Country Manager Indonesia

BBC Media Action is the BBC’s international charity - we believe in media and communication for good. Last year, we reached more than 130 million people in some of the world’s poorest and most fragile countries. BBC Media Action uses media and communications to help people take control of their lives and make informed decisions. We do this through our focus on health, governance and rights, resilience and humanitarian response, partnering with civil society, local media and governments to produce creative programmes in multi-media formats which inform and engage audiences and strengthen the media sector through building professional capacity and infrastructure.

BBC Media Action is working in Indonesia supported by UK, Norwegian and EU donor partners on projects around media development, and climate and deforestation. We have a small team of Research, Project, Finance, HR, Admin and Production staff in Jakarta that is currently remotely managed by the BBC Media Action Cluster Director for South East Asia and Pacific from outside Indonesia.

**Job Purpose**

BBC Media Action requires a senior manager to oversee in-country operations in Indonesia. This position will be the senior representative of BBCMA in Indonesia and undertake both management of internal operations and projects, as well as assisting with business development and external partner relations. The Country Manager will line manage a small team of Admin, Finance, HR, Project, Research and Production staff to meet agreed project targets and objectives and to oversee daily operations in country. The position will act as a focal point in communication with the Indonesian government, local BBC news team and UK based BBC Media Action teams.

**Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities**

The position will be remotely supervised by the BBCMA South East Asia and Pacific Cluster Director. Reporting to the Cluster Director.

- The position will take responsibility for overseeing the planning and implementation of country projects and activities in Indonesia.
- Work with Cluster Director and the Indonesia Senior Management Team (SMT) to manage contingency planning and response, to ensure the security, health and safety of staff and contractors, and ensure compliance with all BBC safety rules and other relevant legal requirements.
- Supervise Finance and Admin processes for ongoing office operations. This will include sign approval of daily in-country finance transactions within designated limits according to BBCMA Finance policy.
- Working with the Senior Finance Officer, manage project budgets and ensure that the delivery of outputs is in accordance with budget and in line with BBC Media Action’s financial procedures and the funder’s operating guidelines.
- Work with Cluster Director and Indonesia Senior Finance Officer for internal and donor reporting including month end finance reporting, business development budgets and project audits and finance reporting.
- Supervise HR, Finance, Project, Research, and Production leads in the Indonesia office.
- Ensure the design and implementation of project activities adhere to workplan and logframe commitments and remain in line with BBC editorial standards and values and BBC Media Action’s best practice.
- Oversee contractual and logistics arrangements with consultants, advisors, suppliers.
- Develop and manage effective relationships with donors, stakeholders and partners.
- Work with the Cluster Director to contribute to the development of new business for BBC Media Action in Indonesia.
- Work collaboratively with other members of the SMT and staff in a leading role to manage daily operations, safeguard staff and partners, and ensure the positive reputation and visibility of BBC Media Actions work in Indonesia

**Safeguarding Role:**

- Ensure that relevant safeguarding due diligence is conducted with any local partner organisations that may be working with vulnerable adults or children as part of the project. Where any risks are identified, ensure that projects are designed to mitigate these risks.
- Factor safeguarding issues into project design and include costs within budgets.
- Understand and comply with the Safeguarding policy and the staff Code of Conduct.
- Participate in relevant mandatory training on Safeguarding and Respect at Work.
- Report any Safeguarding concerns immediately to the Cluster Director or any respective functions

**Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience**

- A minimum of 5 years experience as a senior manager supervising staff teams across multiple roles / departments
- Experience developing and managing large-scale, donor-funded projects and knowledge of the reporting requirements of donors
- Strong financial management skills, with proven experience managing complex medium to large budgets for donor-funded international development projects
- Experience in managing and monitoring financial transactions and processes
- Demonstrated ability to build external relationships with do