SENIOR OFFICER, ENERGY INVESTMENT

SENIOR OFFICER, ENERGY INVESTMENT

POSITION SUMMARY

The Senior Officer will act as the Project Manager of “Decarbonizing Indonesia through Biogas” project funded by the Mitigation Action Facility (MAF). The position plays a pivotal role in ensuring the operationalization of the Biogas Guarantee Facility (BGF), a partial credit guarantee mechanism designed to reduce project risks and mobilize commercial financing for biogas to biomethane projects, through direct engagement with government counterparts, Indonesia's Climate Change Trust Fund (ICCTF) as the proposed BGF Fund Manager, potential project developers, relevant local stakeholders, and banks/financial institutions as commercial lenders.

Under the guidance of GGGI Indonesia Energy Lead, and in close coordination with GGGI's Investment Unit, s/he will be responsible for overseeing both components of the project: Technical Cooperation Component (TC) focusing on policy support, institutional capacity-building, and pipeline development, as well as Financial Cooperation Component (FC) including the BGF itself to support BGF Fund Manager. S/he will be supported by a dedicated project team, but will remain responsible for overall project implementation, budget management, and donor compliance.

The role demands strong project management, financial structuring expertise, and technical credibility in guarantee-based investment as a project de-risking mechanism to ensure the BGF is operationalized on schedule and delivers a credible, bankable pipeline. This position is central to demonstrating that credit guarantees can unlock private investment in Indonesia's biogas to biomethane sector at scale.

Please note that the deadline is based on Korean Standard Time Zone (KST, UTC+9)

INTRODUCTION TO GGGI

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PURPOSE

Lead the execution of “Decarbonizing Indonesia through Biogas” Project in Indonesia, ensuring the BGF becomes fully operational, well-governed, and aligned with donor requirement and expectations.

Support the Project’s Steering Committee and Technical Committee governance structure, ensuring effective multi-ministry coordination and a clear delineation between fund-manager role and the multi-ministry decision-making structure.

Drive the capitalization and de-risking of commercial biomethane investment through the guarantee facility, mobilizing investment, and participating financial institutions as lenders.

Strengthen BGF fund manager's institutional readiness, including its guarantee appraisal systems, risk-management framework, and compliance procedures.

Ensure the target of Phase 1 implementation is achieved, according to the requirement from the Donor, including the timely delivery of project's financial and technical components and alignment with the conditions set by the Donor.

Analyze sectoral challenges, identify bankable pipelines, and opportunities to inform project design, identify intervention points, and support the development of scalable, investable and inclusive biogas to biomethane ecosystem.

ENGAGEMENT

Coordination and Stakeholder Engagement

Ensure effective communication and coordination between Bappenas (as Project Steering Committee chair), the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, the Ministry of Environment, and other relevant Ministries and stakeholders.

• Serve as GGGI's primary liaison with BGF Fund Manager.
• Lead engagement with Donor, including all clarifications, reporting, and negotiations.

Facilitate coordination and formal engagement with public and participating financial institutions to build the guarantee facility's lending base, and Indonesia Biomethane Society (IBMS).

• Program Management and Implementation
• Provide operational direction and technical guidance to the project team, covering both TC and FC components.

Deliver excellence in team and people management, as well as project and output management, using GGGI’s systems and processes and in line with international good practice.

Provide strategic advice to the GGGI Indonesia Energy Lead, ensuring that energy sector initiatives align with GGGI, donor, and Government of Indonesia priorities.

Oversee the guarantee facility's operationalization, including risk-based guarantee coverage decisions, eligibility screening, and safeguard compliance.

• Coordinate the Project’s Phase 1 to Phase 2 transition process, ensuring all Donor Decision conditions are met on schedule.
• Partnerships and Collaboration

Build and maintain strategic partnerships with BGF Fund Manager, participating financing institutions/Banks, the Indonesia Biomethane Society (IBMS), and other industry stakeholders.

Foster internal collaboration across GGGI, including HQ, the Regional Office, and country teams, by actively engaging with other teams and promoting the “One GGGI” approach to apply institutional best practice to the BGF's design and operation.

Collaborate closely with GGGI Indonesia’s Energy Unit and Investment Unit to align with broader investment facilitation efforts.

DELIVERY

The candidate is expected to deliver the following

Lead and oversee implementation of the project, including work planning, budgeting, risk management, and M&E for both TC and FC components.

Support close coordination with Bappenas and other government stakeholders, and with the BGF Fund Manager, through the Steering Committee and Technical Committee to ensure effective project governance.

Ensure timely submission of all Donor deliverables, against their respective deadlines.

Design and manage the guarantee facility's risk and eligibility framework with the BGF Fund Manager, including guarantee decisioning criteria and safeguard screening for sub-borrowers.

• Ensure robust MRV and M&E systems are in place, with strong integration of GESI across all activities.
• Deliver high quality financial and narrative reporting to Donor.

In collaboration with Communications team, ensure the project delivers robust communications materials in line with the Donor Guideline, including impact stories and documentation to showcase results to partners.

REQUIREMENTS (only recruitment purpose)

QUALIFICATIONS

An advanced degree (Master's or equivalent) in Finance, Economics, Business, Engineering, or other related disciplines.

Minimum of 8 years of experience in project management, including direct experience in designing and structuring project guarantee schemes, blended finance, or de-risking instruments for private investment.

Demonstrated expertise in the design, structuring, or operation of a blended financial mechanism anchored around a guarantee fund or similar financial de-risking mechanism (ie credit guarantees facilities, first-loss facilities, risk-sharing facilities).

Experience working with fund managers, development finance institutions (DFIs), or guarantee institutions, ideally including direct engagement with entities comparable to national trust funds, banks, or similar public/private fund managers.

Track record of mobilizing commercial bank or private-sector financing for green infrastructure projects.

Proven project management experience, including planning, budgeting, financial management, and donor reporting; experience with bilateral/multilateral climate donors is an advantage.

• Demonstrated experience working with Indonesian government institutions, ministries, or state-owned financial institutions.
• Experience and knowledge of the bioenergy sector including biogas, biomethane, waste-to-energy is an advantage.
• Good experience managing teams and people, including staff development, and fostering a collaborative, high-performing team environment.
• Ability to lead and work effectively with people from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds.
• Excellent English and Indonesian oral and written communication skills.

FUNCTIONAL

• Strong technical understanding of guarantee mechanisms, risk-based guarantee pricing, and de-risking instruments.
• Strong financial analysis and due diligence skills.

Experience in policy engagement, multi-stakeholder coordination, leading capacity building activities to multi-stakeholders, and government relations in Indonesia's multi-sectoral context.

• Ability to manage complex, multi-donor compliance requirements.
• Skilled in financial reporting, budget forecasting, and maintaining accurate project records and databases.
• Capability to perform in a demanding environment with self-motivation to deliver quality results in a timely manner.

CORPORATE

• Understand and actively support GGGI’s mission, vision and values.
• Promote an organizational culture of trust, transparency, respect and partnership.

Excels at problem solving, asks questions and seeks support when needed, easily shares information and knowledge with others both internally as externally.

• Manage emotions and stress positively, build rapport and resolves conflict easily.
• Strong ability to work independently and/or remotely, while maintaining productivity.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Senior Officer is an G9 grade level in GGGI’s national salary scale. Determination of base salary is subject to candidate's experience, academic background and internal equity.

GGGI provides 15% of base salary towards retirement plan/long-term savings, 27 days of annual leave, and private health insurance that covers dental and vision.

GGGI is committed to providing a work environment that is sufficiently flexible to accommodate diverse life-cycle challenges and assist Staff members to achieve a better balance between work and personal/family commitments, thus ensuring high performance, long-term productivity, and well-being of Staff members.

• The chosen candidate is expected to be based in Jakarta, Indonesia, and will report to the Energy Lead (also based in Jakarta).
• This is a national position and does not include relocation benefits.

PROJECT INTRODUCTION

GGGI supports the Government of Indonesia (GoI) under the joint GoI-GGGI Green Indonesia Future Initiative Program (GIFT, “the Program”). The Program aims to demonstrate that green investments can become the norm both for investors and planners, ultimately improving the quality of economic development for more environmental sustainability and social inclusion. Through the Program, GGGI collaborates with the Ministry of Development Planning (BAPPENAS) as program host, the Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Forestry, PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur (“PT SMI”) , Indonesia Environment Fund (IEF), and others.

The "Decarbonizing Indonesia through Biogas" is financed by the Mitigation Action Facility (MAF) with the expected duration from October 2026 to October 2031. The project's intervention strategy is designed as a cohesive and phased approach, integrating Financial Cooperation (FC) and Technical Cooperation (TC) components to achieve its two primary outcomes: scalable climate finance for biogas to biomethane (Outcome 1) and the transformational development of the inclusive biomethane market (Outcome 2). This integrated strategy is critical for addressing the identified market, financial, regulatory, and behavioral barriers, ensuring sustainable and scalable deployment of biomethane technologies.

The project has the objective of

Phase 1 (12 months and 1 month decision period): to operationalize and validate the BGF by establishing its governance, operational manuals, risk management systems, regulatory compliance and institutional coordination between the financial and technical components. It also aims to strengthen market readiness through capacity building, pipeline development and engagement with financial institutions and off-takers. Public benefits in this phase include building national institutional capacity to manage climate finance instruments, reducing systemic investment barriers, strengthening regulatory frameworks and creating the foundation for sustained methane emission reductions as well as green jobs creation.

Phase 2 (48 months): to scale up guarantee deployment and mobilize significant private sector financing for biogas to bio-CNG/biomethane projects, leading to measurable emission reductions and sector transformation. In this phase, the BGF is expected to operate at scale, crowd in commercial capital and support a growing pipeline of bankable projects. Public benefits include large-scale GHG mitigation, reduced reliance on fossil fuels, improved waste management in the palm oil sector, strengthened domestic financial markets for renewable energy as well as broader socio-economic co-benefits such as employment generation and inclusive participation in the green economy.

Child Protection

GGGI is committed to child protection, irrespective of whether any specific area of work involves direct contact with children. GGGI's Child Protection Policy is written in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Child protection – GGGI is committed to child protection, irrespective of whether any specific area of work involves direct contact with children. GGGI’s Child Protection Policy is written in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child.