Project Officer RISE UP, GIRL!

 About Plan International

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. In Indonesia, Plan International operates since 1969, and in 2017 Yayasan Plan International Indonesia (YPII) was established as a national entity of Plan International in Indonesia. YPII is currently implementing its Country Strategy 5 (CS 5) covering the fiscal year 2023 to 2027, where the country’s purpose is in line with the global Plan International’s Purpose “to advance children’s rights and equality for girls”. Our ambition is to enable at least 3 million girls and young women to be healthy, educated, empowered, safe and protected. It means that we will take action to identify and facilitate the removal of obstacles that prevent children, especially girls, and young women from enjoying their rights and participating fully in Indonesian society. This goal will be achieved by implementing quality programmes and projects as well as influencing decision-makers and key stakeholders to make the required changes.

Project Background

The RISE UP, GIRL! project aims to ensure that adolescent girls and young women in Lembata, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), can live free from violence, continue their education, delay marriage and first pregnancy, and pursue their aspirations. The initiative addresses harmful gender norms, limited parent–adolescent communication, and gaps in child protection and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) information and services, which contribute to child, early, and forced marriage and unions (CEFMU), adolescent pregnancy, school dropout, and gender-based violence.

Working across 10 target villages, the project will empower adolescent girls and boys through life skills, leadership, SRHR education, and future planning sessions. It will also engage parents and caregivers in positive parenting, strengthen teachers’ capacity to provide safe and inclusive learning environments, and establish or improve school- and community-based prevention, reporting, and referral mechanisms. At the institutional level, the project will collaborate with local government agencies to strengthen gender-responsive policies, protection services, coordination, budgeting, and data systems related to CEFMU and adolescent pregnancy.

Through these integrated interventions, the project seeks to improve girls’ decision-making agency, support married or pregnant girls to remain in or return to education, prevent early and unintended pregnancy and violence, and contribute to breaking intergenerational cycles of gender inequality, poverty, and malnutrition.

Position Summary

The project officer is to be a point of contact for project implementation. They will coordinate day-to-day with partners and other key stakeholders, ensure the project achieves its objectives based on the Detailed Implementation Plan, and provide administrative work to comply with Plan Indonesia standards and regulations.

Location

This role and project will be based in Lembata. Candidates must be authorized to work in Indonesia as visa sponsorship cannot be provided for this role.

Reporting And Supervision

The Project Officer  will report to  the PIA Manager and support the overall implementation of the Project in Indonesia, which is implemented in Lembata from October  2026  to June 2027, mainly on :

• Lead the assessment, design refinement, and technical development of project strategies related to prevention of Child, Early and Forced Marriage and Unions (CEFMU), adolescent pregnancy, gender equality, child protection, and SRHR.
• Provide technical advice to ensure project interventions are evidence-based, gender-transformative, and aligned with national and international standards.
• Support the development of project implementation tools, training packages, guidelines, and knowledge products.
• Provide expertise on child protection, positive parenting, adolescent development, girls’ empowerment, safeguarding, and social norm change approaches.
• Review and strengthen project theory of change, indicators, and intervention models to contribute to intended outcomes on girls' education retention, delayed marriage, and delayed pregnancy.
• Ensure technical quality of assessments, research processes, policy reviews, and capacity-strengthening activities.
• Engage and coordinate with relevant government institutions, including DP3AP2KB (Office of Women Empowerment, Child Protection, Population Control and Family Planning), Health Office, Education Office, village governments, schools, and community leaders.
• Facilitate consultations, validation workshops, and technical discussions with key stakeholders at district and provincial levels.
• Promote meaningful participation of adolescents, especially girls, in project design and learning processes.
• Support the design and implementation of baseline survey, end-line survey, impact measurement, and learning activities.
• Analyse findings and generate evidence-based recommendations to improve project effectiveness and sustainability.
• Present findings and recommendations to Plan Indonesia, government counterparts, and relevant stakeholders in a clear and professional manner. 
• Contribute technical inputs to advocacy, policy dialogue, and knowledge-sharing initiatives related to protection, gender equality, adolescent wellbeing, and CEFMU prevention.
• Aligning the implementation of the project with Plan International principles of safeguarding children and young people (Safeguarding) as well as Gender Equality and Inclusion (GESI)

Primary Responsibilities

Ensuring effective and efficient project management

• Develop and update the Detailed Implementation Plan (DIP) of the project and monitor its implementation, ensuring timely implementation of the project;
• Be responsible for managing partners and consultants to ensure delivery of quality outputs as required and planned in the project;
• Lead the financial management (budget planning and expenditure) of the project, achieving accuracy and reliability of financial reports by YPII and donors’ standards and compliance;
• Identify project risks and mitigation strategies, submit information on the new risks and possible mitigating measures to the PIA Manager for consideration and update the status of these risks by maintaining a Project Risk Registry;

Effective Working Relationships with Partners, Consultants, and the PIA Lembata Team

• Establish good practice of partnership management aligning with Plan International Guidelines for Building Better Partnership, from partner assessment process to monitoring the partnership agreement promoting mutual accountability and compliance;
• Initiate, establish, and maintain good relationships and coordination with government and private sector stakeholders with support from the PIA Lembata Team;
• Be the focal point for contact with local partners and governments; this entails attending regular update calls, responding to email requests, attending meetings, and exchanging learning and ideas.
• Initiate conversations around advocacy and impact, contributing to sustainable project outcomes. 

Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Knowledge Management (MERKM)

• Work and coordinates with the PIA MER Officer to manage and monitor the implementation of the project by using agreed monitoring tools, M&E Framework, and achieving quality of baseline and end-line data collection;
• Establish proper monitoring procedures with key stakeholders and project partners.
• Coordinate the data collection and support the provision of project reports Indonesia for periodic reporting, Donor and YPII Quarterly and Annual Reporting mechanism in a timely and high-quality manner in coordination with the Grant Acquisition Manager and with supervision from the PIA Manager;
• Supervise the development of knowledge products from the project, including fact sheets/project briefs, policy briefs, modules, research, and publications, in a quality and timely manner;
• Maintain quality standards of document keeping, retrieval, and sharing mechanism. 

Safeguarding Children and Young People (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GESI)

• Ensure that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in project design, during implementation, and as principles applied in day-to-day work;
• Participate actively in capacity building and learning events on Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion;
• Submit required documentation (reports, checklists, action plans) to implement policy, standards, and approach on Safeguarding and GESI;
• Understand and put into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GESI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed by the appropriate procedures.
  
  

Qualifications And Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in project management, including budget management, monitoring and evaluation, and quality project reporting
• Minimum of 3 years experienced working in coordination with Government, traditional figures and local public figures
• Affinity to work with and for young people on economic empowerment
• Understanding of Indonesia Government policies, laws, and institutions about youth economic empowerment and gender in the economy
• Good oral and written communication skills in English and Bahasa Indonesia
• Ability to function efficiently and effectively with minimum day-to-day supervision
• She has demonstrated skills in problem-solving and people management.
• Willing to be placed in Lembata, NTT.

Desirable

• Demonstrated experience in working with children, Adolescent and youth
• Experience in managing programs in child protection
• Experience in working in a multi-cultural organisation
• Demonstrated knowledge in international development tools: program logic, Monitoring, and community empowerment
• Demonstrated knowledge of gender transformative approach, gender-based violence, child rights, and inclusion

 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.

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 October, 23rd 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.

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