Effective disaster management and emergency responsesin the ASEAN region are
nowadays more important than ever. The ASEANCoordinating Centre for
Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHACentre) is an
inter-governmental organisation which aims to facilitatecooperation and
coordination among ASEAN Member States for disaster managementand emergency
response in the ASEAN region.
The Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic ofGermany supports the
process of regional integration in the ASEAN region withcapacity development
aiming at strengthening the AHA Centre. It has entrusted GIZ - Deutsche
Gesellschaft für InternationaleZusammenarbeit GmbH, Germany, with the
implementation of a project incooperation with the AHA Centre. In accordance
with the project‘s objective tostrengthen the capacities and work processes of
the AHA Centre's corporateunits, the project supports the Centre in
institutional and capacitydevelopment. This contributes to facilitating and
coordinating ASEAN’s effortin reducing disaster losses and responding to
disaster emergencies as “OneASEAN” through regional collaboration, national
leadership and globalpartnership in disaster management.
Specifically, the project focuses on the followingsectors of the AHA Centre: 1)
Corporate, Financial and Legal Affairs, 2) HumanResources Management, 3)
Management System, 4) Internal Audit, 5)Communication, 6) Donor Coordination.
We are seeking a qualified national candidate for theposition as:
Advisoron Organizational Development
A. Responsibilities
Inyour role you are responsible for the technical, substantive and
organizationalimplementation of a project's measures and activities. In
consultation withyour line manager, you also assume tasks related to planning,
steering andmonitoring the project, including project administration tasks in
some cases.You are also responsible for providing specialist support to col-
leagues inbands 2 and 3 and ensure the quality of the commission's outcomes.
Inaddition, you contribute to the conceptual design of the project, in
particularits modification or realignment.
Youmake technical and substantive contributions to overarching issues
incooperation with commissioning parties/clients, partners and other actors
andthereby support the achievement of the agreed objectives of the
respectiveproject and provide impetus for further strategy development.
Incoordination with the country director and your line manager, you also use
yourcontacts for the acquisition of contracts on behalf of the company.
Inconsultation with your team colleagues and line manager, you also
coordinateall issues within your area of work and ensure that they are dealt
withpromptly and competently. You re- solve problems that arise in your area
ofresponsibility on the basis of existing rules and draw attention to
morecomplex challenges in your team.
Youare involved in ongoing process development within your remit, are
responsiblefor knowledge management and prepare and share documentation. If
required, youalso support other experts in familiarizing themselves with and
performingtheir tasks.
Youperform the tasks assigned to you by your line manager, where required.
B. Main Activities
- Provideprofessional advice to the ASEAN AHA Centre as well as key partners
and ensurethat project activities are implemented in line with the operational
plan andin line with GIZ regulation;
- Develop and maintain a donor coordinationmechanism for stakeholders in the
sectors of work amongst GIZ, relevant ASEANDialogue Partners (EU, Australia,
USA, Japan, etc.) and other AHA Centreprojects;
- Contribute to the project component activities,monitoring & evaluation,
reporting, and budget monitoring;
- Develop Terms of References (ToR) and tenderingfor short-term experts and
assure quality of their assignments;
- Support in reporting to the Federal ForeignOffice, the German Embassy in
Jakarta and the AHA Centre;
- Represent GIZ and the project during relatedmeetings and events inside and
outside of Indonesia;
- Perform different duties and tasks as agreedupon with the Lead Advisor,
which may not be explicitly mentioned in the jobdescription.
- Assistthe Cluster Coordinator and Country Director on overarching issues
related tothe implementation of GIZ corporate strategy (eq. Vision 2028)
C. Requiredqualifications, competences and experience
- Master (MSc. /MA)degree, e.g. Southeast Asian studies, political science,
businessadministration, law, geography or comparable studies;
- At least 5 years ofprofessional experience in the field of international
cooperation, ideally asadvisor/consultant in the fields of "regional
integration processes"and "organisational and capacity development”;
- Intensive knowledge ofSouth East Asia, if possible, with regional
organisations or in multi-countryprojects;
- Expertise in at leasttwo of the following areas is required: a)
organisational development; b)communication; c) human resources management; d)
regional integrationprocesses;
- Distinctiveintercultural competence in the ASEAN context, confident in
interacting withhigh-ranking representatives of the ASEAN member states as well
asrepresentatives of the German embassies;
- Good conceptual andanalytical skills as well as communication and
presentation skills;
- Ability to work in ateam, social competence, organisational skills and
resilience;
- High proficiency inEnglish both oral and written as a precondition; good
knowledge of German andof one other official language of ASEAN member states
would be an asset;
- Preferably workingexperience with the AHA Centre in Jakarta/Indonesia or
related ASEANinstitutions and/or ASEAN associated entities and/or
otherinternational/regional organisations in the Indo-Pacific region.
DutyStation: Jakarta
Joiningdate: 1 July 2024
DirectSupervisor: Lead Advisor
Interestedcandidates should submit a motivation letter, CV, trainings attended
andlist of references (a must), addressed to recruitment-indo@xxxxxx. The
closing date to submit the application letter is on May 6th,2024.
Please indicateyour application by putting the following code in the subject
line: AHAC-AOD.
Please nameyour file as follow format:
[YourComplete Name]_[Motivation Letter/CV/Latest Education Certificate] (i.e:
NakulaSadewa _CV or Nakula Sadewa _Motivation Letter or Nakula
Sadewa_Reference) – the attachment shall not exceed 300 kb.
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
