Project Coordinator - Global Teen Digital Wellbeing Initiative

Apply now »

Date: 4 Mar 2026

Location: Jakarta, Indonesia

Company: Plan International

 

Project Background

 

Across ASEAN, rapid growth in internet and smartphone use has increased adolescents’ time online for learning, socialising, and entertainment. While digitalisation brings benefits, it also exposes young people to cyberbullying, harmful content, online exploitation, and mental health risks, highlighting the need to strengthen digital resilience and support systems.

Plan International, as the regional grantee of the Google-funded Global Teen Digital Wellbeing Initiative in Asia-Pacific, is implementing the program across all 11 ASEAN Member States, aiming to reach 11 million people by 2027 through curriculum delivery, community engagement, and multi-channel campaigns.

In partnership with the ASEAN Foundation and local partners, the initiative promotes healthy digital habits and online safety through culturally adapted learning, strengthening digital wellbeing skills among youth, caregivers, and educators while supporting safe and inclusive digital environments.

 

The Opportunity

 

The project coordinator will supervise and guide the Communications Officer, MER Officer, and Finance Officer to ensure quality implementation across programmatic, monitoring and evaluation, and financial components. The role covers all stages of project management, including:

  1. Planning and design – contextualizing the global curriculum into the Indonesian context, developing detailed implementation plans, strengthening partnerships, and ensuring readiness of the LMS and delivery mechanisms;
  2. Implementation – overseeing curriculum rollout through schools and community engagement, stakeholder coordination, capacity-building activities, and communications campaigns;
  3. Monitoring, evaluation, and reporting – ensuring achievement of targets, quality data collection and analysis, documentation of lessons learned, and timely donor reporting;
  4. Financial and compliance oversight – ensuring sound budget utilization, financial tracking, and compliance with google and plan international policies;
  5. Project close-out and sustainability – ensuring proper documentation, knowledge management, and transition planning to sustain impact beyond the project period.

The project coordinator will also support national-level influencing and stakeholder engagement, working closely with partners and contributing to broader digital wellbeing advocacy efforts, in alignment with regional coordination and the ASEAN foundation’s policy engagement strategy.

 

 

Key Responsibility :

 

Project Management:

  • Support project design stage, including ideation with partners, youth group and community, including women’s group, disability group, which is in line with CS5 core objectives through learning documents and progress achievement tracking
  • Deliver the project planning and implementation stages, including development of all supporting documents, partnership assessments, preparation and updating of the internal system in SAP, PMERL, DIP, or any other system applicable in Plan Indonesia. Ensure the implementation runs smoothly based on project compliance, audit, and the Operation Manual. Responsible for developing the exit strategy and sustainability plan from the early stages of the project and sharing them with external stakeholders
  • Establish strong coordination and communication with internal and external stakeholders, including donors, government (local and national), partner networks, and communities
  • Lead in project monitoring, evaluation, in collaboration with the MER team or other related units, both internally and externally. In charge of the dissemination of research results, together with the communication team or the external relations team
  • Lead in the project closing stage, in collaboration with the grant management team or other related unit, to ensure the sustainability plan and scale-up strategies are well implemented, hand over assets, close internal systems, and submission of high-quality reports
  • Ensure GEDSI and safeguarding approaches are well mainstreamed and implemented throughout the project management stages.

 

Communication and Reporting

  • Maintain communication with the partner, MER, and team on project planning and implementation.
  • Monitor project progress (outcomes and results) using a monitoring dashboard and expenditure regularly (monthly, quarterly, annual, or as needed)
  • Prepare progress reports for the internal Plan every quarter and on other bases if needed
  • Prepare informative and high-quality reports and any other required information for NO, donors, or external stakeholders, including for publication in Plan Indonesia’s platforms
  • Collaborate with the communications team to develop and disseminate the project's related communications strategy, both internally and externally stakeholders, including producing the learning documentation, best practices, case studies, Op-Ed, and other product knowledge
  • Lead the development of project learnings, in collaboration with MER and other relevant teams, including involving government, partners, youth networks and other program participants. Seek innovation and put in place improved learning practices within and outside the program
  • Represent the Plan in the relevant network meetings and/or conferences

 

Networks and Partnership:

  • Establish external networks in including youth networks or alliances, to strengthen the project implementation, exchange experiences, and scale up program implementation
  • Support the partnership team to conduct partnership assessment and capacity assessment for partners, including youth networks, schools, along lead the programmatic capacity building for participants of the project
  • Maintain and expand high-quality and strategic relationships with project stakeholders, as well as reviewing reports and indicators, including promoting Plan Indonesia’s works as youth youth-focused organization and NGO of choice on girls' rights in development and humanitarian as well as gender equality. Link program participants to local and national resources, networks, or funding to continue or scale up their initiatives, in collaboration with the Resource Mobilization and Program Development team
  • Develop and implement the advocacy agenda and campaign, in collaboration with partners and youth networks, to promote success stories and best practices of the project, including contributing to the larger agenda of Plan Indonesia
  • Support the Youth Engagement Team to strengthen youth centeredness program, involving the Youth Advisory Panel (YAP) and Planet, to ensure a coherent youth-led movement and a youth-led advocacy initiative in Indonesia

 

Management: People, System, and Process

  • Supervise and provide mentoring/coaching to the project team to improve professional and technical capacity on the strategic and practical project implementation
  • Manage budget and PC in Plan’s system (SAP), in coordination with Finance and Procurement teams
  • Work with the CLT and CMT, program, and technical team to devise strategies, policies, and protocols to promote the diversity of youth feel create a safe and protected environment while engaged with YPII and external stakeholders related to YPII, including upholding the implementation of PSHEA.
  • Developing close coordination with the partner to ensure all project outputs are well achieved
  • Uphold ethical financial practices, strictly avoiding fraud and ensuring compliance with Plan’s policies, including safeguarding standards.
  • Embed Plan International’s Safeguarding and Gender Equality policies, ensuring staff and associates understand their responsibilities and follow the Code of Conduct.

 

 

Requirements for The Role:

 

Experience and Knowledge

 

  • Bachelor's degree in social sciences, Education, Communication, Development Studies, Information Technology, or other relevant fields, with a minimum of 2–3 years of experience in project management within development or humanitarian settings.
  • Demonstrated experience managing donor-funded projects (preferably corporate or institutional donors), including compliance, accountability, financial oversight, and reporting.
  • Strong understanding of digital wellbeing, online safety, digital literacy, child protection in digital spaces, or adolescent development.
  • Experience working with local implementing partners, providing technical guidance, monitoring progress, and ensuring quality delivery.
  • Familiarity with Learning Management Systems (LMS), digital platforms, and online engagement tools.
  • Experience coordinating multi-stakeholder initiatives, including NGOs, schools, government institutions, private sector partners, and community groups.
  • Understanding of GEDSI (Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion), safeguarding, and child rights frameworks.
  • Ability to develop high-quality donor reports (narrative and data-driven), including documentation of results, impact stories, and lessons learned.
  • Strong command of English and Bahasa Indonesia, both written and spoken.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, data collection tools (e.g., Google Forms), and virtual meeting platforms (e.g., Zoom, MS Teams).
  • Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams under tight deadlines while maintaining quality and compliance standards.

 

 

Skills

  • Strong project management and coordination skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  • Effective communication and presentation skills.
  • Ability to lead and supervise cross-functional team members (Project Officer, MER, Finance).
  • Resilient with strong organizational and time management skills to meet multiple deadlines effectively.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality and uphold safeguarding standards.
  • Ability to work collaboratively within a national and regional structure and maintain close coordination with regional teams (MER, Digital, Finance, Communications).

 

Please follow the link to the full role profile:  1. JD_Project Coordinator_Google IDN.pdf

Location: Based at Country Office Jakarta. It is important to note that YPII currently applies a mix of Working from Home and Working from Office arrangements.

Reports to: straight line to Youth Engagement Manager

Closing Date: March 13th 2026

 

 

HOW TO APPLY

 

All information will be treated in the strictest confidence, as we pride ourselves on our professional service. We will contact you as soon as we have reviewed your application.

 

Only short-listed candidates will be notified and invited for interviews. Please submit your application letter and detailed curriculum vitae in English by clicking the yellow “Apply now >>” button on this page. The application deadline is March 13th 2026. 

Pre-employment checks will be conducted in line with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People (PSHEA) policy.

 

Yayasan Plan International Indonesia is committed to protecting children’s rights and ensuring equal opportunity, non-discrimination, and a culture that promotes gender equality, girls’ rights, and inclusion.

 

Please note that Plan International never sends unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.

.

.