Indonesia: Resource rights, governance, and policy reform specialist

Chemonics seeks a resource rights, governance, and policy reform specialist for USAID’s anticipated five-year Build Indonesia to Take Care of Nature for Sustainability (Bangun Indonesia untuk Jaga Alam demi Keberlanjutan) project. The project will reduce emissions associated with land use change and improve natural resource management and conservation for the country’s remaining biodiversity and tropical forests. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.

Responsibilities include:

• Oversee activities related to clarity elements of the national land use and forest management policy and legal framework


• Advise the chief of party on developing and implementing a comprehensive strategy for improving national-level land use governance instruments and systems through policy, legislative, and regulatory frameworks

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred


• Minimum five years of professional experience in effective public policy development or reform, designing and instituting administrative reforms and information systems, institutional strengthening, and coalition building, preferably in the environmental sector


• Experience working on USAID or other donor-funded governance projects a plus


• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills


• Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity


• Verbal and written fluency in English required; proficiency in Bahasa Indonesia strongly preferred

Application Instructions:

Send electronic submissions to IndoBIJAKRecruit@chemonics.com by October 2, 2015. Please include “resource rights, governance and policy reform specialist” in the subject line. No telephone inquiries, please. Finalists will be contacted.

In addition, please download and complete Chemonics’ equal employment opportunity self-identification formand submit it separately to EEOselfidentify@chemonics.comwith only “resource rights, governance and policy reform specialist – Indonesia BIJAK” in the subject line. If you prefer not to disclose your sex, race, or ethnicity, you may check “I do not wish to complete the information requested.” Thank you for completing the form and supporting our equal employment opportunity reporting requirements.

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