An Opportunity for leadership

Systemiq, along with our partners, has built a bold, outcomes-driven program that measurably reduces ocean plastic pollution where it matters most. Together with the government, we build circular, sustainable waste systems that result in cleaner, more thriving communities and a healthier environment. Now it is time to take this program to the next level, graduating from Kecamatan to full regencies and beyond.

Ultimately, we envision an Indonesia without plastic pollution. A country with clean, modern waste management for every household and business. We are looking for smart, ambitious, innovative leaders to join us in this ambitious work.

• If you have a passion for the ocean and putting your time and skill set to the highest good...
• If you’re passionate about building a circular economy…
• If you see the destruction of precious ecosystems and no longer want to sit on the side-lines...
• Have a track record in community behaviour change, event management and regional and global communications
• If you yearn to work with fellow passionate, smart leaders committed to building a better future in Indonesia and South East Asia...
• If you are eager for your career to have real impact, where your actions produce direct, measurable results in people's lives and for nature...

... then this job may be for you.

SYSTEMIQ

With offices in London, Munich, São Paulo, Amsterdam, and Jakarta, Systemiq is an organisation driving system change in clean energy, circular material solutions and sustainable land use. By addressing failures in these areas, Systemiq aims to unlock economic opportunities that benefit business, society and the environment.

In order to deliver in these areas, we recruit and develop distinctive and varied individuals who strive to achieve our mission, challenge the status quo and act as change leaders.

Project STOP (www.stopoceanplastics.com) is an initiative to accelerate waste management system improvements in South-East Asia, starting in Indonesia, co-developed by Borealis and SYSTEMIQ. The project aims to make a scalable front-line contribution to marine plastic debris prevention and ocean health. The first city partnership was launched in May 2018 in Muncar, Banyuwangi, East Java, followed by two additional cities in 2019. The initiative is further scaled up to a regency level in Banyuwangi in 2021, which is officially launched as STOP Banyuwangi or locally known as Banyuwangi Hijau.

Banyuwangi Hijau

The Banyuwangi Hijau programme (BWH) is delivered in close collaboration with the government, with a goal to deliver a circular city scale waste collection service to Banyuwangi residents. As a comprehensive program, BWH has three workstreams, namely Governance & Policy (GOV) that facilitates the government of Banyuwangi covering aspects of governance and policy, Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) to stimulate waste management behaviour change at household and community level, and Waste Operations (WO) to facilitate infrastructure preparation and operation.

The GOV workstream aims to ensure the design of the program is in line with local government planning and strategic targets. We have reviewed existing policies and strategy at regency level to understand the current regulatory gaps that must be addressed to ensure optimum empowerment, both towards the regency government, the village government, and local communities.

GOV also ensures cross agencies involvement in executing the program, which will be facilitated by a cross agencies working group. The working group also acts as the bridge of communication and coordination with key stakeholders outside the regency government. Additionally, this workstream needs to support the BCC and WO workstreams in delivering the program. There is regular meeting cadence to ensure close alignment across the workstreams.

The Officer of Governance & Policy (GOV) workstream for Project STOP will be based in Banyuwangi and report directly to GOV Workstream Lead. He/she manages a (few) technical assistant(s) to support his core tasks, namely design, planning, and delivering governance and policy products, and provide support in engaging local government partners. The officer is also expected to do analysis and reporting of the GOV workstream activities.

The scope of work:

1. Develop planning and analysis for GOV activities
2. Deliver the planned activities under GOV lead supervision.
3. Responsible for maintaining and developing mutual relationship between program management with the government official and local communities
4. Communicate technical follow up of policy and planning to the stakeholders.
5. Handling good relationship between program implementer and related agencies, addressing potential issues early on that might arise therefrom
6. Develop policies and technical brief related with government regulation
7. To carry out administrative tasks associated with this work, such as reporting on activities and expenses.
8. To undertake other duties, as directed by the GOV lead as the line manager

Systemiq is looking for individual with a strong record of excellence and achievement. You have proven yourself in different contexts and are keen to work in a young, innovative company where you can get involved in a variety of work, shape the business and make maximum impact. You are passionate about our mission and approach to system change. Your background includes working within teams to implement system change through improvement in policy and governance aspects. Specifically, you have:

• Must be fluent in both Bahasa and English
• At least 5-7 years of related professional experience
• Proven experience in facilitating policy development at village and regency level
• Proven experience in designing and implementing a government-owned institutional arrangement such as UPTD and POKJA
• Proven writing experience in both languages

Skills:

• High professionalism and ability to coordinate across different stakeholders
• Ability in crisis communication
• Ability to multitask and work in fast-paced environment
• High level of autonomy and ability to deliver with minimal supervision
• Great organisational skills and attention to detail
• Collaborative approach and dedicated team player