COUNTRY DIRECTOR, INDONESIA

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The Country Director for Indonesia will provide leadership and support for both supply and demand side programmatic work in Indonesia – including setting a clear vision and priorities, delivering the implementation of our strategy, seeking opportunities to grow our impact by building and leveraging relationships with key stakeholders, and managing the Indonesia team, office, and legal entity. The role will also be responsible for strengthening collaboration across Delterra’s teams in all geographies.

The role will have a heavy focus on delivering impact, securing funding, extending our reach in the region and enhancing Delterra’s reputation as a leader in sustainable waste management and inclusive economic development. In the years to come, the Country Director will also be responsible for defining our strategy for expansion in Southeast Asia in collaboration with Delterra’s global leadership. 

Specific responsibilities are outlined below:

1. Provide program leadership for our Indonesia programs, including:

• Set vision and strategic priorities in close consultation with the CEO, other country programs and Indonesia’s program leadership, and cascade and reinforce throughout the organization
  • Support program delivery for existing and future programs, and ensure learnings and impact on the ground support broader scaling efforts – by improving how we work across a fast paced, diverse 20+ person team, and by informing our external communications and brand-building efforts
  • Provide regular coaching and mentorship to Indonesia’s program leadership, while remaining accessible to all members of the team as a thought partner and mentor
  • Communicate and coordinate regularly with Directors and the rest of the Global Leadership team to share learnings, raise and address issues, and ensure consistent messaging across the organization

• Build, deepen and manage high-level relationships with critical stakeholders, funders and program partners:
  • Secure ambitious funding to achieve our impact, in collaboration with the Partnerships team, CEO and Board of Directors
  • Develop program delivery partnerships with other NGOs and organizations that can aid in achieving impact and joint funding opportunities
  • Build strong relationships with senior government officials at all levels
  • Represent and speak on behalf of Delterra at relevant conferences, workshops, meetings and media opportunities
  • Develop creative partnerships that can unlock new ways of working – such as building investment-ready projects for development financial institutions and other impact investors

• Oversee the management of our Indonesian Yayasan including extensive finance, HR, procurement, and legal responsibilities:
  • Oversee recruiting, hiring, and performance management to support program goals on the ground
  • Own budget forecasting and resource allocation decisions
  • Proactively manage and mitigate program risk in region through deliberate establishment and reinforcement of internal protocols, transparency mechanisms, and contingency planning

2. As a member of the Global Executive Leadership team, this role will also have organization-wide responsibilities that may include:

• Strategic and operational planning: collaboratively set program goals, KPIs, timelines, and associated resourcing and budgeting; develop and implement resourcing plans, ways of working and support the CEO in preparing reports on program progress to Delterra’s board
• Program scaling and expansion, including Playbook: work closely with the CEO and other Program Leaders to incorporate learnings from each geography and define program priorities, strategy, and workplan, including future pilot locations, solutions and partnerships (e.g., travel to identify future locations and due diligences on potential Delterra partners)
• Build our young but fast-growing organization: support our operations and program teams in identifying, designing, and implementing new systems and processes, as well as role modelling our organizational culture and values.

The Country Director for Indonesia will report directly to the CEO. As we are a young and rapidly growing non-profit, there will be opportunities to grow as a leader within the organization as we expand our scope.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Native or professional fluency in Bahasa Indonesia is strongly preferred
• Minimum 15 years of experience in strategy, special initiatives, or program delivery, with a proven track record in building and managing large, diverse, high-performing teams and delivering successful programs
• Strong track record as an inspirational team leader, who fosters a non-hierarchical, high-performing and supportive culture, with extensive experience coaching others to become effective leaders themselves and a passion for improving ways of working
• Ability to structure and communicate complex information effectively to a highly diverse set of audiences – particularly context, main points to understand, implications for strategy/project delivery, asks and next steps
• Strong track record building respect and credibility with senior decision makers, such as government officials, corporate executives, major donors, and community leaders. The ideal candidate will have existing relationships in Indonesia in the public sector or circularity space that can be drawn upon to accelerate our growth and impact.
• Ability to thrive in “build the plane as you fly it” environments: comfortable managing the ambiguity and risks inherent to innovation; adapting to the situation at hand, helping teams prioritize dynamically based on new information; staying positive and creative in the face of setbacks and driving rapid progress
• Minimum a Bachelor Education in Environmental, Public Policy, Development, Economics, Business, and/or relevant fields. Advanced Degree preferred. 
• Pluses include:
  • Experience developing compelling program proposals that attract grants and donations is strongly preferred
  • Experience managing diverse teams both in-person and remotely (20+)
  • Experience working in social impact and emerging economy contexts, especially building inclusive solutions in partnership with local stakeholders
  • Experience ideally in waste management, or broader related sustainability topics (e.g., circular economy, corporate social responsibility, economic development) and/or related industries (e.g., fast-moving consumer goods, manufacturing, municipal services/utilities),
  • Experience in a start-up environment (i.e., resource constrained, fast evolving, flexible)

Further details:

• All nationalities are welcome to apply. This role will be based in Bali, Indonesia, with regular travel to Jakarta for meetings.
• We are an equal opportunity employer.
• Hiring for this role is contingent on confirmation of relevant funding