Emergency Response Area Representative

Aceh (1), North Sumatera(1), West Sumatera (1)

BACKGROUND
Yayasan ADRA Indonesia is an Agency of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The mission of the
agency is to serve humanity so all may live as God intended. ADRA Indonesia belongs to the
worldwide ADRA network, comprised of more than 120 supporting and implementing country
offices.
ADRA has more than 20 years of experience on emergency response throughout Indonesia. ADRA
Indonesia has activated National Emergency Management and Plan to provide emergency
response to the most affected families. The goal of emergency intervention is to protect lives,
reduce suffering and increase coping capacity of populations during acute emergency phase
following Cyclone Senyar disaster.

FUNCTIONS OF ROLE
The Area Representative (AR) serves as the organization’s lead focal point in their assigned
province, supporting coordination, assessment, response implementation, and reporting. The ER
Area Representative ensures effective engagement with government, cluster mechanisms, increase
capacity of local partners, and affected communities to facilitate timely and accountable
humanitarian interventions.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The ER Area Representative will work under the supervision and to support Emergency Response
Coordinator to deliver quality project outputs that contribute to protect lives, reduce suffering and
increase coping capacity of populations during emergency phase. The Area Representative is
required to undertake the following tasks:

1. Represent the organization in coordination meetings, liaise and maintain strong relationships
   with government authorities, NGOs, and local partners.
2. Provide real-time updates from the field to the national Emergency Response Team (ERT) and
   support alignment of organizational response activities with relevant stakeholders.
3. Organize and manage program team to deliver humanitarian intervention that meet minimum
   humanitarian standards and ensure the humanitarian operation adhere humanitarian core
   principles
4. Identify operational needs, set priorities and communicate this to the emergency response
   coordinator.
5. Support ERT to develop plans and strategies for transition to early recovery, rehabilitation and
   reconstruction.
6. Monitor emergency response and adapt approach as required, including analyse their
   fulfilment of project design, following donors’ and partners’ procedures and guidelines
7. Ensure affected communities receive clear information on available services and distribution
   schedules. Facilitate complaint-handling mechanisms in coordination with MEAL staff and
   uphold safeguarding policies and report any concerns immediately
8. Ensure staff, volunteers, and partners comply with safety procedures during field missions and
   coordinate movement tracking and communication protocols.
9. Provide regular reports, including quality and timely final report to ERC as required.

QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

• A bachelor or master degree in political or social science, management and development
  related field with minimum 5 (five) years of experience in humanitarian sector.
• Sound knowledge and exposure to a wide range of disaster response or response to
  humanitarian crisis in Indonesia or managing disaster risk management related projects
• Strong understanding of government emergency structures and coordination mechanisms with
  demonstrated skills to establish and maintain contacts with government senior officials for
  effective advocacy and influence policy makers
• Demonstrate good knowledge of humanitarian principles and standards, including
  architecture of emergency response in Indonesia
• Solid knowledge and experience in project management and financial resources management
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability and
  ability to work under pressure in dynamic, high-stress emergency conditions

Deadline to submit your application is Tuesday, December 16th, 2025. Only short listed of
Applicants will be invited for interview.
Please submit your Application (cover letter and latest CV) by email to:
recruitment@adraindonesia.org and mark your e-mail subject: “Area Coordinator ER”