Job Vacancy – UNICEF, Indonesia

National Consultant on Adaptive Social Protection (Jakarta/ home-based), 9 months contract – for Indonesians only

Job no: 562821

Position type: Consultant

Location: Indonesia

Division/Equivalent: Bangkok (EAPRO), Thailand

School/Unit: Indonesia

Department/Office: Jakarta, Indonesia

Categories: Social Policy

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, advocate

UNICEF Indonesia is seeking the services of a dedicated individual consultant to support the Government to strengthen the social protection system to make it child-sensitive and adaptive to address life-cycle-based risks and vulnerabilities in development and emergency situations.

How can you make a difference?

Under overall guidance of Chief of Section and day-to-day supervision of Social Policy Specialist, the consultant will deliver the following:

1. Review the training manual of the Adaptive Social Protection, reorganizing five days curriculum into 3 days.

2. Support BAPPENAS to organize the training in three provinces – Nusa Tenggara Barat, Nusa Tenggara Timur, and Banda Aceh

3. Coordinate with the Ministry of Village and facilitate training on disaster-responsive villages and workshops on gender-responsive social protection.

4. Provide technical support to the Ministry of Finance to integrate the emergency social protection financing mechanism into the disaster Risk Financing Strategy and collaborate with an institutional consultant to accomplish the analytical study and dissemination workshop led by the Ministry of Finance.

5. Provide technical support to finalize a concept note for the national seminar on child, gender, and shock-responsive social protection in Indonesia, collaborate with Bappenas and local think tanks; facilitate the organization of the seminar.

6. Support dialogue with the Ministry of Social Affairs to establish a formal partnership to strengthen the social protection system.

7. Collaborate with two Institutional consultants to finalize the Adaptive Social Protection implementation plan and the feasibility study on social protection innovative financing.

8. Prepare a social protection fact sheet template and prepare the fact sheet including detailed information on the social protection landscape in the country; existing challenges; and UNICEF’s potential entry points for future collaboration with different Ministries.

9. Collaborate with the coordinating Ministry in advancing the uses of Social Protection Data to Accelerate Immunization Rate for Children and develop an emergency cash transfer guideline by collaborating with other relevant ministries, and conduct a stakeholder analysis for expanding social protection partnerships.

During the contract period, the consultant needs to conduct on-site regular and periodic working coordination with the supervisor.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

– Master or Doctoral degree in Finance, Economics, Public Policy, Social Policy/Social Development, International Development, International Relations, or other relevant fields.

– At least 10 years of experience in evidence generation, high-level advocacy, programme design, financing, coordination, monitoring, and administration of social protection programmes.

– Demonstrated experience in working with Government Ministries, particularly, the Ministry of Social Welfare, Coordinating Ministry of Human Capital Development, BAPPENAS, TNP2K, Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of Village.

– Demonstrated experience in preparing analytical papers, and policy briefs to reform the social protection system in Indonesia.

– Familiarity with the work and role of the United Nations is considered an added value.

– Strong analytical, reporting, presentation, and writing skills which demonstrate the ability to write high-quality, clear, and concise reports including practical recommendations.

For more details, check below information:

 https://jobs.unicef.org/mob/cw/en-us/job/562821