Program Summary – NZMATES

NZMATES aims to accelerate renewable energy (RE) development to improve access to energy on Seram Island, in Maluku province. The main goal of NZMATES is to improve social well-being and economic development in Maluku province by supporting and enabling the sustainable development and utilization of the areas’ renewable energy resources for the benefit of local communities. The key objective of NZMATES is to provide technical assistance to support the uptake of affordable, reliable, and renewable energy in off-grid and grid-connected areas in Seram Island, Maluku Province. NZMATES will focus on supporting the development of grid-connected and off-grid renewable energy projects, by partnering with PLN and EBTKE respectively. The five-year program is funded by the New Zealand Government and is implemented by Infratec in partnership with Mercy Corps Indonesia.

Deputy Program Manager NZMATES (Senior Management Role)

The Deputy Program Manager (DPM) will be based at Mercy Corps Indonesia’s office in Ambon and travel regularly to program locations in Seram. S/he will support the Program Manager with overall management and supervision. As such, s/he will be play a leadership role in: strategic planning, guiding implementation, budget management, monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), reporting, staff supervision, stakeholder engagement and coordination, and external communications. S/he will support the NZMATES team to ensure adherence to quality standards and compliance with donor regulations and reporting requirements. It is the intention for the DPM to transfer into the Program Manager role in the course of the program.

Qualifications:

· Master Degree in renewable energy technology, socio-economic development, or similar field;

· 3+ years’ experience in socio-economic development and/or renewable energy development programming;

· Experience working with international humanitarian or development organization (NGO or other);

· Extensive experience in project management: supervising staff and implementing partners, managing budgets, ensuring compliance with operational procedures and standards, planning, monitoring progress, reporting, etc;

· Thorough understanding of monitoring and evaluation (M&E);

· Strong communications skills and experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team;

· Ability to foster positive and effective working relationships with government, private sector, media and civil society actors;

· Fluency in English verbal and written communication is mandatory;

· Strong writing skills (in English), including demonstrated ability to write quality reports;

· Ability to take initiative, to anticipate and solve problems; meet deadlines, work under pressure, work independently on multiple tasks with limited supervision, work cooperatively with team members and partners;

· Ability to be flexible, open-minded and creative;

· Strong familiarity with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and internet.
Please send your CV together with form on this link with position applied on the email subject to hrd@id.mercycorps.org .
Vacancy will be closed 31 March 2018 and only short listed 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.