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Key responsibilities:
- Lead on the development, implementation, monitoring and review of Bukit Lawang Trust’s country strategy for Indonesia
- Have overall responsibility for all operational decision making on the ground in Indonesia
- Ensure that Bukit Lawang Trust Indonesia has strong working relationships within the local community and wider region
- Oversee regular programmatic, communication and safety updates for all relevant internal stakeholders, consistent with the political, social and economic realities of Indonesia.
- Maintain close working relationship with Bukit Lawang Trust UK office (The Board of Trustees), ensuring that Bukit Lawang Trust’s policies and quality standards are maintained across all operations.
- Oversee all of our educational programmes and strategic decision making
Partnerships and Fundraising:
- Build effective, collaborative and accountable relationships with regional and national partners to help improve the Trust’s operational capacity to deliver the 17 sustainable development goals on the ground in Indonesia.
- Work with the Programme Managers to oversee local fundraising events and online fundraisers.
Finance Management:
Be accountable for all aspects of Bukit Lawang Trust Indonesia’s financial management:
- Lead on financial planning and forecasting, procurement, budgeting, cash flow, investment priorities, and operational financial policy, in consultation with the BLT’s Board of Trustees and Treasurer.
- Oversee the effective financial reporting processes across Bukit Lawang Trusts operations, in consultation with the Bukit Lawang Trust Treasurer.
Human Resource management:
Be accountable for all aspects of Bukit Lawang Trust Indonesia’s people management:
- Oversee staff recruitment, contracts and HR administration, welfare and benefits and exit processes with support from the Programme Managers.
- Establish and monitor staff performance and development against operational and strategic goals, including overseeing of annual appraisals & working with program managers at project sites to respond to feedback in monthly 1:1s.
- Ensure all staff and volunteers receive timely and appropriate training for their roles.
- Line-manage management team and support managers to lead their staff and volunteers in order to ensure good performance of all members within the Trust Hub.
Operations and Governance:
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge and understanding of all governance and compliance issues and requirements in Indonesia
- Support all the managers to oversee the running of various projects and programmes through our Trust in Sumatra.
- Ensure the Trust is meeting its objectives as per the targets established in conjunction with our Trustees.
- Oversee the recruitment, training and personal/social development of Trust volunteers.
- Maintain excellent records of Immigration documentation for all international staff and volunteers and ensure all staff visas are updated in a timely fashion.
Programme Development, Implementation and Reporting:
Ensure the effective implementation and monitoring of all programmes:
- Carry out strategic monitoring of all relationships with partner NGOs and other stakeholders, and support the Programme Managers as required.
- Support the Bukit Lawang Trust Programme Managers to:
- Ensure project delivery meets agreed standards and contractual obligations, whether with government, individuals, donors, partner NGOs or corporates.
- Maintain an excellent and current understanding of donor requirements and expectations, producing reports in a timely manner. Ensure that programmatic delivery is meeting the expectations of the Trust’s donors and sponsors.
Safety:
- Oversee the development, and implementation of Bukit Lawang Trusts Emergency Action Plans and subsequent staff training.
- Ensure the delivery of appropriate, high-quality safety, security, and safeguarding systems
- Carry out the responsibilities of Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) in Indonesia and lead annual refresher training for all staff.
- Ensure all personal data about staff and volunteers is stored securely on the Drive in accordance with GDPR.
Communications and marketing:
- Ensure high standards of communication between all parties through our inboxes, social media, website and all other verbal and written correspondence.
- Create newsletters, reports and marketing materials to share and support the work of the Trust.
