General Position Summary

Assistant will be responsible for directly working with the communities, support the implementation of DRR activities in the field (Kecamatan, Village and Kampong) and maintain good relations with all relevant stakeholders (village government, BPBD, Village DRR Forum, communities, etc.).

This position will be based in Palu in Central Sulawesi with regular visit to the field in the target villages where the environment is largely stable but the living conditions may be rudimentary.

General Position Summary

Livelihood Program Assistant (LPA) is responsible for and works directly with the Community / Farmers and other Stakeholders at the MRED program location in Sigi Regency, Central Sulawesi. In addition, the Livelihood Assistant also acts as a companion and provides technical support to Agricultural Students who assist the community / farmers in the MRED program locations.

General Position Summary

General Position Summary

General Position Summary

The Geographic Information System (GIS) officer is responsible developing a GIS for Managing Risk through Economic Program (MRED). S/he will coordinate with team in MRED Program to provide information and collecting data. She/He must ensure that GI systems and data are fully integrate with Mercy Corps’ M&E system. M-RED needs to have spatial information on hazard, topography and climate change as basic to understand the disaster and climate risk. The spatial information will be displayed as several thematic maps.

Background:

BACKGROUND

The Government of Indonesia issued President Regulation No. 82/2020 and created a policy committee for the handling of COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery. That translates into the restructuring of the previous Taskforce to sit under the new committee and the establishment of an Economic Recovery Taskforce. With the two-prong model, the Government aims to manage the disease transmission and while concurrently optimizing its support to citizens through responsive social protection services/ schemes.