BACKGROUND

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. In Indonesia, Plan International has operated since 1969, and in 2017 Yayasan Plan International Indonesia (Plan Indonesia) 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 (FY) 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 Learn (gain skills for work), Lead (empower to take action on issues that matter to them), Decide (have control over their own lives and bodies), and Thrive (grow healthy and protected from violence). 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. Within the context of VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous) world, an NGO like Plan Indonesia, has to adapt and innovate to ensure that we stay relevant, impactful and sustainable. 

ROLE PURPOSE 

Meaningful child and youth participation is an important aspect of Plan Indonesia's work, given Plan Indonesia's work mandate as a leading organization in the fulfillment of girls' rights and equality. Youth and Plan staff have faced various challenges in implementing meaningful participation, such as understanding the forms of participation, internal policies, and funding and strengthening networking and collaboration with youth organizations or communities. In response to this need, through support from the IKI Foundation, Plan Indonesia will recruit two project officers who will support the project manager in the implementation of project and youth engagement activities and liaise with child and youth partners. The key competencies required for this position will be excellent coordination and communication skills; experience in event organizing, especially campaigns and managing youth networks; advocacy and liaise with government’s agency; good command of Bahasa; English would be a plus, in written and spoken; familiar with gender equality issues. The experience needed for this position will be a minimum of 2 (two) years of experience in working with youth program and climate change.

The Project Officer will support the project manager in recruiting, engaging, maintaining, and facilitating youths to be actively involved in the project. Youth will be the main target and the driver of the success of the project in 4 districts. S/he will be supporting the thematic issue in the Youth-led Climate Resilience program. It consists of promoting youth leadership and action in climate change.

DIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE 

• This position reports to the project manager and coordinates closely with the campaign lead and to influence the team.
• Plan and lead the implementation of youth-focused collective action in climate change
• Support youth-led climate initiatives into village development plans across districts Lembata, Manggarai, Timor Tengah Selatan, and Nagekeo.
• Connecting youth champions and organizations with policymakers for child and youth rights as well as gender equality at the local and national levels
• Expand the YPII network among champions of youth coalitions, youth groups, and organizations to spread the key campaign messages and create stronger influence on targeted policymakers, and audiences at district and national levels.
• Manages YPII’s youth engagement network (approximately 5 people) and manages consultants when relevant.
• Support development of a quarterly report on the milestones and outcome of youth-led movement and advocacy works 

ACCOUNTABILITIES

   Program implementation in line with the project design and planning 

• Support high-quality project implementation and compliance with project design and planning. Able to provide explanation and justification to donor and COs on project quality if needed
• Support youth learnings in climate change and facilitating the actions (including administrative works)
• Support the coordination with stakeholders and partners (governments, CSOs, CC and youth networks) for the provision of strategic support services
• Support the project scaling-up strategies as well as sustainability
• Support the MER team to update the monitoring mechanisms and tools for project monitoring regularly
• Together with Project Manager working collaboratively with technical advisor/specialist at the CO level for cross-cutting themes such as gender, inclusion, participation, protection

Management and operation function

• Support the project manager in developing the annual plan and budgeting for youth engagement and campaign activities
• Collect data and write report to the project manager for youth engagement and campaign activities
• Develop TOR, contracts, and other administrative tasks related to campaign and advocacy

Safeguarding - PSHEA

Ensure that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Program Participants,  Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy, including relevant implementation standards and guidelines applicable to their area of responsibility. This includes but is not limited to, ensuring staff and associates are aware of and understand their responsibilities under these policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, SKILLS, AND KNOWLEDGE 

Essential

• Bachelor Degree in one of the disciplines relevant to the following areas: youth studies, international development, gender, inclusion, human rights, psychology, sociology, international law or other social science field
• Minimum of 1-2 years of work experience working on development programmes
• Good communication skills (verbal and writing) in English and Bahasa Indonesia
• Knowledge of the links between gender equality, children’s rights and NGO development programming practice.
• Demonstrated understanding on child and youth-led initiatives and child and youth sensitive monitoring and evaluation
• Good network with youth groups champion in Indonesia
• Good understanding of the practicalities of designing, implementing, and evaluating high quality programmes that promote meaningful child and youth participation
• Good understanding of relevant policy-making processes and institutions on child and youth participation
• Ability to design proposals, guidelines and standards, monitor and evaluate child and youth participation programming, based on sound analysis
• Strong team work
• Ability to build internal and external networks

• Facilitation and training skills for children and young people
• Dealing with conflict with tact and collected manner

Desirable

• Advanced university degree
• Knowledge of gender, theory of Change and socio-ecological framework
• Knowledge of social norms research and other tools to ensure that researches are able to change community perspectives’ positively
• Have experiences in supporting child and youth led initiatives and/ or movements
• Strong ability to communicate theoretical concepts on Child and Youth Participation in simple terms and to apply these to practical solutions to promote meaningful children and youth participation.
• Strong management and public mobilisation skills
• Confident public speaker with media skills

Location: Duty station is in Ruteng- Manggarai, Mbay – Nagekeo, Lewoleba – Lembata and Soe, Nusa Tenggara Timur.  High frequent travel to field.  

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 letter of application and detailed curriculum vitae in English by applying now not later than July 14th, 2025. 

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy (PSHEA). 

As an international child-centred community development organisation, Yayasan Plan International Indonesia is fully committed to promoting the realisation of children’s rights including their right to protection from violence and abuse. 

We will provide equality of opportunity and will not tolerate discrimination on any grounds. We foster an organisational culture that embraces and exemplifies our commitment to gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion while supporting staff to adopt good practices, positive attitudes and principles of gender equality and inclusion. 

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

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