Vacancy Announcement at Peace Corps Indonesia
Project Manager position
The United States Peace Corps program in Indonesia is currently open recruitment for qualified and motivated candidates for a position in MOJOSARI and SURABAYA.
Contract Duration 12 Months with the possibility of 3 months extension depend on satisfactory performance
Salary Depends on salary history, the annual basic salary minimum is Rp. 193,691,843
Location Main Office: Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. Project Location: Mojosari, East Java, Indonesia
Reports to Director of Management and Operations
Statement of Work
General Description
The Project Manager is supervised by the Director of Management and Operations who oversees the task assigned by the Training Manager (TM) and the General Services Manager (GSM). Working in collaboration with the TM, the Project Manager ensures the availability of community center building and readiness of the community, stakeholders and host families in Mojosari. Working in collaboration with the GSM, the Project Manager ensures smooth transition of Peace Corps staff to PST site in Mojosari as well as prepares supplies and transportation.
The Project Manager will plan, organize, and successfully complete the transition of Pre‐ Service Training (PST) to the new site in Mojosari; ensuring it is on time, on budget, and within scope. He/she will oversee the “project life cycle,” which consists of five phases: Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing. This project will last approximately 15 months; beginning in the spring/summer of 2021 and ending in the summer/fall of 2022. PST in Mojosari will require proper preparation of the community center building, the community, the stakeholders, host families, Peace Corps staff transitions, security, supplies, transportation, and funding. This project will require daily meetings and communications with various stakeholders in Mojosari and Surabaya.
Main Tasks and Deliverables
Initiating Duties:
n Understand and finalize the main objectives of the project, its purpose, and its scope
n Identify key internal and external stakeholders
n Discuss shared expectations with stakeholders and build relationships
n Gain the required authorization necessary to move forward at each step
n Define and share the project’s criteria for success
Planning Duties:
n Work with key stakeholders to create an integrated project plan focused on attaining the outlined goals
n Oversee the scope, cost, timelines, risk, quality issues, and communications
n Outline key deliverables and milestones and identify the tasks that must be completed throughout the project
n Produce planning documents
Executing Duties:
n Ensure key stakeholders complete the work that has been identified in the project plan
n Facilitate issue resolution
n Lead the stakeholders in working through project changes
Monitoring and Controlling Duties:
n Monitor the progress of a project from the beginning of the project through closing
n Ensure the project stays on budget
n Ensure that key milestones are reached on time
n Compare actual performance against planned/scheduled performance
n Communicate possible adjustments to key stakeholders as soon as possible
Closing Duties:
n Ensure all activities necessary to achieve the final result are completed
n Work with the key stakeholders to get formal sign‐off that the project is complete
n Acknowledge achievements of personnel who contributed to the project
n Review the work of third‐party vendors or partners in order to close their contracts
n Archive project files for future reference and use
n After the project has been completed create a post‐implementation review to identify key lessons learned
Qualification
Minimum Requirements:
At a minimum, the successful candidate’s CV must demonstrate the following:
n Education/Certification: College Degree in Business Management
n Years of Experience: A minimum of 2 years of project management experience
n Proficiency in oral and written English and Bahasa Indonesia.
n Experience working in a cross‐cultural environment.
n Knowledge of MS Office computer applications (Word, Excel, Outlook).
Preferred Qualifications:
n Degree in Project Management
n Residence in Mojosari
How to Apply
n Please submit the Application Letter and CV in English by email as one PDF file to: id‐jobs@peacecorps.gov and indicate “Temp_ProjectManager” in the subject line of the email.
n The application submission will be due by Wednesday, 28 April 2021 at 11:00AM local Surabaya time.
Only candidate who meet the requirements will be contacted.
