Deputy Country Representative, Indonesia
JOB DETAIL
Deputy Country Representative, Indonesia
The Deputy Country Representative (DCR) will support the Country Representative (CR) to enhance GGGI’s presence and impact at the country level by identifying project opportunities, securing program resources, developing compelling projects, and ensuring consistency in high-quality delivery.
The DCR will be responsible for managing the technical coordination within the Indonesia program, ensuring synergies between all projects and information sharing between HQ, national level, and sub-national level staff. S/he will support CR for overseeing the implementation of several projects within the country program, especially renewable energy, green cities, sustainable landscapes, and cross-cutting aspects such as social inclusion, gender, communications, and capacity building. S/he will be a key resource for technical advice and problem-solving in achieving desired outcome.
Furthermore, the DCR will lead program reporting, monitoring, and evaluation of GGGI’s largest country program and oversee a team of staff and consultants at the national and sub-national levels. Moreover, the DCR will lead the operational management of the country program. With guidance from the CR, the DCR supports the strategic development of the country program to achieve organizational vision, goals, and objectives. The DCR will provide day-to-day strategic advice internally as well as externally to ensure the impactful delivery of relevant outputs under the program. S/he will also take a role in the high-level representation of GGGI with donors and various stakeholders and thus act as one of the focal representatives of GGGI in the country.
The DCR will take a major role in developing the country planning, overseeing the development of work plans and budgets, and reviewing and monitoring the country strategy, including developing the Country Planning Framework. S/he will also contribute to identifying resource mobilization opportunities and support the development of in-country resource mobilization strategies and their execution.
INTRODUCTION TO GGGI
The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is a treaty-based international, inter-governmental organization dedicated to supporting and promoting strong, inclusive and sustainable economic growth in developing countries and emerging economies. To learn more please visit about GGGI web page.
PURPOSE
- Ensure synergy and alignment of program activities and oversee effective and efficient project delivery
- Manage and oversee several of GGGI’s projects in Indonesia, especially related to renewable energy, green cities, sustainable landscapes, and cross-cutting aspects such as social inclusion, gender, communications, and capacity building.
- Lead a thematic program and achieve results related to the program
- Assess the effectiveness of country program delivery and recommend improvements to meet long-term outcomes
- Coordinate preparation of annual work plans and budgets and assist in budget reviews.
- Lead program reporting, monitoring, and evaluation of GGGI’s Indonesia country program, both donor and internal reporting.
- Lead the operational management team of the country program, overseeing functions related to human resources, finance, and procurement.
- Foster a healthy team culture and ensure a high level of staff engagement.
ENGAGEMENT
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with donors, development partners, key government institutions, relevant academic institutions, non-governmental organizations, and/or the private sector as key stakeholders of Indonesia’s green growth program.
- Facilitate effective stakeholder dialogues internally and externally to support the GGGI country team, especially in engaging with the government and the private sector.
- Maintains close communication with technical divisions in HQ on relevant topics to ensure their participation in program delivery for quality outputs.
DELIVERY
- Deliver bi-annual Work Program and Budget, and Monitoring and Reporting processes, including the monitoring of logical framework and work plans;
- Ensure a strong and systematic impact focused efficient and timely operation of the country program and regular monitoring and evaluation of program results and impacts;
- Independently organize component(s)/work stream(s) delivery with tight deadlines and manage a team consisting of staff members and consultants.
- Oversee program-related outsourcing and procurements and ensure that the result in quality products, strong government, and private sector engagements, and well-designed projects
- Lead a thematic program as agreed with the CR
- Achieve synergies between the various projects of the program and help extract and share lessons learned with GGGI and government partners.
- Clear and timely reporting on program delivery to the Country Representative and GGGI HQ
REQUIREMENT
QUALIFICATIONS
- Postgraduate Degree in economics, energy, environmental management, international development, and/or related subjects in green growth, with a minimum of 10 years of experience in managing programs in relevant sectors.
- Recognized leadership, experience holding leadership positions in the past is preferred;
- Effective and efficient operational and organizational skills coupled with project management and project coordination experience, including team management and quality assurance.
- Experience in ERP systems and ability to apply ICT tools in project management is an asset;
- Experience in working in a developing country will be an important advantage;
- Strong oral and written English is essential,
- The ability to speak Bahasa Indonesian is a must.
FUNCTIONAL
- Strategic thinking with a proven track record in successful program monitoring and delivery;
- Outstanding interpersonal, stakeholder engagement, and consensus-building skills; ability to foster strong relationships with key government agencies and understand their needs;
- Flexible, responsive, and able to manage multiple activities in multidisciplinary teams while meeting tight deadlines;
- Possess multicultural literacy and be easily adaptable;
CORPORATE
- Understand and actively supports GGGI’s mission, vision, and values.
- Promote an organizational culture of trust, transparency, respect, and partnership.
- Process and share information easily and is excellent at problem-solving.
- Manage emotions and stress positively, builds rapport and resolves conflict easily.
