Program Officer

Scope of Work: Program Officer World Education Indonesia Title: Program Officer (National Level) Start Date: August 15, 2012 Location: Jakarta base, with periodic travel within Indonesia and Timor Leste Contract: One year, renewable annually Reports to: World Education Indonesia Country Director Contracting Organization: World Education (WE) is a US-based non-governmental organization dedicated to improving the lives of the poor through education, economic, and social development programs. The organization has been active in Indonesia since 1994 where its programs have focused on natural resource management, agricultural support to farmers, community conservation, basic education decentralization, financial literacy assistance, and corporate social responsibility. World Education recently was awarded a project in Timor Leste that, for now, will be administered from the Jakarta office as well. Position Description: World Education is looking to hire a mid-career development professional to fill a vacancy for the position of Program Officer (National Level). The Program Officer (PO) would work across World Education Indonesia’s projects, providing administrative, technical, and program development support. While the PO would support all World Education programs, particular focus would be paid to two programs with similar technical focus, one five year NZAID funded program in Timor Leste where WE provides agricultural and financial literacy support to members of a partnering microfinance organization, and one two year program in West Kalimantan where WE provides the same services to a second partner microfinance organization. The ideal applicant would have a minimum of 5 years experience in development, some background in financial management, and a technical specialty in at least one of the following sectors: education, training, agriculture, civil society development, natural resource management. Duties: The program officer will be expected to perform the following tasks: - Support World Education Indonesia’s administrative team to gather and process accurate financial data for use in management and reporting - Deploy to Timor Lesteand West Kalimantan periodically to support the World Education teams there with administrative, technical, and partner relationship management support as needed. - Work with World Education Indonesia’s senior management to support new program development. Activities under this heading could include sector analysis, assessment of potential partners, building relationships with potential partners, attending working group meetings, and other similar tasks. - Deploy for short term assignments within Indonesia to support other WE projects and new program development. - Support the preparation of project reports through writing sections, preparing tables and charts, and supporting the analysis of small data sets as needed. - Assisting World Education projects with research support as needed. - Other related tasks as determined by the senior management. Qualifications: The ideal applicant would be a mid-career development professional with a minimum of 5 years experience who would possess the following characteristics: - Technical specialty in at least one of the following sectors: education, training, agriculture, civil society development, natural resource management. - Experience with financial management - Experience with monitoring and evaluation - Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia and English - Knowledge of Tetum language desirable - Expertise in Microsoft Word and Excel, with knowledge of statistical research software desirable but not required - Willingness to travel on short notice for periods up to 3-4 weeks at a time - Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate ideas clearly in both English and Bahasa Indonesia - Bachelor’s degree in a field relevant to development (Ex: Education, Economics, Agriculture, Sustainable Development, etc.) required. Masters or additional graduate level training is preferred. Application Instructions: Interested applicants, please send an English language CV and Cover letter to Dr. Robert Lindsley, World Education Country Director at we-admin.hrd@indo.net.id by the latest July 1st, 2012. Documents should be sent in either .doc or .pdf formats and titled with the applicant’s Surname, First Name, and either CV or Cover Letter separated by an underscore (Ex1: Lindsley_Robert_CV; Ex2: Lindsley_Robert_CoverLetter).