Legal Expert

SENADA, a USAID financed Indonesian Competitiveness Project is looking for
a qualified and motivated individual to join our team as the Legal Expert
(Code: LE) based in Jakarta. SENADA is a four year, USAID financed project
whose goal is to increase Indonesia´s economic growth and employment by
improving the competitiveness of selected light manufacturing industry.

As a Legal Expert, your primary responsibilities will be to:
Conduct analyses of laws and regulations affecting Indonesia´s business
climate in areas including but not limited to labor, competition, customs,
tax, finance, decentralization and technology.

In collaboration with SENADA managers and other stakeholders, develop and
prioritize recommendations to improve the regulatory environment for
business.
Develop and draft legislation and regulation reforms in the above areas
with the objective of facilitating market development and, more generally,
of improving the business enabling environment; to achieve this, the Legal
Expert will identify additional legal and economic expertise required.
Develop and implement legal and regulatory advocacy initiatives with
stakeholders, other donors and government institutions.
Develop, together with SENADA Communications Manager and stakeholders,
initiatives to raise awareness about legal and regulatory policy
constraints.
Provide legal research and advisory services to SENADA management and to
SENADA counterparts.
Strengthen counterpart organizations´ capacity through training and other
initiatives.

To qualify, candidates should have the following qualifications:
Law degree required (essential); economics or business degree desirable.
Minimum 3 years professional experience for those with Masters Degree, or
5 years for Bachelors Degree.
Working knowledge of Indonesian commercial law as well as other
legislation relevant to the business enabling environment (essential).
Experienced in carrying out research and analysis of Indonesian economic
laws and regulations (essential)
Proven experience in presenting and advocating legislative and regulatory
reform to business and government leaders (desirable).
Strong understanding of economics and finance (desirable)

If you meet the criteria above, please send your CV and three professional
references via email to SENADA@dai.com (include the position code in the
subject of the email) or fax to 021-579-32578 by November 25, 2007.