Forest & Climate Project Officer

Our Company

PT ReClima Tech Solutions (“ReClimaTech”) is a newly incorporated company based in Bali working on environmental consulting for nature-based solutions, forestry, sustainable agriculture, corporate sustainability, impact investments, professional services and landscape management.

We venture towards a harmonic triple win between People, Prosperity, and Planet by enabling nature-based solutions that are financially sustainable.

We achieve that by empowering stewards of nature to access green finance catalyzing sustainable livelihoods and businesses.

The company has been established by management professionals with +15 years of work experience in the sector in Indonesia and internationally.

Position Overview

The Forest & Climate Project Officer (PO) reports to the Senior Project Manager, and supervises Project Officers and Interns. This role involves leading the planning, roll-out, and management of professional service projects in the space of nature-based solutions. The PO shall lead an engagement with a client and partners after contracting and deliver value in excellent quality, on time, and on budget. The PO is expected to contribute to the use, improvement, and development of technical templates and processes. Inputs on Project Management workflow, team & capacity building, as well as strategic partnership in Research & Development, are also part of the job.

A strong focus lies on developing projects to enable access to climate & green finance, through carbon markets and other mechanisms. Understanding of land use GHG accounting must be present or have a strong basis and will to learn. Excellent use of statistics, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word is required in professional communication in English.

In the beginning the position can be parttime and hybrid, including days in the office and days working from home. These arrangements can be adapted later.

Qualifications

• Indonesian passport
• Residency in Bali or Greater Jakarta area
• Fluent in speaking and writing in English and Indonesian language
• Minimum three (3) years of working experience in sustainable natural resource management, forestry, agriculture and land use, and nature based solution project
• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in forestry, biology, agronomy, geography, environmental science, engineering, mathematics, data science or related field
• Experienced problem solving in the field
• Excellent skills in statistics, Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Experience in managing and supervising technical teams
• Experience in project management for international donors and clients
• Additional benefit: Advanced user in Geographic Information Systems and geospatial analysis
• Additional benefit: Exposure to building routines with AI
• Additional benefit: Land Use GHG accounting
• Additional benefit: Experience in project management beyond Indonesia

Personal Attributes & Competencies

• Good personal organizational and priority-setting skills, with the ability to work effectively to manage multiple priorities.
• Preemptive thinking about possible future issues
• Focused on solutions and options.
• Capable of working independently as well as being an effective team player, with initiative and creativity.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively interact with people in a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural environment.
• Values the sharing of information and continuous improvement in a cooperative atmosphere of constructive evaluation and learning.
• Be able to diagnose problems quickly and have foresight into potential issues
• An experienced professional in mid-career who is passionate about and driven by the application of his/her skills to the purpose, mission and impact that his/her work is having on the world.
• A proactive personality who brings a spirit of enthusiasm, self-motivation and inspirational positivity to the workplace and is not discouraged by temporary lack of clarity, systems, and procedures. A person who thrives from the challenge of building and creating a well-oiled machine will thrive in our family.
• Able and willing to embrace the challenge of trying to solve problems based on new and not fully understood interdisciplinary business models.
• Embraces the role of being both learner and teacher of your colleagues.
• Willing to own, be responsible for, and proactively lead tasks that are both above and below his/her skill level until additional staff are appointed to support. The company is new and even the executive leadership is required to undertake basic operating tasks.

Benefits & Work Condition
Travel to relocate to the office location can be covered. A housing allowance can be discussed. The candidate may be based out of Bali with some working days per week in ReClima Tech’s Bali, Sanur office, or the greater Jakarta area. In the beginning, the position can be part-time and hybrid, including days in the office and days working from home. These arrangements can be adapted later.

Location: Bali or Greater Jakarta area with national and international travel
Contract period: 1 year with potential for extension