The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations on behalf of the German Government.
Implemented by GIZ, the Global Fund to Promote Innovations in Agriculture and Nutrition (i4Ag)" is part of the special initiative "ONE WORLD – No Hunger" (SEWOH). On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), i4Ag promotes gender-sensitive and use-centered innovations. With co-financing from the European Union, i4Ag is financing the project Sustainable Agriculture for Forest Ecosystems (SAFE) in Brazil, Ecuador, Indonesia and Zambia.
Tropical agricultural commodities like palm oil, coffee and cocoa provide the livelihoods for millions of local communities around the world and have contributed to rural development. However, the rise in their production over the last decades has also been linked to deforestation and forest degradation. As forests are critically important to mitigating climate change, maintaining biodiversity and providing ecosystem services, their sustainable management has become a global priority.
Against this backdrop, the European Commission (EC) has drafted a proposal for a regulation on deforestation-free products, to ensure that agricultural commodities sold on the European market do not contribute to deforestation or forest degradation. Other markets as well as large private companies have made similar commitments to exclude deforestation from their supply chain. With sustain-ability of raw material becoming a precondition for market access, smallholder producers are at the risk to be excluded.
To address these challenges in Indonesia, SAFE supports relevant stakeholders to address agricultural drivers for deforestation in two target areas in West Kalimantan and Central Sulawesi. The aim is to improve the protection of forest while supporting local communities in accessing markets and increasing their incomes. SAFE is implemented with the Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas) as the political partner from the Indonesian Government.
To support the project, we seek one (1) motivated and qualified Indonesian candidate for:
Advisor
A. Responsibilities
- Contribute to the strategic and operational planning of the project, aligning the conceptual design of the project with the regulatory environment in Indonesia
- Build and manage relationships to public and private stakeholders on the national level
- Contribute to the design and implementation of a multi-stakeholder process to identify and select innovations
- Provide technical advice on sustainability in agricultural supply chains and forest protection
B. Tasks
1. Knowledge and advisory services
- Observe relevant developments and build knowledge on policies, regulations, research and initiatives on sustainable agricultural supply chains and forest protection in Indonesia
- Provide technical and institutional knowledge to guide strategic planning and implementation of the project
- Advise the political and implementing partners as well as stakeholders from government, civil society and the private sector on sustainability in agricultural supply chains, market access and avoiding deforestation
- Advise on and facilitate a multi-stakeholder process to call for innovative ideas to address agricultural drivers for deforestation
- Generate learnings from the piloting of selected innovations and translate them into policy advise
- Provide professional inputs to workshops, seminars and other events implemented by the project or partners
- Contribute to the development of concepts and materials for promoting innovations, including processes, guidelines, partnership agreements, training manuals, and procedures
- Prepare technical documents and reports as well as presentations for the purpose of public communication, project reporting and knowledge sharing
- Partnership management and coordination
- Cooperate and maintain regular contact with relevant parties from government, civil society, research institutes, private sector and international agencies
- Engage partners on the national level in project planning and implementation as appropriate
- Facilitate successful cooperation and coordination between and support by relevant government agencies at national, provincial, and district levels
- Engage stakeholders from government, civil society and the private sector in a multi-stakeholder process to identify and select innovations to address agricultural drivers of deforestation
- Support the project and partners in the design and implementation of concepts for sustainable supply chains in public private partnerships or grant agreements
- Participate and contribute relevant processes, fora, events and meetings on the national and sub-national level
- Participate in the planning and implementation of study tours, visiting delegations, exchange visits, missions from GIZ and German government institutions, and other official events as required
- Project management and coordination
- Contribute to a refined Theory of Change, overall workplan and annual workplans including budget planning
- Plan and implement project activities in line with GIZ procedures, rules and regulations, including service contracts, events and financing agreements
- Prepare terms of reference for service contracts or financing agreements and participate in the selection and supervision of contracted third parties
- Supervise grantees in the technical and administrative implementation of grants by the project
- Coordinate the implementation of project activities with team members, partners and contracted third parties
- Support the design and implementation of a comprehensive monitoring systems to track progress in the project and to inform management
- Provide monitoring data and contextual knowledge to contribute to reporting and public and internal communication
- Organize internal and external events and meetings
C. Required qualifications, competences and experience
Qualifications and experience
- At least a bachelor's degree and preferably a master's degree in natural resource management, business management, agriculture, international relations or a related field, preferably with a focus on sustainable supply chains and forest protection
- A minimum of 10 years of professional experience, of which at least 5 years in a comparable position
- At least 5 years' experience in providing advisory services on sustainability in agricultural supply chains to government agencies, private sector associations and development agencies
- Sound knowledge of policies and regulations related to agricultural commodities, land use planning and climate change in the land sector in Indonesia
- Knowledge of the international discussion on sustainability in agricultural supply chains and forest protection
- Proven experience working in or in close cooperation with government agencies, ideally related to Bappenas, the Ministry of Agriculture and / or the Ministry of Environment and Forestry
- Experience in engaging stakeholders from different institutional backgrounds in multi-stakeholder processes
- Experience working on ecosystem services, fiscal incentives, REDD+ or similar is considered an advantage
- Experience working for or in cooperation with the private sector in agricultural supply chains strongly preferred; experience working in or in cooperation with an international organization is considered an advantage
Other knowledge, additional competences
· Strong network with institutions working on agricultural commodities and forest protection
· Proven ability to set-up collaborative initiatives or projects with private companies
· Strong analytical, conceptual and problem-solving skills
· Ability to communicate complex topics to be understood by a broad audience
· Knowledge of GIZ instruments, procedures and rules is considered an advantage
· Pro-active attitude, flexibility and intercultural competence
Joining Date: 1 August 2022
Direct Supervisor: Principal Advisor
Please submit your motivation letter and comprehensive resume (including training and list of references) to recruitment-indo@giz.de by July 10th, 2022 with subject line SAFE Advisor
Please name your file as follow format:
[Your Complete Name]_[Motivation Letter/CV/Latest Education Certificate] (i.e: Nakula Sadewa_CV or Nakula Sadewa_Motivation Letter or Nakula Sadewa_Reference)
Only short-listed candidates will be notified.
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