularly feeding back and reviewing progress with local
government stakeholders.

- Drafting quarterly progress reports to the Stakeholders in liaison
with the Senior National Advisor;
- Presenting quarterly findings to Bupati, Head of Dinas and DPRD
members;
- Together with the Senior National Advisor, undertaking a major review
of progress at the end of the inception phase (after the first four months
of the project);
- Assisting with annual evaluation reviews and the presentation of
evaluation findings;
- Disseminating evaluation reports to local government, and interested
institutions;
- Overseeing the production and distribution of program information to
schools and communities.



*Field Facilitators:*

· Assisting the Consultants in training sessions/workshops;

· Providing day-to-day on-the-job mentoring for local government,
non-state actors and schools;

· Ensuring all follow up actions after trainings/workshops are
implemented.



*Administrative Assistant:*

- Managing the initial setting-up and equipping of the project office;
- Managing the use of office facilities;
- Managing the procurement of office supplies, car fuel etc;
- Arranging the logistics of project personnel transportation within the
province and district and scheduled connecting flights.
- Managing relations with the office landlord, police and local
authorities.
- Implement all necessary security and health and safety requirements.
- Arrange medical evacuations if necessary;
- Maintaining regular contact with BC Contract & Finance Officer;
- Managing the project bank account to ensure sufficient positive
balance of funds to finance programme expenditure.



*Office Janitor:*

- Ensuring that project office building, yard and facilities are clean
and neat.
- Ensuring that project office building and all facilities comply with
heath and safety standards.



We will be looking for candidates already based in Kab. Kaur / Bengkulu
City or in close vicinity to minimise the need for mobilisation.



The British Council committed to a policy of equal opportunity and welcomes
applicants from all sections of the community.



Please send applications and CV outlining the above requirements to *
puti.medina@britishcouncil.or.id
* by Saturday, 07 January 2012, 23:59 WIB.



Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed on Wednesday, 11 January 2012 in
Kabupaten Kaur, Bengkulu Province, Indonesia.





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Skills for Social Entrepreneurs Facilitator (British Council)

British Council is looking for 8 qualified Indonesian individuals to
facilitate capacity building activities for its Skills for Social
Entrepreneurs project. Details of the person specification are as
follows:

Position Name : Skills for Social Entrepreneurs Facilitator
Location : Jakarta based with various provinces
assignments
Application Deadline : 18 January 2009
Type of contract : Short term consultant with possible long
term engagement
Available Position : 8 positions

Background
British Council's Skills for Social Entrepreneurs project aims to
support school based-social enterprise, identify young people with
ideas to establish business or with start up business addressing
social problems (poverty, social inclusion, global warming) and to
build their capacity to apply business ideas in providing social
service/social problem solving.

Required skills and experience:
•2-5 years experience in facilitating pedagogic capacity building
activities (training, workshop) with participatory approach in rural
community area
•Be able to communicate effectively in English and Indonesian
language, spoken and written
•Ability to draft reports in English & Indonesian language

Preferred skills and experience:
•At least 2 years experience in designing pedagogic capacity
building activities & materials (training, workshop) with
participatory approach in rural community area
•Ability to organize training sessions independently or in small team
•Have previous experience in Entrepreneurship (as community
facilitator or practitioner)
•Have previous experience in facilitating learning activities for
children of 12-18 years age group
•Have previous experience in monitoring and evaluation activities

Duties and responsibility:

•Be available to participate in the final design workshop on the 1st
week of Feb 2009 (tentative schedule: 4-6 Feb)
•Be available to facilitate the capacity building activities
throughout week 2-4 of Feb 2009, which involves travelling to
provinces in Java and Sumatera (tentative schedule: 9-11 Feb and 23-
25 Feb)
•Be available to participate in evaluation workshop activities on
week 2 and 4 of Feb 2009 (tentative schedule: 13 Feb and 27 Feb)
•Possibly required to be available to participate in monitoring
follow up activities (mentoring and coaching) on week 2 and 3 March
2009
•Draft evaluation report for each capacity building activity
delivered
•Participate in evaluate participants progress and achievements
through judging process

Applicants should check the following page for complete Terms of
Reference and apply using the application form provided:
http://www.britishc ouncil.org/ indonesia- common-job- opportunity?
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