**Duties**:
The Senior Resident Advisor assists the RCD to provide ongoing guidance, advice, technical feedback, and support to the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) compact country entity in implementation.
The Senior Resident Advisor (FMD) serves as MCC's Resident Country Mission (RCM) Lead for the Financial Markets Development Project (FMD) under the Indonesia Infrastructure and Finance Compact. Specifically, the Senior Resident Advisor provides technical assistance and oversight of the FMD Project through close collaboration with MCA-Indonesia, relevant Government of Indonesia (GOI) partners, MCC's RCM, MCC's largely Washington D.C.based Country Team (CT), the U.S. Embassy, private sector, donors, NGOs, and other stakeholders.
In this role, the Senior Resident Advisor:
Coordinates closely with the MCC RCM, MCC Country Team (CT) and MCC consultants to provide high quality technical assistance to MCA-Indonesia to meet the objectives of the FMD Project and broader compact, while adhering to all MCC and GOI requirements.
Develops effective relationships with relevant government officials, private sector, NGOs, donors, U.S. Government partners including the U.S. Embassy and other agencies to provide a coordinated effort to support MCA-Indonesia's implementation of the FMD Project and broader compact.
Anticipates and troubleshoots potential problems (including substantive or administrative issues) and tracks milestones and concrete progress on implementation of the FMD project and broader compact.
Assists the RCD to coordinate program efforts with MCA-Indonesia and the MCC CT, including consultants, to achieve the timely delivery of reports, plans, approvals, and agreements required for program implementation.
Assists the RCD in organizing and participating in public outreach and representational events in-country relating to the FMD Project and broader compact, including helping to represent MCC in interactions with donors, representatives of the local business community and civil society, and other interested parties.
Carries out such other roles and responsibilities and special projects related to MCC activities as may be delegated or requested by MCC Washington or MCC's RCM.
Guides FMD and other consultants supporting the compact by establishing and communicating guidance and performance expectations to consultants.
Assists the RCD in coordinating in-country visits by MCC staff, technical advisors and US government officials. Assists the RCD to manage, supervise and report on MCC's in-country presence, including procurement, staffing, budgeting, financial and asset management needs
Assists the RCD in day-to-day management of locally engaged staff, and of the MCC office in country.
Assists with responsibilities as may otherwise be requested by the RCD to facilitate implementation of the Compact, including special projects.
Performs related duties as assigned.
**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a federal security clearance
- Relocation expenses will not be paid
- More than 1 job may be filled if additional vacancies occur within 120 days
- Some domestic and international travel may be required
**Qualifications**:
- Five (5) years of experience in or with transitioning or developing countries, either in the private sector or with an international financial institution, multilateral organization, international or local non-government organization (NGO), the U.S. Government or other internationally focused entity. Examples of specialized experience includes:
- Experience leading, managing, analyzing, designing, or providing advisory services for large scale (over $10 million) international development programs, including infrastructure development and institutional reform;
- Experience as a project manager managing large-scale infrastructure and technical assistance programs in developing or emerging markets
- Developing, negotiating and overseeing complex construction and advisory activities with multimillion dollar annual budgets in a team environment;
- Experience in provision of technical advice and/or management supervision in the core infrastructure sectors or other areas of MCC focus in developing countries; and
- Experience in the private sector, a development organization, an international NGO, an international commercial bank, or the U.S. Foreign Service (including the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, USAID or similar international development agency).
HIGHLY DESIRED:
- Experience working in transitioning or developing countries, particularly in Southeast Asia, and most specifically in Indonesia.
- Experience working on project finance, financial intermediation, transportation sector projects including but not limited to advisory, project management experience involving finance, policy reforms, institutional development and/or infrastructure construction projects.
- Experience interacting and engaging with private sector companies an