Human Resources Development Unit International Labour Office Jakarta

Vacancy No:	JAKARTA/2014/016	Date:	10 October 2014
Position title:	National Project Livelihoods Officer – Value Chain Development	Deadline for application:	24 October 2014
Project title:	Decent Work for Food Security Project - NTT	Organization unit:	CO-Jakarta
Grade:	NO-A	Duty Station:	Kupang
Contract type:	Short Term
Duration:	6 months with possible extension subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability	Expected starting date:	15 November 2014

For any questions related to this post, please contact: – Mr. Yunirwan Gah, National Project Manager, yunirwan@ilo.org

Background

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a tripartite U.N. agency with government, employer, and worker representatives as its constituents. This tripartite structure makes the ILO a unique forum in which the governments and the social partners of the economy of its Member States can freely and openly debate and elaborate labour standards and policies. The ILO Country Office for Indonesia and Timor-Leste is carrying out a diverse programme of activities and projects related to issues such as employment, labour rights and standards, social protection and skills development in order to support Indonesia in its development of an inclusive, sustainable and job rich economy and society. Under its current decent work country programme, the ILO office in Indonesia put priorities in the left behind categorised area where East Nusa Tenggara Timur is one of them.

Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) Province which consists of 1 urban and 20 rural districts is a home to a population of 4,679,316 people. The province consists of 1,192 islands among which 42 are inhabited. Geographically, the islands lie between 80 – 120 South Latitude and 1180 – 1250 East Longitude, with a total land area of 48,718.1 km2. Climatologically, the province belongs to the semi-arid areas with low rainfall. Wet or rainy season usually lasts short for approximately 3to 4 months with the lowest average annual rainfall of 800 mm and highest of 3,000 mm.

The economy of the province relies on agriculture, which accounts for 39.62% of Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP). Provincial economic growth rate was 4.2% in 2009 while national rate achieved 6.1% in the same year. The Human Development index of the province has improved gradually for the past few years. However, low level of income and high prevalence of under nutrition ranked the province as 31st out of 33 provinces in 2009. These conditions indicate that there is still much to be done by the government and all stakeholders to work harder for making improvement. Among the 100 priority districts in Indonesia in the national Food Insecurity Atlas (FIA) 2005, 10 districts were in NTT Province.

The government of NTT Province has been promoting agricultural production and has adopted several protection measures for its farmer. Although agriculture (including livestock, forestry and fisheries) sector contributed most to GRDP, the growth rate of the sector has been the lowest in comparison with other high contribution sectors, such as trade and services (contribution to GRDP was 24.4% and 16.09%). Rice, maize and cassava are the primary staples in NTT Province and make up close to 70% of total crop production in the province.

Food insecurity is one of the most significant development constraints in the NTT province. Food availability is negatively impacted by severe agro-climatic conditions and seasonality. However, unstable and low incomes and poor working conditions, which are the result of general lack of decent and productive jobs, remain the most critical challenge in ensuring adequate access to food and building livelihood resilience. These food insecure areas are mostly located in Timor Island and Sumba Island and in several parts of Flores such as in Manggarai Timur and Manggarai district.

The ILO through its SECTOR, has developed a holistic, multi-sectoral Decent Work for Food Security and Sustainable Rural Development (DWFS) programme that works in partnership with other UN agencies and development actors to support its tripartite constituents – government, employers and workers – to give effect to their national and regional food security strategies and to achieve food security for all. The unique features of the DWFS Programme are : focus on the interrelated sectors of the food system; from farm to table approach and multi-disciplinary nature of the programme. DWFS programme to be implemented in Indonesia’s Nusa Tenggara Timur Province, Kenya, Malawi, and Myanmar.

DWFS programme in NTT aims to promote food security and sustainable livelihoods of small-scale producer and agricultural workers and their families through enhanced decent work conditions and opportunities in key agro-food value chains with high employment, income generation and productivity potential. In 2012, the ILO has gathered basic information and consulted relevant stakeholders in order to acquire better understanding if the decent work situational and its impact on the state of food security in the province. Three value chain has been identified. These are maize, cattle and seaweed.

2. The Position

To support implementation of the Decent Work for Food Security pilot project, the ILO Country Office for Indonesia and Timor-Leste is hiring a National Project Livelihood Officer to focus on supporting the value chain development of one to three commodities targeted by the project. The assignment will support a value chain assessment using participatory approaches, including mapping and product/commodity selection, intervention design and implementation of capacity building activities, and associated skills development activities as per needed, to support access to green livelihoods. The tasks of the incumbent will include planning, monitoring and backstopping of all activities related to value chain development.

The National Project Livelihood Officer will coordinate assessment of training providers, support identification of curriculum to be developed based on required competencies and green principles, and oversee coordination of training and after training support which can contribute to the food security aspect.

The incumbent will be based in Kupang- Nusa Tenggara Timur and will report to the Project Manager and the Director of the ILO Country Office for Indonesia and Timor-Leste in Jakarta. The position will require close coordination with colleagues and project stakeholders based in the food security working group, government offices, NGO, and ILO’s tripartite constituent. The incumbent will coordinate with the various technical specialist in SECTOR geneva, the ACI Rural Economy team, and backstopping officer both in the ILO Country Office for Indonesia and Timor-Leste and at the ILO Regional Office for Asia Pacific. The National Project Livelihood Officer will assume responsibility for all activities related value chain development for sustainable livelihoods within the targeted commodities, ensuring timely and effective delivery of outputs, while also strengthening cooperation with national constituents, social partners and international agencies.

Duties

1. Support the management and monitoring of the implementation of the Decent work for Food Security project.

2. Manage and monitor the progress of activities related to value chain development and skills for sustainable livelihoods in order to ensure the activities are completed in a timely, consultative and efficient manner.

3. Take responsibility for mainstreaming sustainable development principles in all activities.

4. Take responsibility for organizing capacity building to counterparts related with gender mainstreaming in the world of work.

5. Coordinate participatory assessment of the value chain for supporting opportunities in sustainable livelihoods, including the development of one to three commodities to be developed by the project and backstopping the implementation of priority interventions.

6. Coordinate access of training providers and support identification of curriculum to be developed based on required competencies, relevancy and sustainability principles.

7. Liaise with colleagues, implementing partners and stakeholders in a technical capacity to strengthen local education and government institutions’ capacity for supporting sustainable livelihoods including coordination with partner agency FAO and KPDT.

8. Promote the development of common training standards; train local specialists in the preparation of training materials and their integration in instructional systems; and stimulate, support and coordinate the exchange of training materials developed.

9. Undertake technical advisory missions independently or in collaboration with other ILO staff.

10. Disseminate information on programmes through publications and press releases.

11. Monitor progress of the project and its activities by reviewing, verifying and analysing work-plans, progress reports, final reports and other data for clarity, consistency and completeness.

12. Backstop and further strengthen ongoing value chain development and skills development activities associated with the food security initiative in Indonesia.

13. Participate in tripartite reviews on technical cooperation activities and meetings and conferences.

14. Represent the ILO in relevant working group and donor meetings in Indonesia and facilitate collaboration with national and international agencies in the low carbon development area.

15. Other relevant tasks requested by the Project Manager and the Director of the ILO Country Office for Indonesia and Timor-Leste.

3. Experience and qualifications

Education: First level university degree in a relevant field, with demonstrated expertise in value chain development, sustainable development and skills development and training.

Experience: Three years experience at the national level, preferably with experience in value chain development and skills development for vulnerable and disadvantaged target groups (including young women and girls). Professional experience with issues related to climate change and environmental sustainability is an advantage.

Competencies: Core competencies include adaptability, client service, collaboration, communication, initiative, integrity, knowledge management and sensitivity to diversity. The National Project Coordinator should be proficient in project administration and evaluation concepts and procedures and be able to liaise and build partnerships with project stakeholders. Specific competencies at the level of the position include gender mainstreaming, environmental sustainability, sound analysis, problem solving and decision making, building commitment, planning and organizing and facilitation of change.

Languages: Excellent command of English and Bahasa Indonesia required.

Remuneration: NOA of the UN common remuneration system and/or commensurate with the qualifications and competency of the selected candidate.

Written Examination and Interview

Prospective candidates will be required to sit in a written examination and take part in an interview.

Application – Qualified women and men are encouraged to apply. Only qualified candidates will be notified. Please submit application indicating the Vacancy Announcement Number along with CV, 3 references and other supporting documents to:

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE

Email : hrdjkt@ilo.org

Only qualified candidates will be notified.

The ILO promotes opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive employment in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity

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