Cohort Director, Indonesia

Location: Bogor, Indonesia
Length: Initial two-year contract with potential to become permanent position
Reports to: Nigel Sizer, Vice President, Asia
Travel: Average about 30%, some months may be much higher, primarily in Indonesia
Salary: Competitive salary and benefits (benchmarked against major international NGOs). This is an exempt position.
Start date: March, 2010

Note: This is a reposting of the position. Prior applicants need not reapply to be considered.

      
Description of the Organization

Rare is a fast-growing, international environmental organization that runs social marketing campaigns in more than 50 countries. Named to Fast Company magazine’s list of “Top Social Capitalists” for four years in a row, Rare is committed to bringing a spirit of entrepreneurship and creativity to solving one of this century’s great challenges – building public support for conservation.

Rare is also committed to hiring entrepreneurial, best-in-their-field staff at all levels of the organization. Whether it’s a vice president or a finance assistant, every staff member at Rare possesses a desire to change the way non-profits do business and to help scale an exciting model for social change. The Rare Board adopted a five-year strategic plan that entails tripling in size and impact by 2012. Since then, Rare has contributed significant investments of time and funding to kick-start growth and is highly focused on recruiting top talent.


The Position

The Cohort Director, one of four positions reporting to the Vice President of the Asia-Pacific Region, is responsible for management of a group of 10-12 two-year partnerships with NGOs and the Government of Indonesia as these partners implement Pride campaign training and campaign execution.  The campaigns focus on marine conservation in some of Indonesia’s most important marine protected areas. 
 
The ideal candidate has bilingual and bi-literate skills in Bahasa Indonesian and English as well as academic preparation as a Marine Conservationist. For non-native speakers, an assessment will be taken on their language proficiency.  S/he possesses excellent team and partner management skills, a deep commitment to community-based conservation of biodiversity, and will have had proven success managing complex projects involving multiple stakeholders, partnerships and contracts. S/he will be proactive, consultative and results oriented and will have strategically driven their organization’s mission forward while simultaneously striving to improve that organization’s business model.


Areas of Responsibility

Operational Management

• Supervise and inspire growing team based in Bogor of Pride Program Managers.
• Work with the Training Director to implement the training of all newly hired Pride Program Managers.
• Facilitate communication and lessons learning and sharing between the program and Rare’s US-based team and other regional programs.
• Develop relevant parts of the annual program plan.
• Implement high standards of HR practices, program management.
• Report to the VP, Asia, weekly and as needed with full openness and candor concerning any issues and challenges, and ensure monthly reporting scorecards and similar tools are always submitted on time.
• Full financial responsibility for the management of the cohort budget.
  

Conservation Outcomes

• Manage the Pride marine cohort in Indonesia. Ensure high quality delivery of Pride training, including teaching, monitoring visits, RarePlanet presence.
• Contribute to design of new cohorts.
• Ensure meaningful conservation objectives for each campaign and successful campaign implementation, on time and on budget, supported by the VP, Asia.
• Assist in mentoring Pride partners, especially the supervisors and executive directors of campaign managers.
• Assist local campaign managers when developing long-term follow-up strategies and financing efforts to turn initial momentum into lasting conservation results.
• Participate in Pride monitoring visits to support staff training and address specific issues and opportunities.
• Technical sign off on campaigns jointly with the VP.
  

Relationship Management

• Manage partnerships with local partners and government, with input as needed from regional staff and others.
• Manage local levels of some national relationships as agreed with the VP.
• Identify new opportunities for partnership.
• Help to raise profile of Rare with local media.
  

Fundraising

• Implement fundraising tasks and targets as agreed with VP (approx. 10% of time), including negotiations with local partners to secure their contributions to campaign funding.
• Help to identify new opportunities for funding.
• Help write and review proposals in an effort to secure additional funding.
• Participate in some donor trips.
• Help to ensure fundraising activity is well-coordinated with development staff at Rare headquarters
  

Qualifications, Skills & Core Competencies Required

• Master’s degree, MBA, or higher educational attainment, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  
• Conservation background required. Marine Conservation is strongly preferred.
  
• Experience with speaking, translating, and writing proficiently in Bahasa Indonesian and English.
• At least ten (10) years of demonstrated leadership and expertise at a senior level in program administration, business operations, or management, preferably in partnerships with non-governmental organizations or other public government entity with a strong preference for candidates with working knowledge of non-profit policies and procedures related to training and campaign administration.
• A minimum of five (5) years experience in a management, supervisory, or leadership position that demonstrates the ability to effectively supervise, delegate, communicate, mentor and solve problems in a multi-cultural setting.
• Project management and organizational skills to plan and independently execute projects/tasks within specific and sudden deadlines, and successfully assess, balance, and prioritize numerous competing concerns; successful experience serving as a team lead on projects; ability to teach, motivate, and influence others in order to accomplish a goal.
• Experience in establishing and maintaining productive working relationships with local partners and government.
• Ability to develop and implement long-range communication and campaign plans.
• Experience in successfully meeting budgets and deadlines. 
  
• Experience providing creative direction, analyzing situations and giving sound professional judgment on marketing communication strategies as they relate to fundraising goals.
• Proven outstanding oral and written communications skills that demonstrate the ability to effectively present information and complex data, make persuasive speeches and presentations, and prepare information for funding proposals.
• Network development and alliance building skills to consult and collaborate across boundaries to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals; demonstrated ability to build consensus.
• Willingness to travel internationally and locally as responsibilities dictate and work extended hours when necessary.
  
  

Benefits

Rare not only inspires conservation, we also inspire our employees. In addition to fully covered health insurance, a retirement savings plan and 3+ weeks of vacation/holiday leave time, Rare employees receive an annual training budget for continuous learning and growth, a bonus plan that ties to individual and organizational performance, and a flexible work environment. And to make sure no one gets cabin fever, there’s our all-staff global retreats that bring every staff member together to support our work around the world.

To Apply

Please send your full CV and thoughtful cover letter in word format to Nigel Sizer at   humres@rareconservation.org; subject line “Cohort Director, Indonesia”. In your cover letter please outline how your skills and experience meet the qualifications of the position, state how you heard about this opportunity, and indicate your preferred salary range.

Rare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.