Lowongan kerja Coordinator (2013)

Position Title: ConnectEd Coordinator*
*Job Description*
*Program Summary*

World Education, Inc. and Alcatel-Lucent, through its Alcatel-Lucent
Foundation, have forged a partnership to implement ConnectEd, a US$6
million global initiative to provide educational and digital skills
training opportunities for children and adolescents in disadvantaged areas
across six countries.  This initiative will serve approximately 9,000 young
people from disadvantaged communities over three years. Some 70 percent of
these young people will be girls and young women.  The program started in
April 2011. From Year Two implementing countries have been Australia,
Brazil, China, Egypt, India and Indonesia.

In Indonesia, the ConnectEd program began in 2012, making it the newest of
the ConnectEd country programs.  The program is overseen by World Education
Indonesia and works with a local implementing partner called Yayasan Bina
Insan Mandiri (YABIM).  YABIM provides educational and vocational training
opportunities to disadvantaged street youth in the greater Jakarta area.
The engagement of Alcatel-Lucent employees in implementing the program is a
crucial element of ConnectEd globally and is a significant focus of the
program in Indonesia.

Position Summary

The ConnectEd Coordinator will be responsible for overseeing all aspects
related to the ConnectEd program in Indonesia. She/he will ensure that the
program design is in alignment with the Alcatel-Lucent Foundation’s
requirements and that it is adequately supported and overseen throughout
the life of the program. She/he is responsible for ensuring that
implementation meets its targets and is of a high quality, that the work
plan is carried out in a timely manner, that Alcatel-Lucent employees are
actively involved in program implementation through volunteering, that the
program maintains high visibility and that budgetary and financial
management is appropriately carried out. She/he will be expected to report
to and coordinate with the ConnectEd central team in World Education’s
headquarters’ office in Boston, MA, USA. She/he is expected to develop and
maintain a close working relationship with the Alcatel-Lucent Indonesia
office to ensure their full engagement in the program.
*Duties and Responsibilities *
Work closely with World Education Indonesia supervisors and World
Education’s central ConnectEd team to:

·        Maintain positive relationships with the key contact persons from
Alcatel-Lucent Indonesia, and work with these contacts to develop a catalog
of volunteering opportunities in ConnectEd for Alcatel-Lucent employees

·        Facilitate the process of YABIM management and Alcatel Lucent
coordinators working together to design, advertise, and support employee
engagement activities

·        Collaborate with YABIM management to ensure careful programmatic
and financial monitoring takes place

·        Coordinate with ConnectEd Senior Teacher Trainer around teacher
support activities

·        Work with ConnectEd’s global team to meet all reporting
requirements, including writing success stories and interviewing program
participants

Throughout the life of the program:

·        Provide oversight to ensure the effective implementation of
activities by the NGO partner to achieve stated goals and objectives,
within budget parameters and according to the timebound work plan.

·        Make regular site visits to monitor implementation of activities
by NGO partner

·        Continue to coordinate closely with the Alcatel-Lucent contact
person and assist in carrying out Alcatel-Lucent volunteer recruitment,
planning activities, ensuring they are carried out, tracking volunteer
activities, publicizing events that have occurred and responding to any
issues relating to employee engagement in a timely manner

·        Ensure the partner NGO is collecting required monitoring and
evaluation data and that it is of good quality

·        Provide reports to the central ConnectEd team as requested (both
through a reporting matrix template that will be provided, as well through
regular email updates as directed, and scheduled twice-monthly phone calls
with the ConnectEd central team)

·        Represent the program to donors, authorities, local partners, and
other stakeholders.

·        Foster relationships with local authorities and other
stakeholders to ensure program buy-in.

·        etc
Qualifications and Requirements:

·        Be fluent in written and spoken English.  (This is crucial to
success in the position).

·        Hold a university degree.

·        Have a minimum of 5-7 years experience in project coordination,
project management, or communications/ public relations.

·        Excellent communication skills – report writing, networking – and
computer skills.

·        Have the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

·        Possess a strong attention to detail, good organizational and
coordination skills.

Desired starting date: Mid of March 2013
Application Instructions:
Interested applicants, please submit cover letter and vita by email to
Rieni Handayani, Office Manager, World Education Indonesia (
we-admin.hrd@indo.net.id).  Files must be either in Microsoft Word or PDF
format, and must be named with the applicant’s last name, followed by first
name, then either “Vita” or “Cover Letter.”  (Ex: Handayani_Rieni_Vita.doc;
Handayani_Rieni_Cover Letter.pdf).
Application Deadline:  Sunday January 20, 2013