Background
Organizational Context
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UNDP Indonesia's mission is to be an agent for change in the human and social development of Indonesia. We aim to be a bridge between Indonesia and all donors as well as a trusted partner to all stakeholders. We work in four key areas of development: Governance Reforms, Pro-Poor Policy Reforms, Conflict Prevention and Recovery, and Environment Management, with the overarching aim of reducing poverty in Indonesia. Besides the four priority areas, UNDP Indonesia is also engaged in a variety of crosscutting initiatives focused on HIV/AIDS, gender equality, and information and technology for development.”
Background
The Government of Indonesia recognizes that unrestrained natural resource exploitation will undo existing development gains and render certain development goals unachievable. Neither do turnkey solutions for low carbon development exist. Thus, Indonesia continues to work to pioneer solutions for sustainable development. The commitment to balance and enable social equity, environmental health, and economic growth is clearly outlined within Indonesia’s National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJM-N) 2015-2019. These goals are underpinned by Indonesia’s unprecedented voluntary commitment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 26% and up to 41% by 2020, with international support including the REDD+ Indonesia-Norway Partnership. Indonesia’s successful actualization of sustainable development, including the protection of its vast forests, is critical not only for its own national development and wellbeing, but in its significant contribution to global climate change mitigation.
To this end, Phase 1 of the REDD+ Partnership persistently emphasized collaborative ways to create enabling conditions for sustainable development: Work to strengthen the nation’s geospatial infrastructure reinforced cross-ministerial collaboration. Information sharing under initiatives like the moratorium—and tackling unsustainable environmental exploitation through a Multi-Door Approach to regulatory due diligence and law enforcement—emphasised coordination and information sharing. Decade long participatory mapping efforts by masyarakat hukum adat (MHA) were integrated into the national One Map initiative. Key achievements include the release of the National REDD+ Strategy (Stranas) in September 2012, completing the groundwork for a Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system, the design and preparation of a Fund for REDD+ (FREDDI) and the development of safeguards called Principles, Criteria and Indicators for REDD+ Safeguards in Indonesia (PRISAI).
Following the completion of Phase 1, the National REDD+ Agency was established through Presidential Regulation 62/2013 to ensure the continued implementation of REDD+ in Indonesia. The Partnership entered into an Interim Phase centered on building the institutional capacity of the REDD+ Agency. This ensured that the foundational work completed by the Working Groups of the National REDD+ Task Force (SatGas REDD+) in gathering baseline information, supporting the establishment of and monitoring the moratorium, and ensuring the overall body of knowledge from Phase I was transferred. The Interim Phase also included a portfolio of time sensitive issues including preventing forest and peat fires, implementing the Constitution Court Ruling No. 35/2012 (MK 35) recognizing the tenure rights of masyarakat hukum adat, land conflict resolution in national parks, and strengthening gender inclusion.
Integration into Ministry of Environment and Forestry
In 2014, the newly elected Jokowi-Kalla administration laid out their priority agenda, Nawa Cita, and decisively integrated Indonesia’s on-going reforms for more efficient, transparent, and accountable government with the country’s commitment to achieve the “triple wins” of sustainable development: social equity, economic growth, and environmental sustainability. REDD+ serves a critical role in helping fulfil the prioritization on alleviating rural poverty and enabling development, emphasizing good governance and anti-corruption as keys to improve forest and peat land management, and supporting the shift towards low emissions development, a commitment reflected by the decision of the Administration to reduce fuel subsidies by 70% between 2014 and 2015.
Most markedly, these priorities resulted in merging the ministries of environment and forestry, and—through Presidential Decree No. 16 of 2015 issued on 21 January 2015—consolidating ad hoc climate change related institutions—including the REDD+ Agency and the National Climate Change Council (DNPI), previously responsible for representing Indonesia at the UNFCCC—under the new Directorate General for Climate Change Control (DG-CCC) within the new Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF).
For the Partnership, this means continued implementation is led by a new Directorate General, where it is understood that REDD+, as a multi-sector programme, will be mainstreamed in policies and plans across several Directorate Generals (Echelon I) within the ministry, as well as with the requisite engagement of other relevant ministries. The new, more streamlined bureaucracy has the potential to ensure better coordination of climate change issues by one mandated body, including REDD+.
The integration of the former National REDD+ Agency into the new directorate general includes responsibility for overseeing the entirety of the former Agency’s mandate, namely coordinating, synchronizing, planning, facilitating, managing, monitoring, supervising, and controlling the implementation of REDD+ in Indonesia and ensuring the following:
1. Decrease greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to deforestation;
2. Reduction of emissions from degradation of forest and peat lands;
3. Maintenance and enhancement of forest carbon reserves through conservation, sustainable forest management and rehabilitate and restoration of degraded forest land; and
4. Improvement in environmental quality, biodiversity, and welfare of local communities and masyarakat hukum adat (MHA).
While the integration of the REDD+ Agency into the new Directorate General delayed the start of Phase 2, this period has been instrumental to ensure thorough handover of the functions and responsibilities of the former REDD+ Agency to the DG-CCC.
Transition Phase
The Interim Phase remains the implementation platform of the Partnership for nine (9) more months. Under this arrangement, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry is mandated to establish both a REDD+ funding instrument and the mechanism for Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV).
The Interim Phase will also focus on providing technical support to the MoEF on six priority REDD+ programs based on the foundational work completed in Phase 1 and by the former National REDD+ Agency, and in line with the objectives of Indonesia’s National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJM-N) 2015-2019. These are:
1. Forest and Peat fire prevention in fire prone provinces;
2. Law enforcement, Legal review of licenses and compliance audit for fire management;
3. Improvement of community welfare and sustainable land and forest management through social forestry;
4. Resolution of land-related conflicts;
5. Participatory mapping of territories by masyarakat hukum adat and local communities; and
6. Institutional strengthening, stakeholder engagement and awareness raising on related social, economic, and environmental issues for the preparation of Phase 2
Context of this TOR
Under Forest and Peat Fire Prevention Programme, the REDD+ Project is planning to implement community based land and peat land sustainable management. One of the activities is peat land re-wetting through construction of canal blocking, construction of retention basin (embung), and/ or other facilities required. In this regards, the UNDP is seeking to engage Technical Assistant - Civil Engineer to support the construction work planning and to ensure that the work is implemented in good quality. The incumbent shall conduct calculation and analysis to determine proper design construction as well as calculation of materials needed.
Under supervision of the Work-stream Coordinator and Technical Associate – Civil Engineer, the Technical Assistant will be responsible to assist in production of draft design of the construction. The draft design will be based on field assessment and appropriate calculation for the intended location. In coordination with Technical Associate –Civil Engineer, the incumbent shall work with the communities and assist construction materials procurement process.
Duties and Responsibilities
Functions/ Key Results Expected
Summary of Key Functions:
- Provide effective and efficient technical support for implementation of construction;
- Assist in planning, designs, and implementation and ensure on time delivery of construction completion and work together with relevant communities on the field;
- Conduct field visit and prepare the necessary report in order to monitor the implementation of activities and
- Provides administration and logistic support in order to support implementation of activities
1. Provide effective and efficient technical support for implementation of construction.
- Provide technical support in preparation of technical drawings, plans and designs for minimum standard requirement for the construction tasks as required by the specific needs;
- Provide technical support for the specifications and Bill of Quantities;
- Assist in field assessment action to ensure the feasibility of location against proposed construction (including providing recommendations on alternative construction locations);
- Participate in developing the detailed drawings and related documentation based on field assessment;
- Carry out surveying to support programme implementation;
- Provide support for the technical and materials specification and
- Provide the estimation cost.
2. Assist in planning, designs, and implementation and ensure on time delivery of construction completion and work together with relevant communities on the field;
- Conduct materials checking prior to the commencement of construction work;
- Maintain close contact with construction workers and construction supervisor on the ground.
- Checking and verify that the finished works are within specifications, regulations and contract provisions.
3. Conduct field visit and prepare the necessary report in order to monitor the implementation of activities;
- Support in provision of raw data for of brief progress report on construction processes and completion and
- Ensure that technical documentation on construction site is maintained in accordance with relevant national laws and standards and contract for works.
4. Provides administration and logistic support in order to support implementation of activities.
- Assist the Procurement Team to prepare technical specification for materials for procuring the materials.
- Ensure that necessary supporting documentation is in place and
- Prepare and maintain status reports for projects under implementation and for completed projects.
Competencies
Competencies and Critical Success Factor
Core Competencies:
- Demonstrating/safeguarding ethics and integrity
- Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment
- Self-development, initiative-taking
- Acting as a team player and facilitating team work
- Facilitating and encouraging open communication in the team, communicating effectively
- Creating synergies through self-control
- Managing conflict
- Learning and sharing knowledge and encourage the learning of others. Promoting learning and knowledge management/sharing is the responsibility of each staff member.
- Informed and transparent decision making
Functional Competencies:
Support the preparation of information for advocacy
- Identifies relevant information for advocacy for a variety of audiences
Results-Based Programme Development and Management
Contributing to results through provision of information
- Provides information and documentation on specific stages of projects/programme implementation
Building Strategic Partnerships
Maintaining information and databases
- Analyzes general information and selects materials in support of partnership building initiatives
Innovation and Marketing New Approaches
Implementing processes and uses products
- Documents and tracks innovative strategies/best practices/new approaches
Resource Mobilization (Field Duty Stations)
Providing information for resource mobilization strategies
- Maintains information/databases on potential and actual donors
- Maintains database of project files
- Provides data and information needed for preparation of project documents
Promoting Organizational Learning and Knowledge Sharing
Basic research and analysis
- Researches best practices and poses new, more effective ways of doing things
Job Knowledge/Technical Expertise
Fundamental knowledge of processes, methods and procedures
- Understands the main processes and methods of work regarding to the position
- Possesses basic knowledge of organizational policies and procedures relating to the position and applies them consistently in work tasks
- Demonstrates good knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments
Global Leadership and Advocacy for UNDP’s Goals
Research and analysis
- Identifies relevant information for advocacy for UNDP’s goals for a variety of audiences
Client Orientation
Maintains effective client relationships
- Reports to internal and external clients in a timely and appropriate fashion
- Organizes and prioritizes work schedule to meet client needs and deadlines
- Establishes, builds and sustains effective relationships within the work unit and with internal and external clients
- Responds to client needs promptly
Required Skills and Experience
Recruitment Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering
Experience
- 3 years of progressively responsible related to public works constructions experience is required at the national or international level for candidates with Bachelor Degree and 5 years for candidates with Diploma Degree.
- Experience in a highly complex and dynamic environment preferred.
Language Requirements
- Fluency in written and spoken Indonesian; and
Fluency in spoken English and a working ability in written English.
General Requirements
- Demonstrated experience on construction work.
- Demonstrated experience in production of detailed design and materials calculation.
- Demonstrated abilities in working with communities.
- Demonstrated familiarity with UNDP development projects in Indonesia and an understanding of Government and UN/UNDP procedures would be desirable.
- Excellent analytical skills and advanced computer skills.
- Good inter-personal and team building skills.
Other Requirements
- In addition to the scope and output stated above, the incumbent will be required to undertake other ad hoc tasks that may arise during the contract period. These tasks will be delegated by the incumbent’s supervisor who will ensure that these ad hoc tasks do not impede on the incumbent’s ability to meet contractual obligations/deliverables.
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UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply . All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
UNDP Indonesia reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP Indonesia at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and education requirements
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