The Government of Indonesia (GoI) is committed to accelerating the pace of poverty reduction and the President of Indonesia has declared that poverty reduction is among the highest development priorities of his administration. This commitment is reflected in Indonesia’s national medium-term development plan (Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Menengah Nasional, RPJMN, 2015-2019), as poverty rate is set to decrease from 11.25% in 2014 to 7-8% by 2019. Indonesia’s achievement to reduce poverty has been significant, as poverty rate since 1998 to date steadily decreases. However, more than 28.3 million Indonesians continue to live below the poverty line, while 30% of the population within 12.5% of the poverty line remain vulnerable to falling back into poverty. In a bid to intensify the poverty reduction effort, GoI has elevated the overall oversight and coordination of poverty and social protection programs to be under the Vice-President’s Office. Through Presidential Regulation No. 15/2010, the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (Tim Nasional Percepatan Penanggulangan Kemiskinan, TNP2K) was founded and given the mandate to carry out those oversight and coordination roles.

TNP2K - KIAT Guru Project
To improve frontline service delivery in education sector, starting in 2014, the National Team for Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K), under the Secretariat of the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia has been implementing a pilot project to improve teacher performance and accountability of teachers (KIAT Guru: Kinerja dan Akuntabilitas Guru). The primary objective of KIAT Guru is to empower communities to make investments that contribute to improvements in the quality of primary education service delivery, measured in terms of reduced levels of teacher absenteeism, improved quality of service, and improved levels of student learning outcomes.

BaKTI Foundation
The KIAT Guru Project is supported by the Government of Australia - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and its financing is provided through the PNPM Support Facility (PSF) multi-donor trust fund managed by the World Bank. The Social Development Unit at the World Bank is responsible for the program governance in support to TNP2K, and therefore has appointed Bursa Pengetahuan Kawasan Timur Indonesia (BaKTI) Foundation as the Grant Recipient to provide management, operational, and fiduciary oversights for technical assistance and activities implementation at national and sub-national levels. The post is a part of KIAT Guru Program Office at TNP2K, which responsible for managing program activities implementation and operations support.

Purpose of Job
The purpose of the Local Governance Specialist post is primarily to develop engagement mechanism, regulations, managerial and mechanism for local governments that implement KIAT Guru pilot project and to maintain the establishment and implementation of local governance that support the implementation of KIAT Guru pilot project.

Responsibilities
The Local Governance Specialist will be responsible to deliver following services:

1. Engage with local governments who are interested in piloting experiment in tying allowance with performance and community participation in increasing service delivery in their districts to identify: (a) key counterparts in various local government institutions, and (b) management and mechanisms that would support the implementation of the KIAT Guru Pilot Project.
2. In close collaboration with the Technical Team, Public Finance Management Specialist, as well as Legal and Governance Specialist develop regulations, governmental, managerial and mechanisms to implement KIAT Guru pilot project in districts. 
3. Support collaboration between stakeholders in district level in implementing KIAT Guru pilot project by inter alia transferring knowledge and skills of governance and advocacy to the KIAT Guru field team and local government. 
4. Advise KIAT Guru field team and district government to ensure quality implementation of KIAT Guru pilot project. 
5. Analyze, write reports findings and recommendations of KIAT Guru pilot project especially in local governance experimentation to reform government policy in tying allowance with performance that involve community participation.

Duty Station :

KIAT Guru National Office, Jakarta; with frequent travel to KIAT Guru pilot’s fields

Type of Contract :

Individual Consultant Expected Duration of Assignment : Initial contract 1 year; extendable based on performance, budget and organizational needs.

Coordination
The Local Governance Specialist will work under technical supervision of the Program Coordinator-Technical of KIAT Guru.

Education:
1. Minimum Bachelor degree in Public Policy, Social and Development
Studies or similar discipline

Work experience:
1. A minimum of 5 (five) years of experience in local governance sector, community development program, preferably in rural / remote area and in education sector, with a minimum of 5 years of experience working with the district government, preferably in education sector.
2. Proven experience and knowledge of local governance, especially relating to education and health sectors.
3. Strong knowledge and skills in advocating service provision accountability/transparency and community engagement.

Detailed information about our program is available at www.tnp2k.go.id. Please submit CV to:  personnelKG@tnp2k.go.id no later than 19 August 2016. E-mail size must not be more than 250 kb. Please indicate in the e-mail subject : “……..(name of position)…….-…(your name)…..”.