Program Coordinator - Covid19 Origin Women’s Resilience Initiative

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Humbang, Sumatera Utara

Program Coordinator - Covid19 Origin Women’s Resilience Initiative

14 April 2021

General Position Summary

Program Coordinator will ensure to reach 2,000 HHs (~10,000 individuals) through a Health and Hygiene Awareness Campaign, Provision WASH Facilities and Strengthening Capacity of youth participants in agripreneurship to build the resilience of origin communities against COVID-19. Particularly for WASH activities, s/he will ensure that the program in collaboration with stakeholders and communities, will construct clean water sources as well as public latrines for origin communities that lack access to water and sanitation facilities and will also carry out trainings for female farmers/farmers’ wives (care-givers) on parenting skills, particularly related to stunting management. In addition, s/he will supervise a project team consisting of four people and lead the program plan, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and learning. 

Essential Job Responsibilities

  • Prepare the kick-off program event in partnerships with local government and donor;
  • Ensure the program will reach 2,000 HHs (~10,000 individuals) through disseminate messages using smartphones/feature phones/ messaging materials, construct clean water sources, WASH activities, and youth participants in agripreneurship training and mentoring;
  • Develop a program design, monitoring and evaluation framework and plan.
  • Develop monthly workplan and target and provide monthly progress against the target and workplan;
  • Develop criteria to identify the program participants;
  • Conduct needs assessment analysis to determine locations that lack access to WASH Facilities and have high rates of open defecation, as well as areas with high rates of stunting prevalence;
  • Conduct technical water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) assessment to determine the types of water sources, latrines, and waste management systems;
  • Selection of subdistricts and villages after assessment is conducted and aligned with the District COVID-19 Task Force and other related stakeholders;
  • Adopt the Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach as one of the Indonesian Government’s strategic programs in the Health sector;
  • Ensure the data needed for program monitoring, evaluation, learning and report are available
  • Maintain close regular contact with the local government agencies and local partners to ensure quality outputs/services and trouble shoot any administrative problems.
  • Attend coordination meetings and maintain regular contact with relevant stakeholder.
  • Conduct travel to project locations to monitor quality of implementation, and adjust plans and approaches to meet the project objective;
  • Develop a set of participants’ stories, which will be used to illustrate opportunities and benefits of participating in the project.
  • Prepare bi-weekly report on project progress, obstacles and recommendations.
  • Prepare final report.
  • Assist in any other task or duty assigned.

 

Qualifications:

  • University degree in Economic, Engineering, Medical, Agriculture, Social Studies, or related fields
  • Minimum 3 years’ experience working with NGOs in Emergency, Recovery and Livelihood Programs.
  • Experience work with the local government agencies in Emergency, Recovery and Livelihood Programs.
  • Experience work with National and District Health Agencies would be an advantage. 
  • Experience work on WASH programs would be an advantage.
  • Experience in in design entrepreneurship training and mentoring for young people would be an advantage.
  • Understanding of working together with local partners.
  • Proven experience managing diverse and disparate projects.
  • Experience in managing staff and understanding the need for regular support and follow-up to ensure that project objectives are being met.
  • Commitment to working with vulnerable groups in need regardless of race, religion or gender.
  • Good problem solving, and written and oral communication skills.
  • Ability to work without constant supervision and as part of a mixed team.
  • Good knowledge of MS Office software such as Excel, Word, and Access.
  • Able to write and understandable spoken English are preferred.

Ongoing Learning

In support of our belief that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities we serve, we empower all team members to dedicate 5% of their time to learning activities that further their personal and/or professional growth and development.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Achieving our mission begins with how we build our team and work together. Through our commitment to enriching our organization with people of different origins, beliefs, backgrounds, and ways of thinking, we are better able to leverage the collective power of our teams and solve the world’s most complex challenges. We strive for a culture of trust and respect, where everyone contributes their perspectives and authentic selves, reaches their potential as individuals and teams, and collaborates to do the best work of their lives.

We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a journey, and we are committed to learning, listening and evolving to become more diverse, equitable and inclusive than we are today.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Yayasan Mercy Corps Indonesia is an equal opportunity employer that does not tolerate discrimination on any basis. We actively seek out diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be collectively stronger and have sustained global impact.

We are committed to providing an environment of respect and psychological safety where equal employment opportunities are available to all. We do not engage in or tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability (including HIV/AIDS status), marital status, military veteran status or any other protected group in the locations where we work.

Safeguarding & Ethics

Yayasan Mercy Corps Indonesua is committed to ensuring that all individuals we come into contact with through our work, whether team members, community members, program participants or others, are treated with respect and dignity. We are committed to the core principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary General and IASC. We will not tolerate child abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment by or of our team members. As part of our commitment to a safe and inclusive work environment, team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner, respect local laws and customs, and to adhere to Mercy Corps Code of Conduct Policies and values at all times. Team members are required to complete mandatory Code of Conduct elearning courses upon hire and on an annual basis.

Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders

Yayasan Mercy Corps Indonesia team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants, community partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding international relief and development work. We are committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.

How to Apply

Please send your CV together with the form on this link with the subject: “Position_HUMBANG_Your Name” to hrd@id.mercycorps.org .

The vacancy will be closed on 15 April 2021 and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview. We look forward to hearing from those who are interested in taking this opportunity to grow and develop with us.

Thank You,

Human Resources Department

Yayasan Mercy Corps Indonesia

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