Technical Assistant | ReliefWeb

Are you interested in improving social services for

marginalized population in a mega city? Do you enjoy managing

projects and building capacity of local teams? Then join

us!

You will be joining the multi-disciplinary team of
Friends-International (FI) comprised of over

600 professionals committed to creating innovative social

service for youth, children and families worldwide.

Who are we?

FI recently expanded to Jakarta by establishing Teman

Baik, our Indonesian program which is now a locally

run NGO. In Jakarta we provide a comprehensive range of

services to children, youth and their families including

Outreach, Educational and Vocational Training, Youth and Family

Employment.

What will you do?

As a Technical Assistantyou will work closely

with the Program Director and provide technical support to

build the capacity of the local management team. The position

will provide support in the following areas:

· Program management and program coordination

· Fundraising through grants applications and fostering and

maintaining donor relationships

Your responsibilities as a TECHNICAL ASSISTANT will be

to:

· Coordinate fundraising activities, inclusive of keeping an

eye on the funding needs and grants writing

· Manage country’s donor database and maintain good relations

with existing donors and identify potential new donors

· Reinforce and support the use of data collection and

reporting system to the teams

· Build capacity of the team in project management, budget

management and monitoring and evaluation

· Support the admin/finance team to implement the

Friends-International policies and procedures

· Attend, and co-represent Friends-International during regular

stakeholder meetings

· Facilitate/support research to better understand the needs of

beneficiaries and advocate for improvement or adaptation of

services to match those needs

· Facilitate coordination between the Friends-International

head office in Cambodia and the Teman Baik office in Jakarta

(regular contact with relevant International Coordinators and

Technical Advisors)

About you:

· You have experience in managing projects that aim at

improving lives of marginalized populations

· You are passionate about training, mentoring and coaching of

local teams

· You have dynamic personality and brining hands-on solutions

to the table

· You have good understanding of Indonesian NGO environment and

its network

· You have solid knowledge in project assessment, monitoring

and evaluation systems

· You are able to produce good quality written project

proposals and reports to donors

· You have excellent computer skills, especially MS Excel

· You have exceptional writing and speaking skills in English

language

· Your knowledge of Indonesian language or willingness to learn

would be a plus

We need you to be a dynamic leader, passionate about

working with our teams on the field and building their

capacity.

Location: This position is based in Jakarta

with occasional travel in the region

Salary and benefits will be commensurate with qualifications

and experiences.

What we do?

Friends-International is a social enterprise that works with

marginalized urban children and youth, their families and

communities, to help them become independent and productive

citizens of their country.

We drive an innovative network of government and non-government

organizations working together to solve the problems children

and youth face worldwide. The objective is to significantly

improve the quality and impact of services to marginalized

urban children and youth and related groups through an

effective network of internationally recognized organizations.

We have developed a holistic social integration cycle that is

based on individual and community needs to achieve best

practice methods directly or in collaboration with partners.