Program Summary

Under USAID/OFDA funding, Mercy Corps Indonesia is implementing “the Investing in Human capital for Disaster Management (INVEST-DM)” program at the national level.  INVEST-DM is working to support the Government of Indonesia (GOI) to develop and increase the capacity of civil servants to be able to fulfill their mandate to deliver effective DRM services and save lives.  INVEST DM seeks to provide a holistic approach to support Indonesia’s disaster management institutions and will apply the guiding principles to ensure gender and disability inclusive perspectives a

BACKGROUND

Indonesia’s overall development has resulted in an enabling environment for Indonesia’s disaster management agencies to be independent, responsive, proactive, and able to prepare and respond to disasters in a way that reduces adverse impacts.

Humanitarian and Resilience (H&R) Director leads Yayasan Mercy Corps Indonesia’s (YMCI) portfolio of programs working in critical areas of emergency response, DRR, and climate change. The Director supervises program managers, provides technical leadership and coordinates with YMCI’s external stakeholders. S/he collaborates with the larger community of MCG technical and management experts to ensure the YMCI’s programming is informed by best practices drawn from the most successful approaches globally.

TENDER NOTICE

Yayasan Mercy Corps Indonesia (YMCI) is a local Indonesian non-profit organization, which will implement humanitarian, and development assistance programs throughout the country. YMCI mission is to empower people in Indonesia to become healthy, productive, and resilient communities. Resilience means an ability to recover form or adjust easily to misfortune or change.

Administrative assistant will be responsible directly to Program Manager, he/she will need to be able to work to support the implementation of the programs in an effective and prompt manner, including but not limited to make an arrangement for workshop/meetings/conference, creating contracts, and any other related administrative tasks based on Mercy Corps standard of operation.

Essential Job Responsibilities

Program Summary

In February 2019 Mercy Corps and John Deere launched the next phase of POWER. POWER 2 aims to reach more smallholder farmers and increase yields and income by strengthening farmer organizations, improving agricultural practices and increasing access and adoption of technology to make farming more productive and attractive to younger generations of farmers. POWER 2 will focus on rice, corn, and horticulture crops as a mixed farming strategy that is relevant across the proposed target areas.