SENIOR PROJECT OFFICER

Yayasan Sayangi Tunas Cilik partner of Save the Children in Indonesia is changing for the better.  We've begun to build a national organisation that aims to be a strong, local, and self-sustaining voice for children in Indonesia namely Yayasan Sayangi Tunas Cilik Tunas Cilik.  To this end, Yayasan has been designated as a “Prospect Member of Save the Children” which focuses on strengthening and localizing our voice for children in strategic middle income countries. Currently Save the Children’s programs in Indonesia is implemented by Yayasan Sayangi Tunas Cilik. We work in eleven provinces, have staff of approximately 300 local professionals, and programming in Child Protection, Education, Health and Nutrition, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Humanitarian Response. We are currently seeking to fill the following position:

SENIOR PROJECT OFFICER

1 position, based in Bandung Field Office - West Java

Code : SPO-WJ

ROLE PURPOSE:

Yayasan Sayangi Tunas Cilik through the Skills to Succeed (S2S) helps to address the need for skills that open doors to employment and economic opportunities for at-risk youth ages 16-24 in Indonesia. Our unique livelihoods approach identifies and serves the most marginalized youth and creates job linkages through local market assessment, local private sector partnership and dynamic training approach, which combines life skills, market relevant skills, and financial literacy topics. In order to address the skills gap and societal barriers faced by unemployed youth, SC will directly reach over 30,000  youth in Indonesia in the provinces of Lampung, West Java and East Java in the period 2015-2018  and will also rech about 36,000 other youth in the Provinces West Java and East Java in the period 2017 – 2020 in order to secure a job or start/improve their business. This will be achieved by testing and implementing an e-Learning methodology, combined with our classroom approach, to strengthen employability skills through a variety of channels. SC will implement an ICT-enabled database management system to improve data collection and conduct major research to better understand the impact of various interventions. The three main program components are:

1.         Train and support youth at scale

2.         Learn by building evidence base through ICT and research

3.         Build partnerships for sustainability.

The Senior Project Officer will support the implementation of SKILLS TO SUCCEED project in West Java Province - Central Indonesia Area (CIA). The Post holder will ensure quality and timely project implementation in line with the overall planning framework, and in compliance with Save the Children and donor policies and procedures. In close collaboration with Adolescent Skills for Successful Transition (ASST)  Senior Program Manager (PM), the post holder will responsible to succeed S2S project implementation in West Java Province - Central Indonesia Area as planned and met as scheduled and up to the expected standards and quality benchmarks. He/She will responsible to maintain the relationship of education stakeholders with individuals, institutions, civil society, youth and communities in mutual respect and focused to the best interests of children. He/she will contribute quality and timely implementation of activities line with the overall planning framework, and in compliance with Save the Children and donor policies and procedures.

Please visit our site for more detail:http://indonesia.savethechildren.net/jobs and/or: www.savethechildren.or.id

Updated CV and application letter should be sent to recruitment.indonesia@savethechildren.org

Please fill the “subject” column of the e-mails in this format:

<SPO-WJ ><your name>

Closing date for application is up to  31 July 2018

(Only short-listed candidates will be notified)

 

Save the Children encourages qualified candidates to apply regardless of religion, race, gender, sexual orientation or disability

All recruitment practices and procedures reflect Save the Children’s commitment to protecting children from abuse