VECO Indonesia - Advocacy Officer

PT Veco Indonesia
Advertised: 1-7-08 | ReAlerted: 16-7-08 | Closing Date: 30-7-08

Advocacy Officer
(Bali - Denpasar)

Responsibilities:

* Responsible for planning, implementing and further development of the VECO-Indonesia advocacy programme at national level


* Specific Responsibilities

o Represent VECO at the national level in Jakarta
o Facilitate dialogue on Sustainable Agricultural Chain Development among strategic partners in Jakarta
o Facilitate network building at the national and international level
o Prepare program activities and office operations and implement accordingly for the Jakarta based office
o Support capacity building of relevant partners at the national level
o Monitor and evaluate activities according to VECO Indonesia’s Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning framework
o Contribute to reports, publications and PR materials on request
o Coordinate with the Programme Manager and Advocacy Coordinator in the Country Office of VECO-Indonesia

Requirements:

* At least 5 years in organizational development and advocacy at national level
* Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Law, Economics, Politics, Social Sciences, Journalism
* or Rural Development
* Well-experienced in advocacy activities and political analysis within the agricultural sector
* Knowledge and experience with lobbying, networking and development of strategic alliances at national level and preferably also at regional Asian level
* Good Facilitation skills to assist partners & organize stakeholder platforms, meetings,
* workshops etc.
* Experience with the development and implementation of public campaigns
* Experience with capacity development for partner organizations (NGOs, Networks, etc.)
* Excellent rhetoric and negotiation skills
* Report and publication writing skills in Bahasa Indonesia and English
* Office management skills
* Very good proficiency in English (speaking and writing)
* Good computer operation Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Send your CV to : VECO Indonesia, Jl. Kerta Dalem No. 7, Kerta Dalem, Sidakarya, Denpasar 80224, Bali – Indonesia , Tel. ++62 (0) 361 7808264, Fax: ++62 (0) 361 723 217, Email: yuli@veco-indonesia.net. Application deadline is on 10 July 2008.