Program Overview

WRI Indonesia is an independent research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity, and human well-being. At WRI Indonesia, we aim to bring innovations in research and business approaches to create the enabling conditions for Indonesia to achieve robust economic growth while respecting environmental and social values. We seek to contribute to the accomplishment of ambitious sustainable development goals through working with leaders in public and private sectors, as well as collaborating with civil society organizations, in turning big ideas into action.

Within our Forests, Land use, and Water (FLW) Program, Forests, People, and Climate (FPC) is a collaboration between philanthropic donors and civil society organizations (CSOs) seeking to halt and reverse tropical deforestation while delivering just and sustainable development. We focus on equitable and enduring solutions that safeguard tropical forests and support those defending them, in particular Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Through this collaboration, experts, CSOs, and donor partners identify the strategic priorities that must be addressed to end and reverse deforestation, mobilize the funding for those priorities, and connect with and strengthen broader networks of partners to move funding to support the work.

In collaboration with partners, including the World Resources Institute (WRI), FPC is designing a Monitoring and Learning (M&L) framework, which is fully integrated with FPC’s Indonesia strategy development and implementation processes, to help inform our collective efforts and refine the strategies based on what we learn about how and where FPC support is having the greatest impact. The M&L framework aims to function as a service to the field, so that FPC and its partners can track progress towards objectives and goals more effectively (and use monitoring evidence to adapt living strategies), harness decision-useful data, and collectively shift the power associated with monitoring – typically a top-down, donor-driven, and resource-intensive process – to tropical forest countries.

FPC Indonesia Strategy and Pathways

Help Indonesia achieve a tipping point by 2030, where economic, political, and social incentives favor a green development path that ends deforestation, promotes ecosystem restoration, and respects the rights of Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities, and smallholder farmers. To realign the incentives to favor forest conservation and restoration by promoting green development in Indonesia, this Indonesia Strategy aims to bring about five interconnected outcome pathways until 2030:

• Secure the rights and welfare of IPLC: firmly recognize and implement IPLC tenure and resource rights, resulting in increased welfare and quality of life, forest protection, and supporting their advocacy for enforcement of green development policies.
• Strengthen civil society and social resilience: increase CSOs resilience and protect and support the space for social movements and civic organizations to further advance public social, environmental, and economic goals of green development.
• Change the narrative: demonstrate that green development is the most attractive economic and social development vision for the public, decision-makers, businesses and investors.
• Reshape the economy: significantly increase capacity of governments, businesses, indigenous groups, and smallholders to conduct research, advocacy, and the implementation of green development that promotes forest, peat, and mangrove ecosystem protection and restoration.
• Refine the politics: ensure that national and sub-national leaders understand the importance of pursuing green development, how it can strengthen their political legitimacy, and how to implement it.

Pathway 2: Strengthen Civil Society and Social Resilience

In this pathway, FPC will measure the resilience of targeted CSOs in Indonesia from an organizational and financial perspective. The hope is that these CSOs can also channel funding to local CSOs outside of Java.

Job Highlight

The CSO Resilience Assessment Consultant is responsible in evaluating the organizational and financial resilience of targeted CSOs, with the aim of enhancing their ability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and adapt to incremental changes and sudden disruptions. WRI Indonesia use variable reference to measure this comes from the Resiliency+ Framework, including seven key areas of resiliency. Furthermore, The Consultant will play a pivotal role in developing and translating 7 key areas into assessment forms that will be used by CSOs for self-assessment.

This position will be based in Jakarta with office-flex working arrangement and requirement to do travel as assigned.

What You Will Do

Research (100%)

• Translating 7 key variables into form of assessment
• Develop assessment forms and tools to interpret and analyze video data related to CSO resilience.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments of targeted CSOs to evaluate their organizational and financial resilience.
• Utilize the Resiliency+ Framework to analyze CSOs resilience
• Provide detailed reports and actionable forms ready for distribution to targeted CSOs.
• Collaborate and/or support the CSOs to conduct self assessment.
• Facilitate workshops and training sessions to build the capacity of CSOs in organizational and financial resilience.

What You Will Need

• Bachelor’s degree in sociology, development dtudies, urban planning, public policy, environmental science, and other related studies.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in conducting resilience assessment, particularly with CSOs or NGOs
• Proficiency in quantitative and qualitative analytic methodologies, data analysis, and relevant assessment tools
• Familiarity with the Indonesian CSO landscape and the unique challenges faced by local organizations.
• Ability to communicate clearly, as well as express ideas in structured manner, both verbally and in writing.
• Strong team player with the ability to work across institutional departments/programs;
• Ability to manage professional relationships with people at all levels and from various backgrounds;
• Highly organized and systematic with strong time management skills and ability to juggle competing priorities and deadlines required;
• Professional fluency in Bahasa Indonesia and English;
• Ability to travel as needed
• Legally able to work in Indonesia;

Deliverables

1. Translating 7 key variables into assessment forms in a timely and satisfactory manner
2. Develop sssessment fom and reports: Evaluate the thoroughness, accuracy, and relevance of assessment reports provided by the Consultant.
3. Perform capacity building required activities to ensure CSOs comprehend and successfully complete the self-assessment

Duration

This position is expected to start immediately for a 4 (four) month of contract period.

Terms of Payment

Daily rate-based consultant with maximum of 18 (eighteen) working days per month.

Contract Arrangement

Individual consultancy contract (Part-time, limited term)

What we offer

• Consultant rate that is commensurate with experience and skills
• Travel insurance for both domestic and international for any travel duty as assigned by WRI Indonesia
• Access to the WRI global network
• A workplace that strives to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work

Must have authorization to work in Indonesia to be eligible for this position.

Final candidates might be required to take a writing test and to produce two writing samples when needed.

How to apply: In order to be formally considered, please submit an updated resume and cover letter through WRI career portal.

Application close: 1700 (DKI Jakarta local time), 9 July 2024.We will close the advert earlier when the best candidates are identified at earlier dates.

This is a locally engaged position; Indonesian nationals are encouraged to apply.

About Us

Founded in 1982, World Resources Institute (WRI) is an independent, nonprofit global research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity, and human well-being. We are working to address seven critical challenges that the world must overcome this decade to secure a sustainable future for people and the planet: climate change, energy, food, forests, water, sustainable cities, and the ocean. WRI has a global staff of over 1,800 people with work spanning 60 countries. We have offices in Africa, Brazil, China, Europe, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Colombia and the United States, as well as a growing presence in other countries and regions.

The foundation of our work is delivering high-quality research, data, maps, and analysis to solve the world’s greatest environment and international development challenges and improve people’s lives. We work with leaders in government, business, and civil society to drive ambitious action and create change on the ground. Equally important, we bring together partners to develop breakthrough ideas and scale-up solutions for far-reaching, enduring impact.

Our mission and values:

WRI’s mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations.

Our values are shared ideals that bind us together: Integrity, Innovation, Urgency, Independence, Respect.

Our culture:

WRI is committed to advancing gender and social equity for human well-being in our mission and applies this principle to our organizational and programmatic practices. We are committed to providing equal opportunities in employment, we embrace all diversity and encourage women, the LGBTQ+ community, persons with disabilities, Afro-descendants, and Indigenous people to apply. Recognizing our strong commitment to gender equality, WRI has also been awarded EDGE certification.

WRI Indonesia is national entity (Yayasan) associated with the World Resources Institute (WRI), a global environmental research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity, and human well-being. WRI work with various stakeholders in the natural resources sector to support policy and management that are both profitable and sustainable. WRI work with leaders in more than 50 countries for more than 30 years, with offices in Brazil, China, Europe, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and the United States.

Launched in early 2014, WRI Indonesia builds on WRI’s 10-year history in the country, and strengthens our impact on the ground. In the short-to-medium term, WRI Indonesia aims to expand its presence and portfolio to include projects in the climate, energy, as well as city and transportation programs.