Job Description - Systems Administration and Infrastructure Specialist (2601870)
Job Description
2601870
Systems Administration and Infrastructure Specialist
Job Posting02/Sep/2026
Closure Date16/Sep/2026, 9:59:00 PM
Organizational Unit : FAINS - FAO Representation in Indonesia
Job TypeNon-staff opportunities
Type of Requisition : PSA (Personal Services Agreement)
Primary LocationPost Number : N/A
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Organizational Setting
Monitoring and Enhancement of Remote Sensing for National Forest Inventory (MERANTI) is a three-year project funded by Norway and managed by the FAO Office in Jakarta. It serves as Indonesia’s new National Forest Inventory (NFI) initiative, integrating enhanced land-monitoring approaches to improve the accuracy, availability, transparency and timeliness of forest and tree-resource data. Through the combination of a strengthened NFI and an improved national forest monitoring system, MERANTI aims to significantly enhance Indonesia’s capacity to generate high-quality forest information.
This strengthened data ecosystem will:
- Improve national strategic planning and decision-making on forests and trees
- Support climate change mitigation efforts
- Enable greater access to scalable climate finance
- Strengthen Indonesia’s position in climate-finance negotiations
- Increase opportunities for results‑based payments (RBPs) and other forms of results‑based contributions (RBC)
- Ensure fulfilment of Indonesia’s international commitments to global climate and sustainable development goals
The collaboration will also expand to other projects and programmes related to forest monitoring, including the UK-funded AIM4
Forests initiative and affiliated programmes within the FAO portfolio and pipeline, as appropriate.
Reporting Lines
Under the overall guidance and supervision of the FAO Representative in Indonesia, the general supervision of the Lead Technical Officer, and the direct supervision of the FAO UN-REDD Programme Coordinator and the MERANTI National Project Coordinator, as well as close coordination with Directorate General of Forestry Planning/IPSDH
Technical Focus
The Specialist will support the operationalization and sustainability of the NFI 2.0 information system by strengthening the IT infrastructure supporting SI-INTAN and associated applications. The focus is on practical infrastructure improvements, monitoring, backup, security, and operational readiness that can be completed within the consultancy period.
The Specialist will work under the direction of the designated FAO technical staff and will support the System and…
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