INDONESIA: ESS AND GESI CONSULTANT

Please note that the deadline is based on Korean Standard Time Zone (KST, UTC+9)

INTRODUCTION TO GGGI

The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is a treaty-based international, inter-governmental organization dedicated to supporting and promoting strong, inclusive and sustainable economic growth in developing countries and emerging economies. To learn more please visit about GGGI web page. 

The Redirecting Investments for an Inclusive, Just Energy Transition (REDI4JET) project aims to support Indonesia to redirect investment flows in support of implementing its JET agenda. To achieve this, the project targets critical investment enablers like policy, investment preparation, inclusive resilience planning, awareness raising and capacity building. The project starts from existing JET plans and strategies of Indonesia and then provides support to coordinate national stakeholders across the energy, environment, investment, and finance sectors. Governments will receive technical assistance for designing fiscal policies that can redirect public and private investments towards low-emission energy investments. Private sector and communities will be engaged in identifying tangible investment opportunities that can leverage climate finance and carbon markets. And, importantly, the lessons learned from the project will be compiled and shared to promote scaling up and replication regionally and globally.

The consultancy will work across REDI4JET’s five outputs but will focus primarily on Output II of the REDI4JET project, where this output will carry out the development of inclusive JET resilience plans and pilot initiatives that effectively incorporates the views of women, and vulnerable groups in Indonesia. This includes the development of a socio-economic assessment and policy gap analysis, inclusive resilience planning, development and prioritization of inclusive pilot initiatives for implementation, and the implementation and monitoring of the pilot initiatives.  

This consultancy covers required assessments that need to be completed within the inception phase of the REDI4JET project as well as initiating and implementing activities in the early stage of implementation phase. The first main objective of this consultancy is to establish the Environmental and Social Safeguards (ESS) and Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) foundations required for project implementation, with a primary focus on Output II (Development of Inclusive JET Resilience Plans and Pilot Initiatives) and its key inception-phase deliverable: the socio-economic policy gap assessment. The second main objective of this consultancy will be to focus on translating the results from the inception phase into activities under implementation period as well as implementing those activities. Implementation period is expected to start in January 2027.

Within the inception phase, inherent and context specific ESS risks and GESI opportunities may not be possible to determine, however the work will lay the foundation for effective ESS and GESI risk and opportunity management throughout the project cycle and all outputs.

Reporting. The consultant will report directly to REDI4JET Program Manager and in-close technical supervision by Output II team.

Working arrangement. The consultant is expected to work daily in the GGGI Indonesia Country Office. Remote working is possible through agreement.

Dependencies. Several implementation-phase outputs depend on timely access to project studies, government decisions, selection of a priority community, stakeholder availability, travel approvals, and confirmation of pilot budgets. The consultant is responsible for producing the analyses, recommendations, facilitation records, and implementation-readiness products described in this ToR, but is not solely responsible for decisions or approvals that rest with government counterparts, GGGI, or other project partners.

Deliverable Standards, Review, and Acceptance

Unless otherwise specified, all deliverables shall be prepared in English and submitted in editable Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint format, as applicable, together with a final PDF version. Stakeholder-facing materials, consultation tools, grievance information, and executive summaries shall also be provided in Bahasa Indonesia where required by the relevant deliverable. Deliverables shall be of publishable or operational quality and shall include finalized figures, tables, annexes, references, and supporting tools.

The due dates in this ToR refer to submission of the complete final version following incorporation of GGGI comments. Unless otherwise agreed, the consultant shall submit a complete draft at least ten working days before the stated due date, except for the Inception Report, for which a complete draft shall be submitted at least five working days before the due date. GGGI may provide up to two consolidated rounds of review. A deliverable is considered accepted only upon written confirmation by the REDI4JET Program Manager or an authorized delegate from the Output 2 team.

Payments will be made only for deliverables that have been accepted in writing. The consultant may not submit an invoice for a deliverable before receiving written acceptance. The payment percentage for each deliverable includes all professional time required for coordination, research, consultations, analysis, drafting, editing, formatting, presentation, and incorporation of review comments. Any material change to the deliverable scope, sequence, percentage, or due date must be agreed in writing by GGGI and the consultant.

SCOPE OF WORK AND DELIVERABLES

Phase 1 - Inception and Project-Wide ESS/GESI Foundations (September-December 2026)

All Phase 1 deliverables shall be completed and accepted by 10 December 2026. The consultant shall sequence desk review, coordination, and stakeholder consultations so that preliminary safeguards findings can inform the socio-economic policy gap assessment while the fuller project-wide assessment and operational tools are completed later in the year.

• Deliverable 1: Inception Report.

1. The report shall confirm the consultant’s understanding of the assignment and set out the proposed methodology, sequencing, coordination arrangements, consultation approach, quality assurance process, and detailed workplan for all subsequent deliverables.Review of relevant REDI4JET project documents, proposal commitments, initial Gender Action Plan, work package plans, IKI requirements provided by GGGI, and available socio-economic and policy studies.
2. Deliverable production schedule showing draft, consultation, review, revision, and final submission dates, with all inception-phase deliverables completed in 2026.
3. Stakeholder consultation plan, document and data request list, key assumptions, dependencies, and risk management measures.
4. Outline and proposed analytical framework for the project-wide ESS and GESI Assessment and the safeguards input to the socio-economic policy gap assessment.
5. Indicative format and length: Maximum 8 pages excluding annexes, accompanied by a detailed workplan and consultation schedule.

• Deliverable 2: Safeguards and GESI Input to the Socio-Economic Policy Gap Assessment.

1. A concise technical memo or annex for integration by the Output 2 team into the broader socio-economic policy gap assessment. Because this deliverable precedes the full ESS and GESI Assessment, it shall draw on the initial desk review and priority consultations and shall identify any issues requiring confirmation in later deliverables.
2. Preliminary ESS and GESI risks and opportunities associated with just energy transition policies and investments in Indonesia.
3. Safeguards-relevant laws, regulations, institutions, permitting considerations, and policy gaps relevant to Output 2.
4. Stakeholder groups that may experience differentiated impacts, including women and vulnerable or underrepresented groups, and the principal pathways through which impacts may arise.
5. Practical recommendations for integration into the socio-economic policy gap assessment, including proposed questions, data needs, and safeguards considerations for subsequent community selection and planning.

Indicative format and length: Maximum 10 pages excluding references and supporting annexes.

• Deliverable 3: Project-Wide ESS and GESI Assessment Package.

1. A consolidated assessment establishing the evidence base and operational foundation for ESS and GESI management across REDI4JET outputs. The assessment shall be informed by consultations with relevant project teams and external stakeholders and shall reconcile and update the preliminary findings provided under Deliverable 2.
2. Assessment of potential and actual environmental and social risks and impacts across project outputs, mapped against relevant Indonesian law, GGGI and IKI requirements, and the IFC Performance Standards, including sectoral regulations, permitting, labor and working conditions, land acquisition and resettlement, community health and safety, biodiversity and natural resource considerations, cultural heritage, and risks to Indigenous Peoples or customary communities where relevant.
3. Assessment of GESI risks, barriers, opportunities, and differentiated impacts across project outputs, including participation, access to benefits, employment and skills, care responsibilities, safety, accessibility, and decision-making power.
4. Updated Gender Action Plan translating project commitments into concrete, time-bound implementation measures, responsibilities, and inputs to relevant ToRs and work package workplans.
5. GESI and ESS Monitoring Indicator Framework with measurable indicators, baseline data collection methods, reporting responsibilities, disaggregation requirements, and practical reporting templates, complementing relevant standard and output-level indicators.
6. Project-wide ESS and GESI Risk Matrix with risk ratings, mitigation and enhancement measures, responsible work package leads, timing, residual risk, and monitoring requirements, ready for use from Year 1.
7. Prioritized recommendations for immediate action during the implementation phase and identification of issues requiring site-specific assessment once communities and pilot initiatives are confirmed.

Indicative format and length: Maximum 20 pages for the main report, excluding the updated Gender Action Plan, indicator framework, risk matrix, legal mapping, consultation record, and other annexes.

• Deliverable 4: Stakeholder Engagement, Disclosure, and Grievance Handling Strategy.

1. A practical project-wide strategy for inclusive stakeholder engagement, accessible disclosure, and grievance handling, differentiated by stakeholder group and adaptable to specific project locations and activities.
2. Project-wide stakeholder mapping covering community groups, national and subnational government, private sector, financial institutions, workers and unions where relevant, civil society, academia, and development partners, with more detailed mapping criteria for project-affected communities and vulnerable groups.
3. Engagement objectives, methods, frequency, responsible teams, information-disclosure arrangements, accessibility measures, participation standards, consultation documentation, feedback loops, and consent or culturally appropriate engagement considerations where relevant.
4. Clear explanation of GGGI’s Compliance Review Mechanism and Whistleblower Mechanism and IKI’s Independent Grievance Mechanism, including a standard grievance slide for project presentations, concise Bahasa Indonesia information materials for events and project sites, proposed website content, and referral procedures.
5. Recommendation for a proportionate project-level grievance process, including channels, accessibility, confidentiality, survivor-centered handling where relevant, escalation, record keeping, non-retaliation, closure, and internal procedures for notifying IKI within 72 hours when required.
6. Template stakeholder engagement log, grievance register, consultation attendance form with appropriate disaggregation, and a short checklist for event organizers and work package leads.

Indicative format and length: Maximum 15 pages for the strategy, excluding stakeholder maps and templates, plus a maximum of three standard presentation slides and concise Bahasa Indonesia grievance materials.

• Deliverable 5: GESI/ESS Mainstreaming Guideline and Implementation Workplan 2027.

1. A practical guideline and set of tools for embedding ESS and GESI considerations into day-to-day REDI4JET planning, procurement, technical assistance, events, monitoring, and reporting, aligned with the IKI Gender Strategy and other requirements provided by GGGI.
2. A proportionate screening and decision process for determining when additional ESS or GESI assessment, mitigation, consultation, or specialist support is required.
3. Practical compliance checklist for work package leads covering workplans, ToRs and job descriptions, procurement documents, technical studies, events, field activities, data disaggregation, reporting against the Gender Action Plan, and accessibility of grievance mechanisms.
4. Model clauses and review prompts for ToRs, procurement documents, concept notes, event plans, field protocols, and consultant deliverables.
5. Roles and responsibilities for the Program Manager, Output 2 team, work package leads, consultants, and implementing partners, including escalation and quality assurance arrangements.
6. A concise annual review and update process for the Gender Action Plan, ESS/GESI Risk Matrix, indicators, and mainstreaming tools.

Indicative format and length: Maximum 10 pages for the guideline, excluding checklists, screening forms, model clauses, and templates.

NOTE for Phase 1 :

• Facilitation of an internal validation and handover session, and an external validation session if requested by GGGI, covering key findings, priority risks, required management actions, and implementation responsibilities.
• Executive presentation summarizing Deliverables 2-5 and the decisions or follow-up actions required from project management and work package leads.
• Updated implementation-phase workplan for January-July 2027, including the proposed community selection process, consultation sequence, fieldwork preparation, data requirements, coordination responsibilities, and realistic milestones.
• Consolidated response-to-comments matrix and final editable files for all inception-phase tools and templates.

Indicative format and length: Executive presentation of approximately 15-20 slides, implementation workplan, validation records, and final handover package.

Phase 2 - Early Implementation Support for Output 2 (January-July 2027)

The implementation phase will apply and refine the project-wide frameworks developed during Phase 1. It is designed to produce an inclusive resilience plan and a practical implementation-readiness package within the contract period. Completion of physical pilot investments is not assumed, as implementation may depend on government decisions, separate procurement, financing, permits, and project approvals. The consultant will nevertheless support agreed early actions that can reasonably commence before contract completion.

• Deliverable 6: Priority Community Selection and Engagement Preparation Package.

1. A documented and transparent basis for selecting one priority community that may face significant adverse impacts from the just energy transition, together with the tools and arrangements required for inclusive engagement.
2. Community prioritization criteria reflecting transition exposure, employment and income risks, poverty and vulnerability, gender and inclusion considerations, readiness of local partners, potential for renewable energy and green jobs interventions, safeguards risk, and feasibility of engagement within the project timeframe.
3. Longlist and shortlist of candidate communities, based on available socio-economic, macroeconomic, employment, skills, and policy evidence, with rapid ESS/GESI screening and a clear recommendation.
4. Stakeholder map for the recommended community and relevant national and subnational authorities, including women’s organizations, youth groups, organizations of persons with disabilities where relevant, CBOs, NGOs, workers, employers, customary institutions, and other affected groups.
5. Community entry and partnership roadmap, including proposed roles, coordination process, ethical and culturally appropriate engagement considerations, disclosure, grievance channels, and steps to formalize collaboration with relevant authorities and partners.
6. Field consultation plan and draft tools, including interview guides, focus group guides, survey or rapid assessment instruments as appropriate, informed-consent language, participation targets, and data protection arrangements.

Indicative format and length: Maximum 12 pages excluding the community comparison matrix, stakeholder map, screening forms, and consultation tools.

• Deliverable 7: Participatory Community Vulnerability and Opportunity Assessment.

1. An evidence-based assessment of how the just energy transition may affect the selected community and which resilience opportunities are most relevant, developed through meaningful participation of affected and underrepresented groups.
2. Socio-economic and livelihood profile covering employment, income, skills, access to services, energy use, health, education, mobility, unpaid care, and other relevant dimensions, using sex-, age-, disability-, and other context-appropriate disaggregation where feasible and ethical.
3. Analysis of transition-related risks, distributional impacts, existing inequalities, barriers to participation and benefit sharing, community assets, coping strategies, and opportunities linked to inclusive renewable energy investment, green and decent jobs, and skills development.
4. Consultations using appropriate participatory methods such as key informant interviews, separate or targeted focus group discussions, community workshops, and surveys or rapid assessments, with documentation of who participated, whose views may remain underrepresented, and how feedback was addressed.
5. Site-specific update to the ESS/GESI Risk Matrix, stakeholder engagement arrangements, grievance channels, and monitoring indicators relevant to the selected community.
6. Validation note documenting community and government feedback, areas of agreement or disagreement, data limitations, and implications for resilience planning.

Indicative format and length: Maximum 20 pages for the main assessment, excluding consultation records, data tables, tools, photographs where consented, and updated risk and indicator annexes.

• Deliverable 8: Draft Inclusive Resilience Plan and Pilot Options Package.

1. A draft plan co-developed with relevant stakeholders that translates the assessment findings into a coherent resilience pathway and a prioritized set of potential interventions.
2. Resilience vision, objectives, target groups, theory of change, and proposed intervention pathways addressing identified transition risks and opportunities.
3. Measures related to inclusive renewable energy investment, livelihood diversification, green and decent jobs, skills development, social protection linkages, community participation, accessibility, and institutional capacity, as supported by the evidence.
4. Longlist of pilot options with transparent prioritization criteria, including expected benefits, target beneficiaries, technical and institutional feasibility, preliminary cost and financing considerations, safeguards risks, GESI contribution, sustainability, and potential for replication.
5. Recommended pilot portfolio and sequencing, with preliminary roles and responsibilities, implementation timeline, partnership needs, indicators, stakeholder engagement actions, and risk mitigation measures.
6. Facilitation of a draft-plan review workshop or equivalent consultation process and preparation of a response-to-feedback matrix.

Indicative format and length: Maximum 25 pages for the draft plan, excluding the pilot appraisal matrix, consultation materials, and supporting analysis.

• Deliverable 9: Final Inclusive Resilience Plan and Pilot Implementation Readiness Package.

1. A validated final resilience plan and a set of implementation-ready materials for the pilot initiatives approved by GGGI and relevant counterparts.
2. Final inclusive resilience plan incorporating documented stakeholder feedback and clearly identifying priority beneficiaries, intervention sequence, institutional responsibilities, resources, monitoring arrangements, and sustainability measures.
3. Up to three prioritized pilot concept notes, subject to project decisions, each setting out the problem statement, proposed activities, beneficiaries, delivery model, partners, indicative budget and timeline, expected results, key assumptions, and next approval steps.
4. Proportionate ESS and GESI screening for each prioritized pilot, including required mitigation or enhancement measures, stakeholder engagement and disclosure actions, grievance arrangements, inclusion measures, and any additional assessment or permitting needs.
5. Implementation-readiness tools, which may include detailed action plans, results framework, updated risk register, baseline and monitoring plan, draft partnership or governance arrangements, procurement or consultant ToR inputs, and capacity-building requirements.
6. Final validation record demonstrating how government, community, and other stakeholder feedback was considered, including any unresolved issues or conditions that must be addressed before implementation.
7. Indicative format and length: Final resilience plan and up to three pilot concept notes with supporting implementation-readiness annexes and editable tools.

• Deliverable 10: Early Implementation Support and Final Handover Report.

1. A final report documenting the consultant’s support to agreed early implementation actions and transferring the ESS/GESI systems, evidence, and implementation tools to the project team and relevant partners.
2. Targeted technical support to agreed early actions that can commence within the contract period, such as partner orientation, safeguards and GESI briefings, integration of measures into workplans or procurement documents, establishment of monitoring and grievance records, and refinement of pilot documentation.
3. Updated project-wide and site-specific Gender Action Plan actions, ESS/GESI Risk Matrix, monitoring indicators, stakeholder engagement records, and outstanding action tracker reflecting implementation experience.
4. Assessment of implementation readiness, progress achieved, constraints, unresolved risks, decisions required, lessons learned, and recommended next steps for the remainder of the project.
5. Final handover session and executive presentation for GGGI and, where requested, relevant government or implementation partners, together with an organized electronic repository of all final editable files and consultation records.

Indicative format and length: Maximum 12 pages excluding updated tools and annexes, plus an executive handover presentation

The consultancy is deliverable-based, with a maximum professional fee of USD 43,200. The percentages below represent the full payment for each accepted deliverable. The timeline assumes commencement in August 2026 and requires completion of all inception-phase deliverables within 2026.

Timeline adjustment. If a dependency outside the consultant’s reasonable control delays a deliverable, GGGI may approve a revised date or sequencing in writing. Any change must preserve completion of the inception phase within 2026 unless GGGI formally amends the assignment. Changes to payment percentages require a written contract amendment.

The description of required expert may be split into following parts:

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in Environmental and Social Safeguards, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion sector/field
• Master’s degree in social science field, economics, environmental policy and/or science, development studies, public management, monitoring & evaluation, climate change, sustainable development or any discipline related to the assignment or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
• Working fluency in English and Bahasa Indonesina and ability to translate between the two languages as needed.
• Previous experience executing stakeholder engagement activities, across communities and local authorities with international development agencies and/or private sector. 

Functional

• Ability to apply related concepts in Just and Inclusive Energy Transitions in Indonesia
• Ability to communicate substantive issues to engage technical staff and leaders.  
• Ability to build and manage complex multi-stakeholder relationships at the technical level. 
• Ability to engage with community leaders, local authorities, implementing stakeholders  and government counterparts at relevant levels in a polite, professional and effective manner.
• Ability to work in an organized, systematic manner, with degree of innovations and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to write concise and clear minutes supplemented with effective filing and database system development and maintenance.
• Able to communicate, listen to others, and contribute to an environment for open communication across cultures. 
• Maintain a high degree of professional integrity at all times, both internally within GGGI and externally to GGGI’s partners and clients. 

Corporate

• Understand and actively supports GGGI’s mission, vision and values. 
• Promote the optimum use of public resources. 
• Promote an organizational culture of trust, transparency, respect and partnership. 
• Process and share information easily. 
• Manage emotions and stress positively, builds rapport and resolves conflict easily. 
• Promote creativity and innovation among staff. 
• Be able to lead where needed and provide solutions to project-level challenge. 

1) Interested consultants shall submit following documentations: Request for an additional document to be submitted for application in addition to the cover letter, and CV

2) Date to close is Korean Standard Time (KST). Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered Application. Cover Letter, and CV must be sent in English. 

3) A consortium, or a firm may not be engaged for the individual consultant assignment.