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Senior Analyst - Lessons Learned Document, Jakarta, Indonesia

Senior Analyst - Lessons Learned Document
National Team for Accelerating Poverty Reduction (TNP2K)
Jakarta, Indonesia – Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade–Australian Aid funded Poverty Reduction Support Facility (PRSF)
PRSF is a joint facility between Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade–Australian Aid and the Government of Indonesia to improve the quality of policy advice for poverty programs in Indonesia.
GRM International is the Managing Contractor contracted by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade–Australian Aid to manage the implementation of PRSF.
We are currently looking for a Senior Analyst to prepare a paper on Indonesia's decentralisation process and its effects on poverty reduction.
Essential Criteria:
  • A Masters or PhD in economics, social science, or appropriate field.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in working on local governance and poverty reduction issues in Indonesia.
  • Experience in designing and carrying out research on various dimensions of local poverty in Indonesia.
  • Strong background in the field of economics and decentralisation in Indonesia.
  • Clear conceptual and strategic thinking - understanding the wider context of decentralisation and relations of national and subnational governments in ensuring a concerted effort on reducing poverty.
  • Basic knowledge of TNP2K operations and institutional mandates and policies, and good knowledge of poverty reduction in general.
  • Demonstrated excellent policy analysis skills.
  • Demonstrated planning and organizational skills, work to tight deadlines and handle multiple concurrent activities.
  • Proven track record of managing major studies and drafting reports.
  • Proven record of strong client relations, with ability to work in sensitive situations, and challenging policy environments, including in providing prompt and quality response to client requests.
  • Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills, including to effectively communicate internally / externally, share information with colleagues, clients and the management.
  • Proven excellent presentational and writing skills, including working with time constraints in the preparation of high quality documents.
  • Proactive, highly motivated and a self-starter. Proven record of strong performance working in teams (teamwork) as well as working independently / with minimum supervision.
  • Proven ability to prioritize and manage time efficiently as well as multitasking; including to meet tight deadlines as well as managing uncertainty and adjust to a changing work program.
  • Fluency in written and oral Bahasa Indonesia and in English.
Indonesian nationals are encouraged to apply.
Only applicants who meet the essential criteria will be considered for the role.
Click here to view the terms of reference and application with detailed information about the project.
Please indicate the position applied in the email subject, and submit CV and GRM Job Application form (accessible in the TOR) to:recruitment@prsf.or.id by the latest 6th June 2014.