Hivos Southeast Asia is an International non-governmental organization
guided by humanist values. It aims at structural poverty alleviation with a
strong focus on civil society building and sustainable economic
development. Hivos Southeast Asia provides financial support for local
NGOs, is active in networking, lobbying and exchanging knowledge and
expertise. For its Hivos Southeast Asia seeks qualified Indonesian
candidates for the position of:
Title : Consultant for Program Sustainability Training
Sustainable Diets for All
Duty Station : Jakarta, Indonesia
Duration : September-early October 2020
Report to : Regional Advocacy Officer for Sustainable Diets for
All
1. *Background*
In January 2016, Hivos together with IIED launched a 5-year strategic
partnership with the Dutch Government to transform the food system and
promote sustainable diets.
Sustainable diets are healthy and diverse, respectful of ecosystems,
culturally acceptable and economically fair and affordable for all.
Together with civil society organizations, the programme aims to influence
the policies and practices of governments and the private sector.
The program supports civil society organizations to increase their capacity
to influence policy and practices of market and government actors through
citizen research, action and related advocacy to promote sustainable diets
for all.
Since the program will end in December 2020, there is a need to improve the
capacity of SD4All partners (https://sustainablediets4all.org/who-we-are/ ;)
on program development and achieve sustainability for past and current
programs/activities.
The consultant will work closely with the Advocacy Officer of Hivos
Southeast Asia and relevant staff.
2. *Objective*
The objectives of this training are to increase the skills of the partners
in project sustainability including fundraising activities and adapting to
the changing funding landscape.
The following topics are to explored:
1. Donor landscape, assess funding gaps, donor communications. This
include reading trends, opportunities, formulate strategies and actions for
its fundraising activities
2. Increase fundraising techniques such as skills in:
§ how to effectively read calls for proposals
§ proposal writing, creating Theory of Change (TOC) to budgeting
§ pitching to donor (right message, right time, right tools)
3. Communication and visibility, inc. online presence,
creating/documenting success e.g. stories of change to be integrated in the
proposal or other media
4. Building collaborations and partnership models with private sectors
and philanthropy.
3. *Deliverables*
a. *September 2020 : *Final training materials (in Indonesian)
& Facilitation of the training, including individual sessions
b. *Late September/ **1st week of October* : Final documentation to
Hivos, including recommendations to Hivos and partners (in English and
Indonesian)
*4. Knowledge, experiences and competencies*
We are seeking an Indonesian person or a team with the following qualities:
- Affinity for Hivos’ vision and mission and are driven by a strong
motivation to contribute to real and lasting change.
- Knowledge of and proven experience in the field of international
development cooperation, donor landscape, dan fundraising (including but
not limited to proposal writing and pitching)
- Knowledge of and proven experience in building partnership with the
private sector and philanthropy
- Interest and knowledge in sustainable food issues.
- Full professional proficiency of writing articles in English and
Bahasa.
- Strong communicator in both English and Bahasa.
- Innovative and flexible and able to work in a complex environment with
multiple stakeholders including with locally-based development partners.
*5. How to apply?*
To apply for this consultancy position please submit your CV, a cover
letter, your proposal, including budget and qualifications (for a team, the
application team includes each team member and roles), work plan, as well
as company profile if any - all documents in English to *hr.sea@xxxxxxxxx
<hr.sea@xxxxxxxxx>* and cno later than *24 August 2020*, with email
subject: *Consultant for Program Sustainability Training SD4ALL*
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
