Vacancy - Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity is a global nonprofit, Christian housing ministry. We seek to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat has built more than 300.000 houses around the world, providing over 1.500.000 people in excess of thousands of communities with safe, decent, affordable shelter.

Habitat for Humanity Indonesia is Habitat for Humanity’s national foundation established in 1997. It currently operates in Bandung, Batam, Jakarta, Manado, Surabaya, Yogyakarta, Medan anddisaster response program in Aceh, Jakarta and Yogyakarta. For more information of Habitat for Humanity Indonesia please refer to www.habitatindonesi a.org.

Due to our new project : Nagan Raya Housing Improvement Project based in Nagan Raya and Aceh Barat district, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province, we are now seeking Indonesians who are highly competent, active and experienced professionals to join Habitat for Humanity Indonesia. Interpersonal skill and cultural sensitivity is required, and fluency in English both verbal and written and local language proficiency will be an advantage.

1. Logistic Staff

He/she will be responsible to coordinating Logistic Department and providing material needed by construction department, include monitoring and arranging to all of activities in procurement process and material distribution. Reporting to Project Coordinator, the logistic staff will manage and monitor logistic procedures are in place, arrange dispatching and distribute material from supplier to project sites.

Requirements:

-Graduate university of technical or other related fields
-Should have at least two years of material procurement; field project experience will be an added value
-Should have had basic understanding of administration works
-Basic understanding of operation management and report writing
-Good written and oral English communication skills
-Demonstrate sufficient comprehension of given Standard Operating Procedures
-Ability to operate computer spreadsheet (windows, excel, power pint, etc)

2. Community Organizer

The Community Organizer will provide support project related to community and local government. He/she will interlace communication with local government and community, make socialization activities, responsible to community organizing, make data entry/survey at a set location, facilitate for legalization document in government, monitor and evaluate the community development.

Requirements:

-Graduate university of social development, or other related fields
-Should have at least two years of development exposure; field program experience will be an added value
-Minimum one year exposure towards low income group community works
-Should have had understanding of community development
-Basic understanding of operation management and report writing
-Good written and oral English communication skills
-Good verbal, written and internet communication
-Demonstrate sufficient comprehension of given Standard Operating Procedures
-Ability to operate computer spreadsheet (windows, excel, power point, etc)

3. Construction Supervisor

Reporting to Project Coordinator, the Construction Supervisor will provide the construction design, make budget planning and construction training design for the community, monitor the quality of material, manage the construction staff and make sure that construction implementation meet the standard.

Requirements:

-Graduated university from Civil or Architiect Engineer
-Minimum 2 years experiences in Project is esential. Exposure and direct experiences in NGO work is a plus.
-Ability to work as a team
-Good communication and reporting skill
-Knolwledge in Autocad program is advantage
-Basic knowledge in Ms.Word, Excell, Power point
-Basic oral and written communication skills in English and good working knowledge of local language
-Strong spiritual foundation, servant hood and good human relations at all level

4. Water & Sanitation Staff

To support Project Coordinator in water and sanitation project, the water & sanitation staff will do the construction design for watsan project. He will also make budget planning according to construction work, monitor the construction works for watsan implementation, supervise the community to engage the participation of beneficiaries in design and maintenance of watsan system as well as contribution of labor and material where appropriate, and provide watsan training to the community and construction workers.

Requirements:

-Graduated university from Civil or Environment Engineer
-Minimum 2 years experiences in watsan Project is esential. Exposure and direct experiences in NGO work is a plus.
-Ability to work as a team
-Good communication and reporting skill
-Capacity to make design, planning and implementation of community organizing in water and sanitation project
-Knolwledge in Autocad program is advantage
-Basic knowledge in Ms.Word, Excell, Power point
-Basic oral and written communication skills in English and good working knowledge of local language
-Strong spiritual foundation, servant hood and good human relations at all level

5. Project and Office Administrator

The purpose of the position is to provide support related project and office administration – Human Resources, and to support to Finance Coordinator as cashier. He/she will provide support to other department related project activities when needed, file and update General Affair and Human Resource documents, receive, screen and process mail, fax, telex, and other incoming and outgoing communications, maintain office building and contact suppliers for required repairs and maintenance works in the office, oversea and coordinate the activity of the housekeeper, securities and drivers and make necessary assignments for them.

Required Expertise:

-Program administrator and housing program basic understanding
-Basic understanding of community development
-Basic program SOP knowledge and its implementation
-Basic administration and finance skills
-Reports writing and analysis
Other Requirements:
-Graduate of administration or other related fields
-Should have at least two years of development exposure; field program experience will be an added value
-Minimum one year experience in office administration
-Should have had basic understanding of administration works
-Basic understanding of operation management and report writing
-Good written and oral English communication skills
-Good verbal, written and internet communication
-Demonstrate sufficient comprehension of given Standard Operating Procedures
-Ability to operate computer spreadsheet (windows, excel, power point, etc)

Interested applicants are encouraged to submit their applications, indicating the position applied to: recruitment@ habitatindonesia .org, or to:

HR Department
Habitat Resource Centre (HRC) Sumatera
Habitat for Humanity Indonesia
Jl. Pabrik Tenun 66A, Kel Sei Putih, Kec Medan Petisah
Medan20118
Sumatera Utara

The application should be received by 05:00pm on Friday, September 4, 2009. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.