Forestry Management Specialist

Job Description

Overview

DevTech is currently managing USAID/Indonesia’s Economic Growth Support Activity (EGSA). EGSA’s objective is to assist USAID/Indonesia in strengthening its relationship with the Government of Indonesia (GOI) to support future collaborations. It includes activities on improving the business enabling environment (BEE) for foreign and domestic businesses, supporting USAID/Indonesia with rapid assessments, and providing on-demand support to USAID/Indonesia, GOI, private sector entities, and businesses, including micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), to support creating enabling conditions for businesses.

USAID/Indonesia has supported GOI in relocating the state capital from Jakarta to Nusantara Capital City (Ibu Kota Nusantara or IKN) in East Kalimantan. Since July 2022, USAID, through EGSA, has been assisting GOI’s Nusantara Capital City Authority (NCCA) in establishing a Project Management Office (PMO) within NCCA’s Transitional Team, followed by providing experts to the Deputy of Green and Digital Transformation. In late 2023, EGSA is tasked to provide two experts to the office of Deputy for Environment and Natural Resources in NCCA.

Responsibilities

Services Provided

The specialist will support the Director for Forestry Development and Water Resources to identify environmental issues, particularly in forestry management, including potential impacts and mitigation strategies, as well as the financial opportunity/investment leading to sustainable forest management in Nusantara Capital City.

The coordinator’s tasks will include but not be limited to the following:

1. Forest management and planning-related policy documents drafting:

• Supporting and maintaining coordination with external parties appointed for policy document drafting to ensure the quality of the output in the targeted timeline;
• Assisting to provide strategic inputs and key data collection and analysis for the policy document draft;
• Supporting the coordination with other departments within the NCCA related to various aspects of the documents;
• Preparing coordination meetings, workshops, focus group discussions, bilateral meetings, or other series of activities in the context of preparing documents;
• Providing brief notes, presentation materials, minutes of meetings, and other required materials for the Director/Deputy level;
• Monitoring progress and preparing weekly/monthly progress reports;

1. Management of day-to-day issues related to forest management and planning:

• Providing day-to-day support to the NCCA team in identifying environmental issues, particularly in the context of forestry management, including potential impacts and mitigation strategies as well as the financial opportunity/investment;
• Assisting spatial key data collection and analysis related to forestry management and issues faced in the field;
• Coordinating closely with stakeholders in the field to monitor the issues’ development and resolution progress;
• Accompanying NCCA on-site visits, meetings, and workshops, including preparing site visits, meeting presentation materials, and reports;
• Monitoring and providing updates/progress reports regularly to the Director/Deputy regarding the issues;

1. Monitoring and Evaluation

• Preparing coordination meetings with Ministries/agencies, local government, private institutions, and other stakeholders to monitor and identify the progress of activities conducted within the Nusantara Capital City area related to forestry management;
• Preparing matrix to identify the preparedness and progress of activities that need to be implemented as stipulated in the Nusantara Capital City Master Plan;
• Providing quarterly monitoring and evaluation reports;

1. Undertaking other tasks as requested by the Director for Forestry Development and Water Resources.

Scope of Work

This scope of work is defined for the recruitment of a Forestry Management Specialist for the deputy office. The specialist is responsible for contributing to the development of documents to ensure sustainable forest management and land rehabilitation efforts in Nusantara Capital City by identifying environmental issues, particularly in the context of forestry management, including potential impacts and mitigation strategies.

The specialist will work under the supervision of the Director for Forestry Development and Water Resources under the office of the Deputy for Environment and Natural Resources in NCCA.

Requirements

• Professional and expert knowledge of forest management, rehabilitation, reforestation, and carbon financing.
• Experienced working on forest management leading to sustainable forest.
• Established a professional network with government stakeholders related to forest management and rehabilitation.
• Familiarity with IKN projects, structure, and key stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Forestry Development, Forestry Management, Environmental Science, or other relevant fields;
• At least 7 years of experience in the field of forestry management and rehabilitation.

• Experience working with the Government of Indonesia, local government, and donors/international organizations;
• Skill in operating ArcGIS/QGIS software for data processing and analysis;
• Skill in collecting, processing, and analyzing spatial and/or non-spatial data quantitatively and qualitatively;
• Good understanding of forest management/development issues in Indonesia, Nusantara Capital City development projects (including structure and key stakeholders), forest carbon finance and other types of forest investment and finance;
• Fluent in speaking and writing English and Bahasa Indonesia;
• Able to work both in a team and independently with minimum supervision;
• Able to understand and interpret technical standards, documents, and procedures into policy recommendations;
• Experience communicating complex analyses and information to senior management;
• Able to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders;
• Able to work as part of a team with flexibility and deliver results under time pressure;

• Experience in public policy drafting is desirable.

Deliverables, Level of Effort, Schedule

Tasks, Deliverables, Level of Efforts (LOE)

No.

Tasks

Deliverables

Estimated LOEs (day)

Tentative due date

1

Develop a work plan and timeline for conducting tasks in IKN

Workplan and timeline until the end of 2024

5

March 31, 2023

2

Forest management and planning-related policy documents drafting

· Reports/Minutes of Meetings from coordination meetings, workshops, focus group discussions, bilateral meetings, or other series of activities;

· Inputs for policy documents related to forestry management and planning;

· Brief notes, presentation materials, minutes of meetings, and other required materials for the Director/Deputy level;

· Draft policy on forestry management and planning

· Weekly/Monthly progress report

70

· End of each month (starting from February 2024); and/or

· Any requested time

3

Management of day-to-day issues related to forest management and planning

Reports of:

· Issues identification;

· Spatial key data collection and analysis;

· Problem identification, mitigation plan, and resolution progress

70

· End of each month, as part of the monthly report; and/or

· Any requested time

4

Monitoring and evaluation

· Matrix of activities planned and implementation status by stakeholders;

· Quarterly monitoring and evaluation report

30

· End of March 2024

· End of June 2024

· End of September 2024

5

Prepare monthly report on:

· Progress of activities

· Achievement of targets

· Identified problems, mitigation plan, and/or progress in addressing problems

Monthly progress report for EGSA

5

End of each month as part of the monthly report and invoice submission to EGSA

TOTAL

180

About the Organization

DevTech Systems, Inc. (DevTech) is an international consulting firm dedicated to development, with 39 years of experience providing advisory services and technical assistance to government, private sector, and civil society stakeholders in more than 100 countries. DevTech core practice areas include: Monitoring Evaluation, Research and Learning; Data Solutions; Public Financial Management and Fiscal Sustainability; and Education, Gender, and Youth.

At DevTech, we care deeply about doing work that leads to positive change in the world. We value diverse perspectives and are committed to an inclusive work environment. We encourage each person to learn, develop, and meet their professional potential. We rethink and evolve how we do things to grow and improve our company