Lowongan Kerja Jakarta Raya Posisi Technical Assistant For Youth Engagement, Jakarta di UNOPS Indonesia Operations Centre (IDOC)

Organization: UNDP – United Nations Development Programme

Country: Indonesia

City: Jakarta

Office: UNDP Indonesia Country Office

Job Identification : 9558

Locations : Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia

Posting Date : 03/29/2023, 05:51 AM

Apply Before : 04/12/2023, 04:59 PM

Job Schedule : Full time

Agency : UNDP

Grade : NPSA-5

Vacancy Type : National Personnel Service Agreement

Practice Area : Innovation

Bureau : Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific

Contract Duration : 1 Year

Education & Work Experience : Bachelor’s Degree – 2 year(s) experience OR High School certificate- 5 year(s) experience

Required Languages : Very good spoken and written Indonesian and English

Vacancy Timeline

2 Weeks

Job Description

• Office/Unit/Project Description

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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes the important role of youth in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and calls for action against the challenges faced by young people that limit their economic, social, and political inclusion. Since 2012, UNDP has been investing in exploring innovation by providing seed-funding to initiatives with the belief that innovation happens through practical explorations of new ways to address old problems.

In 2022, the youth population of Indonesia was estimated to be 65,82 million people, an increase of 1.39% compared to 2021. This makes the youth represents 24% of Indonesia’s population [1]. However, despite the large numbers, youth in Indonesia face many challenges including limited access and opportunities to start and develop a business, skill gaps in employment, access to climate action, barriers to political and civic engagement, as well as being unequipped to face uncertainty and crisis.

Youth Co:Lab

Following this issue, UNDP Indonesia has been working with the government to ensure young people can take part in the achievement of SDGs through Youth Co:Lab initiative under the Innovative Financing Lab. This program is supported by the UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub and the Citi foundation. It supports youth and other stakeholders to:

• • Strengthen the ecosystem that fosters opportunities for young entrepreneurs, social innovators and youth- led networks and organizations
  • Build the capacity of young entrepreneurs, social innovators and youth-led networks and organizations through developmental exercises and mentoring, and recognize their skills and talent
  • Provide the platform for enhanced coalition building and networking among young entrepreneurs, social innovators and youth-led networks and organizations with leaders and experts in the fields of business, development, finance, technology and innovation
  • Provide funding and investment platform to scale successful innovations both nationally and regionally.

Since its inception in 2018, Youth Co:Lab in Indonesia has reached more than 200 youth-led enterprises under its program, with more than 1,000 young people directly benefitting from it, and more than IDR 800 million being invested in these enterprises after they graduated from Youth Co:Lab [2].

Youth Empowerment in Climate Action Platform (YECAP)

In recent years, we are witnessing increased interest, engagement, and activism by youth on the climate agenda. Through climate strikes, conferences, coalitions, etc., young people have demanded governments and other relevant stakeholders to take urgent and collective actions on the climate crisis. However, young people are still often marginalized and excluded from important decision-making processes that will shape their very futures.

With this in mind, UNDP Asia-Pacific and the UNFCCC Regional Collaboration Centre for Asia-Pacific, RCC Bangkok, in collaboration with UNICEF East Asia and Pacific, UNICEF South Asia, the British Council, YOUNGO, Movers Programme and the 2030 Youth Force established a regional platform for youth empowerment in climate action, YECAP. And the platform aims to convene national activities during 2023-26 under the regional Youth Empowerment portfolio.

The strength of YECAP is to, instead of trying to create something entirely new, build on existing networks, structures and knowledge in the region, leveraging the unique assets of the convening partners to empower youth in climate action. This unique platform of collaboration between UN Agencies, non-party stakeholders and youth organizations in the region lays the foundation for a unique window of opportunity for youth empowerment and direct participation in the NDC revision, implementation and monitoring processes.

Youth Digitalization for Employability and Entrepreneurship Program (YDEEP)

The Youth Digitalization for Employability and Entrepreneurship Program (YDEEP) aims to create digital pathways for youth to not only support their employability, but to enable them to thrive as globally engaged citizens contributing to the sustainable development of their communities and beyond. With a marked focus on bridging the digital inequality gap for youth from underserved communities, the programme equips young people with the necessary 21st century and digital skills they need to prepare for the future of work.

Through its methodology, the programme will improve digital, soft and global citizenship competencies and skills to ensure comprehensive support to youth, particularly those from underserved communities including women. Besides directly empowering and working with young people, this project component aims to strengthen the overall skills development environment and structures to better prepare and equip youth for the future of work and bridge the digital inequality gap for those who are most at risk of being left behind.

Responding to this need, UNDP Indonesia will engage a Technical Assistant for Youth Engagement who will serve as the focal for youth engagement, mapping of youth-led innovative initiatives, lead youth-led dialogues of the county’s pressing issues and needs, and facilitate fostering youth contribution to SDGs through forging partnerships and collaboration among youth groups in Indonesia.

[1] Data Indonesia

[2] Youth Co:Lab Empowers Youth to Achieve SDGs in Indonesia

2. Scope of Work Summary of key functions:

• Support the project team to ensure effective project planning and implementation focusing on achievement of the following results:
• Assist in the coordination of project planning and preparation work especially for entrepreneurship and youth engagement related project initiatives.
• Compile, summarize, and present basic information/data on specific project and related topics or issues.
• Implement project standard operating procedures in line with the government and UNDP’s regulations.
• Supports ongoing external and internal Youth Engagement Strategy strategies to raise national and international awareness of the program and to diverse project portfolio and project units.
• Assist in partnership coordination with relevant government partners, UN agencies, development partners, private sector and other stakeholders to support the youth project, specifically in the following areas:
• Provide administration and logistical support in organizing program in collaboration with the relevant partners.
• Communicate with focal points of implementing agencies, relevant line ministries, UN agencies, development partners, private sector as required.
• Maintain and up-to-date list of key stakeholders.
• Identifying and evaluating potential investments in early & growth-stage companies through market research, and competitive analysis.
• Develop an informed perspective of youth sectors, including managing and building the private sector Investments, and nurturing personal relationships with start-ups, accelerators, founders, and other members of the venture ecosystem.
• c. Ensure communications and facilitation of knowledge management, specifically:
• Provide regular updates from youth projects to the CO Communications Team and the BRH Youth Team, to ensure media presence;
• Prepare social media plan for the whole year and be able to produce digital content to boost youth engagement; and
• Prepare outreach materials associated with innovation, youth and public-private partnerships (i.e. PowerPoint presentations, brochures, etc.) as needed;
• Identification of sources of information related to project implementation related issues.
• Identification and synthesis of best practices and lessons learned directly linked to project goals;
• Maintain effective network with development partners and Government at national level and subnational level; and
• Sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice (in their efforts towards knowledge management and knowledge networking through writing articles, case studies, and other documents).
• Serve as UNDP Indonesia Youth Focal Point in the United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development (UN-IANYD).
• Collect and keep track of youth-related practices within UNDP Indonesia, including the innovation and youth partners database
• d. The incumbent of the position should avoid any kind of discriminatory behavior including gender discrimination and ensure that;
• Human rights and gender equality are prioritized as an ethical principle within all actions.
• Activities are designed and implemented in accordance with “Social and Environmental Standards of UNDP”.
• Any kind of diversities based on ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion, class, gender is respected within all implementations including data production.
• Differentiated needs of women and men are considered.
• Inclusive approach is reflected within all actions and implementations, in that sense an enabling and accessible setup in various senses such as disability gender language barrier is created.
• Necessary arrangements to provide gender parity within all committees, meetings, trainings etc. introduced.

3. Institutional Arrangement

The Technical Assistant for Youth Engagement will work under the overall guidance of the Head of the Innovative Financing Lab and Technical Analyst for Innovative and Sustainable Finance, UNDP Indonesia. As part of duty, the NPSA holder will also need to coordinate with the regional Youth team in UNDP BRH. The incumbent works in close collaboration with the project team, operations units, and programme staff in the office to resolve administration-related issues and to ensure adequate exchange of information.

4.Competencies

Competencies section for each set of competencies as follows:

Core

Achieve Results:

LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details,

delivers quality work by deadline

Think Innovatively:

LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements

Learn Continuously:

LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback

Adapt with Agility:

LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles

ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible

Act with Determination:

LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident

Engage and Partner:

LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships

Enable Diversity and Inclusion:

LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious

bias, confront discrimination

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies

Thematic Area

Name

Definition

Ethics

UN policy knowledge – ethics

Knowledge and understanding of the UN Staff Regulations and Rules and other policies relating to ethics and integrity

Business management

Project Management

Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals

Administration & Operations

Event Management

Support projects with event management including venue identification, accommodation, logistics, catering, transportation, and cash disbursements, etc.

Business management

Partnership Management

• Ability to build and maintain partnerships with wide networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts and others in line with UNDP strategy and policies

General, UN System Affairs, Communications, Public Partnerships

Public Relations

Ability to build and maintain an overall positive public image for the organisation, its mandate and its brand, while ensuring that individual campaigns and other communications and advocacy initiatives are supported in reaching the public

2030 Agenda

Governance

Youth Leadership and Participation

Please refer to the competency framework site for the entire list of competencies and further explanations

5. Minimum Qualifications of the Successful NPSA

Minimum Education Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in social policy, public policy, politics, economics, development studies or or related fields, with additional years of experiences, or high school with additional 3 years of relevant experiences will be given due consideration in lieu of Bachelor’s degree.

Min. years of relevant work experience

• Two years (for bachelor’s degree) or 5 years with High School of professional experiences

Required skills

• Knowledge in assisting project/program implementation in the area of entrepreneurship.
• Demonstrated ability to process, analyses and technical information.

Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the

Competencies section

• Experience in project coordination or management would be highly desirable
• Experience in working with development partners, companies, and government on programming in relation to youth empowerment, sustainable development, and entrepreneurship would be preferable.
• Familiarity with the procedure of the UN and various donor agencies would be an asset.
• Experience in writing project document and report would be asset
• Experience using of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc), design tools (Canva, Photoshop, etc), and advanced knowledge of spreadsheets will be an advantage.

Required Language(s)

• Very good spoken and written Indonesian and English

Professional Certificates

N/A