Hivos is an international organization that seeks new
solutions to persistent global problems. With smart projects in the right
places, we promote the empowerment and independence of citizens so that they
can oppose discrimination, inequality, abuse of power, climate change and
depletion of the earth.
The momentum for more transparency around public contracts
has been growing rapidly. Increasing availability of contracting information,
however, will only lead to meaningful change if citizens know about and can
make effective use of that information.
Hivos, together with Article 19, is launching an international programme to build capacities of civil
society organisations in low and lower middle income countries to advocate for
more transparency in public contracting and to increase accountability based on
that information. The programme will consist of global advocacy as well as
national capacity building and advocacy in 6 countries in Latin America,
Southeast Asia and Africa. Please find more information about the Programme HERE
For its Hivos
Southeast Asia (Hivos SEA) seeks qualified Indonesian candidates for the
position of:
Title:
Country Engagement Developer (CED) – Open Contracting
Duty Station: Jakarta based
Report to:
Regional Program Manager
Duration:
One year, with possibility of extension subject to good performance and funding
availability.
Functional context
The CED will work as a member of an international team working in
The Netherlands, Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America. Each Region will
have a dedicated Regional Programme Manager who will drive the regional
Lobbying and Advocacy agenda in close collaboration with the Country Engagement
Developers.
Results
Brokering: Plan and implement networking/brokering events in the region according
to the annual work plan
Portfolio: Develop portfolio of partners from civil
society organizations, change agents within government, private sector, media
and tech organizations
Capacity Building: Identify training
needs among partners and initiate mentoring and other training necessary.
Identify common capacity building needs and liaison.
Networking: Establish and maintain good relationships with
stakeholders in country (civil society, tech community, government, private
sector, and media, governance actors).
Develop and maintain relationship and
knowledge sharing with the Netherlands Embassy. Coordinate with national civil
society coalitions within the Open Government Partnership (OGP) and other
relevant initiatives such the Extractive Sector Transparency Initiative (EITI)
and Construction Sector Transparency (CoST) among others
Learning: Use monitoring data
to draw lessons and continuously support in-country partnership outputs to highest
possible level of impact. Actively engage in programme-wide learning activities
led by the M&E team.
Programme Management: Maintain high quality
documentation throughout. Participate in country team meetings and annual
strategic meeting.
Roles and responsibilities
- Analyse the scoping study for the country in which s/he is based and co-create the specific country level strategy and approach for implementation.
- Is responsible for the delivery of a coherent programme of activities in the country in which s/he is based, in line with the specific country plan and overall objectives.
- Build up a strong portfolio of partners nationally, identifying change agents on government and strong partners to act as infomediaries to help translate public contracting data and document into actionable information
- Contribute to the programmes monitoring and evaluation using outcome harvesting methodology,
- Coordinate and, where possible, conduct, capacity development trainings, including areas as advocacy skills training, analytical capacities to work with complex data, data journalism and data visualizations and mentoring opportunities
- Coordinate and participate in national advocacy, broker relationships
- Coordinate with national civil society coalitions within the Open Government Partnership (OGP) and other relevant initiatives such the Extractive Sector Transparency Initiative (EITI) and Construction Sector Transparency (CoST) among others.
- Encourage learning, sharing new ideas and the scaling-up of successful initiatives
- Organize the participatory elaboration of joint strategic plans for each country/sector, which will also feed into a broader regional agenda
- Elaborate risk analysis together with our partners to ensure that both they and the consortium understand the personal safety risks of engaging in specific advocacy activities and elaborate mitigation strategies
- Coordinate with relevant Dutch embassy in country
- Outreach to reach our inclusivity goals (including women and ‘offline communities’)
- Identification of ‘champions’ within government and private sector partners
- National coalition building and support: identifying and building collaborative relationships with strategic organizations, individuals and initiatives in support of programme objectives
What do we offer?
An inspiring and dynamic working environment, dedicated colleagues and
the possibility to work for an ambitious new international initiative.
The level of the position is graded in Grade: 10
(from 1 - 12 Hivos’s Salary Grade)
How to apply?
To apply for this position please submit your CV and a cover letter to hr.sea@hivos.org
no later than Aug 14th,
2016.
This is an opened position at national level.
Please specify
the position name you are applying for (‘CED
– Open Contracting’) in the ‘subject’ line of your email. Only shortlisted
candidates will be notified.
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