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Tanoto Foundation | Deputy Global CEO of Tanoto Foundation
Deputy Global CEO of Tanoto Foundation October 2023
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Tanoto Foundation | Deputy Global CEO of Tanoto Foundation
About Tanoto Foundation Tanoto Foundation is an independent philanthropic organization founded by Sukanto Tanoto and Tinah Bingei Tanoto based on the belief that every person should have the opportunity to realize his or her full potential. Tanoto Foundation started its work in 1981 when their founders established a kindergarten and elementary school in Besitang, North Sumatra. Tanoto Foundation’s programs stem from the belief that quality education accelerates equal opportunity, and harness the transformative strength of education to realize people’s full potential and improve lives.
Tanoto Foundation | Deputy Global CEO of Tanoto Foundation
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The Role Role:
Deputy Global CEO of Tanoto Foundation
Location:
Singapore / Jakarta
Salary:
Competitive
About the Role Tanoto Foundation (TF) has grown in term of activities, grant size and the number of staff internationally in the last five years. The growth follows the new TF Strategy to expand in Indonesia, Singapore, China and Brazil. The position is to support the CEO in leading TF international team to the next level of impact, managing day to day operations and resources, and potentially to take the CEO position within 6 to 12 months.
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Tanoto Foundation | Deputy Global CEO of Tanoto Foundation
Responsibilities Organization and People Management • Build the global TF organization to cover the capability of delivering the designed and committed programs. • Develop team members especially TF Country Head for the desired capacity. • Develop and maintain succession plan for TF.
• Involve a network of experts in designing programs to ensure relevance and alignment with the audience of the programs.
• Build a program execution plan for each of the global TF within the portfolio.
• To grow with the company to build our organization from within
• Develop progressive programs that are relevant to the community
and promote and reward based on performance and people
needs and continuous innovation according to the development of the surrounding environment. and ensuring program accountability. • Think strategically, creating competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans for local efforts and organization wide.
• Align each of the programs within the portfolio and seek for international collaboration. • Manage the committed budget to ensure the return on investment through the desired impacts for all countries. • Build the yearly budget for the TF Global and present to the committee. • Monitor budgets, expense reports, or other financial data related to each country. • Ensure compliance within the organization and streamlined
and effectiveness through partnership, including but not limited to the management of external advisors. • Provide brief monthly report, comprehensive quarterly reviews and assist on the production of the global annual report. • Deliver high quality program execution.
development, in a fair and transparent way. • Act with integrity at all times by being uncompromising with dishonesty and putting problems and issues on the table, and act without fear or favour, as well as safeguarding the company’s assets and knowledge. • Understand the customers and align internally to our customers’ needs as well as deliver the best value to them by regularly
Continuous Improvement and Development
engaging our customers to better understand their businesses
• Revisit the relevant processes regularly for continuous
and needs and serve our customers through stable quality,
improvement globally. • Using the monitoring & evaluation data, develop improvement plans to achieve the desired output of each program globally. • Develop the communications capacity of TF to document, publicize and advocate for all the programs and increase their impact and effectiveness globally.
processes in all TF operations. • Work with partners, invite collaboration and seek for efficiency
each area do not operate in silos..
• Develop programs through cross-learning with other organizations.
• Design, implement and direct multiple projects, setting deadlines
Grant and Program Operation
promote knowledge and ideas with our colleagues and ensure
supply and service and innovate and customize our products and services to provide win-win solutions for our customers. • Act with zero complacencies and always strive for continuous improvement by striving to do better, faster, and at a lower cost (SQPC) and aim for today to be better than yesterday and tomorrow to be better than today by eliminating waste. • Any other assignments from the people manager.
TOPICC Core Values • Take ownership to achieve outstanding results and seek value at
Others
all times, through a can-do attitude and hands-on management
• Be active with the global network of philanthropy.
through leading by example.
• Working with the communications department, ensure a coherent,
• Keep things simple and smart and seek out the best value when making decisions • Make sure the organization aligns to the company’s common
Program Design and Update
purpose and works together as a complementary team and
• Contribute to the strategy definition of the TF Global foundation.
promotes working together based on mutual trust and respect
• Design and update programs in alignment with the defined strategy.
through direct and open communication with each other to
strategic, brand consistent message to global stakeholders. • Participate in the global philanthropy network to gain credibility for TF and for positioning.
Tanoto Foundation | Deputy Global CEO of Tanoto Foundation
Candidate Profile Education / Experience • Master’s degree in the related fields. Doctoral Degree is a plus. • 20 years’ experience in in the development world general management, in national and international organizations. • Experience in large foundations / non-profits organization/philanthropy is necessary. • Candidates from South and South East Asia are particularly encouraged to apply.
Specific knowledge and aptitude • Fluent oral and written English. Fluent oral and written Chinese and/or Bahasa Indonesia and other foreign language will be a plus. • Experience in the international education field as well as philanthropy – at least to have a real interest that can be demonstrated. • Creative, positive and proactive, can-do attitude, cooperative to others (teamwork). • Problem solver with service attitude, willing to adapt for internal and external stakeholders’ needs. • Candidates from the operational countries are a plus.
Technical Business / Philanthropy understanding • Good knowledge and practice of Philanthropy principles, Project management and Leadership development. • Understanding of family run philanthropies (chemistry with the family).
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Tanoto Foundation | Deputy Global CEO of Tanoto Foundation
How to Apply All correspondence, at this stage, should be via
Selection process
Oxford HR. To apply for this post, click on the “Apply”
All candidates will receive an update regarding
button on the job advert page, complete our online
their application after the closing date. We advise
application form, and submit your CV and cover
candidates to add the role email to their safe senders
letter as two different documents, which should be
list and regularly check their spam folder.
prepared before applying as they will be considered in the application process. The cover letter should be
Equality Statement
no more than two pages long and explain why you
Equality and diversity are at the core of Tanoto
are interested in this post and how your skills and
Foundation’s values. Staff are expected to
experience make you a good fit.
work collectively and individually to promote a constructive and sensitive approach to others from a
The document should be saved in PDF in the following
variety of backgrounds, where the work of others is
format: Your First Name-Your Last Name-Document
valued and respected.
Name-Date (mmyy) e.g., Pat-Jones-CV-102023-Tanoto or Pat-Jones-CoverLetter-102023-Tanoto.
Queries If you have any queries on any aspect of the
Timeline
appointment process, need additional information,
Closing Date: Applications will be reviewed on an
or would like to have an informal discussion, please
on-going basis
email at tanoto-deputy-global-ceo@oxfordhr.com in the first instance.
First stage interviews: TBC Final interviews: TBC
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