Program Overview
Human society and the global economy are inextricably linked to forests. More than 1 billion people depend on forests for their livelihoods. And forest ecosystems play a critical role in stabilizing the climate; providing food, water, wood products, and vital medicines; and supporting much of the world’s biodiversity. WRI Indonesia plans to enhance support to Indigenous People and Local Community (IPLC) in securing their community forests and adopting forest-friendly livelihoods to reduce and reverse deforestation using Social Forestry schemes in 5 forest rich provinces, namely Aceh, West Sumatera, Jambi, East Kalimantan, and North Kalimantan. WRI Indonesia is collaborating with 2 local partners that have been working directly with IPLC in those regions. As stated in the project theory of change, we will implement 4 workstreams: 1) supporting community forest mapping, registration, and recognition, 2) improving IPLC capacity in managing and protecting their forest and adopting forest-friendly livelihoods opportunities, 3) supporting women and youth groups of IPLC to strengthen their influence and access to natural resource management, and 4) facilitating key stakeholders to provide meaningful support to IPLC in securing and managing their forests.
In Aceh, this program supports several Social Forestry Communities in (at least) 3 Forest Management Units (FMU), namely FMU I Aceh, FMU II Aceh, and FMU III Aceh. The program will be focusing its support for the post-recognition process especially to improve IPLC capacity (including women and youth) in managing and protecting their forest and adopting forest-friendly livelihood opportunities as well as gaining meaningful support from various stakeholders. Prior to this program, WRI Indonesia has implemented similar initiatives in South Sumatra and another location to establish a role model, consisting of a recognition process of IPLCs/ community forests, as well as post-recognition e.g developing forest management plans and livelihood initiatives managed by IPLC group. WRI aims to enhance the model in the next phase while also scaling up the impact on other communities and locations.
To Implementing program, WRI Indonesia works in collaboration with multi-stakeholders to accelerate social forestry implementation, including recognition of the Indigenous and Local Communities and their lands and forest resources. Once their land is tenure-secure, communities are more likely to be able to invest in their forest resources to sustainably manage their land. The shift towards commercializing forest products is a major transition, with local/Adat communities moving from subsistence harvesting to producing a product for the market, to managing the post-harvest processing and marketing of the product while also keeping the sustainability of their forest resources. The extent to which communities wish to move down the value chain of harvesting and processing products from their forests will vary depending on several factors, including their forest management plans and business plans as well as their interest in and capacity for managing different types of local enterprises. Therefore, WRI Indonesia is currently facilitating the development of small-medium scale community businesses through sustainable livelihood approaches.
Job Highlight
The Community Business Development Specialist will strengthen the implementation of social forestry and customary forest schemes at the province, district, and community level by conducting economic studies, livelihood and business feasibility analysis in technical and operational aspects to provide recommendations for the development of sustainable economic alternatives for IPLC groups in priority locations in the Aceh region. He/she will also support on project management and stakeholder engagement under The Enhancing Community Forest Tenure & Sustainable Livelihoods in Indonesia (NICFI – IPLC), particularly on issues of social forestry and customary forest.
The Community Business Development Specialist will be based in the WRI Indonesia’s Aceh Regional Office in Banda Aceh with frequent field travel and other priority provinces/districts, as well as other places as may be assigned. Reporting to the South Sumatra and Aceh Senior Program Lead of WRI Indonesia. He/she will liaise closely with the regional team and other key personnel of the projects, as well as key stakeholders such as the Provincial Forestry Office, Forest Management Unit, and community partners implementing similar programs, as well as relevant government agencies, local authorities, and civil societies that will contribute in achieving intended targeted impact of WRI portfolios.
What You Will Do
Research and Technical Works (30%)
Project Management and Communication (40%)
Stakeholders Engagement (20 %)
General Support (10%)
What You Will Need
Required Qualifications:
Deliverables
Duration
1 September 2024 – 31 December 2024 with the possibility of extension subject to individual performance review, program needs, and budget availability.
Terms of Payment
Daily rate-based consultant with a maximum of 72 (seventy-two) working days for the whole contract period or 18 working days per month in average.
Contract Arrangement
Individual consultancy contract (Part-time, limited term)
What we offer
Must have authorization to work in Indonesia to be eligible for this position.
Final candidates might be required to take a writing test and to produce two writing samples when needed.
How to apply: In order to be formally considered, please submit an updated resume and cover letter through WRI career portal .
Application close: 17.00 (DKI Jakarta local time), 31 August 2024. We will close the advert earlier when the best candidates are identified at earlier dates.
This is a locally engaged position; Indonesian nationals are encouraged to apply.
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