Post Title: Senior
Private Sector Engagement Officer

Post Level: Senior
Officer

Contract Duration: 12 months (possibility for extension)

Base of assignment: Jakarta

Report to: Program
Coordinator of American Red Cross

Organizational Context:

The American Red Cross (ARC) helps
vulnerable people around the world to prevent, prepare for and respond to
disasters, complex humanitarian emergencies and life-threatening health
conditions. It is a member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies (IFRC) and works closely with Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI).
Currently ARC supports programs in Aceh, Jakarta, West and Central Java, Bali
and NTB.  ARC works with the PMI focusing
on 2 program sectors: Disaster Management, and Organizational Development.

American
Red Cross is implementing wide range of disaster risk reduction and climate
change adaptation programs. A Greater Jakarta Program (GJP), an
integrated community based disaster risk reduction approach implemented within
Ciliwung river community. Another program in American Red Cross is coastal
resilience to strengthen community resilience in coastal area through mangrove
restoration and related livelihood generation in coastal area. Alike Regional
Hub and WASH Program, to strengthen PMI capacity in logistics and water and
sanitation in responding disaster and calamity. We believe that private sectors
have a potential role to reduce disaster risk and the impact of climate change.
Through volunteerism, it is expected that corporate employees are willing to
participate in the project as volunteer, example through river basin plantation
or during emergency situation. While through contribution, it is expected that
corporate sector can contribute their resources to increase community capacity in
disaster risk reduction. 

Therefore,
the American Red Cross is currently looking for a Senior Private Sector Engagement Officer to be based in Jakarta
office for one year (possibility for extension) with experience to work with
PMI and private sector including business association (AMCHAM, KADIN, APINDO,
etc.), and their members to assist increase and strengthen PMI’s volunteer
network and existing interface with the corporate sector and to increase community
capacity in disaster risk reduction. These volunteers are company employees,
who will be trained, oriented and inducted as Red Cross volunteers to assist in
disaster mitigation and response for their respective communities, and in the
areas they live and work. The Senior Private Sector Engagement Officer will
work directly with PMI and ARC on a broad range of Partnership, Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) activities and tasks, to achieve the above goal.

Duties
and Responsibilities:

The position reports directly to the

Program Coordinator of American Red Cross and has the following main responsibilities:

• To work closely with Program
  Coordinator, Project Managers and PMI representative for technical support
  project to identify potential and prospect activities to collaborate with
  private sector.
• With
  PMI to actively promote and orient companies and their staff to opportunities
  to take advantage of Red Cross training, including initial
  orientation/induction as volunteers and 
  related to other roles/responsibilities which volunteers carry out with
  the Red Cross (i.e. both disaster and non-disaster related)
• To support  a well-coordinated approach, with others, that
  facilitates technical capacities from the corporate sector to more formally and
  consistently participate with PMI through:

• Capacity building to PMI
  volunteers/staff to interface with corporate sectors (management and staff); to
  corporate employees regarding how PMI works/business operation system in
  regular non-emergency and in disaster response and recovery – depending on
  interest and needs. 
• Coordinate with other ARC program activities
  and managers to  identify opportunities
  to participate in ongoing PMI/ARC  activities at a professional level  as a volunteer resource (e.g. Regional Hub)

• To support management to evolve and develop, including documentation of process, materials, and approach etc.  of a professional level cadre of volunteers specifically from the corporate sector that can be scaled up with other red cross movements in Indonesia and / or in other countries in the South East Asia Region, most likely with IFRC involvement

Required
Qualifications: 

• Experience in Corporate Social
  Responsibility or Marketing and Communication.
• Experience in working
  with private sector, corporate networks, forums, business associations etc.
• Having an
  understanding of sustainable development/business preparedness within private
  sector.
• Experience in developing and carrying out
  training curriculum and/or a training program.
• Familiar with corporate sector and their
  interest in supporting humanitarian, volunteer and/or development processes
  and/or programs
• Good program management skills
• Experience in supporting/developing/managing
  public-private partnerships
• Good understanding of humanitarian, development
  issues and civil society

Preferred
Qualifications:

• Knowledge/experience of Indonesian Red
  Cross and/or Red Cross Movement.
• Experience in volunteer management
• Post graduate in social development,
  business administration, or other relevant study
• Understanding of human resource
  development – particularly related to working with PMI, consultants and others
  in adapting current volunteer curriculum related to orientation, disaster
  management and health approaches using corporate volunteers

Competencies:

• Excellent Communication Skills (both
  speaking and writing in Indonesian and English).
• Excellent in report writing skill (both
  speaking and writing in Indonesian and English) will be an advantage
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Innovative – ability to generate new
  ideas and propose new, more effective ways of doing things particularly related
  to CSR and public/private partnerships
• Good computer skills
• Public speaking

Application
procedures:

Please
submit your application and curriculum vitae in English
not later than March 30, 2017 to
recruitment@amredcross.org, placing the job title in the subject line and label your CV with your
name (CV max. 200KB size).  Only short listed candidates will be notified.
Applications
received after the deadline will not be considered.