Waste Management Lead

Job Brief

The Waste Management Lead provides sector leadership for KINETIK’s waste management and circular economy portfolio.

About KINETIK

KINETIK, the Australia-Indonesia Climate and Sustainable Infrastructure Partnership, supports Indonesia to deliver and strengthen sustainable infrastructure, drive green economic growth, mobilise climate-aligned investment, and advance low-emissions and climate-resilient development. Working with the Government of Indonesia (GOI) and a broad network of public and private partners, the program seeks to expand investment in sustainable infrastructure while ensuring the inclusion of local communities (locally-led development), particularly women, girls, people with disabilities and marginalised groups.

KINETIK contributes to three inter-related End of Program Outcomes (EOPOs):

• Climate resilience: Investments from government, private and community actors increasingly contribute to climate mitigation and adaptation in Indonesia.
• Innovative financing: GOI increasingly uses diverse, innovative and high-quality financing to support inclusive, climate-resilient development.
• Sustainable infrastructure: GOI delivers sustainable and resilient economic infrastructure, particularly in water, transport and energy, that meets the needs of communities, including women, people with disabilities and marginalised groups.

The program builds on long-standing Australia-Indonesia cooperation in infrastructure and climate policy. It promotes locally led development, digitalisation, innovation, integrates gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI), and works with development finance and private sector partners to mobilise investment and support sustainable infrastructure systems across sectors including energy, water, sanitation and solid waste management, and sustainable transport.

KINETIK is supported by the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and implemented by DT Global.

About DT Global Asia Pacific

At DT Global Asia Pacific, we aim to positively impact people’s lives through delivery excellence. As a leading implementing partner across Asia and the Pacific, we co-create locally led solutions in partnership with governments, communities, and stakeholders. We bring together talented teams and deep regional expertise to deliver initiatives that promote inclusive economic growth, essential services, and resilient, secure communities. With over 1,500 staff, experts in 22+ countries and more than 60 years of development experience, we tackle complex community, national and transnational challenges — from governance and justice systems to climate resilience, infrastructure and social equity — with innovative thinking and a commitment to long-term impact.

For more information, please see www.dt-global.com

The Role

The Waste Management Lead provides sector leadership for KINETIK’s waste management and circular economy portfolio, translating Government of Indonesia priorities into a coherent pipeline of policy-supported, technically sound, investment-ready and implementable interventions.

The role leads the development and delivery of KINETIK’s waste management strategy and activity pipeline, working across policy, climate-resilient development and financing functions to progress priority opportunities from identification and activity preparation to financing and implementation.

The Lead works under the direction of the Head of Climate Resilient Development, and works closely with the other sectoral Leads to ensure alignment with the broader portfolio and effective integration across shared policy, financing, climate, local government and urban service delivery priorities. The Lead also works closely with the Policy Unit and the Financing and Transactions function to support end-to-end sector engagement, from policy reform and institutional strengthening to activity development, financing, demonstration and delivery.

The role provides waste management sector expertise to policy and government engagement at national and sub-national levels, including through Australian Public Service (APS) and government-to-government (G2G) partnerships coordinated by the Policy Unit.

The role engages with multilateral development banks (MDBs), development finance institutions (DFIs), development partners, state-owned and regionally-owned enterprises, private sector, industry associations, academic institutions, civil society and community organisations, and other strategic stakeholders to support sector reform, investment mobilisation, improved service delivery and circular economy development.

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About You

Essential Experience and Knowledge

• Degree in