Hiring Organization:
Orangutan Foundation
Position Description:
Position: Programme Manager
Duty station: Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Reporting to: The Foundation’s Director, including staff from the Foundation’s UK office assigned by the Director
Overall responsibility: To manage a portfolio of Foundation’s projects in Indonesia to ensure that each project is implemented properly, on time, and in accordance with their
contractual basis, Indonesian regulations, and local customs
Specific duties and responsibilities:
• Manage an agreed portfolio of the Orangutan Foundation’s projects in Indonesia, which may change and develop through time, to ensure their agreed objectives are achieved and they are implemented and administered properly in accordance with best professional practise, including producing work plans, budgets, technical reports and financial reports in a timely manner.
• Ensure funds sent to the field are properly controlled and safeguarded, and that all expenditure is properly accounted for, with proper supporting documents kept of all financial transactions.
• Ensure good, harmonious working relationships are maintained with local partners and government institutions, especially collaborating NGO’s, Department of Forestry/PHKA representative agencies, police and local government (this includes seeking approval of work plans, co-ordinating implementation of activities, and submitting progress reports, to government agencies).
• Host and co-ordinate official visits from government agencies, donors, film crews, journalists, researchers, partner NGO’s and other approved official guests.
• Submit quarterly budget requests to the UK office in respect of individual projects and the Foundation’s own operational requirements.
• Ensure sufficient photographic documentation and field reports of the Foundation’s activities are sent to the London office in a timely manner, especially content suitable for inclusion in the Foundation’s newsletter ‘Red Ape’.
• Develop project proposals and specific fund-raising activities.
• Ensure the Foundation’s Director is informed of all important developments in the field.
• Carry out any other duties as required by the Foundation’s Director or other staff assigned by the Director.
Start date: From November 2010
Duration of contract: Two years initially, but longer-term commitment preferred
Probationary period: Three months
Starting salary: £18,000 - £22,000 per annum, depending on experience
Location: Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Qualifications/Experience:
The preferred candidate should have the following skills and experience:
Essential attributes:
• A relevant degree or equivalent experience
• At least 5 years’ experience in nature conservation and/or natural resources management
• At least 3 years’ project management experience, including financial management and financial reporting
• Proven experience of managing projects funded by international donors such as EU, UNEP, USAID, World Bank or similar grant-giving bodies
• Proven communication and leadership skills, as well as proven capacity to collaborate effectively with government institutions and work effectively in a team with numerous collaborators and stakeholders
• Demonstrable commitment to conservation issues, initiative, and problem-solving abilities
Desirable attributes:
• At least 5 years’ experience of project management
• Experience of working in Asia, preferably in Indonesia
• Experience in the following skills:
- Community education programmes and public relations work
- Protection of nature reserves and multi-stakeholder management initiatives
- Reforestation and/ or tree nursery management
Salary/funding:
£18,000 - £22,000 per annum, depending on experience
Support provided for internship/volunteer positions (travel, meals, lodging):
- Furnished house in Pangkalan Bun
- International medical insurance, including emergency evacuation cover
- 5 weeks holiday per year
- Return airfare to place of recruitment once per year
Term of Appointment:
2 years initially, but longer-term commitment preferred
Application Deadline:
18th October 2010
Comments:
Application procedure
The closing date for applications is 18 October 2010. Please send your application, comprising a short covering letter, CV, and contact details of two referees, by e-mail to: info@orangutan.org.uk
Postal applications may also be sent to:
Ashley Leiman OBE, Director, Orangutan Foundation, 7 Kent Terrace, London NW1 4RP, UK
Contact Information:
Ashley Leiman
Orangutan Foundation, 7 Kent Terrace
London, none NW1 4RP
United Kingdom
Telephone Number:
00 44 (0)20 7724 2912
Fax Number:
00 44 (0)20 7724 2613
Website:
http://www.orangutan.org.uk
E-mail Address:
info@orangutan.org.uk
Orangutan Foundation
Position Description:
Position: Programme Manager
Duty station: Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Reporting to: The Foundation’s Director, including staff from the Foundation’s UK office assigned by the Director
Overall responsibility: To manage a portfolio of Foundation’s projects in Indonesia to ensure that each project is implemented properly, on time, and in accordance with their
contractual basis, Indonesian regulations, and local customs
Specific duties and responsibilities:
• Manage an agreed portfolio of the Orangutan Foundation’s projects in Indonesia, which may change and develop through time, to ensure their agreed objectives are achieved and they are implemented and administered properly in accordance with best professional practise, including producing work plans, budgets, technical reports and financial reports in a timely manner.
• Ensure funds sent to the field are properly controlled and safeguarded, and that all expenditure is properly accounted for, with proper supporting documents kept of all financial transactions.
• Ensure good, harmonious working relationships are maintained with local partners and government institutions, especially collaborating NGO’s, Department of Forestry/PHKA representative agencies, police and local government (this includes seeking approval of work plans, co-ordinating implementation of activities, and submitting progress reports, to government agencies).
• Host and co-ordinate official visits from government agencies, donors, film crews, journalists, researchers, partner NGO’s and other approved official guests.
• Submit quarterly budget requests to the UK office in respect of individual projects and the Foundation’s own operational requirements.
• Ensure sufficient photographic documentation and field reports of the Foundation’s activities are sent to the London office in a timely manner, especially content suitable for inclusion in the Foundation’s newsletter ‘Red Ape’.
• Develop project proposals and specific fund-raising activities.
• Ensure the Foundation’s Director is informed of all important developments in the field.
• Carry out any other duties as required by the Foundation’s Director or other staff assigned by the Director.
Start date: From November 2010
Duration of contract: Two years initially, but longer-term commitment preferred
Probationary period: Three months
Starting salary: £18,000 - £22,000 per annum, depending on experience
Location: Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Qualifications/Experience:
The preferred candidate should have the following skills and experience:
Essential attributes:
• A relevant degree or equivalent experience
• At least 5 years’ experience in nature conservation and/or natural resources management
• At least 3 years’ project management experience, including financial management and financial reporting
• Proven experience of managing projects funded by international donors such as EU, UNEP, USAID, World Bank or similar grant-giving bodies
• Proven communication and leadership skills, as well as proven capacity to collaborate effectively with government institutions and work effectively in a team with numerous collaborators and stakeholders
• Demonstrable commitment to conservation issues, initiative, and problem-solving abilities
Desirable attributes:
• At least 5 years’ experience of project management
• Experience of working in Asia, preferably in Indonesia
• Experience in the following skills:
- Community education programmes and public relations work
- Protection of nature reserves and multi-stakeholder management initiatives
- Reforestation and/ or tree nursery management
Salary/funding:
£18,000 - £22,000 per annum, depending on experience
Support provided for internship/volunteer positions (travel, meals, lodging):
- Furnished house in Pangkalan Bun
- International medical insurance, including emergency evacuation cover
- 5 weeks holiday per year
- Return airfare to place of recruitment once per year
Term of Appointment:
2 years initially, but longer-term commitment preferred
Application Deadline:
18th October 2010
Comments:
Application procedure
The closing date for applications is 18 October 2010. Please send your application, comprising a short covering letter, CV, and contact details of two referees, by e-mail to: info@orangutan.org.uk
Postal applications may also be sent to:
Ashley Leiman OBE, Director, Orangutan Foundation, 7 Kent Terrace, London NW1 4RP, UK
Contact Information:
Ashley Leiman
Orangutan Foundation, 7 Kent Terrace
London, none NW1 4RP
United Kingdom
Telephone Number:
00 44 (0)20 7724 2912
Fax Number:
00 44 (0)20 7724 2613
Website:
http://www.orangutan.org.uk
E-mail Address:
info@orangutan.org.uk