CARDI Vacancies to be based in Sarmi Town, Sarmi District, Papua

CARDI Vacancies to be based in Sarmi Town, Sarmi District, Papua

From: "CARDI Recruitment" recruitment@cardi.or.id lputrinda

Tue Feb 5, 2008 5:19 pm (PST)
CARDI, an international NGO consortium providing support to persons affectedby conflict and natural disaster is looking for qualified nationalcandidates to fill in position to be based in Sarmi Town, Sarmi District,Papua :
1. Field Coordinator (Code : FC - PUA)Scope of Work:The Field Coordinator- Papua (FC) has primary field leadership and oversightresponsibility for the Sarmi mapping project and other operations in Papua.S/he is responsible for ensuring that program implementation followsproposed timelines and the elements of the grant agreement (including theproposal documents), and ensuring that operations are compliant with CARDIpolicies and procedures. S/he oversights all project personnel and buildingthe capacity of the Deputy Project Manager, enabling her/him to take onincreasing project management responsibilities in Year 2 of the Sarmimapping project. The FC is the senior CARDI representative in the province.

Responsibilities:* Lead and manage the Sarmi mapping project, ensuring timely andquality program implementation, and monitor performance against timelines,output and quality indicators within the approved budget, and fulfillment ofthe grant and partnership agreements. * Design and provide structured and consistent coaching andmentoring to seconded partner staff members, particularly the Deputy ProjectManager, based on a skills audit and coaching/capacity development plan.Plan for training and coaching inputs from senior HQ staff and externalproviders as necessary.* Work with the Director of Program (DoP) and Deputy Director ofPrograms (DDP) to strengthen program quality and implement monitoring andevaluation systems with the necessary feedback loops. * Undertake regular site visits in support of quality monitoring andevaluating and ensure that collected data is analyzed and submitted in atimely fashion. * Work closely with the DDP and DoP to overcome problems or delaysrelated to implementation of the project.* Supervise, orient, and lead all CARDI staff in the field site.Ensure compliance with CARDI's procurement, financial and personnel policiesand manage the performance evaluation system in the field site. Recruitfield staff, as necessary, in accordance with CARDI policies.* Ensure the safest possible operating environment for all CARDIstaff and assets. Maintain and update the Security Protocol and EvacuationPlan, ensure security procedures are followed, and that a neutral stance ismaintained by all CARDI staff.* Represent CARDI in the field site and maintain and cultivaterelationships with government authorities, community partners, NGOs, andin-field donors.* Provide regular programmatic and operational planning andreporting to CARDI HQ, in accordance with CARDI procedures.* Contribute to the development of CARDI programming in theprovince, in line with CARDI's strategy.* Facilitate visits from CARDI HQ staff, CARDI consortium members,donors and others.* Other duties, as requested.Job Requirements/ Experience Required:* University degree.* Minimum 4 years experience with community development programming,preferably with INGOs or other international organizations.* Minimum 3 years experience in a managerial position.* Organized and detail-oriented, with strong multi-tasking skills.* Ability to think strategically and plan effectively.* Excellent communication skills, both oral and written. Strong levelof English proficiency required.* Experience with organizational capacity development (for examplefinancial systems, personnel, logistics/administr ation, program cyclemanagement, resource development, grant management).* Experience planning, facilitating, and evaluating multi-dayworkshops.* Strong organizational and public leadership skills.* Knowledge of issues related to land and resource rights and legalframeworks, natural resource management, poverty and development, andindigenous communities preferred.* Strongly committed to participatory methods and community-drivendevelopment.* Familiarity with conflict and gender analysis would be an advantage.* Familiarity with participatory community mapping processes would bean advantage.* Work experience with indigenous communities would be an advantage.* Willingness to live and work in a remote location.

2. GIS/Cartography Officer (Code : GCO - PUA)Scope of Work:The GIS/Cartography Officer (GCO) is responsible for designing a trainingprogram/-workshop for introduction to participatory sketch mapping. (S)healso plays an important role following the workshops to assist the communityto record/plot important landmarks and sites of cultural/historical valueland-use as well as proposed boundaries of the area claimed by the communityon their sketch maps and transfers these onto existing digital maps. Thesedigital maps should then be compared with each other and with existingland-use maps at, for example, the Provincial and Regency Forestry Offices,to provide feedback to the Community Mobilization Officers to assist withnegotiations between stakeholders. (S)he seeks the involvement of andcollaborates with government cartographers.Responsibilities:* Serve as the project's primary designer of community mappingworkshops.* Assist the project to procure appropriate base maps and a GISprogram, as well as materials for community map-making kits.* Assist the Community Mobilizing Officers (CMO) with disseminatingthe activities that are part of the mapping workshops at village level.* Assist the CMO to help communities in producing sketch maps of theareas around their villages indicating boundaries, land use as well asimportant landmarks and man-made sites of cultural/historical value.* Ensure that by using GPS readings, boundaries, landmarks etc canbe transferred to existing digital maps. * Design a database that contains all important mapping details andcoordinates using consistent terminology throughout the project.* Design a geographic information system that can contain the datacollected by the project, allow for analysis of the data and presentingthese in a visual and/or geographically referenced way.* Design and arrange for printing of working maps throughout theproject, as well as final map printing.* Liaise with the Regency and Provincial Forestry and BAPPEDAOffices for mapping and land use data. Job Requirements/ Experience Required:* University degree in a related field (e.g. forestry, geography) and2 years of directly related work experience.* Minimum 2 years experience in mapping land-use or forest cover,developing GIS for land use or forest cover data.* Experience with producing hand-drawing sketch maps and digitizingmaps.* Experience with participatory mapping methodology in Indonesia andcommunity development.* Experience organizing and facilitating workshops and community-basedactivities.* Knowledge of issues related to land and resource rights and legalframeworks, natural resource management, poverty and development, andindigenous communities preferred.* Strong cross-cultural/ cultural competence skills necessary,including strong communication skills.* Documentation and report writing skills.* Work experience with indigenous communities, familiarity with theproject area (Sarmi) and/or knowledge of the local language spoken in theproject area would be an additional advantage* Willingness to live and work in a remote location and spendsignificant time, including overnight visits, in the field.* Ability to work independently for periods of time, as well ascollaboratively with a team.

Application should include a detailed CV and cover letter to be submitted bye-mail to recruitment@ cardi.or. id at the latest Tuesday, February 12th 2008.Please put the code of position applied in the subject of your e-mail. Nophone calls contact. Only short-listed candidates will be notified.