Senior Technical Lead, Indonesia Climate Change Adaptation
Abt Associates
- Jakarta
- Permanen
- kerja tetap
- Mobilize financing to advance urban climate resilience;
- Strengthen systems for collection and application of climate data, services and decision support tools to improve planning processes in target cities;
- Advance Urban Nature-Based Solutions to Promote Climate Resilience.
- Climate Change Adaption (particularly for urban settings)
- Disaster Risk Reduction/Management
- Sub-national Governance Strengthening (particularly related to issues of climate change/ disaster risk reduction and climate financing)
- Mobilizing Financing and/or Public-Private Partnership (particularly for Climate Change Adaption/Disaster Risk Reduction related initiatives)
- Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (particularly working with rural populations)
- Climate and Weather Information Data Systems/ Services
- Nature-based Solutions for Addressing Climate Change (particularly urban solutions)
- Provide technical management over technical components to ensure that key project interventions are successfully implemented in accordance with the goal, objectives and expected results of the project.
- Provide high-quality technical products and services, deliver required results, and uses resources efficiently and cost-effectively. This includes timely preparation and submission of deliverables and coordination and oversight of technical teams to do the same.
- Oversee and lead the technical teams in program planning (including development of implementation plans), implementation, performance management, reporting, and deliverable.
- Monitor the progress and pace of interventions implementation, ensuring that project performance meets the expectations of USAID and clients, and brings any issues and concerns regarding project implementation to the attention of the COP in timely manner.
- Manage the work of subcontractors/sub-grantees implementing under respective project intermediate results and ensure that all program assistance is technically sound and appropriate.
- Perform/contribute as a member of the project's Senior Management Team (SMT). The SMT will provide overall technical leadership to ensure that project activities align with current best practice, Indonesian government priorities and strategic frameworks, and are well adapted to the context of each region.
- A university degree in natural resources management, urban planning, disaster risk reduction, business administration, economics, communications, health and behavioral or social sciences or a related field is required.
- A minimum of 10 years of professional experience in one or more of the relevant technical areas listed above, and experience working for an internationally-funded project is preferred.
- USAID experience is highly preferred.
- Demonstrated leadership and management skills, and ability working collaboratively and independently.
- Demonstrated team player with effective cross-cultural interpersonal skills; able to develop and communicate a common vision among diverse partners and lead multidisciplinary teams.
- Ability to resolve sensitive and complicated work issues with senior high-level country counterparts, donor representative and senior-level staff.
- Strong communications, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
- Written and spoken fluency in English and Bahasa strongly desired.