Chief Technical Officer (CTO) – Inclusion and Engagement

Project Background:

The Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Promoting Rural Incomes through Support for Markets in Agriculture (PRISMA) is a five-year program (2019 – 2023) funded by the Australian Government’s aid program and implemented in cooperation with the Government of Indonesia. The program will build upon the achievements and results of Phase 1 (2013-2018), using a market systems development (MSD) approach to support inclusive economic growth in Indonesia’s agriculture sector.

PRISMA 2 will improve smallholder farmers’ competitiveness and access to new markets, better inputs, know-how, and technology. It will aim to achieve a sustainable 30% increase in the net incomes of a further 700,000 smallholder farming households in Indonesia by 2023 (a total of 1 million farming households). The program operates in six provinces: East Java, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Papua, West Papua, and Central Java

Purpose:

The Chief Technical Office – Inclusion and Engagement will play a strategic role as part of PRISMA’s Senior Management Team. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the CTO_IE is responsible for providing technical support and coordination amongst the Policy Engagement, Communications, Results Measurement, and Gender Equality and Social Inclusion teams.

PRISMA has recently undertaken a Strategy Refresh to ensure the remaining 2.5 years of the program place a stronger emphasis on achieving, measuring, and communicating systemic change from the portfolio. With a revised Policy Engagement strategy, a stronger focus on external strategic communications, and the need for the program to share its learnings and lessons with key stakeholders, the CTO_IE will work closely with the Management Team members to ensure delivery of targets and strategy by the end of the program.

Roles and Responsibility:

The CTO-IE will support the shift towards a greater learning culture, ensuring the lessons and best practices derived from years of implementation are consolidated and shared, both internally and externally.

The CTO-IE leads the RML, Policy Engagement, and Gender Equality and Social Inclusion teams. The responsibilities of the CTO_IE will include, but not be limited to the following:

• Lead the implementation of GESI strategies by providing technical support, capacity building, knowledge sharing, and other relevant activities on gender equality and social inclusion in PRISMA
• Lead and support the strategy and integration of effective processes and systems for the results measurement system to capture inclusive and wider market changes, in line with DCED standards.
• Oversee and manage the RML team to effectively evaluate the impact of interventions and promote evidence-based portfolio assessment to be used by the management team for effective strategy setting
• Coordinate and support the strategies for Policy Engagement and Strategic Communications to ensure alignment with DFAT and GOI priorities
• Support the capacity building strategy in coordination with the HR and Management Teams
• Support the development of wider innovative approaches to improve PRISMA’s overall strategy, implementation, and measurement systems
• Support both internal and external reviews for adaptive management
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and honest inquiry to improve program implementation
• Provide technical support to the CEO and Management Team to ensure effective integration of cross-cutting themes including GESI, Nutrition, and Environment across program and measurement strategies
• Support PRISMA to share learnings and achievements with influencers and decision-makers at DFAT, GOI, other national and global development programs, and the private sector.
• Lead a team of Business Consultants to drive the GESI strategy in coordination with sector and RML teams.
• Serve as a representative of PRISMA Senior Management Team and, as directed by the CEO, maintain relations with the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Post in Jakarta and relevant development partners and programs.
• Support the Senior Management Team to effectively cultivate a diverse and inclusive workforce
• Support the CEO in the preparation of key management reports, including monthly reports, progress reports, or Annual Reports, where directed
• Perform any other reasonable duties as requested by the CEO.

Qualifications:

Essential:

• 10 years of diverse professional experience in private sector engagement and international development projects, especially with senior roles using the market systems approach
• Proven experience providing strategic direction and management support to multi-disciplinary teams in a diverse range of roles.
• Strong managerial and communication skills with experience in leading, managing, and mentoring teams
• Demonstrated skills and experience in strategy design and implementation in compliance with the DCED standards in a market systems context, and the ability to ensure that themes such as Gender Equality and Social Inclusion are integrated.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and maintaining relationships with decision-makers and stakeholders at a high level
• Demonstrated experience in supporting decision-making and adaptive management of intervention teams by providing a range of evidence and information outputs from the results measurement system.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English, as well as attention to detail and quality.
• Ability to cope with several competing demands at once
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Familiarity with international donor systems and requirements, DFAT in particular

Desirable:

• Communication skills in Bahasa Indonesia