Project Coordinator - ConnectEd

ConnectEd Indonesia World Education, Inc.

Position Title: ConnectEd Coordinator

Job Description

Program Summary
World Education, Inc. and Alcatel-Lucent, through its Alcatel-Lucent Foundation, have forged a partnership to implement ConnectEd, a US$6 million global initiative to provide educational and digital skills training opportunities for children and adolescents in disadvantaged areas across six countries. This initiative will serve approximately 9,000 young people from disadvantaged communities over three years.
Some 70 percent of these young people will be girls and young women. The program started in April 2011. From Year Two (starting April 1 2012) implementing countries will be Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, India and Indonesia.

Indonesia is a new country for the ConnectEd program and as yet, an implementing partner NGO has not yet been chosen. It is envisaged that the partner will be chosen and activities will commence by July 2012 at the latest with an April 1, 2012 start date likely. World Education Indonesia will oversee all ConnectEd activities in country and will report directly to World Education’s ConnectEd Director. The
engagement of Alcatel-Lucent employees in implementing the program is a crucial element of ConnectEd globally and will similarly be a major focus of the program in Indonesia.

Position Summary
The ConnectEd Coordinator will be responsible for overseeing all aspects related to the ConnectEd program in Indonesia. She/he will ensure that the program design is in alignment with the Alcatel-Lucent
Foundation’s requirements; that an appropriate NGO is selected; and, that it is adequately supported and overseen throughout the life of the program. She/he is responsible for ensuring that implementation
meets its targets and is of a high quality, that the work plan is carried out in a timely manner, that Alcatel-Lucent employees are actively involved in program implementation through volunteering, the
program maintains high visibility and that budgetary and financial management is appropriately carried out. She/he will be expected to report to and coordinate with the ConnectEd central team in World
Education’s headquarters’ office in Boston, MA, USA. She/he is expected to develop and maintain a close working relationship with the Alcatel-Lucent Indonesia office to ensure their full engagement in the
program.

Duties and Responsibilities

Work closely with supervisors and World Education’s central ConnectEd team to:
• Identify most suitable partner NGO
• Design program that is in line with ConnectEd focus areas and requirements
• Establish a sub-grant agreement with the selected partner that lays out expected deliverables, outcomes, work-plan and time frame, budget, and compliance requirements.
• Develop a detailed monitoring and evaluation plan for the program
• Establish a relationship with the key contact person from Alcatel-Lucent Indonesia, and work with this person to develop a catalog of volunteering opportunities in ConnectEd for Alcatel-Lucent employees

Throughout the life of the program:
• Provide oversight to ensure the effective implementation of activities by the NGO partner to achieve stated goals and objectives, within budget parameters and according to the timebound work plan.
• Make regular site visits to monitor implementation of activities by NGO partner
• Continue to coordinate closely with the Alcatel-Lucent contact person and assist in carrying out Alcatel-Lucent volunteer recruitment, planning activities, ensuring they are carried out,
tracking volunteer activities, publicizing events that have occurred and responding to any issues relating to employee engagement in a timely manner
• Ensure the partner NGO is collecting required monitoring and evaluation data and that it is of good quality
• Provide reports to the central ConnectEd team as requested (both through a reporting matrix template that will be provided, as well through regular email updates as directed, and scheduled twice-monthly
phone calls with the ConnectEd central team)
• Represent the program to donors, authorities, local partners, and other stakeholders.
• Foster relationships with local authorities and other stakeholders to ensure program buy-in.
• etc

Qualifications and Requirements:
• Be fluent in written and spoken English. (This is crucial to success in the position).
• Hold a university degree.
• Have a minimum of 7 years experience with 3 - 5 years experience in project coordination, project management, or communications/ public relations in the non profit sector.
• Excellent communication skills – report writing, networking – and computer skills.
• Have the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Possess a strong attention to detail, good organizational and coordination skills.

Application Instructions:
Interested applicants, please submit cover letter and vita by email to
Handoko Widagdo, Acting Country Director, World Education Indonesia
(handokowidagdo@ indo.net. id). Files must be either in Microsoft Word
or PDF format, and must be named with the applicant’s last name,
followed by first name, then either “Vita” or “Cover Letter.” (Ex:
Widagdo_Handoko_ Vita.doc; Widagdo_Handoko_ Cover Letter.pdf).

Application Deadline: February 24, 2012

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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EXPERT AT TANOTO FOUNDATION

Tanoto Foundation (www.tanotofoundati on.org) is a not-for-profit foundation which strives to be a center of excellence for facilitating and improving access to quality education and to empowerment opportunities that contribute to poverty reduction.
The Foundation currently runs a number of philanthropic programs in Indonesia ranging from scholarship, teachers training, school improvement programs,
research support, to small business development. In addition, the Foundation also works with its corporate partners to design quality community development and CSR programs.

Tanoto Foundation is currently looking for Early Childhood Education Expert to be based in Jakarta, with travels of up to 50% to semi-remote parts of Riau, Jambi and North Sumatera. The Expert will be directly in charge of quality and standard improvement of kindergartens, early childhood programs, child centers and daycares (to be loosely referred to as early childhood establishments or the establishments).
While the quality and standard improvement program will target company-owned early
childhood establishments, portions of the program will also need to be applicable for other public- or community-owned early childhood establishments in the surrounding areas.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Early Childhood Education Expert is a mid-level management staff who will oversee the governance, management, quality and standard improvement of private kindergarten schools, early childhood programs, child centers and daycares in North Sumatra, Riau and Jambi. The position will create education baseline profile and provide recommendations for developing standards and quality improvements of the early-childhood establishments, and propose and lead professional development trainings to improve the capacities of the establishments.
Along with Tanoto Foundation in-house Education Experts, the position will facilitate the establishments on development of school management, teaching methods, educational system, accountabilities and improve the involvement of parents and communities in the governance and management of the establishments. The position will also contribute to the on-going Tanoto Foundation's Pelita Pendidikan (Quality School Improvement)Program that target teachers and principals in under-resourced public-or community-owned kindergartens and other early childhood programs in remote parts of the three provinces. The position will develop and lead trainings in early-childhood education and student-centered learning methods for adult learners.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

* Conduct research and benchmark on best practices in early-childhood establishments, particularly those run privately or independently.

* Develop baseline data of the company-owned kindergartens and primary schools in regards to their educational standards, teaching practices, and human resource capacity.

* With the collaboration of principals and teachers and under supervision and support from the Program Director and other in-house Education Experts, develop proposals to set the vision and mission of the establishments, to improve the educational and management systems and standards of the schools and programs, and to develop the capacities of the human capitals.

* Oversee, facilitate and support schools in the implementation of improvements of educational and management systems and standards of the establishments and improvement programs.

* Propose, develop, lead and run trainings on early childhood development and approaches to child-centered early-childhood education for teachers, principals and parents.

* Prepare proposals, detailed work plans, timelines and budgets for the improvement programs.

* Ensure achievement of program objectives and effective reporting in accordance with Tanoto Foundation's requirements, policies and procedures.

* Manage relationships and communications:

o Coordinate and collaborate with staff members of the companies assigned to oversee the schools.

o Ensure effective communication between the schools, the school committees and the school boards.

o Build beneficial relationships with Dinas Pendidikan and other educational agencies as necessary.

o Communicate issues with Program Director in a timely manner.

* As assigned by Program Director, contribute to capacity building components on early childhood education for Tanoto Foundation's Pelita Pendidikan, a quality improvement program for under-resourced schools in remote parts of North Sumatera, Riau and Jambi.

* Other duties as reasonably assigned by the Tanoto Foundation's Board of Management.

QUALIFICATIONS:

* University degree or extensive trainings in early-childhood education. Master's degree preferable.

* Demonstrated leadership skills in capacity building and quality improvement of schools.

* Demonstrated skills in developing training modules for teachers, principals and parents and strong facilitation experience

* Demonstrated skills in proposal development and partnership relations.

* Excellent communication skills, including written and spoken Bahasa and passive English.

Applications should be sent via email to: karir@tanotofoundateion.org
with subject "ECE Expert - [name of applicant]". Deadline for application is 15 March 2011.

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Whole School Development Adviser at Cardno Acil - BEP

The concept for Whole District Development (WDD) is based on the rationale that under the decentralized system of basic education each district has a fundamental responsibility to ensure that all schools are at the appropriate standards. The standards proposed under the BSNP and the requirements of the Teacher law can, therefore, provide an organizing framework for long and short-term planning, prioritization and budgeting that include all key educational elements including the supply of qualified teachers and other personnel, infrastructure improvement and management, teaching and learning materials and equipment, and financial resources.

Similarly, at the school level, each School Director and School Committee is responsible for ensuring that quality standards are met, especially in relation to facilities and equipment, teacher competencies and performance, finance and management. These are keys to successful short and long-term planning at the school level and for appropriate planning at the district level. Whole School Development (WSD) focuses on effective school planning and monitoring to ensure that achievement of standards on a priority basis.


WSD and WDD together are the cornerstones of comprehensive, holistic and sustainable development and improvement of education across the districts and provinces.

The BEP (Basic Education Program) aims to support enhanced capacity at district and school level to support the development and implementation of WSD and WDD. In June 2006, the School Directors and School Committees of all new BEP funded junior secondary schools will participate in initial workshops and training to build capacity for school-based management, including asset management and maintenance. This initial program will be supplemented by follow-up programs on a regular basis. Similar programs will be provided to all new BEP funded schools as they come on stream in 2008 and 2009.

At the district level, it is proposed to engage all districts in those provinces where BEP is supporting new school construction in a program to build understanding of their needs and how these needs might be met through a WDD approach. On a demand basis, customized programs will begin later in 2007 to build capacity at district level to undertake the comprehensive planning that is required for holistic development.

International and National advisers with experience in educational development and in planning at both the micro level of the school and the macro level of district or region are required to work alongside MoNE and MoRA counterparts and representatives of schools, districts and provinces to plan these WSD and WDD initiatives.


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*Title of Position:*

Whole School Development Adviser – National post**

*Duration and Timing of Inputs: *

To April 2009 with the possibility of extension for a second year or part thereof.

*Location:*

Jakarta with extensive travel throughout Indonesia.

*Qualifications/ Experience: *

Relevant postgraduate qualifications in education with extensive senior expertise and experience in education planning and management and implementing quality education standards for teachers, head teachers and school systems, at both primary and secondary levels in Indonesia.

English language speaking and writing skills are essential.

*Responsibilities: *

Reporting to the International Adviser Whole School and Whole District Development the Senior Quality Assurance Systems Adviser in support of counterparts in MoNE, MoRA, schools, districts and provinces, and with other team members and possibly sub-contractors, (s)he will:

· Ensure that all new BEP schools are provided with customized programs in school-based management, including strategic planning, planning for BSNP standards, asset management and maintenance, etc.

· Provide ongoing support to schools as they prepare initial plans for 2007-2008 and 2008-2009.

· Develop programs for strengthening the capacity of schools and districts to undertake comprehensive planning against BSNP standards and support the implementation of those capacity building plans on a short, medium and long-term basis.

· Support a demand-based pilot program in BEP districts focused on the preparation of short and long term plans for educational development and improvement against BSNP standards and GoI (MoNE and MoRA) policies.

· Support the preparation of short and long-term budgets to finance these development plans.

· Contribute to seminars, workshops, field trips, capacity building, training, activity planning, and other activities as may be requested by the BEP Team Leader.

· Undertake and complete such other tasks and reports as may be required by the BEP General Manager, the BEP Lead Technical Adviser, the Senior Quality Assurance Systems Adviser and the International Adviser Whole School and Whole District Development.

*Key Deliverables: *

· Planning documents, including capacity building and training
plans and proposals.

· School Plans and District Plans for 2007-8 and 2008-9.

· Monitoring and other reports.

· Plans and recommendations for follow-up initiatives and support and for the extension of the initiative to non BEP districts and regions and nationally.

· Other reports and activities that may be required by the BEP.

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Please send your latest CV and Application Letter to:
hr.dept@mcpm- aibep.or. id

Put the subject line of your email with the Job Title. Application should be sent to the above address no later than 6 February 2009

You can also visit our website: www.mcpm-aibep. or.id


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Giovano Kundono
Cardno Acil Pty Ltd
Representative Office, Indonesia
Menara Ravindo 11th Floor
Jl. Kebon Sirih Kav 75 Jakarta 10340
Phone: +62 21 3983 1811
Fax: +62 21 3983 1812
Mobile: +62 818 0270 7672
Email: giovanoku@gmail. com
Web: http://www.cardnoac il.com

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Programme Assistant - Trauma Counseling

Education International is the worlds' largest Teacher Organization is
looking for applicants to fill the following vacancies in its office
in Banda Aceh.

Project Assistant for Trauma Counseling (Temporary)

1. Able to carry out trauma counseling programmes for elementary
school pupils

2. Organizing Trauma Counseling Courses for teachers.

3. Minimum 3 years experiences in similar field.

4. Based in Banda aceh but the programme is in NAD

5. Female, age between 25 - 35

Only short – listed candidates will be called for an interview.

Applicants interested in the above positions are to send in their CV
and expected salary to reach the email address below.

Education International
Aceh Project Office
Jl. P. Nyak Makam No. 20
Lampineung
Banda Aceh 23125 Indonesia
Email: eiap_aceh@yahoo. com

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