Job Opportunities
Livestock Technician
General Information
ADRA Indonesia is seeking an experience candidate for Livestock Technician who led the implementation of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) of 3 years Livelihood and Food Security Enhancement (LEAF) project as summarize below.
Title: Duty Station: Report to: Coordinates with: Duration: Closing date: | Livestock Technician Palu and Sigi – Central Sulawesi, Indonesia Project Manager MEAL & GESI Officer March, 2023 – August, 2023, with possible extension 25 February 2023 |
Background
Yayasan ADRA Indonesia is humanitarian organization and belongs to the worldwide ADRA network, comprised of more than 120 supporting and implementing country offices. The mission of the agency is to serve humanity so all may live as God intended. ADRA Indonesia aims to build a positive working environment through Justice, Compassion and Love as its main values. ADRA Indonesia has been working in Indonesia since 1981 and registered as a local Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in 1991. ADRA’s five core sectors include livelihood, mother and child health, WASH and has more than 20 years of experience on disaster response across Indonesia.
The LEAF project intends to build on the foundation laid and progress made during REAF project (Recovery for Earthquake-Affected Farmers) implemented in 2019-2021. The previous REAF project helped 535 earthquake affected families to recover from the disaster impacts, they able to improve their food security through improved crop and livestock production and engagement in off-farm business opportunities. The LEAF project will provide further assistance to make a sustainable impact on food security, as COVID-19 pandemic and recurrent floods during the REAF project period constrained the participants’ ability to recover fully and sustain the progress made during the project period.
Therefore, agriculture or livestock-based livelihoods are the viable options for them. REAF project has already laid a ground and future project can capitalize on those experiences/learnings to enhance skills and knowledge of people. Corn has emerged as a major crop after the decline of rice. However, people are not getting much income from vegetable although it may have contributed greatly to meet nutritional needs. Similarly, cocoa rehabilitation work has started to pay back. If the approach of farmer field school that was started in REAF project is strengthened by further enhancing the capacity of lead farmers/facilitator (not only in technical skills but also to facilitate learning sessions with farmers), project can make a significant difference.
- Animal diseases and problem with feed/fodder were the major issues in livestock and people are not able to make much from livestock although more than 50% HHs are engaged in livestock rearing. Animal Health Workers developed in REAF project had limited skills to provide management advices and basic veterinary services. There is an opportunity to enhance their capacity by partnering with Department of Livestock. This could be complemented with the promotion of nutritious fodder/forage and local food preparation techniques in FFS. In order to reduce dependence on chemical fertilizers, promote sustainable agriculture and increase local food availability, the integration of livestock will be one of the important components in this project. Some farmer in Jonooge and Bangga have demonstrated that livestock not only provide food and income but also able to support agriculture by using livestock manure as organic fertilizer.
AHWs developed during the REAF project will be further screened based on their capacity and provided additional training to enhance their skills to work as local resource persons in animal management. The 6 days training package will be based on Heifer AHW training module. It will be discussed, revised if needed and endorsed by Department of Livestock and the district government. 20 (5 from each village) participants will be selected/re-selected in participatory approach through community engagement for this training. We expect that about 80% of these trained AHWs will be active to provide services.
6-days training will cover following topics:
- Nutritious fodder and forage for animal and ways to promote those species locally.
- Livestock cage/shed management
- Breed management including inbreeding control, handling the new born animals, handling abnormal births
- Identifying disease using the vital signs and how to use the tools
- Types of animal diseases commonly occur, common symptoms. Maior diseased, their prevention & treatment
- Internal and external parasites of animals and treatment methods
- Types of drugs for animal and how they work for sick animals, types of traditional plants for treatment and practice to making the traditional medicine.
- Proper recording system for herd management .
- AHW roles, principles and discussion the plan for sustainability of AHW services in the community
- Government policies which is relevant and will support the sustainability of AHW.
Similar to the FFS sessions in crops, AHWs will conduct FFS in livestock. About 20-25 persons will come together to learn on livestock management practices, adopting the principle of FFS. The project team will design and arrange the simple modules for AHWs, prepare the tools and equipment for the trainings, and provide assistance to AHWs to lead participatory discussions during training. Basic management of livestock management will be focused on goat and pig, and about 6 monthly FFS learning sessions will be organized on following topics.
- Discussion on existing livestock practices, constraints, plan and learning priorities
- Shed management. The AHWs will facilitate the participants to learn from existing shed management in their village, including the demonstration shed available from previous REAF project. Sharing experience, good practices and challenges from the farmers will enrich the training process and to find the cost effective, environmentally friendly and gender sensitive.
- Rearing practices: The training will help to achieve the objective by providing them more knowledge and practices on, such as morphology of goat/pig, feeding habit, parturition, maturity, kids rearing, maintaining environment etc. The training will be provided as per particular schedule depending upon the season.
- Breed management: The training will provide knowledge on, such as selection of female and male goat/pigs, breeding season, materials and technologies used, and lactation. A breeding buck for each group will also be supported for which the community will bear the cost of insurance, feed, shed and maintenance. Farmers will also be encouraged to share a part of the cost to acquire a breeding buck so that they develop ownership. Farmer groups will be facilitated to create rules and regulations to manage the breeding buck, including assigning a farmer to raise it, service charge, a benefit sharing mechanism, and a system of replacing buck to check inbreeding.
- Management of internal and external parasites in animals: Farmers will learn about the internal and external parasites and apply deworming and drenching on some animals and compare with control animal to experience the difference.
- Animal disease management: Farmers will learn about the common symptoms of diseases and prevention measures
At the end of FFS cycles, farmers will reflect the FFS learning and develop future plan. A total of 40 FFS learning cycles is planned in livestock, 8 in Yr 1, 16 in Yr 2 and 16 in Yr 3. The plan is to train all the 450 HHs engaged in livestock at least once during the project period.
Functions of role
The function of Livestock Technician is to increase adoption of good livestock management, enable farmers to make more from livestock. Train lead farmers to Animal Health Workers and provide good advisory and basic veterinary services to the communities. The Livestock Technician also responsible to promote fodder/forage in and help in rehabilitation of degraded land. S/he will work closely with AHWs to plan and organize L-FFS seasons for general farmer.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Coordinate with relevant government departments, university to provide relevant support in the effort to increase livestock population and livestock management in the targeted community.
- Assess the potential and select lead farmer, develop relevance training modules/materials/other IEC materials and provide technical training to Animal Health Workers (AHW), including to equip the AHWs with knowledge on adult learning and facilitation skills.
- Support AHWs to design and arrange the simple modules, prepare the tools and equipment and provide assistance to AHWs in delivering FFS on livestock for general farmers.
- Facilitating meetings and events for AHWs to capture lesson learned and the way forward to increase capacity of farmers in livestock management and integrated to sustainable agriculture.
- Providing assistance to AHWs in marketing their services to the broader community, strengthening their organization and access government support.
- Provide monthly report on the milestones covered and challenges encountered, including lessons learned
Qualifications and Competencies Required
- Minimum of bachelor degree in Livestock extension or agriculture extension or other relevant disciplines with at least 3 years’ experience in livestock or agriculture extension system
- Good experience in participatory techniques, FFS, coaching, networking, learning, alliance building, and team building.
- Experience in the FFS methodology training, knowledge of methodology and ability to transfer this knowledge to AHWs;
- Experience of trainings of trainers; participatory approach, interaction with participants, teach the experience about the FFs using examples, success and failure
Deadline to submit your application is with February 25, 2023. Only short listed of Applicants will be invited for interview.
Please submit your Application by email to: recruitment@adraindonesia.org and mark your e-mail subject: “Livestock Technician”
Finance Manager
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic and Planning
• Actively initiating in maintaining and building good and intense relationship with donors
• Developing long-term relationship with the supplier and vendors
• Conducting the review and updating finance policies and it’s compliance to AAL Accreditation
• Being involved in contribution toward any plan for a better strategy and planning
Treasury
• Responsible for the administration of the Agency’s project and administration bank accounts
• Ensure that bank reconciliation is prepared in a timely manner, and appropriate.
• Enforce the timely collection and payment of social security
• Understand and being familiar with timely payment dan tax (PPh 21, 23, etc.) reporting
• Involved in monitoring the bank balance to make sure of sufficient funds are available
Accounting
• Responsible for monthly financial statements and other financial reports as needed
• Supervising and keeping the accounting records current and auditable for Administration and Projects
• Ensure the completeness and accuracy of accounting records and books as soon as feasible
• Ensure that supporting documentation for all accounting transactions meet in the very least the minimum requirements of the agency and donors (compliance)
• Ensure that all changes in budgets are duly reflected in the agency’s accounting system.
• Ensure payroll obligations are in accordance with contracts
• Ensure compliance in year-end financial closure procedures
• Ensure adequate preparation for audit and involve in the improvement process
• Ensure that project and institution reconciliation is prepared in a timely manner, and appropriate
Budgets and Contracts
• Actively involved in collecting information from each department for budget preparation purpose
• Support in the administration budget management
• Must be familiar with all contracts/grants and their budget and donor requirements relating to finance
• Involved in reviewing the financial aspects of project proposal before submitting to prospective donors
• Actively take part in monitoring the administration budget and cash flow planning for projects
• Supporting Finance Director in project progress evaluation to align with project timeline
Authorization of Transactions
• Responsible for authorizing transactions as approved by the board/ADCOM
• Monitoring proper procedures for procurement process of goods and supplies needed and the accounting and the said transaction
• Close coordination and consultation with Finance Director on the project financial matters
• Backstop and support Finance Director in all financial and accounting transactions while she/he is away
Management
• Maintain and updates the assets register, include conducting the assets/stock-opname
• Ensure that the Agency’s assets management is accurate and current
• Responsible for the insurance update of assets and claims process
• Responsible for recommendation of assets disposal to Board/ADCOM/Country Director
Inter-department Network
• Work together with Human Resources Department in selecting, training/orientation and supervising of finance/administrative staff to comply with Finance Policies, Procedures and Procurement
• Review payroll calculation include the employee tax calculation
• As the part of the HR Committee and work together with Finance Director and Human Resources to conduct the performance review for the supervised finance staff
• Ensure that the documents are available for audit purpose
• Maintain policies and procedures related to personnel, transportation, travel, reimbursement, office equipment and communication, including compensation packages for national staff
• Assisting in logistic for Country Office and Project (at the initial stage) prior to handover to project logistician
Skill Qualifications and Requirements
Earn degree or Master Degree in finance, accounting, business studies or a related field. Obtained certifications in Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) certification, Certified Professional Treasury certification and Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certification and Public Taxation Certification.
Have 5 or more years’ previous working experience in another financial role, such as an Accountant or Financial Analyst. Good understanding of accounting concepts, financial reporting standards and best practices. He/she is also need to have experience with accounting software, statistical analysis tools and other industry-specific prediction applications. Experienced in advance to more senior roles, like that of a Chief Financial Officer.
He or She must have skills and industry knowledge to do their jobs effectively, which can include:
• Proven knowledge of financial analysis and strategy
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• In-depth knowledge of financial reporting standards, tax regulations and industry legislation
• Have the Analytical skills, Attention to detail, Interpersonal skills, Negotiation skills Supervisory skills
• Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
• To apply for this position, please send a cover letter and CV highlighting the subject with “FM” to recruitment@adraindonesia.org
• Closing date: 25 February 2023 17:00 PM
Salary and Compensation Evaluation
Request For Proposal
General Information
ADRA Indonesia is seeking services of an experienced to carry out the beach mark and salary review evaluation as summarize below.
Title: Duty Station: Responsible to: Coordinates with: Closing date: | Consultant for Salary and Compensations Evaluation and Review for ADRA Indonesia Jakarta Country Director & Finance Director HRD Manager, Country Director and Finance Director 20 October 2022 |
Background
ADRA Indonesia is a humanitarian organization founded by country-level administrative entities of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. ADRA Indonesia belongs to the worldwide ADRA network, comprised of more than 120 supporting and implementing country offices. The mission of ADRA is to serve humanity so all may live as God intended. As a foundation (Yayasan), ADRA Indonesia has a separate legal identity from the sponsoring organization and is governed by an independent board of directors. As Yayasan, we obtain the right to use the ADRA name and logo and to become a part of the ADRA Network through accreditation and licensing processes by ADRA International. All ADRA activities conducted within the assigned territory of this country office shall come under the authority of this country office and its board as defined in the licensing agreement with ADRA International. The country office may be a supporting or implementing office or a combination of both. Every country office must develop its own strategic plan that aligns with the ADRA Network strategic plan andis reviewed annually.
ADRA Indonesia pursue its goal through program or projects-based partnership with ADRA donor offices, Gov./INGOs, UNs, Private Sector and philanthropy. The goal for ‘greater wellbeing’ is achieved through integrated and complementary interventions that bring together education, health and sustainable livelihood. Emergency management is integral to ADRA’s work. Responding to need created by disaster and conflict across the country has always been a central part of ADRA’s mission. The emergency management cycle involves all aspects of disaster preparedness, response, recovery, rehabilitation, and mitigation. ADRA Indonesia can activate deliver its initial response using pre-approval funding from ADRA network and scale up in partnership with donors (INGOs, UNs and Private Sector).
Objectives
This evaluation is part of the program for social betterment, social accountability and social inquiry. Project final evaluation specifically aims:
- Review and analyze the current salary scheme in a competitive point of view from different NGO, from its planning based on project goal and outcomes with actual accomplishments, and examine the reason for such performance.
- Make observations and by obtaining the information and data on the salary benchmark and salary review best practices arising amongst the NGO institution.
- Examine effectiveness of the current Job Description and how the review and will be conducted to increase cognitive, competitive salary scale.
Conducting the Job analysis towards the current salary scale by considering the expertise as the main factor which affecting the decision of the salary scheme. - Examine and review the salary platform toward the more demanding factors, as well as the relevant system applied to decide the value of the salary toward the workloads.
- Examine and review each capacity to enhance the initiatives of having the right salary benchmark and salary scale toward the internal and external factors.
- Provide specific classification of employee’s information of each salary grade on the salary matrix.
- Determine the appropriateness of strategies and approaches used to achieve objectives.
Responsibilities
- Review and analyze the current salary scheme in a competitive point of view from different NGO, from its planning based on project goal and outcomes with actual accomplishments, and examine the reason for such performance.
- Make observations and by obtaining the information and data on the salary benchmark and salary review best practices arising amongst the NGO institution.
- Examine effectiveness of the current Job Description and how the review and will be conducted to increase cognitive, competitive salary scale.
- Conducting the Job analysis towards the current salary scale by considering the expertise as the main factor which affecting the decision of the salary scheme.
- Examine and review the salary platform toward the more demanding factors, as well as the relevant system applied to decide the value of the salary toward the workloads.
- Examine and review each capacity to enhance the initiatives of having the right salary benchmark and salary scale toward the internal and external factors.
- Provide specific classification of employee’s information of each salary grade on the salary matrix.
- Determine the appropriateness of strategies and approaches used to achieve objectives.
Qualifications Required
- Individual or organization who demonstrate a strong experience Human Resources and Finance impact evaluation
- Familiar with Salary Benchmarking, Salary Review and Governmental Constitution that govern the organizational Salary system that will contribute to Equality of Fairness.
- Familiar with qualitative impacts study regarding Job Analysis and Job Grading in relation with Wage Scale and Salary Structure.
- Having a previous experience conducting evaluation on Human Resources-Finance based related to salary management is an advantage.
- Full understanding of Job Evaluation and Salary Survey related to Knowledge, Experience and Competency.
Evaluation, Review Time Frame and outcomes
- We expect to have the competitive outcomes from the evaluation and review at the end of the month of November 2022.
- The outcomes of the evaluation and the review must be institutional-equality-based comparison without discarding other internal and external factors.
- During the evaluation and review, an open communication and discussion is advised to be conducted with other external resources.
Deadline to submit your full proposal is October 20, 2022. Only short listed of consultants/Firms are invited to present the proposal and the selected proposal will act as the agreement between parties as how to conduct the evaluation and review.
Please submit your Proposal by email to: hrd@adraindonesia.org and mark your e-mail subject as: “Consultant for Salary Bench-marking and Review”
Consultant for Salary and Compensations Evaluation and Review