GEDSI Manager, Forest Governance Programme, Indonesia
Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM BST on Friday, 5th of September. We encourage you to apply early as the position may close sooner if a suitable candidate is found.
Forest Governance Programme, Indonesia
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a long-term international development programme focused on sustainable natural resource management and inclusive policy reform. This programme is part of a long-standing partnership between governments and aims to support sustainable land and resource management through inclusive, multi-stakeholder collaboration. It focuses on strengthening governance systems, improving transparency and traceability in supply chains, and enhancing the capacity of local institutions and communities. Working in close collaboration with government institutions and other stakeholders, the initiative aims to deliver positive outcomes for climate resilience, biodiversity, and local livelihoods.
This Opportunity:
Please note - This position is being recruited as part of a proposal submission and is contingent upon the successful award of the contract.
Palladium is seeking a Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Manager to lead implementation of the program’s GEDSI plan and act as the focal point for GEDSI performance and results. The GEDSI Manager will be responsible for creating and proposing an approach to social inclusion and gender strategy to take into account the different needs, priorities, knowledge, and capabilities women, girls, men and boys, ensuring that they participate in, and benefit equally from, the proposed programme outcomes. Speaking competence in both English and Bahasa Indonesia is required.
Once awarded, the GEDSI Manager would be expected to start in November 2025. This a 4 year programme running until 2029 with the potential for extension.
Location: The position is based in Jakarta, Indonesia, and will report at least 3+ days per week to the MoF Head Office located in the Gedung Manggala Wanabakti Block. All applicants must have working rights in Indonesia as sponsorship will not be provided, nor will any relocation expenses.
Reporting Lines:
- The GEDSI Manager will report to the Team Leader (TL) and work closely with the MEL Manager
- Potential line management of 1-2 people
Primary Roles and Responsibilities:
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Design and implement a GEDSI approach to align with programme outputs, taking into consideration knowledge of Indonesia and its’ communities and tenure systems
- Support staff awareness, capacity and whole-of-team implementation of the GEDSI Plan
- Provide training to staff on the GEDSI Plan to ensure a consistent approach to GEDSI across the team
- Support staff to implement actions from the GEDSI Plan relevant to their work
- Assess programme concepts and proposals and provide advice on how they can be strengthened to align with and deliver against GEDSI objectives
- Provide advice and training to grantee partners including in the development of their GEDSI action plans, in annual planning, in grantee partner monitoring and evaluation plans, and reporting
- Draw on best practice and ensure alignment with relevant FCDO Policies and Standards
- Provide content and/or review of progress and partner reports
- Leading community focus groups and working with marginalized communities
Essential Criteria:
- A degree in a relevant discipline, such as Social Sciences, International Development, Community Development or Anthropology
- Extensive professional experience working on GEDSI issues in programmes related to international development contexts. Climate/Natural Resource Management/Forestry is a bonus
- Full fluency in English and reading and speaking competence in Bahasa Indonesia
- Strong understanding of social inclusion issues across Indonesia
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively with a wide range of stakeholders
- Ability to build partnerships to achieve a common objective
- Strong skills in written communication and report writing
- Highly developed information management and analytical skills, evidence-based judgement, ability to prioritise, and work calmly under pressure
- Ability to work autonomously with limited supervision, to work to deadlines, and to balance competing priorities
About Palladium:
Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 2,100 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.
Palladium is part of GISI’s global family of companies, which aims at creating solutions for the world’s most complex challenges. With annual revenues of $14 billion, GISI’s approximately 15,000 employees are engaged in projects across 100 countries worldwide providing construction, program/project management, and engineering consulting services.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion:
Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.
Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made during the recruitment process (due to disability, neurodiversity, or for any other circumstance), please email our team at [email protected] and we will be in touch to discuss.
Safeguarding:
We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.
