Local recruitment: River Basin System Specialist (Indonesia nationals)

Expertise: Water Resources Engineering, Flood Risk Management, Environmental
Expertise Group: Engineering

Consultant Source: National
TOR Keywords: Water Resources Engineering, Flood Risk Management, Environmental

Objective and Purpose of the Assignment

The principal purpose of the River Basin System Specialist’s engagement is to provide strategic
direction for the “Integrated Land Use, Population, and Critical Infrastructure Survey & Study.” The
specialist, is responsible for managing the multidisciplinary team and ensuring the delivery of a
cohesive and robust analytical product that meets the strategic needs of Bappenas. The specific
objectives to be achieved within the four-month assignment are:

1. To support coordination between the additional survey team manage the project team, establishing a
   clear methodological framework, coordinating all technical activities, and ensuring the timely execution
   of all tasks as outlined in the project’s scope of work.
2. To oversee the rapid consolidation of all necessary secondary data, including geospatial,
   hydrological, land use, population, and critical infrastructure datasets, and guide the team in
   structuring this information into a unified, analysis-ready database.
3. To guide the multidisciplinary team in conducting an integrated spatial risk characterization,
   ensuring that the analyses of flood hazard, population exposure, infrastructure vulnerability, and land
   use are methodologically sound and effectively synthesized.

Scope of Work

1. Task 1: Project Management Support
   • Support the project manager by providing basin-level technical inputs needed to refine the study’s
   methodology and work plan for the four-month duration.
   • Assist the Project Manager in coordination activities, including preparing technical materials for
   meetings, consolidating inputs from other specialists, and helping document discussions with NPIU
   Bappenas and relevant agencies.
   • Support progress monitoring by helping track technical tasks, identifying potential data gaps,
   communicating technical issues to the Project Manager, and assisting in resolving bottlenecks related to
   data availability or analytical alignment.
2. Task 2: Technical Support to the Integrated Analysis
   • Support in assembling and organizing secondary data related to riverine hazard, land use, population,
   and critical infrastructure by providing basin-level technical interpretation.
   • Support in spatial risk analysis, including helping review GIS-based exposure outputs, checking
   technical coherence across layers, and offering contextual inputs on basin characteristics that may
   influence population or infrastructure exposure
   • Contribute to the integration of analytical components by helping cross-check linkages between hazard,
   land use, population, and infrastructure analyses, ensuring basin logic and spatial alignment, without
   directing or supervising the work of other specialists.
3. Task 3: Support to Synthesis, Reporting, and Analytical Consolidation
   • Support the synthesis of all analytical findings, by performing multi-criteria process of identifying
   and delineating priority risk “hotspots” where hazards and vulnerabilities converge.
   • Support in preparation of strategic recommendations based on the baseline data analysis for the
   development of strategic action plan in north java.
   • Support in preparation and finalization of all reports

Detailed Tasks and/or Expected Output

1. Inception report establishing the operational foundation for the work, which at least include:
   i. a detailed methodology outlining the specific secondary data sources to be targeted and the
   analytical techniques for the GIS-based exposure analysis;
   ii. a definitive week-by-week work plan confirming the mobilization of all key experts; and
   iii. an initial assessment identifying potential challenges in data acquisition and a corresponding
   mitigation plan;
2. Interm report: A complete and comprehensive report of the final study. This report must contain all
   substantive findings and be structured to include, at a minimum:
   i. basin-level interpretation for the integrated baseline profile (land use, population, infrastructure);
   ii. review and technical comments on preliminary flood exposure and vulnerability analyses;
   iii. supporting inputs for initial hotspot identification and early strategic considerations.
3. Final report, consisting refined and completed version of the interim report.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

1. A Master’s degree (S2) or higher in Civil Engineering, Water Resources Engineering/Management,
   Coastal Engineering, or a closely related field;
2. A minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated professional experience in water resource management,
   infrastructure project, or relevant fields;
3. Have working experience analysing or applying institutional arrangement and regulatory landscape
   related to water resources and spatial planning in Indonesia;
4. Proven ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team of technical experts under tight
   deadlines and to deliver high-quality outputs;
5. Excellent professional proficiency in both spoken and written English and Bahasa Indonesia is
   required, including the ability to write clear and concise technical reports;

Minimum General Experience: 5 Years
Minimum Specific Experience (relevant to assignment): 5 Years