This individual consultant assignment is to provide technical expertise and support to the overall strategic and programmatic direction advisory of the Social Protection Output and oversee support on the implementation of activities, including planning, designing, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation, outlined in the UNICEF-Government Annual Work Plan (AWP) 2026. This consultancy assignment is for 6 months durations.

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For every child, Protection

The UNICEF Indonesia Country Office has launched its new transformative country programme for 2026. Social Policy is a strategic priority of the programme, focusing on

  1. building a more comprehensive, climate-smart, shock-responsive, child- and gender-responsive, inclusive, and adaptive social protection system;
  2. enhancing the quality, integrity, and use of digitalised and disaggregated data and gender-specific evidence on children and adolescents at the national and sub-national levels;
  3. promoting a strengthened and more child-responsive financial management system, including appropriate and equitable prioritisation and use of resources; and
  4. promoting innovative finance to reduce SDG finance gaps.

The programme aims to ensure that by 2030, more children, including adolescents, have their rights met, enabling them to live free from poverty and multidimensional deprivations.

To contribute to this outcome, the programme will realize the following two outputs:

  • Output 1: National and sub-national governments have strengthened capacities to generate, analyse, and use data and evidence for child and adolescent-responsive policies, programmes, and financing.
  • Output 2: National and sub-national governments have enhanced capacities to deliver child- and gender-responsive inclusive and adaptive social protection, particularly for those living with poverty, exclusion, and vulnerabilities

To navigate the transition of the 2026 country programme, the UNICEF Indonesia Country Office is seeking a highly qualified consultant to provide technical expertise and guidance to support the implementation of the social protection programme [Output 2] for six months (110 working days), covering planning, design, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of activities outlined in the AWP 2026.

 

Scope of Work:

The overall scope of the consultancy includes

  1. providing technical support to improve data on child poverty and vulnerability';
  2. delivering technical guidance to strengthen social protection coverage and impact for children';
  3. supporting the more effective use of public financial resources for child-responsive social protection.

Specific scopes include the following:

  1. Output 1: Supporting the implementation of the Global Accelerator (GA) on social protection and Jobs in collaboration with the Ministry of Development Planning (BAPPENAS), the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Social Affairs, the World Bank, UNDP, ILO, and other relevant Ministries. Specific tasks include participating in and contributing to periodic interagency meetings, providing updates on UNICEF’s progress, monitoring programme implementation status and funding utilisation, and preparing narrative reports.
  2. Output 2: Supporting the implementation of social protection-related evaluations, collaborating with Government Ministries, the Multi-Country Evaluation Specialist, the Evaluation Reference Group, and the Evidence and Knowledge Management Committee.
  3. Output 3: Provide technical support in planning, implementing, and monitoring activities under the project titled Breathe, Thrive, Survive: Protecting Children in a Changing Climate. Under the Chief of Social Policy or OIC and in collaboration with the Social Policy Specialist (Financing for children), as well as providing technical oversight and monitoring the quality of deliverables produced by the institutional consultant. The consultant is supposed to monitor the quality of all related deliverables and consult with the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, and other relevant government Ministries and Non-government organizations, including business communities.

How can you make a difference? 

The overall scope of the consultancy includes:

  1. providing technical support to improve data on child poverty and vulnerability';
  2. delivering technical guidance to strengthen social protection coverage and impact for children';
  3. supporting the more effective use of public financial resources for child-responsive social protection.

Specific scopes include the following:

  1. Output 1: Supporting the implementation of the Global Accelerator (GA) on social protection and Jobs in collaboration with the Ministry of Development Planning (BAPPENAS), the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Social Affairs, the World Bank, UNDP, ILO, and other relevant Ministries. Specific tasks include participating in and contributing to periodic interagency meetings, providing updates on UNICEF’s progress, monitoring programme implementation status and funding utilisation, and preparing narrative reports.
  2. Output 2: Supporting the implementation of social protection-related evaluations, collaborating with Government Ministries, the Multi-Country Evaluation Specialist, the Evaluation Reference Group, and the Evidence and Knowledge Management Committee.
  3. Output 3: Provide technical support in planning, implementing, and monitoring activities under the project titled Breathe, Thrive, Survive: Protecting Children in a Changing Climate. Under the Chief of Social Policy or OIC and in collaboration with the Social Policy Specialist (Financing for children), as well as providing technical oversight and monitoring the quality of deliverables produced by the institutional consultant. The consultant is supposed to monitor the quality of all related deliverables and consult with the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, and other relevant government Ministries and Non-government organisations, including business communities.

Deliverables of the institutional consultant that this consultant supervises and monitors include:

  • Contribute technical inputs to a Policy Landscape Study on climate-resilient health, social protection, and risk-transfer.
  • Support the organisation of a Policy Dialogue on the study recommendations.
  • Contribute technical inputs to a Study on Parametric Insurance to inform the design of a Proof of Concept (PoC) model for risk-transfer
  • Contribute to the design of a Proof of Concept Model on parametric insurance, including its implementation and operational strategy.
  • Contribute technical inputs to a Study on Financing Gaps in emergency social protection and climate-responsive insurance to strengthen Public-Private Partnerships for risk-transfer

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: Download File TOR Adaptive Social Protection Consultant.docx

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

  • Master's or Doctoral degree in Finance, Economics, Public Policy, Social Policy/Social Development, International Development, International Relations, or other relevant fields.
  • At least 5 years of experience in technical advisory and analytical work in the development programme management, 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 non-government organizations, including business communities.
  • Demonstrated experience in working with teams.
  • 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 every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness

(3) Drive to achieve results for impact

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others 

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UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be canceled.

Remarks:  

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

UNICEF is committed to fostering an inclusive, representative, and welcoming workforce. 

Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason. 

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Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF’s Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

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