THE POSITION: PROGRAM COORDINATOR – DG BRIDGE

The Roles and Responsibilities
- The Program Coordinator’s prime responsibility is to ensure that the program produces the results specified in the project document, to the required standard of quality and within the specified constraints. To achieve this, the Program Coordinator will work closely with the DG Team, AEC/DG BRIDGE Headquarter, steering committee members, and all related stakeholders to ensure quality of all substantive and strategic aspects of the program
- The Program Coordinator perform independently under broad direction of AEC Indonesia Country Director with the expectations that individuals, independently or as part of a team, will contribute to the attainment of AEC Indonesia goals and objectives
- Responsible for day-to-day management and decision-making for the program, leads the DG BRIDGE Team and manages the facilitators
- Leads the process of developing work and budget plans
- Build and maintain close cooperative relationship with relevant stakeholders and partners
- Achieves operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans andreviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing activities in an accountable and manner;resolving problems; timely reporting and preparation; maintaining communication with all stakeholders
- Meets financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing activity budgets; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions; financial reporting

The Selection Criteria
Essential Criteria:
- Possessing sound knowledge of democracy and civic education in Indonesia
- Demonstrated skills in Developing Budgets, Coaching, Supervision, Staffing, Project Management,
Management Proficiency, Process Improvement, Tracking Budget Expenses, Self-Development, Planning,
Performance Management
- Good networking skills and able to maintain good terms with stakeholders ranging from national and localgovernment officials, donors, non-government organizations, civil society organizations, youth groups,academics, mass-based and religious groups, and others
- Understanding and applying of fundamental concepts and principles of a professional discipline or
technical specialty relating to the position, communicates effectively, manages conflict, promoting
organizational learning and knowledge sharing
- Demonstrated ability to work well within a team environment
- Experienced as facilitators, facilitating discussions and meetings with various stakeholders
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Bahasa Indonesia, including the ability toclearly and concisely communicate complex concepts to a general audience
- Good understanding of monitoring and evaluation systems in development programs
- Previous experience with development and strategic/policy issues in Indonesia
Desirable Criteria:
- A postgraduate degree in a relevant field
- Experience working in an international development context or a research organization
- Experience working as facilitators, facilitating discussions and meetings with various stakeholders

HOW TO APPLY
Submit Job Application by Midnight, Sunday, 16 October 2011. Your application for the job should include your Resume or CV. You should email the document to [email protected]. Please include Program Coordinator – DG BRIDGE in the email subject field.

If you are short listed, AEC will contact you and provide you with full information on what date and where you need to attend and interview. Due to the volume of applications normally received, AEC des not notify applicants who have not been shortlisted or respond to any correspondent enquiring about it.

AEC will only process the applications that are sent through [email protected].