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Project Facilitator/ Business Development

Consultant

StovePlus Program

Support to the Indonesia Clean Stove

Initiative

Clean Stove Initiative (CSI) Indonesia

The World Bank in collaboration with Directorate of Bioenergy

of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources launched

Indonesia Clean Stove Initiative (CSI) in early 2012. CSI

Indonesia aims to scale up access to clean and efficient

cooking solutions in Indonesia through capacity building,

policy development, and support of government action plans. CSI

Indonesia comprises of four phases. The first phase centers on

initial stock taking, which is critical for developing the

intervention strategy, designing subsequent program phases, and

establishing policy dialogue with the country’s institutional

focal point. The second phase focuses on required institutional

strengthening, capacity building, and piloting the program. The

third one scales up program implementation, while the fourth

centers on program evaluation and dissemination of lessons

learned.

As the main component for the second phase of CSI Indonesia,

the pilot program is piloting RBF (Results Based Financing)

subsidy which aims to provide incentive to participating Market

Aggregators to promote the sales of clean cookstoves. It is

expected that lessons learned from the pilot program using RBF

subsidy would enable CSI Indonesia to fine tune the third and

fourth phase of CSI Indonesia and ultimately create sustainable

market for clean cookstoves in Indonesia.

GERES & StovePlus

GERES – Groupe Energies Renouvelables, Environnement et

Solidarités – is a French non-profit NGO created in 1976 after

the first Oil Crisis. Environmental conservation, climate

change mitigation and adaptation, reducing energy poverty, and

improving livelihood of the poor are the main focus areas for

GERES. GERES teams are particularly involved in the

implementation – in partnership with the communities and local

stakeholders – of engineering solutions for development.

GERES will provide support to CSI Indonesia through the

StovePlus program. Funded by the French Global

Environment Fund (FFEM), StovePlus aims at

facilitating access to improved cooking solutions, by providing

technical support to project developers around the world.

StovePlus offers service packages designed to respond

to the most pressing needs of project developers working in

Asia and Africa.

StovePlus technical assistance to CSI Indonesia

StovePlus intervention’s overall objective is to

provide technical and implementation assistance, in the form of

Service Packages, with the aim to contribute to achieving

access to modern cooking solutions in Indonesia. Within the CSI

Indonesia project and thanks to Agence Francaise du

Développement and DfID funding, StovePlus positions

itself as a facilitator between policy makers and project

holders on the field, acting under 4 components:

· Testing centre enhancement, supervision and development of a

business plan

· Development and setting of Monitoring & Verification

system for the pilot program

· Identification and support of market aggregators able to

produce quality stoves qualifying for the subsidy scheme

· Awareness raising for local authorities

StovePlus supports the local NGO Yayasan Dian Desa

(YDD), the local implementing agency hired by the World Bank,

and works in partnership with the Jogjakarta Consumer Institute

– Lembaga Konsumen Yogyakarta (LKY).

GERES and StovePlusare currently looking

for candidates to fill the position of Project Facilitator /

Business Development Specialist to support the Clean Stove

Initiative in Indonesia. This is a consultancy contract to be

performed from June to November 2015 with possible extension

depending on project’s funding.

Purpose

The Project Facilitator / Business Development Specialist will

act as StovePlus local representative in Indonesia,

coordinating the activities in a timely manner, ensuring proper

follow-up with the stakeholders and delivering quality reports.

More specifically, s/he will lead the identification and

support of market aggregators qualifying for the CSI.

Main Responsibilities

The Project Facilitator / Business Development Specialist will

work under the supervision of the StovePlus Regional

Coordinator for Asia and the Lead Technical Advisor for the

assignment and interact directly with the stakeholders in

Indonesia. S/he will be responsible for overall project

coordination, including ensuring that all processes, team

activities and recommendations are documented and communicated.

In the case of issues with schedule or quality of

implementation, s/he will propose solutions in cooperation with

StovePlus and the other CSI stakeholders.

More specifically, the Project Facilitator / Business

Development specialist will lead the identification and support

of market aggregators (small to medium scale domestic stove

producers) able to produce quality stoves qualifying for the

subsidy scheme, coordinating the following activities:

· Screening and diagnostics of identified potential market

aggregators

· Support to technical and/or technological processes

· Support to business and/or marketing processes

The consultant’s specific skills will particularly be required

for the diagnostics of identified potential market aggregators

and the support to business and/or marketing processes while

the technical aspect will be supervised by StovePlus

Lead Technical Advisor and other specialized consultants.

The consultant will then provide support to selected market

aggregators (small to medium scale domestic stove producers) as

follows:

· economic analysis of the production process,

· market intelligence,

· definition of marketing mix,

· business planning,

· business and management training

· legal guidance or linkage with legal adviser

+ other identified needs

Deliverables

• weekly report on activities progress and achievement and
  
  status of relationships with stakeholders
  


• business analysis of selected market aggregators including
  
  data collection, findings and recommendations
  


• training documentation including proceedings
  


• interim and final reports to donor with the contribution of
  
  partners and other assigned consultants
  

Qualifications

• Master Degree in Business Management or equivalent
  


• 5 years related experience
  


• Institutional knowledge of Indonesia
  


• Excellent interpersonal skills, experience liaising with a
  
  range of international stakeholders an asset
  


• Capacity building and experience working in development
  
  project desirable
  


• Fluent in English, Bahasa Indonesia and Javanese
  

Conditions

• Consultant position based in Yogyakarta.
  


• Workload estimated from 70 to 140 days (extendable
  
  depending on project’s funding).
  


• Starting date: asap.
  


• Remuneration commensurate to experience, please indicate
  
  your man/day rate in your application.
  


• Frequent travels in Indonesia with per diems and
  
  accommodation covered.
  


• The consultant shall be responsible to cover his/her
  
  insurance expenses, applicable taxes and housing costs.