Climate Information Advisor – USAID/Indonesia ENV New Adaptation Activity

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 4,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.

This Proposal Opportunity:

Palladium is seeking a Climate Information Advisor for the anticipated USAID/Indonesia ENV New Adaptation Activity, which is a 5-Year USAID-funded program which aims to improve climate and disaster resilience in Indonesia. The Activity will support the GOI at local, provincial, and national levels, communities, and the private sector to develop, disseminate, and utilize better climate change information to sustainably identify, finance, and implement climate adaptation initiatives.

The program's objectives may comprise the following four areas:

Support GOI efforts to integrate disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation in sub-national core development plans and investments;
Mobilize financing to advance urban climate resilience;
Strengthen systems for collection and application of climate data, services and decision support tools to improve planning processes in target cities;
Advance Urban Nature-Based Solutions to Promote Climate Resilience.

Reporting and Supervision:

The Climate Information Advisor will lead activities under Objective 3 of the project as listed in the RFI and will be based in Indonesia. The Climate Information Advisor will have a firm understanding of the impacts of climate change induced natural disasters on Indonesian urban communities, currently available climate and disaster-related information systems and their gaps, and how best to disseminate accessible and relevant climate information to government institutions, businesses, and communities, particularly marginalized groups. The Climate Information Advisor’s responsibilities include oversight and coordination of activities to strengthen existing information delivery systems, provide technical assistance which enables Indonesian counterparts to build long-term monitoring and analytical capacity, improving collaboration and access to climate and disaster risk data, and oversight of Objective 3 team. The Climate Information Advisor will work with Palladium HQ to ensure compliance with USAID rules and regulations.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

The Climate Information Advisor will:

Collaborate with different stakeholders, particularly the Indonesian government, to foster country-driven, inclusive, locally relevant strategies to improve existing climate and disaster risk information practices, tools and systems and their use for evidence-based decision-making.
Work with the Climate Adaptation Lead and other project staff to integrate climate and disaster risk information considerations into Objectives 1, 2, and 4, so that stakeholders are able to make planning, budgeting, and investment decisions based on accurate and timely information
Improve access to actionable climate and disaster risk information systems for government, private sector, and civil society stakeholders, as well as for the urban poor and coastal communities (i.e. early warning systems)
Mobilize on-demand specialized expertise to advise stakeholders on improvement, development and/or procurement of fit-for-purpose forecasting and decision-support tools and processes; analysis of magnitude, frequency, rates, and patterns of extreme climate events; build long term monitoring and analytical ability (including GIS); accessing advanced remote sensing, open mapping, information management and dissemination; and analysis of socio-economic implications of particular interventions, including costs of inaction.
Serve as the COP’s primary point of contract for current information about the status of Objective 3 activity implementation.
In collaboration with the M&E officers ensure relevant staff use, maintain and regularly upload data to the project M&E system.
Participate in and/or prepare necessary project-related reports, including presentations and white papers.
Provide analytical and evaluative techniques to identify, consider, and resolve issues or problems.
Participate, and represent the organization as needed, in outside associations, conferences, and symposia.
Undertake other duties as assigned by the COP. 

Key Competencies Required:

Demonstrated experience in information systems, communication, data visualization, monitoring and evaluation, meteorology or related fields and at least 5 years of experience in USAID or similar donor funded projects.
Experience with activity design as well as development and management of projects, preferably including both community-level and national-level activities, with experience in USAID similar donor-funded projects. 
Experience with a donor, contractor or international NGOs in a relevant sector such as disaster risk reduction, information communications, climate change, land use management, or urban planning. 
Proven ability to leverage and manage partnership and cooperate with host country governments and international partners in implementing donor-funded projects preferred. Experience working with BMKG, KLHK, BNPB and/or BAPPENAS preferred.
Strong interpersonal and management skills.
Strong analytical and conceptual skills and the ability to think and plan strategically, ability to manage a culturally and linguistically diverse staff, consultants, and counterparts.
Attention to detail and ability to effectively and efficiently perform multiple tasks and balance competing priorities, often within a required timeframe.
Professional and diplomatic demeanor and conduct, especially during interactions with the client and its constituents, particularly regarding the Indonesian government.
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English. Bahasa Indonesian fluency preferred.
Indonesian nationals with relevant experience are encouraged to apply.

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.

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