Jayapura – Papua, Indonesia
GENERAL INFORMATION
ADRA Indonesia is seeking an experienced candidate for Technical Assistance and Trainer for
Strengthening Faith-Based Humanitarian Organization on Preparedness and Emergency
Response Project in Papua (FBHO) as summarize below.
Title: Technical Assistance and Trainer
Duty Station: Jayapura – Papua, Indonesia
Report to: Project Manager
Coordinates with: MEAL Officer
Duration: September 2026 – January 2028 with possible extension
Closing date: September 15, 2026
BACKGROUND
Yayasan ADRA Indonesia is a humanitarian organization and belongs to the worldwide ADRA
network, comprising more than 120 supporting and implementing country offices. The mission
of ADRA is to serve humanity thus all may live as God intended 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 Indonesia is implementing a project to strengthen the capacity of faith-based
organizations (FBOs) and church networks to prepare for and respond to humanitarian
emergencies in Papua. The project builds on ADRA Indonesia’s experience responding to
conflict-related displacement in Papua and supporting provincial and district governments to
develop contingency plans for social and armed conflict.
The project will work with at least 5 faith-based and ecumenical actors and other relevant church
and humanitarian networks. Key interventions include developing and operationalizing
Emergency Management Plans (EMP), strengthening Emergency Response Teams (ERT),
improving humanitarian coordination, conducting training and simulations, strengthening
emergency financing mechanisms (Dana Siap Pakai), support the implementation of FBOs
humanitarian response aligned with humanitarian principles and International Humanitarian Law
(IHL).
FUNCTIONS OF ROLE
The Technical Officer will provide technical assistance, training, facilitation, and ongoing
coaching to FBO partners to strengthen their institutional preparedness for humanitarian
emergencies. The Technical Officer will work directly with each partner to assess existing
capacities, identify gaps, develop practical contingency and emergency management plans, establish activation procedures and response structures, and test these systems through
simulations.
The expected result is that participating FBOs have practical, organization-owned emergency
systems that can be activated when a crisis occurs, rather than contingency plans that exist only
as documents.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Organizational Emergency Capacity Assessment
– Assess the existing emergency preparedness and response capacity of participating FBOs.
– Map existing organizational structures, personnel, resources, decision-making processes,
communication systems, logistics capacity, and emergency financing mechanisms.
– Identify gaps that may delay or weaken humanitarian response. - Facilitate Organizational Contingency Planning
– Support each organization to identify priority hazards and emergency scenarios relevant
to its geographic and operational context.
– Provide technical guidance and facilitation to help each FBO develop or strengthen its
organizational contingency plan and Emergency Management Plan.
– Support participating organizations to translate their contingency plans into simple
operational tools. - Capacity Development
– Design and facilitate participatory training for FBO staff, church leaders, emergency
teams, and relevant volunteers.
– Provide regular coaching to each participating FBO, help partners complete and improve
their contingency plans.
– Support management and church leadership to formally endorse the plans and clarify
authority for emergency activation. - Simulation Exercises
– Design and facilitate simulation exercises to test whether the contingency plans can work
in practice.
– Facilitate an After-Action Review (AAR) following each simulation and support
partners to revise their plans based on identified weaknesses. - Coordination and Institutional Strengthening
– Support FBOs to clarify their roles within the wider humanitarian coordination system.
– Strengthen links with BPBD, local government, health and social services, church
networks, NGOs, and humanitarian actors where appropriate.
– Help prevent duplication among participating FBOs and ecumenical platforms.
– Facilitate peer learning and sharing of good practices between participating
organizations.
QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES REQUIRED
– Bachelor’s degree in Disaster Management, Humanitarian Studies, International
Development, Public Administration, Social Sciences, or another relevant discipline.
– Minimum 4 years of professional experience in disaster preparedness, humanitarian
response, contingency planning, disaster risk reduction, or related fields.
– Demonstrated practical experience developing or facilitating contingency plans,
Emergency Management Plans, emergency SOPs, or emergency response systems.
– Experience designing and delivering adult-learning or organizational capacity-building
programs.
– Strong facilitation and coaching skills and ability to prepare technical reports and training
materials.
– Good understanding of humanitarian principles, accountability, protection, safeguarding,
and conflict-sensitive programming.
Strongly Preferred
– Previous humanitarian or disaster preparedness experience in Papua and supporting
churches, faith-based organizations, local NGOs, or community organizations.
– Experience facilitating contingency planning with government institutions, BPBD,
NGOs, or humanitarian organizations.
– Experience designing and facilitating emergency simulation exercises.
– Knowledge of International Humanitarian Law and protection of civilians in conflict
settings, humanitarian coordination, emergency logistics, rapid needs assessment, or
information management.
– Understanding of Papua’s cultural, social, church, and conflict context.
Safeguarding and Humanitarian Commitment
ADRA Indonesia is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and maintaining a
working environment free from sexual exploitation, abuse, harassment, discrimination, and
fraud. All staff are required to comply with ADRA’s Code of Conduct, safeguarding
requirements, and humanitarian principles. ADRA Indonesia provides humanitarian assistance
based on need, without discrimination based on religion, ethnicity, gender, political affiliation, or
other status.
APPLICATION
Interested candidates should submit:
- Updated CV/resume;
- Cover letter explaining relevant experience and motivation;
- Contact details of professional references; and
- Expected salary.
Application deadline is September 15, 2026. 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: “FBHOs Technical Assistance & Trainer”