Rethinking Recycling Indonesia Program Manager

POSITION DETAILS 

We are looking for a passionate, entrepreneurial, high-performing people leader to lead a collaborative program team of Delterra colleagues, external staff, and local partners as Program Manager in Indonesia. 

Responsibilities include : 

• Together with the global leadership team of Delterra, define our strategy and set clear objectives and direction for the team 
• Provide strategic and day-to-day problem solving, leading a collaborative process to prioritise between tradeoffs, manage risks and respond to emergent opportunities  
• Prepare high quality, actionable syntheses of program work to help frame decision-making and for regular meetings with stakeholders, including memos and presentations 
• Manage and develop collaborations with partner organisations, building trusted, collaborative relationships to ensure strong ownership and sustained support from key stakeholders 
• Coordinate and set priorities across team members, ensuring collaboration between workstreams (e.g., Behavioural Change, Operations) and steering progress through tracking of key performance metrics 
• Oversee finances and investment prioritization decisions (e.g., new equipment), with the support of the Regional Director
• Oversee business case analysis and recommendations to ensure financial sustainability, including return on investment modelling and sensitivity analysis 
• Codify learnings from the program to ensure replicability and scalability, as well as cross-geography learnings 
• Contribute to organizational and operational growth as a core member of the global leadership team and working with our central team to drive improvements in systems and processes for our small but fast growing organisation
• Oversee the development of our diverse and talented team, coaching team members on a regular basis and delivering targeted trainings  

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 beyond Rethinking Recycling and Plastic IQ. 

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Native or professional fluency in Bahasa preferred 
• 8+ years’ experience managing a high performing and large diverse team to deliver complex projects with diverse stakeholders, including implementation and transformations
• Strong track record as an inspirational team leader (managing 10+ people), 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
• Strong track record building respect and credibility with senior decision makers, such as government officials, corporate executives, major donors, and community leaders
• 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
• 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. Master’s Degree preferred 
• Pluses include: 
  • 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, municipal services) 
  • Experience in a start-up environment (i.e., resource constrained, fast evolving, flexible) 
  • Existing relationships in Indonesia (and/or Asia) in the public sector or circularity space that can be drawn upon to accelerate our growth and impact 

Further details: 

All nationalities are welcome to apply but the role is based in Bali, Indonesia.